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'f im# a . c, m r A tlanta G eneral American Yank S to rag e T erm inals Ooodhbpe* L o u is ia n a " "m' T>- " r'T' ' Jan u ary 82* 1946* Our p ro g ress w ith th e G eneral AoarLoan Tank S to rag e problem has been and th e e n tir e is s u e has been v e ry mueh confused due to a group o f oiroum stan o es whioh we w ill a tte m p t to enumerate* ' -o - - : . -.v F i r s t o f a i l , o u r Mr. If. G. K undinger c o n tn o te d J4r* George C a s s a rd , T erm in al S uperin ten d en t* d u rin g th e week ending Oeoember 22nd* and we a tta c h h e re to a copy o f h is p relim in ary re p o rt which d escrib es th e problem b r ie f ly and hi plant fo r a id in g G eneral American. The circum stance which h as delayed o u r g iv in g any a c tiv e a s s is ta n c e i s t h a t s tr ik e s have t i e d up th e G eneral American7 Tank Storage Terminal and even a t th is w ritin g , I doubt th a t th e y a re in a p o s itio n to do anything in th e m a tte r. (See attachm ent lo* 1)* ' *0 Since th e G eneral American Tank S torage Term inal was t i e d up w ith a s trik e * th e im p o r te r o f e d ib le o i l s who h ad a ta n k e r p a r t i a l l y u n lo a d ed i n t h e Gen e ra l Amerioan term in als* sought th e a s s is ta n c e o f th e American l i b e r t y 011Tersdnal to th e ex ten t o f providing storage fo r th e balance o f th e cargo* and Mr. M undlnger was ask ed t o see t h e American, l i b e r t y O il Company p e o p le : , and d is c u s s t h e i r p la n s in d e ta il* What tr a n s p ir e d i s to o le n g th y to re p e a t . i n t h i a l e t t e r jv; th e r e f o r e * 1 am a tta c h in g a oopy p t l Mr" I&cadlagppr r e p o r t ? t o me from which you c a n g ra s p t l i a t a r a t h e r u n d e s ir a b le s i t u a t i o n a r o s e f o r which o u r r e p r e s e n ta tiv e was i n no way re s p o n s ib le * (S ee A ttach m en t Ko* 8)* i : 0. : . ; . :x L-- - . . 'V.'' 7-. - Mr* Crawford* th e ta n k c le a n in g c o n t r a c t o r s e l e c t e d b y A m erican l i b e r t y O il Company* who h a s w orked w ith o u r company i n t h e p a st* c a l l e d mo o v e r lo n g d ista n c e concerning th e tre a tm e n t o f Amerioan l i b e r t y 's ta n k s and m ertloned th a t he would lik e t o t r y a burning method in w hich th e y used an e s p e c ia lly prepared to rc h g iv in g o f f a flame having tem perature o f approxim ately 6000F* to remove th e s c a le and d e p o sits from th e ta n k in te r io r * ?. As we have n o t had any e x p e rie n c e w i t h ;a n y Such ta n k tr e a tm e n t f o r th e p re p s ^ r a t i o n f o r a to r s g e o f e d ib le o ils * I t o l d Mr* C raw ford we w ould b e g la d an d v e r y i n t e r e s t e d t o o b s e rv e t h e p ro c e s s and. t l i a t we w ould a i d him and t h e Am* vS -iP - * -'***xn ! '1- --------page 2 o f ATTACHMEKTNO. 