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FILE NAME: John Crane (JC) DATE: 1937 Feb 15 DOC#: JC070 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo RE Illinois Occupational Diseases Act & Recommendations Chicago, February 15, 1937 Messrs F.KMoses, 0 , S .Branch, Jo s .Schneeberger, V,'.A .Bender, G.vil .K n ight: Referring further to the Occupational Disease A ct, State of I l l i n o i s , e ffectiv e October 1, 1936: I now wish to bring to your atten tio n , and in addition am sending you herewith several copies of two sheets e n titled - (1) Recommendations covering rules and instructions fo r the prevention o f S i l ic o s is . (2) Recommendations covering rules and instructions to be observed by employees handling asbestos. With respect to the sheet settin g forth recommenda tions covering rules and instructions fo r the prevention o f S ilic o s is , I am also sending a copy thereof to a l l enginehouse and car foremen and others concerned receiving a copy of this le tte r fo r th e ir information and guidance. fc must be understood, however, that these recommenda tions are not to be posxed or given out but are fo r the information of the supervision exclu siv ely , and they w ill be expected to see that a l l o f our employees involved in the particular work that might cause S ilic o s is be properly instructed and supervised so that none o f our employees assigned to the work enumerated w ill develop S ilo o s is . Likewise, I am sending each of the foremen addressed a copy of the sheet se ttin g fo rth recommendations covering rules and instru c tions to be observed by employees handling asbestos, and sim ilarly th is sheet is not to be posted or given out but is fo r the information of the supervision who w ill see that the employees wear respirators while perform ing the work enumerated therein and in accordance with instructions contained therein. These are two very important su b jects, namely prevention of S ilic o s is and prevention of injurious e ffe c ts from handling asbestos, and I w ill expect you gentlemen to personally handle the matter with your supervision while v is itin g the various terminals to know that they thoroughly understand the instructions and recommendations and that they see to i t that the employees are properly supervised while performing the work enumerated in both of these recommendations, ' CMH cc-Messrs: C.M. HOUSE GRosenberg EBiockstroth GVoltemade OLlfott JHWright REldor LF.Yelsh FSalmon H^Harris MRVasconcellos 'iLMagill SCRichards FMGalloway OAshworth AAWood JLShaw CDHiffines CBRuyle GWRay STYowell LBLarson MIComstock HALoekhart HOV/olfe R..Seniff CWEsch 39;