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Sep t em b er 24, 1958 D r . H ar old J, M agn u son Ch ief, O ccu pation al H ealth P r o gr am D ivision of Sp ecial H ealth Se r v ic e s U. 8. P u blic H ealth Ser v ice ''W ash in gton 25, D. C . ' . D e ar D octor M agn u son : I am w ritin g to you in a p er so n al, r ath er than an o fficial m an n er, b e c a u se I do n ot w ish to d ir e c t a fo r m a l r e q u e st to you in y ou r o fficial cap acity . Yet I am not d esign atin g m y le t te r a s "p e r so n al, " sin ce , if you a r e n ot "a t h om e" when th is le t t e r a r r iv e s, I would lik e fo r one of you r a sso c ia t e s, 3uch a s D r . Cooper or M r. D oyle,to take su ch st e p s a s a r e ap p r o p r iat e to give m e, or obtain fo r m e, som e in fo r m at io n , if it is fe a sib le o r d e sir a b le to do so . I do n ot want to stim u late a h asty resp o n se to m y qu ery, n or to u pset the p roced u re that m ay be n ecessary . p Th e poin t is th at th e m at t e r w hich 1 laid b e fo r e th e grou p asse m b le d b y M r . D oy le on Ju n e 26 i s giv in g m e so m e c o n c e r n . Th e m an age m e n t of Eth yl C o r p o r at io n i3 on som eth in g of a sp ot in d ealin g w ith it s cu st o m e r s, in view of ce r t ain tech n ologic' developm en ts of the p ast y e ar o r tw o, an d a lso in ce r t ain m at t e r s in w hich com p etitive ad van tage is at st a k e . In c e r t a in of t h e se m a t t e r s, t im in g is of c o n sid e r a b le im p o r t an ce, an d h y gien ic co n sid e r at io n s, w ith p a r t ic u la r r e fe r e n c e to the attitu d e of th e P u b lic H ealth Se r v ic e , a r e d e cisiv e fa c t o r s in the tim in g. Th e o ffic e r s of th e C o r p o r atio n do n ot w ish to p r e ju d ice , in an y w ay,th e d e cisio n o r the fo r m u latio n of p o licy , an d t h e r e fo r e th ey h ave e n t r u st e d m e w ith th e p r e se n t at io n of t h is m at t e r a s I se e it, an d with the so licit at io n of th e view s an d w ish es of th e Se r v ice , I sh ou ld lik e to r ep o r t to th em , a s soon a s I can , th e ou tcom e of o u r co n fer en ce. A s you a r e p r o b ab ly aw ar e , I did n ot h e sit at e to p r e se n t m y own opin ion s to th e gr o u p . It w ould n ot b e b ecom in g in m e to ar gu e th e c a se fu r t h e r , n or do I h ave an y in ten tion of say in g m o r e u n le ss I am a sk e d to do so . On th e oth er h an d, I h ave n eed of ad v isin g m y a sso c ia t e s in Eth yl Cor p or ation , an d e sp e c ia lly M r . B. 3 . T u r n e r , th e P r e sid e n t , with whom I t alk e d , y e st e r d ay aftern oon , on the teleph on e. I leav e th is en tir ely in you r h an ds, but I w ould ap p r e ciat e , v e r y m uch , an y m ove you m ay fe e l it w ise an d 0009410 D r . H a r o ld J. Ma gn u s on - (2) - Se p t e m b e r 24, ; 958 p r o p e r to m ak e, to r e so lv e an y p ar t of the m at t e r at issu e in th e n e ar fu tu re. Sin cerely y ou rs, RAKef Robert A . Keh oa, M .D . KE 0008411