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October 28, l^iA* Dr. Gustav Egloff, Universal Oil Products, 510 South Michigan boulevard, Chicago, Illinois* . . Dear Dr. Egloff: My attention has been called to t h e fact that you have been approached presumably by someone in military circles for Infor mation1 on the possible means of cleaning tank eark and other containers, which have been used for gasoline containing lead. I also have a memorandum from my associate, Dr, Machle, giving the substance of a telephone conversation between him and your self. After some discussion of this matter with Graham Edgar and other representatives of Ethyl Gasoline Corporation, it seejns desirable to get at the bottom of this problem, a n d it would seem that we In this Laboratory are In a position to do work as may be required In obtaining the answer to the question Involved, if Indeed, these questions can be considered as valid. Our point of view as expressed by Dr. Machle is that, such things as t ank cars can probably not be adequately cleaned by any means which is feasible to adopt either generally or in emergencies. Our information leads us tobelieve that this point of view is well founded. On the other hand, it Is conceivable that some method of handling this problem might be devised If those vfho are responsible for raising the question are interested in pro viding* In advance^ suitable means for meeting emergencies. In any case, I c a n see no profit whatever in Investigating the means of cleaning such equipment apart from some definitely planned program of meeting the requirements uniformly and systematically In field operations. For example; it might be possible to carry water.,1^ a gasoline-tahkv;c&r, and to filter or .otherwise clean this water at the tike of its removal from the tank'car'. it would be necessary to remove all the gasoline from the water, and this, as a matter of fact, would likely give rise to quite as much difficulty as the removal of any dissolved or suspended lead compound. Some type of portable end readily available equipment would be necessary fpi* this purpose, and unless pro vision could be made for supplying such equipment, there would be no sense whatever in determining the effectiveness of its use. I believe you will gather from the above that we do not see any advantage in entering into an investigation of this problem, un less we can approach it systematically in conjunction with re sponsible people who will see that somethIngTis done to put Into practice the necessary s tPs * Accordingly, I would like to get N 5317 Dr. Gustav Egloff - (2) - October 28, I9I+I. in touch with people who have brought up the problem, discuss the details of the matter with them, find out what is required, and what can be done to handle the matter in a uniformly effec tive fashion. Graham Edgar has given me to understand that you do not wish to undertake an investigation of this sort. If this is the case, and if you would like to pass the problem along to us, I would suggest that you let me have fairly full information concerning the origin of the problem. With this information at hand, we can then approach certain of the medical personnel of the army or navy, or both, to see what can be done toward the coordination of our efforts. . . Very truly yours, * HAS ef Robert A. Kehoe, H. D. K C l a s s o f Se r v ic e This is a full-rate Telegram or Cable gram. unless its de ferred character is in dicated by a suitable symbol above or pre ceding the address. WE 1201 i ?.'\ J . C. VVILLEV^ER j *' F'lRSTjiViCE-PRESs i d e ^ t i-.'r v SYMBOLS D L"D ay Letter ; NT " Overnight Telegram L C " Deferred Cable NLT"C able Night Letter: 'Ship Radiogram* T h e filing tim e show n in th e d a te line on teleg^uns a n d d a y le tte rs is S T A N D A R D T I M E a t p o in t *of origin. T une of receipt is STA tfD A R D T I M E ,a t p o in t of d e s tin a tio n ^ ; NA513 IdaNCB NEWYORK NY 27 4G iP j DR ROBERT A KEHOEs *'pf*' i y-*** * fT DIF 27 Ki ~*4" 45 /D COLLEGE O ' F . MED !CfNE-H|ETTER JNG LABORATORY OF APPLIED^ PHYSIOLOGY EDEN AVE C iN e l ?kg*> -*- " JP?,,,' ,,v-fe ' i._ > t i RECE,y ED FROM EGLQFF ASKING ABOUT LEAD REMOVAL PROBLEM WIRED HIM THAT HE WOULD HEAR \FR0M YOU SHORTLY^ * GRAHAM EDGAR.!' : i // & 6$ '"u'.-..V.4 \ f fj Ik.-. O h / / |UUi \ o M y &b ^>_ - .}**{ T H E COMPANY W IL L A PPR EC IA TE ' SU G G ESTIO N S FP.OM IT S PA TRON S CONCERNIN G IT S SERV ICE N 5317.01 r*. Robert A. Rehoe New York City ' Recei ved i|_;59 PM TELEGRAM RECEIVED PROM EGLOFF ASKING ABOUT LEAD REMOVAL PROBLFM WIRED HIM THAT- HE WOULD HEAR FROM YOU -SHORTLY PROBLEM GRAHAM. EDGAR \ EF i. . r "A <-V < .. . N 5317.02 f 0000263 October Ili-, 'emo rand inn Dr. Sgioff (Universal Oil Company, Chicago, Illinois) called to request information on methods of cleaning gasoline tanks, tank cars, drums and tins to remove deposits after service with leaded gasoline. Source that prompted query not known. Advised: (a) Not feasible to clean by any method. (b) No means for supervision of any procedure. (c) No necessity for consideration in U.S.A. because of sufficient facilities for water can be supplied. Willard Machie., M.D N 5317.03