1 - A ll o f the. above;.tanks have bad se v e ra l changes o f produots and have been cleaned by washing s i noe co n tain in g lead ed gasoline*" ' ......... ... In th e sto rin g o f o ils such as coconut, lin se e d , tung, w hale, sunflow er, cotton seed and palm o i l s , a l l o f which a re sem i-re fin e d add must be p rocessed b e fo re fu r th e r u s e , changing from one pro d u ct to a n o th er i s only a m a tte r o f th o ro u g h ly w ashing th e ta n k to prevent contam ination of e ith e r ta s te or color* - The s to r a g e o f le a d e d g a s o lin e i n 2C$ o f t h e i r s to ra g e o a p a c ity i s a m a tte r o f concern since i t v ita lly e ffe c ts th e f le x ib ility o f th e p la n t, by having th a t amount o f th e ir oapaoity tie d upin tanks th a t oannot be used for edible oils* , Sinoe a l l o f th e e d ib le and soap b ase o i l s a re only p a r tly re fin e d , and m ust go th ro u g h f u r t h e r p ro c e s s in g , ISr* C assard and Mr* W e s tf a ll a r e a n x io u s t o d e te rm in e th a t w ith continued use o f th e tanks in o th er produots and by thoroughly washing .. Jt 1-.A* : and steaming w ith each change^ i f i t i s n o t p o ssib le ev en tu ally to put th e leaded g aso lin e tanks baok in th e ro u tin e use w ith o u t th e n e c e ssity o f a complete sand b la s t o r : scrap in g job b ein g done on them . - &. .* At th e p re s e n t tim e two ta n k s , Ros* 76 and 80, a r e to be u se d fo r s to ra g e o f B rig h t ; Stock Lube O il, th e se tan k s have been used fo ro th e r th a n lead ed g aso le n e , and > c le a n e d a t l e a s t tw ic e s in c e th e le a d e d g a s o lin e s to ra g e p e r io d . Mr, C a ssa rd h as re q u e st th a t samples o f th is o il be taken b efo re i t i s put in sto rag e and ag ain a f te r i t has been in storage fo r w hatever period o f tim e i t i s h e ld , and determ ine w hether o r n o t i t has picked up any le a d w h ile in th e ta n k s . . \ Hood Hope o p e r a tio n i s now t i e d up on a cc o u n t o f a s t r i k e and p ro b a b ly ^ L l l n o t o p e ra te b e f o r e th e f i r s t o f t h e y e a r , how ever, I have t o l d Mr* Cassardi t h a t I w ould a tte m p t t o se c u re some l e a d - f r e e p y re x c o n ta in e r s and ta k e samplers \ o f th e o i l e n te r in g th e ta n k , when o p e ra tio n s a re .re su m e d , and th e n i f th e o il! s ta y e d i n storage any ap p reciab le len g th o f tim e would ag ain secure samples o f th, outgoing o i l and subm it th e samples to Dr. Kehoe fo r h is c o n sid e ra tio n . ' , I d id t e l l Mr* C assard , how ever, t h a t m ost p ro b a b ly no c o n c lu s io n could; b e io ra w h from th e r e s u lts of one s e t o f a n aly se s, and t h a t more tim e and samples, would be n e c e s s a ry b e fo re th e ta n k s c o u ld be re le a s e d f o r e d ib le o i l s , u n le s s tii^ y Tfsre i s a n d b la s te d o r s c ra p e d . The sand b l a s t i n g and s c r a p in g a p p a r e n tly i s w hat MrV C a s-; o a rd and Mr. W e s tf a ll a re t r y i n g t o g e t around do in g and f e e l t h a t by a n a ly s e s on n o n -ed ib le o i l s , i f no le ad p ick up i s shown, t h i s can be av erted * As to tha* a n g le I have made no comment* , As I see i t , t h e i r problem i s one o f tr y i n g to r e le a s e t o ro u tin e u s e , A b o u t ZOfo o f t h e i r a v a il a b le n o n -c ru d e s to r a g e w ith o u t t h e n e c e s s ity o f s a n d b la s tin g th e tanks involved in leaded gasoline storage* `' Yours v ery tr u ly , / s / W* G. Mundinger* O yv.O j PPp&PpMpi P 0 Ai -T 'A - ^'*sTf-i1: Mr A lan C. T u ll y , * *: ATTACHMENT BO 2 B aton Rouge , La* Deoember 18 1945 :x1'fi & ''f.