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SAF E TY COMMITTEE
O .B .L e w is
CHAI RMAN
Et hyl Gaso l ine Corporat ion
Gi i u y s l e u B u i l d i n g
405 Lexingt on Avenge
Ne w Yo r k
May 2 3 , 193 s
D r . B. A. Keh oe Ketter in g Laboratory of Ap p lied P h ysiology Co llege of Medicine Eden Aven u e, Cin c in n a t i, Oh io.
Dea r Dr . Keh oe:
55We r e c e n t l y r a n a l i t t l e e xp e r im e n t i n a g a l l o n drum,
d i s t i l l i n g o ff ga s o lin e b y th e a d d it io n o f steam . , Samples were a n a lyze d a t th e m a n u fa ct u r in g p la n t an d w h ile t h e y show le a d in t h e r e s i d u e , we h a d no wa y o f d e t e r m i n i n g w h e t h e r o r n o t i t was o r g a n i c . We a s k e d Mr. B a l l i f h e h a d s u f f i c i e n t r e s i d u e i n t h e drum to g e t us a n o t h e r sam ple fo r th e p u r p ose o f d et er m in in g t h is p o in t, but he st a t e s th ere is no sludge a va ila b le .
I do n ot know wh eth er yon w ill, fin d th e exp er im en t in t e r e s t in g at a ll, as it looks qu ite in con clu sive. I t occurs to me yo u may h a ve some o b j e c t i o n t o o u r e n g a g i n g i n e xp e r im e n t s o f f "o u r own b a t " so t o s p e a k a n d , i f s o , we w i l l g o ve r n o u r s e l v e s in accordan ce with your wish es.
Ver y t r u l y yo u r s ,
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