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J u ly 2 0 , I9J4.O Dr. R. R. Sayers D irecto r TJ. S . B u r e a u o f M in es V/ is h in gt o n , D. C. Dear Doctor Sa ysr s: I looked abou t fo r you a t t h e m eetin gs o f th e Am erican A s s o c ia t io n o f In d u s t r i a l H yg ie n is t s and a ls o a t th e Am erican M ed ica l As s o cia t io n b u t was u n able to fin d you . I d are sa y you were to o b u sy t o be p r e s e n t a t e it h e r . I wish ed to t a lk w ith you b r i e f l y in o r d e r to fin d o u t b y wh at m eans and w it h Whom I s h o u ld u n d e r t a k e d d i s c u s s i o n o f c e r t a i n a sp e cts o f th e h ygie n ic a ffa ir s o f E th yl Ga solin e Cor p or a tion sin ce ce r t a in ch an ges have o ccu r r ed , b y r e a s o n o f a d e c is io n o f th e Suprem e Co u r t and the a ctio n o f the Departm ent o f J u s t ice . There are se ve r a l p o i n t s a b o u t w h ich I t i s n e c e s s a r y f o r me t o h a ve a com p le t e -u n derstan d in g w ith th e P u b lic H ea lth S e r v ic e . A c c o r d in g ly I s h o u ld a p p r e c ia t e i t v e r y much i f you w ou ld l o t me kn ow who h a s s u cce e d e d yo u I n t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y fo r t h is m a t t e r , o r a lt e r n a t e ly you m igh t t e ll me how I c o u ld b e s t a p p r o a ch t h i s m a t t e r w it h t h e P u b lic H ealth S e r v ic e . There is one a sp ect o f t h e m a t t e r w h ich I s p a r t i c u l a r l y t r o u b le s o m e an d I am sure you w ill be I n t e r e s t e d In t h is p o in t r e g a r d le s s o f I t s I r r e le va n ce to you r p r e se n t a c t iv i t i e s . Variou s sm all t e t r a e t h y l, le a d m a n u fa ctu r in g a c t i v i t i e s h ave d evelop ed in va r io u s p a r t s o f th e cou n tr y and with th e e x p ir a t io n o f th e E t h yl p a t e n t s wh ich w ill o ccu r r ea son a b ly soon , th ere w ill, o f cou r se, be no o b s t a cle , e xce p t th e econ om ic on e, t o an in cr e a s e in t h e se e n t e r p r is e s . J u s t to th e e xt e n t t h a t m a n u fa ctu r er s fin d I t d i f f i c u l t t o com pete on a p r ic e b a s is , t h e y w i ll r e s o r t to ch eap er m ethods o f p rod u ction with the in e v it a b le r e s u lt t h a t th e d an gers w ill be u n co n tr o lled and se r io u s d iffi c u lt ie s w ill o ccu r . J u st what to do a b o u t -t h is and what m igh t be the a t t it u d e o f th e P u b lic H ea lth S e r vice toward I t i s th e t h in g wh ich con cer n s m e. In an y ca se I wou ld a p p r e c ia t e v e r y much h a vin g yo u r s u g g e s t io n s . RA . s Sin cer ely you rs, ,R o b e r t A. Ke h o e M.D N9951