-Vt* Dear A lant American L ib e rty O il Company, Avondale Term inal (o ld Southport Petroleum Corp*) T his m orning w h ile making an A&N o o n ta e t on Mr* Lee C a rd e r, T erm inal S u p e rin te n d e n t o f above company, I was ad v ised t h a t American L ib e rty contem plated c lea n in g c e r ta in th a t had beau used fo r storage o f leaded gasoline fo r the storage of ed ib le o ils* I was a ls o t o l d t h a t a Barge C lean in g Company, namely th e R iv e r Barge- C lean in g gompany, was b e in g co n tao ted to c le a n th e ta n k o r ta n k s i n q u e s tio n i n o rd e r to receive th is cargo o f edible oils* : I ta lk e d t o Mr* C ard er o f t h e h a s a rd s in v o lv e d t e l l i n g him i t was v e ry d i f f i c u l t to prepare and clean a tank th a t had contained leaded products s u ffic ie n tly clean t o be u sed f o r th e s to r a g e o f e d ib le p ro d u c ts o r d rin k in g w a te r . I a l s o t o l d Mr* Carder probably the only way th e ta n k could be cleaned lead dree fo r th a t purpose was to c o m p le te ly sand b l a s t s id e s and b o tto m th e n w ash. Mr* C ard er th e n a sk ed t h a t I g e t i n to u c h w ith o u rCompany and g e t a r u li n g on t h e q u e s ti on* ; I t was then I called you. \ ; ? ' i S h o rtly a f t e r my c o n v e r s a tim w ith you Mr* James J . Kolman, a Lawyer who i p p r e - ; s e n tly l o c a l G eneral Manager o f t h e A m erican L ib e r ty O il Company, c a l l e d m and/ in a r a th e r b e llig e r e n t to n e s ta te d th ey were employing th e R iver Barge C leaning Company t o o le a n th e t a n k s , who w ould ta k e t h e c o n t r a o t , c le a n th e ta n k s an!d g iv e t h e A m erican L ib e r ty O il Company a w r i t t e n g u a ra n te e t h a t th e ta n k s w ere s u f f i c i e n t l y o le a n t o s t o r e e d ib le o i l s . Ythen I ask ed Mr . Kohlman how t h ta n k s w ere t o b e . cleaned he answered to th e e f f e c t th a t was none o f h is a f f a i r ,s i n c e th e y w e fe ;doing i t b y c o n tr a o t and w ould g iv e t h e le a d f r e e g u a ra n te e . He a ls o a sk e d j u s t w h a t o u r in te re s t in th e m a tte r was. I answered th a t in a l l leaded tank cleaning o p e ra tio n s, our i n t e r e s t was t h e p r o te c tio n o f th e men c le a n in g th e ta n k , t o in s p e c t the*! s u ite s a b i l i t y o f th e equipm ent and c lo th in g , e tc* o f th e men e n te rin g th e ta n k . B th e n wanted to know i f we su p e rv ise d th e w ork, to w hich he g o t a n e g a tiv e answer,! And th e s ta te m e n t t h a t w m erely o b serv ed th e w ork. Mr* Kohlman a ls o a sk e d i f wic: - ': c o n tra c te d o r o th e rw is e d id ta n k c le a n in g o u r s e lv e s , t o w hich o f c o u rs e I t o l ;.him t h a t we d id n o t* , - ' v ; : : - ' ' The sudden i n t e r e s t i n th e sto ra g e o f e d ib le o i l s by American L ib e rty i s th e i *aet, a s I m entioned i n my l e t t e r on G e n era l A m erican Tank S to ra g e Company, i s t h a t , . th e l a t t e r a re s tr ik e bound and la y in g a t t h e i r dook, p a r tly unloaded, i s a stiip; w ith a mixed cargo o f c o tto n s e e d , lin s e e d and sunflow er seed o i l s , t h a t Amer.oafc L ib e r ty i s tr y i n g yo g e t u n lo a d ed a t t h e i r A vondale T e rm in a l. Mr* Kohlman s a . d t h i s was b e in g done t o h e lp o u t G e n e ra l A m erican Tank S to ra g e Company on s h ip | dem urrage, b u t Mr. C assard had a lr e a d y t o l d me t h a t G e n era l A m erican Tank S to ra g e ;\ Company w as n o t p ay in g dem urrage