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ETHYL CORPORATION INTER-OFFICE C O R R E SP O N D E N C E -- t o Dr. K itz a ille r a d d r e s s C in c in n a ti. Ohio FROM ?-0y It. C o lts a d d r e s s He" York D iv is io n s u b je c t C o n tin e n ta l R e fin in g Co Oil. C ity , ? a . da t e O cto b er 1 3 , 19-44 Dear Dr. Y its n ille r ; Confirm ing our telephone conversation y esterd ay afternoon, Mr. L ic h te n s te in , V ice P re s id e n t o f th e above com pany.telephoned us to c a l l to o u r a t te n ti o n , a S i r **-0 emP ^7e<^ ^7 C o n tin e n ta l a s a ta n k tr u c k d r i v e r . He a l s o h a n d le s o th e r d u t i e s around th e p l a n t b u t h as n o th in g to do `w hatever w ith th e m ixin g i n s t a l l a t i o n n o r does he have a c c e s s to i t . Some months aero , Mr. flH B B d e v e lo p e d -what ap p ea red to be a rh e u m a tic co n d i t i o n . Fe v i s i t e d a san cu ariu in i n r e s t e r n New York where he v a s t r e a t e d f o r a p e r io d o f tim e . Y.'e do n o t have th e name o f t h i s s a n ita r iu m n o r - th e name o f th e p h y sician handling th e case a t th a t tim e. However, according to Hr. L ichen- s t e i n , t h i s p h y s ic ia n in d ic a te d th a t L r . ^ J J ^ h a d some o f th e symatons o f l3?d poisoning. U r.'JM ^ -su b sa c u e n tly returned to O il C ity but ju s t recen tly has taken a tu rn fo r t n e v o r s e and at. th p resen t tim e, according to . n r, L ic h te n ste in , he is in a c r i t i c a l co n d itio n a t th e F ran k lin H o sp ital, Franklin^, P a. Dr, YcCandless a t th e F ran k lin H o sp ital i s handling th e case and in d ic a te d to Mr. L ic h te n s te in t h a t w h ile he d id n o t b e lie v e h r . welch had lo ad p o isoning, he would be very glad to cooperate w ith us in d iscu ssin g th e m a tte r w ith -o u r M edical D epartm ent. Mr. L ic h te n s te in did. n o t b e lie v e M r.^ m ^ h a d . le ad p o iso n in g . However, he wanted to g iv e us com plete inform a t i o n w ith th e th o u g h t t h a t i f v;e so d e s i r e d , we c o u ld communicate w ith Dr. IcC andless a t which tim e a d d itio n a l d e ta ils could be o b tain ed . I n view o f th e c irc u m s ta n c e s , we th o u g h t i t b e s t to te le p h o n e you and you in d ic a te d th a t you agreed w ith u s in follow ing, up th i s case by your te le p h o n in g D r. M cCnndlese. Wh i l e n o th in g man e v e r come o f th e s i t u a t i o n , n e v e rth e le ss, should M r s w a y , th e re is always th e p o s s ib ility th a t com plications nay denreoop^at a l a t e r tim e. y'e 'would a p p r e c ia te i t v e ry much i f you would r iv e u s any in fo rm a tio n yon th in k would be in o rd e r a s h r. L ic h te n s te in would no doubt be in te r e s te d having a re p o rt from u s. Very tr u ly y o - r s , K g ' 16 28 1