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Ju n e 1 , 1938 Mr. 0 * B. Lew is Eth yl ^ asolin e Corporation Ch ry31 e r Bu 11 d in g Hew York C it y Hew York Dear Mr. Lew is Thanks fo r your l e t t e r of May 233?d e n c lo sin g Mr. B a l l *3 r e p o r t on some e x p e r i men ts and th e comments o f Mr. St o v e r a s in d ic a t e d in Mr. Sc h a e fe r *s l e t t e r d at e d May 1 1 t h . I am q u it e in agreem en t t h a t th e r e s u l t s o f th e exp er im en t a r e somewhat I n c o n c lu siv e * I th in k , fu rth erm ore, th at the experim en ts of C alin gaer t and t h e c a l c u l a t i o n s made on th e b a s i s o f t h o se exp er im en t s are probably adequate in determ in in g the exten t to w h ich lead m igh t be exp ected to be con cen t r at ed in a st o r age tan k as th e r e s u l t o f st eam in g p r o ce d u r e s. However I h asten to 3ay th at I have n ot th e slig h t e st ob jection t o an y e xp e r im e n t at io n 'which an yon e may V7;s h t o c a r r y out on h is own in o r d e r t o o b t ain a d d it io n a l f a c t s , or in o r d e r t o s a t i s f y h is own q u e st io n s and h is own c u r io sit y . A ll I ask in r e la t io n to such exp er im e n t s, i s t h a t we h ave an o p p o r t u n it y t o exam in e th e d a t a c a r e f u l l y and c r i t i c a l l y in o r d e r t h a t an y ge n e r al in fo r m at io n and c o n c lu sio n s made a v a i l a b l e t o th e sa fe t y s t a f f o f th e C o r p o r at io n may be c a r e fu l l y s i f t s d . Very t r u ly you rs, RAKj i s Robert;" AT 'K e h o a ,lo , t>. K E 0022577