on th e s h ip , th e y b e in g p r o te c te d from t h a a s trik e clause* U' ? I t % Up t o t h i s p o in t o f t h i s r e p o r t Mr* Kohlman i s ta k in g t h e a t t i t u d e t h a t h e hiL. ,, chance to p ic k up some new b u s in e s s , t h a t A vondale T erm inal w i l l soon c o n s tru c t. sev e ra l new tan k s and go in to th e g en eral sto ra g e b u s in e s s , and be c o m p e titiv e Douglas Company and G eneral A m erican, an d t h a t i n t h i s in s ta n o e he i s npl^yjmg ........ -- ---------- page" 2 ` o f ATTACHMEMT NO. 2 ' ;' j r e l i a b l e ta n k c le a n in g company>"who w i l l g iv e him a w r i t t e n g u a ra n te e t h a t t h e ta n k ; ; ' - f o r ta n k s i n w u e stio n a r e c le a n e d s u f f i c i e n t l y c le a n t o he u sed f o r t h e s to ra g e o f ' A: ^ e d ib le o il s A p p a re n tly lia Mr* Kohlman*s o p in io n , u n le s s we a r e p re p a re d t o c le a n ih th e tan k s outselves and le ad fre e them , in order th a t he can g e t th is b u sin e ss, th e n , ' : we should not be concerned fu rth e r in th e m atter Mr* C raw ford o f Barge and Tank S e rv ic e s t B aton Rouge c a l l e d t o s a y t h a t Mr C ard er ; had c a lle d him asking him to c lea n th e ta n k s i n q u e s tio n , from w hioh I g a th e r th e R iv e r Barge C leaning Company, who I w as p r e v io u s ly t o l d w ould do tb jo b , would n o t ; . u n d e rta k e th e jo b . Crawford c a lle d to a sk ab o u t th e c o n d itio n o f th e tan k s* I o ld \-\ him they w ere leaded tanks to be cleaned to reoeive edible o ils* Hi claim s he can use a flame treatm en t in s te a d of sand b la s tin g , t h a t would ren d er th e tanks le a d " f r e e , b u t th a t he would n o t g iv e a w r itte n g u aran tee th a t th e ta n k s were s u ita b le i f o r s to r a g e o f e d ib le o i l s . Mr* C ard er a ls o t o l d Mr* C raw ford t h a t i t w ould be n o - ' ! essary to clea n th e tanks in a way th a t would s a tis f y th e E thyl C orporation. I reminded Mr* Craw ford t h a t a s he knew we a c te d o n ly i n t h e c a p a c ity o f o b s e rv e rs a n d sin o e I : had never observed th e cleaning o f a leaded gasoline tan k th a t was to be used fo r an ed ib le p roduct, I was not sure w hether i t was up to us to pronounoe th e ta n k fre e r " fo r edible o ils or n o t, in order th a t he be governed accordingly in tak in g th e jo b . , "When Mr. Craw ford m entioned t h a t Mr* C ard er had a d v ise d him t h a t he m ust c le a n t h e tan k in a manner s u ita b le to th e E thyl C o rp o ratio n , I r e c a lle d t h a t when ta lk in g to f Mr* C ard er i n r e f e r e n c e t o making o u t t h e r o u tin e A&N c o n ta c t r e p o r t , he, m en tio n ed 1 th e p o s s ib il ity o f clean in g one o r more lead ed ta n k s fo r e d ib le o i l and b h a t he ; m entioned th e name o f a Mr. J u s t a s th e Government I n s p e c to r who w ould ih s p e o t and p a s s on t h e c le a n in g . I th e n c a ll e d t h e TJ. S. Food and Drug D epartm ent and a Mr. Duggen answ ered sa y in g t h e r e was no Mr* J u s t a tta c h e d to t h a t D epartm ent. Mr c a l l was t o determ ine, th a t should th e tanks he cleaned by e ith e r th e R iver Barge Cleaning Company o r by Barge and Tank S e r v ic e , i f th e r e was such a F e d e ra l Agency t h a t w ould p a ss on th e c le a n in g . Mr. Duggan th e n