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Mr* A* E . M it t n a ch t
E th yl Ga solin e Corp oration Ch r ysle r Bu ild in g Hew Yo r k C i t y Hew Yo r k
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D e a r Mr* M lt t n a o h t t
I en clo se h er ew ith th e r e p o r t o f Dr*
S c h r a d in who i n v e s t i g a t e d t h e f a c t s a s s o c i a t e d
w it h t h e i l l n e s s an d d e a t h o f Mr*
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f o r J o h n s o n O i l Com pan y, N o r t h J u d s o n , I n d ia n a *
I n my o p in io n , Dr* Sch r a d in *s r e p o r t p r o vid e s th e n e ce s sa r y In for m a tion and I s s e lf exp la n a tory*
Th ere is no b a s is * in my op in ion * fo r -
th e su sp icio n th a t
s u ffe r e d from le a d
in t o x ic a t io n and s in c e th e fa c t s wh ich a r e n e ce ssa r y
fo r a d ia gn o sis were n ot ob ta in ed d u rin g h is l i f e
tim e, and s in ce an a u top sy was n ot p r o ciir ed , th e
a c t u a l d ia gn o s is m ust rem ain u n ce r t a in * Moreover
I d ou bt i f a n yt h in g would be ga in e d in ch em ica l
s t u d ie s o f th e t is s u e s a t th e p r e se n t tim e* Acco r d in gly
I have a d vised th e J ohnson p eop le th rou gh Mr. J ordan
th a t In our op in ion th e ca se Is clo sed and th a t th ere
i s l i t t l e l i k e l ih ood o f an y le g a l a c t io n on th e p a r t
o f Mr*
fa m ily * The fa m ily p h y s ic ia n o b v io u s ly
I s o f t n ^ o p im o n t h a t th er e is n oth in g to s u b s t a n t ia te
th e d ia gn o s is o f le a d p o iso n in g* W ith t h is p o in t o f
view h e wou ld w ish to a vo id b e in g in vo lve d In an y le g a l
a ct io n h im s e lf, and un der th e se circu m stan ces no a ctio n
co u ld be made* T h e r e fo r e , u n le s s t h e r e i s some fu r t h e r
a ct io n * I sh ou ld b e d isp o sed to make no fu r t h e r in ve s
tiga tio n *
Very t r u ly yo u r s ,
RAKj I S
k o b e r t A* k e h o e , M.D*