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FILE NAME: Asbestos Information Association (AIA) DATE: 197K DOC#: AIA0 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION:>ZZ&ZZ October 27, 1)77 Mr. C. R. Dahl Chief Executive Officer Crown Zellari:>ach 1 B1.1sh Street San Francigco, Cali.:. 94119 Dear Mr. Dahl, The Asbestos Info~tion Association/~.-.Jorth \merica has addressed a letter to you e:x:pressinq its concern over the irresponsilJla .::i.dvartising by Mini Fi:Jers I:ic. of ;1eber City, Va., in which your Company's ndme is associated with a sarcastic and violent condemnation of asbestos fibre. As a :-1ajor producer and user of asbestos we are naturally distrubed by such unfavorable Jublicity which is not aven accurate. However, we alao question ':-low your Company can condone any association with such ::,tatements when it is well lmo\-m that at least one of your foreign affiliates - the Van Gelder Co. of ~iolland - is a very substantial user of asbestos. Surely they would not like to be called a user of a "killer" raw material, nor would they agree with such a classification. 1--..ay we respectfully suggest, there:fore, that you use your good offices to cause Mini Fibers Inc. to withdraw this type of advertising from their f~turo practices. Although some u..'Ulecessary harm !nay -3.lready have been <lone, we feel that the best way to correct the situation is to avoid quietly any chance of further dano.ge to an important industry in which we are both invr:,lvcc1 in one way or another. ' r / / Crown Zellerbach 2 October 27, 1977 Looking forward to your positive response, I remain, Yours very truly, D. Poutiatina Vica President Director Marketing Asbestos Fiber Attach. cc: Dr. C. J. Verlinde Van Gelder & Zoon Bee: AIA/NA - Mr. Mereness J. Brown L. Siebert in route