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FILE NAME: Raybestos-Manhattan (RBM) DATE: 1939 May 3 DOC#: RBM108 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from Johns-Manville to Raybestos-Manhattan Barry Castleman's Raybestos -Manhattan Correspondence File CD-ROM Document# (OE __ published report from journal DATE [foj __ published report from conference __ unpublished report __ unpublished presentation newspaper article memorandum industry warning information industry meeting minutes conf or meeting attendee list book excerpt Legal - Deposition Legal - Defendant Filing Legal - Plaintiff Filing Other  0 Ex ecu tiv e Of f ic e s J o h n s -M ajsts' i l l e C o r p o r a t i o n TWEXTY-TWO EAST FORTIETH STREET K E W T O R E . X. X. May 3, 1939. j Sumner Simpson, Esq., ' President, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc Bridgeport, Conn. Bear Mr. Simpson: I wonder if you have seen the 193d reoort of The Saranac Laboratory. If not, I suggest you obtain a copy from Dr. Gardner and note the references to Asbestosis on Page 9 of the "Report of the birector. Included in the report are reprints of several articles or addresses delivered by various persons con nected with the Laboratory. One of these by Dr. Gardner is a paper read before a meeting of the American Institat of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers in February, 193d. In this you will note also certain references to asbestos on Page 5. There is also a reprint of an article by Dr. Gardner entitled Etiology of Pneumoconiosis reprinted from the November, 1933 issue of the Journal of the Amer ican .Medical Association. In tuis article your attention is directed to a reference to Asbestosis on Pages i-c, -- i and particularly at the top `of Page 11. o f mence: have The information covered by these references erive d fro tue ey.perAta*wnts if- -**r\ r* '>* 9 ar.c v;ith funds yj4Wvice ta* b Jv y v c rtra* 'y.;-j As bestos Text! le Inc.US'.ry. The Progrs; have recei vec. to acte v.onla see... to Irniv ises a que stl on upon v.uich I s, namely, tue ther Br . Garun my letter of November mO, lv36, in v.;.ich I outlined our p: 0posai to Dr. Gardner: 'It is our il'.or understanding ti.a ' re sults obtained will be consicereu the property of tuo se v.no are advancing t..e reu-;ir--o funus, <M7Z. / s 1 - 2- who will determine whether, to whet extent and in what manner they shall be made public. In the event it is oeemed desirable that the results be made public, the manuscript of your study will be submitted to us for approval >prior to publication." 'l'he proposal contained in this letter was accepted by Dr. Gardner in a letter of November 23rd, froa which I quote the following paragraph: The Saranac Laboratory agrees that the results of these studies snail become the property of the contributors and that the manuscripts of any reports shall be submitted for approval of the contributors before publica tion. " Sincerely, VB:y Vvaa na duii vv ee ri ' Brou wnu ; Gebsral Attorney. 04153