t o l d me i t was th e f u n c tio n o f h i s f f i c e t o . pass on the product but n o t on th e c lean in g o f th e ta n k . , This re p o rt has been w ritte n piece meal during th e day as m atters developed and , s in c e th e above p a rag rap h was w r i t t e n b e fo re nonn, much has happened. F i r s t I c a lle d ^r* C arder to re p o r t to him th e r e s u lt o f y o u r c o n v e rsa tio n w ith D r|K ehoe, . w hich i n e f f e c t 'w a s e x a c tly w hat I had t o l d Mr* C ard er e a r l i e r i n th e d a y , -jihat i s i t b e in g n e o e s s a ry to c o m p le te ly sand b l a s t th e e n tir e ., ta n k i n o rd e r t h a t i t -be . le a d f r e e b u t Mr* C arder in s t e a d o f t a l k i n g t o me r e f e r r e d me t o Mr. Kohlman*'j I c a l l e d Mr, Kohlman and was re a d y t o g iv e him t h a t in f o r m a tio n , b u t he o u t mi f f w ith th e statem e n t t h a t we had i n t e r f e r r e d w ith h i s g e ttin g th e b u sin e ss o f wsboring th e oargo o f e d ib le o il and t h a t he was preparing to sue th e E thyl C orporation on th e grounds o f in te r f e r e n c e and d is c r im in a tio n , a g a in s t h is Company. \j You c a n im ag in e my s u r p r i s e a t b o th r e c r im in a tio n ( o r c h a rg e s ) and we had a lo n g phone ta lk fo llo w in g . I n e f f e c t , I to ld him I was su re he was q u ite wrong inf bo th our in te rfe re n c e and d iscrim in a tio n th a t o f th e form er our S afety departm ent s e t up to help custom er companies prevent accid en ts to tank clean in g personae and my s ta te m e n t t o him and to Mr* C ard er t h a t t o le a d f r e e a ta n k i t m u st b ff p l e t e l y sand b l a s t e d and w ashed whioh w as i n k e ep in g w ith t h a t p o lio y o f aooj p re v e n tio n . . . ' 0 -\MJ XI 01 0O.J1 l-i "-ii -li?-. Ar i' ' . j 'vA,;^>%,.- PAGE'5T o f ATEICHMENT NO 2 ^j4^fvT/?t^iT/hen I q u e s tio n e d Mr*;Kohlinan aa t o w h at h e meant; b y o u r d is c r im in a tio n a g a i n s t h i s -y ^-company* h ii-a n s w e r was-:^really m ost to o S i l l y to 'have g iven a s i v i l answer* Xtuwas.'?4^ to th e e f f e o t t h a t I was in te r e s te d i n seein g th a t, e ith e r G eneral American Tank ' ' j k S torage g o t th e b u sin ess, o r th a t- th e Douglass P u b lic Warehouse C orporation g o t it*'-" T h a t i r e a l l y f la b b e r g a s te d me and a b o u t a i l X c o u ld th i n k o f t o r e f u t e su ch a r i d i o u - v */ lo u s ch arg e w as t o s a y t h a t I had w orked c o n tin u o u s ly f o r f i f t e e n y e a r s w ith i e v e ry o i l company i n t h i s a r e a , i n t h e h ig h ly c o m p e titiv e o i l b u s in e s s , and h e v "SX was th e f i r s t man to e v e r even hiixt t h a t I had th e s l i g h t e s t i n t e r e s t i n any one oomfany|l over th e o th e r and t h a t fo r h is inform ation i t was no concern o f mine o r th e Ethyl ^ C o rp o ra tio n i f th e s h i p 1c o n ta in in g t h e o a rg o o f m ixed o i l s B tayed a t t h e G e n era l . American docks fo re v e r o r who s to re d w hat and t h a t o u r only i n t e r e s t i n h is - ta n k - c le a n in g was th e s a f e ty o f th e men o le a n in g th e ta n k and t h a t i f e d ib le o i l s w ere y ' to be sto re d i n th e ta n k , to g iv e him th e b e n e f it o f our ex p erien ce in ta n k c le a n in g th a t might prevent a c c id e n ts, th a t