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FILE NAME: Saranac (SAR) DATE: 1948 Sept DOC#: SAR145 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from the Gatke Corp. to Vandiver Brown Noting the Importance of Getting Dr. Gardner's Report f- ^ ' ` V ' y ^ - w p w - * - V i . - s ' S i ^ y : - '*%?!*!>* - M 1 GATKE C O R P O R A T IO N !! *; AUTOMOTIVE A INDUSTRIAL B R A K E L /N E R S FRICTIONS NON-METALLIC BEAR/NSS A SEARS ST * tc 2*0081 |P* Lr, n/.'CDQZ J., J*i f . So^te:r.ber ^ , 19' L'r. Vandiver Brown, Jonn3-;.anviIle Saie3 Corporation, 22 K. F o r t i e t h S t r e e t , ' ev: York I d , . Y. year . r . Brown: You w ill r e c a l l our teleohone co n v e rsatio n and previous corresoondence in rep ard to the r e p o r t th a t was to have been made by D r. G ard n e r a s r e s u l t o f th e t e s t he co n du cted p e r ta ir.in 7 to the e ffe c ts of asb e sto s dust in the in te r e st of the members o f th e A s b e sto s T e x t i l e Indu stry riio c o n t r i b u t e d toward the expense o f the la b o ra to ry t o o t s , which re p o rt was not en-.nleted because o f Dr. G ardner' s d eath and fo r obvious rea so n s b e fo re . I t h in k we a r e a r e c a r d i n p t h e v a l u e o f su ch a I r e p o r t a n d , I f e e l , a s t n i n g s a r e d e v e l o p in g , t h a t unless we e s an j I n d u s t r y do s o a e t h in r , t o snow wnat we n ave u n d e r t a k e n , and u n l e s s j i we e s t a b l i s h tn e f a c t 3 t n a t n ave oeen proven by j j r . p -a ra n e r' s t e s t s , t h a t we can e x p e c t t n a t quack d o cto rB and s h y s t e r la w y e r s w i l l do much tow ard perm anent i n j u r y o f th e i n t e r e s t s o f t e x t i l e m a n u f a c t u r e r s and tn e p eo p le tn ey employ. I s t n e r e a n y tn in r t h a t can be done to nave t n i s r e p o r t com piled and p re p a re d so t n a t tne in form a t i o n w i l l be a v a i l a b l e t o t h o s e who s u p p o r t e d t h e prof.r&m and t o anyone l i v e l y to be in t e r e s t e d in tne f a c t s th a t nave been e s ta b lis h e d ? I know t n a t y ou have been c l o s e r t o t h i s s i t u a t i o n tnan anyone e l s e and I f e e l dependent upon you f o r w hatever can be sa lv a g e d . I f tn e re i s a n y th in c 3 can do t h a t n i s h t be h e l p f u l I snaix os r.lud f o r your d ir e c t io n . Wltn kind p e r so n a l r e g a r d s. Yours very/t'ruly, GAIK? TLG:?P President