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Copy t o D r . E ach le May 2 ? , 191*1 Mr. C. S. T eitsw orth Soccn y - Yacu u m O i l Company Zo Broadw ay New Yo r k C it y New Yor k Dear Mr. T eitsw o rth : I h ave r e ce iv e d a le t t e r an d a n um ber o f e n c l o su r e s fr om Mr. R . P . Lowe o f t h e P rop ortion sora In co r p o r ated , con cern in g th e r e q u e st o f M ajor Howard A. S t a r r e t o f th e Q u a r t e r m ast e r G e n e r a l's o f f i c e in 'W ash in gton fo r in fo r m a t io n c o n c e r n in g th e equipm en t and con tin u ed m ixin g o f E th y l F lu id w ith gaso lin e. I t seem s p r o b ab lo t h a t M ajor S t a r r e t an d th e Q u a r t e r m ast e r G e n e r a l's D e p a r t ment ar e n o t ad e q u at e ly in for m ed w ith r e sp e c t to what h a s b een done in t h i s f i e l d an d , t h e r e fo r e , i t h a s seem ed w ise to make ar r an ge m e n t s f o r g iv in g th em t h e e n t i r e backgroun d o f th e sit u a t io n r a t h e r th an m erely to p rovid e them w ith a d e sc r ip t io n an d a la y o u t o f a s p e c i f i c type o f m ix in g e q u ip m e n t . F o r some m on t h s fi r . O sc ar Le w is o f t h e New Yo r k o f f i c e o f E t h y l G a so l in e C o r p o r a t io n h a s b e e n c o o p e r at in g w ith v a r io u s govern m en tal age n c ie s in m aking proper p r o v isio n fo r adequ ate su p p lie s o f h igh octan e ga so lin e fo r m ilit a r y p u r p o se s. I b e lie v e Mr. Lew is i s f a i r l y w ell acq u ain ted w ith th e problem s in v o lv e d , and sin c e many o f t h e m a t t e r s on w h ich h e i s w or k in g a r e c o n fid e n t ia l, I do n ot h ave d e t a ile d In form ation a s to w h at h e h a s d on e o r t h e p e r so n s w it h whom h e h a s w o r k e d . I fe e l q u ite c e r ta in th at ha w ill be in p o sitio n to p resen t a l l o f th e in fo r m a t io n a c q u ir e d t o M ajor S t a r r e t , an d in th e cou rse o f t h is he w ill be ab le to e st a b lish the exten t t o w h ich th e u se o f p r o p o r t io n in g equ ipm en t i s d e sir a b le an d u s e fu l . A lso I th in k i t w ould be h igh ly d e sir a b le i f th e act io n o f v ar io u s govern m en tal age n cie s can be coord in ated w ith our jo in t e ffo r t s in th e d ir e c t io n o f p r o v id in g su it a b le m ixin g equipm en t. W ith t h e se id e a s in m in d, I h av e w r i t t e n M ajo r S t a r r e t , h ave t o l d h im t h a t we w ou ld pu t a l l o f our in fo r m atio n a t h is d isp o sa l, and h ave ask ed t h a t h e su g g e st th e m ost co n v e n ie n t m ean s fo r a c c o m p lish in g 2- t h i s an d . I t h in k a m oatin g can h e ar r an ge d h otw een h im an d Mr. L e w is, a f t e r w h ich a l l o f u a who a r e i n p o s i t i o n to give u se fu l in form ation , can aid in carry in g th e m atter t o i t s l o g i c a l c o n c l u si o n . I sh o u ld be p l e a s e d go c a l l y o u an d y o u r a s s o c i a t e s , a s w e l l a s M r. Low s an d h i s a s s o c i a t e s , i n o r d e r t h a t we may p r e se n t a l l s i d e s o f t h e m a t t e r t o p r o p e r a d v a n t a g e , i f t h a t i s w h at M ajor S t a r r e t w ish es. In any case I sh ou ld be glad to keep you fu lly in for m ed o f what t a k e s o la c e . Very t r u ly y ou rs, RAKj l a R o b e r t A. Keh oe, M.D. 0022734