and nothing else* C . i . . ' /' ' v :i . > . A -T ' A f te r some f u r t h e r c o n v e r s a tio n a lo n g t h e same l i n e , he a d v ise d me t o c a l l my |; Company and t e l l them o f h i s i n t e n t i o n t o ta k e m e asu re s t o h o l d 't h e E th y l C o rp o ra tio n lia b le and responsible fo r the lo ss o f th e business involved, th a t is ,th e unloading o f th e p a r t oargo o f e d ib le o i l s now docked a t th e G en eral A m erican Tank S to ra g e f T erm inal a t Good Hope. T h a t' s how th e m a tte r s ta n d s a t th e end o f th e day (1 8 th ) I s A fternoon o f th e 19thj . >- S ince th e fo re g o in g was w r i t t e n I have ta lk e d to Craw ford a t B aton Rouge who says he w ill a rriv e tomorrow (20th) fo r th e tan k cleaning", using a flam e system , b u t w ith no g u a ra n tee . I w ill o b serv e th e work o n ly from th e s a f e ty o f th e men in v o lv e d / I in the oleaning. I w ired you to th a t e ffe o t today. i1 V? 1 a ls o b r i e f l y ta lk e d t o Mr Kohlman t h i s a f te r n o o n , who s a i d th e y w ere c le a n in g th e tan k fo r a t e s t case th a t so f a r a s th e unloading o f th e sh ip was concerned, th ey had lo s t th a t b u sin ess and th a t th e m a tte r was in th e hands o f th e ir! Legal . , Departm ent i n D a llas whioh I u n d ersto o d to mean h is t r e a t to sue th e E th y l C orporation*. P le a s e n o te t h a t G arder spoke t o me o f t h e c o n te m p la te d c le a n in g on t h e 1 8 th , Crawford accepted th e job on th e 19th about noon, and is prepared to s t a r t oleaning th e ta n k on th e 20fch, so l i t t l e o r no tim e was l o s t . i\ Yours v e ry tr u l y . / s / W. G. Mundinger* K lo a o 6 S 5 'a I ku l \i um im w -V V i # 1*. - ' r ,>.'h. V - .;- . ,- A t t a c h f o s .3 ... . ` v .. . . ....... . . ., . ...... ,. . . . . 'v . -;-t;: , ,;V' -, y y ' V p f . p v - y ' . -.; -.-v- - -" * : *V - ' -`i ;v-. B aton 3&ouge, L a. December 19, 1945 X's;V- .- : ' Mr. A lan C. T u lly Ji Dear Alani M th fu rth er reference to the tank cleaning a t Avondale and my c o n v e r s a tio n w ith Mr. Duggan o f th e F e d e ra l Drug and Food D epartm ent. Tihen H r. Kohlman c a ll e d me and th r e a te n e d s u i t a g a i n s t o ur Company he to ld me t h a t Mr. Duggan had c a ll e d him and ad v ised him th a t i f e d ib le o ils were p u t i n h is sto ra g e he (Mr. Duggan) would condemn i t . I have j u s t c a ll e d Mr. Duggan, who say s he n o t o n ly d id n o t t a l k to Mr. Kohlman, b u t does n o t know who he i,s . Mr. Duggan d id t a l k t o a Mr. Shaw o f th e Im p o rtin g Company and to ld him he had been ad v ised o f th e .p ro p o se d sto ra g e o f th e o i l s a t Avondale in a tan k o r "tahks th a t had con ta in e d leaded g aso lin e, and th a t he should be very cau tio u s in sto rin g the o ils in those tanks and to be sure th a t the tanks were lead fre e b efo re doing so. Mr. Shaw thanked him f o r h is a d v ic e i n th e m a tte r . Very tr u ly yours. ;: ' W. G. M updinger. K* 0006359 N 7693.03 A ttach m en t No* 3 ? ^ - c.