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FILE NAME: Raybestos-Manhattan (RBM) DATE: 1935 Sept 25 DOC#: RBM096 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letters between Raybestos-Manhattan and JohnsManville V XY c\ iRublished b y SECRETARIAL- SERVICE 16 th F loor, Inquirer B ldg. PHILADELPHIA, PA ., U. S. A. September 25, 1935, Mr.,Sumner Simpson, President, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Bridgeport, Conn. Bear Sir: You may recall that we have written you on several occasions concerning the publishing of information, or dis cussion of, asbestosis and the work which has been, and is being dona, to eliminate or at least reduce it. Always you have requested that for certain obvious reasons we publish nothing, and, naturally your wishes have been respected. Possibly by this time, however, the reasons for your objection to publicity on this subject have been eliminated, and if so, we would like very much to review the whole matter in "ASBESTOS". Our thought is that we could either prepare from data which we have in our files, or obtain from Mr. W. A. Godfrey of the Cape Asbestos Company, London, who is much interested in the subject, an article on the work done in England and then follow itr with an article written by someone in your organization, as to the work done here. We understand from Mr. Stover that your North Charleston plant, contains very complete dust control equipment and a descrip tion of such equipment, if you approve, would make a very interest%_.ing part of the article. Possibly even you could supply a photograph or two showing some part of this dust control equipment, We awai-t with much interest your reply. If there is no serious objection it would seem to be a most interesting sucject for the pages of "ASBESTOS", and possibly a discussion of it in "ASBESTOS11 along the right lines, would serve to combat some of the rather undesirable publicity given to it in current newspapers. very trulj "A S B r ,r -- , VPO SHE.E1 f h j l u w . ; VU I) l/ / -V 1 /(1 ' ** * Bridgeport, Conn. Oct. 1, li)bb Ur. Vandiver Brov.n, Attorney, Johns-Banville Coro., 23 East 40th St., Hew York City. My dear Mr. Brown: Enclosed is copy of n-letter re ceived from Mir:: Hossit^r, of I11Asbestos.11 As I soc it personally, we would be 'just as veil off i:o say nothing about it until our survey is complete. I triink th less ::.ic about asbestos, the better off v.e are, but at. the same time, v,.\ c-.mot lose track of the fact that there have'been a number of articles on asbestos oust con trol and asbestosis in the BrLtisk trace magasines. ne magazine "A.sbcstoc" is in business to publish articles aliacting, the trace and they have betn very docent about not re-prir.ting the English articles. I shall oe pleased to have your opiniotf in the natter. Very truly yours, SS-G. Enc President 005-8.; rJ1/ f Jokns-Maiwille Tw e n t y -Two E a s; t Fofr t i e t h S t r e e t New Yorkk ,N.Y. S5 October 3, 1935 Mr. S. Simpson, President, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., Bridgeport, Conn. My dear Mr. Simpson: I wish to acknowledge receipt of yours of October 1st enclosing copy of the September 25th letter from the editor of the magazine "ASBESTOS". I quite agree with you that our interests are best served by having asbestosis receive the minimum of publicity. Even if we should eventual ly decide to raise no objection to the publication of an article on asbestosis in the magazine in question, I think we should warn the editors to use American data on the subject rather than English. Dr. Lanza has frequently remarked, to me personally and in some of his papers, that the clinical pic ture presented in North American localities where there is an asbestos dust hazard is considerably milder than that reported in Englandand South Africa. I believe the question raised by Miss Rossiter might well be considered at the committee meeting scheduled l^esday, at which I understand both you and Mr. Judd will be present. Very truly yours, VB:T 'u jz h f V 'x r / t r r Vandiver Brown Attorney. 005202 R./i I> 4 iL-M-7?