*;. . - ' .;--i "%v . y-. - . Baton Rouge, La. December 18, 1945 Mr* A lan C. T u lly , Dear Alant With fu rth e r re fe re n ce to th e c o n tro v e rsy a r is in g from th e tan k clean in g job a t Avondale and th e s ta te m e n t made to me by Mr. Kohlman t h a t he was t r y ing to get the ship containing the cargo o f edible o i l a t Good Hope u n lo ad ed a t Avondale i n o r d e r t o h e lp out G eneral American, Mr. C assard a t G eneral A m erican t o l d me he had h e a rd n o th in g from h i s Company n o r from Mr. Kohlman o f any e f f o r t s b e in g made to un lo a d th e s h ip anywhere e x c e p t a t Good Hope by h is own Company. Mr. Kohlman o b v io u s ly saw a p ie c e o f b u s in e s s i n th e unloading of the rem ainder o f the s h ip 's cargo and in s p ite of the fa c t th a t he had no a v a ila b le clean storage space i n which to s to re the cargo o f e d ib le o i l , he n e g o tia te d w ith some one o th e r th a n G e n e ra l A m erican, a t whose dock th e sh ip was la y in g , i n an e f f o r t to g et the business of sto rin g the o il. STery t r u l y y o u rs , W. G. M undinger. il`i :e 1 o ;\j 0 1 360 .*.i3i  . V '< " ( p o r t i n m t i c k o f ta n k c le a n in g r e p o r t A m erican l i b e r t y O il Company) ' There was to be a sh o rt tim e en try on Saturday morning to flu s h th e rem aining f| m a te r ia l .fen th tank; I a rra n g e d w ith th e forem an t o .ncOce t h i s e n tr y ta k in g a l l |g s a f e t y p r e c a u tio n s and l e f t my fa c e p ie c e f o r t h e man t o u s e in s i d e o f t h e jif ; tank*. I a ls o l e f t a p a ir o f ru b b e r g lo v e o w h ic h w ere h e a v ie r th a n t h e i r s f o r work in s ist i th e tank* . ' - ' .- ;; ,v . , v '^ I c a ll e d ISr. C ard er on S a tu rd a y b u t was u n a b le t o l o c a t e him t o ch eck th e o p e ra tio n s on t h e f i n i s h up jo b on t h i s ta n k * I g o t i n to u c h w ith C a rd e r on Tionfiay morning and he ad v ised th a t th e -s-wMn.ee t h e " c o n tra c to r in te n d s to ta k e a l l sa fe ty p re cau tio n s and use a ir lin e equipment w hile working and burning in s id e of t h e i r ta n k , no a d d itio n a l oleaning o th e r th a n to rompve a l l th e loos s c a le and slu d g e from th ta n k was n e c e s sa ry . ! The c o n tr a c to r in te n d s t o s t a r t u sin g th e s p e c ia l o x y g e n -a ce ty le n e b u rn in g a p p a ra tu s on Jan u ary 2 , 1946 i n an a tte m p t t o t r y to co m p letely Iwad f r e e t h i s ta n k . v I was advised t h a t t h i s ta r k had been cleaned sometime ago when i t was ta k en ; from crude o i l serv ice and p u t in to c o lo rle s s naptha s e rv ic e , lir. C arder could n o t ; g iv e th e e x ac t d a te o f th e o l earning .T h e a v ia tio n lead ed g a s o lin e had been in t h i s ta n k a c c o rd in g t o th e o i l company from ab o u t BSay 194S u n t i l December 1945. .; ?^r. L. W. W h ittin g to n employee o f B arge & Tank S e r v ic e , I n c . B ato n Rouge, e n te r e d th e tBilk w ith p ro p e r equipm ent and a i r l i n e t o make an in s p e c tio n o f t h e ta n k and t r i e d t o remove doms o f th lo o s e m a t e r i a l . He s p e n t l e s s th a n 10 m in u te s . in the tank. ' .. : - .. : W. R. BARSBS. * tf E 00CG53 *7* ; > ,, 4 m -i $ jg Attachment No. S Hr. A. C. T ully V. R. Barnes A tlanta New York American l i b e r t y O il Co. Avondale Term inal `: Avondale, La. ` - No. 1 - Tank C leaning ' (25, 000v B a r r e l V e r t i c a l ^B olted Cone-Top Tank) * v ; Jan u ary 9, 1946 J' Dear Alan* lis te d below are samples subm itted under sep arate cover to Dr. Kehoe on sludge and s id e w a ll s c a le from th e s u b je c t o i l com pany's Tank No. 1, Avondale, L o u isian a.' ' SAMPLE A - Bottom slu d g e removed from ta n k a f t e r th e fo llo w in g attem pt fo r cleaning* The ta n k was steam ed and flu s h e d w ith f i r e h o se, and p a r t i a l rem oval o f / sludge was e ffe c te d . At the tim e the sample o f sludge was ta k en , th e re was approxim ately S o r 4 wheel barrow lo ads o f t h i s sludge rem aining i n th e ta n k . The ta n k fo rm e rly had a p p ro x im a te ly l / 2 to 5 /4 in c h e s o f s o f t sludge over the surface o f th e bottpm of the tan k . This ta n k had been i n crude o i l s to ra g e f o r some number o f y e a rs th en cleaned fo r n ap th a se rv ic e and f i n a l l y re p o rte d to have been i n 100 Octane A v iatio n G asoline se rv ic e f o r approxim ately six m onths. The c o n tr a c to r w i l l u se p r o te c tiv e c lo th in g and a i r l i n e e q u ip ment w hile working i n th is ta n k . A lso the m a te ria l knocked o f f th e s te e l p la te s by b u rn in g , w i l l be removed and p ro p e rly d isp o sed o f . : f I I m ig h t m e n tio n t h i s ta n k had two m an h o les. The c o n tr a c to r j had an a d d itio n a l opening 36" x 52" c u t i n th e sid e p la te to aid. i n vent*i l a t i o n and a ls o to make th e ta n k e a s ie r to e n te r f o r th e b u rn in g p ro c e sk . SAMPLE 1 - S id e w a ll s c a le a b o u t 18 in c h e s from b o tto m . This sc a le i s c h a ra c te ris tic o f the lower side w all p la te s before burning w ith the oxy-acetylene gadget. Note* The c o n tr a c to r in te n d e d t o s c r a p m ost o f t h i s m a te ria l from th e w all w ith a hand scrap er p rio r to b u r n i n g . . . . . _. _ . ... ;v; f j SAMPLE I I . Same t y p e , o f s c a l e a s sample No. I , t h a t was knocked o f f by th e h e a t o f th e oxyOaoetylene g a d g e t.'> * v-Mi f", 0 0rs 0 4 V-* ,, W w -j* . -- . ; ' t- Page 2 ri- SAMPLE I I I ~ ~"A aM ple~~of side* wie&T'scale a f t e r b u rn in g w ith gadget. This m a te ria l was scraped from a p la te th a t d id n o t h a re a h e a v y d e p o s it o f 's c a l e . ... v The re a so n f o r c le a n in g t h i s ta n k i s t o a tte m p t t o make i t t h o r oughly fre e from lead and to p lace i t in to e d ib le o i l servioe* A fte r c le a n in g th e ta n k , t h i s company has c o n tra c te d to have the sid e w alls and bottom burned w ith a s p e c ia l gadget m anufactured by Linde 'A ir P roducts Co. T h is.g a d g et c o n s is ts o f ab o u t a s ix in c h flam e o f oxyacetylene producing a fla m e o f approxim ately 6000 P. which i s supposed t o o x id iz e a l l o f th e rem ain in g m a te r ia l on th e s id e o f th e ta n k . The gad g e t i s moved q u ite r a p id ly a c ro ss th e p la te s to p re v e n t c u ttin g a h o le i n th e s te e l p la te s . Also the in te n se h eat causes such a r is e in tem perature on the co rro sio n , the .cale f a l l s o ff due to expansion and c o n tra c tio n . This method o f u sin g th e o x y -acety len e flam e was developed by . L inde A ir P ro d u c ts Co. t o prim e ta n k s f o r p a i n t i n g . The o i l company and c o n tra c to r are experim enting on t h i s method o f b u rn in g th e in s id e p la te s o f th e s u b je c t ta n k i n an e f f o r t to make th e ta n k s u i t a b l e f o r e d ib le o i l s e rv ic e . Very tr u ly yours, WRBrahj c c : D r. R obert A. Kehoe W. R. BARRES I 1 K& ooiiosj