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INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r po r a t i o n M A N U FA C T U R IN G AND T R A F F IC D E P A R T M E N T MAIL. ADDRESS: BOX 668, WILMINGTON, DEL.. FREIGHT ADDRESS: CARNEY'S POINT, N. J. TELEPHONE; PENNSGROVE, N. J . 280, EXTENSION 213 August 23, 1937 Memorandum To: Members o f t h e S a fe ty C o m itte e : Mr. 0 . B. Lewis Dr. Kehoo Dr. Edgar M r. H. W. K aley A As a m a tte r f o r y o u r in fo rm a tio n I "am a tta c h in g h e re to '~x'\ ' exchange o f corresponden ce w ith Mr, J?) Kranme in r e f e r e n c e to -, /- u n lo ad in g th e ta n k tru c k T-6^~st th e S a le n t on p la n t o f th e Quaker S ta te O il Company on u ig u s tlO , a l l o f which w i l l be s e lf - e x p la n atory I would a p p re c ia te re c e iv in g f i r s t a r in v e s tig a tio n in to l \ V' . t h i s s itu a tio n inasmuch as th e two s id e s o f th e s to r ie s seem , \ 'O | r a th e r wide a p a r t, and th a n - would a ls o a p p re c ia te re c e iv in g your in d iv id u a l comments on th e case t o d a te . A: ED J . H. Schaefer K 0000977 CCi Mr. .0. B. Lewis * osr:*'Edgar Dr. Kehoe ' M r. H. W. K aley INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r po r a t i o n Ma n u f a c t u r in g a n d Tr a f f ic De pa r t m e n t MAIL. ADDRESS: BOX 686. WILMINGTON. DEL. FREIGHT ADDRESS: CARNEY'SPOINT, N. J. TELEPHONE: PENNS6ROVE, N, J. 280, EXTENSION 213 August 23, 193? M r. p , 2 . Kraaaae M o n ro e v ille , Mew J e r s e y L ear Mr. Sramrae: I acknowledge w ith th a n k s r e c e i p t o f y o u r l e t t e r o f August 20 i n referen ce to th e alleged in fra c tio n s o f our ru le s p ertain in g to th e unloading o f ta n k tr u c k T-6 a t t h e L nlenton p l a n t o f Q u a k ery ^ tate O il Company on August 10. 0 'A \ s I am p le a s e d to h a re t h e r e s u l t s o f your" in te rv ie w w ith M essrs. Chenowith and Sahas in which i t i s in d ic a te d th a t t h e s i t u a t ion was ap p aren tly m isre p re se n te d somewhat in th e r e p o r t w e re o e iy e d f r o m e u r rep resen t a t i r e , M r. Murdock. I am th e r e f o r e go in g back fo r'' f a t h e r in v e s t ig a ti o n p r e d ic a te d upon t h e in fo rm a tio n w ith which y o u ,h a re s u p p lie d me. i h i l e I f e l t i n a y own mind t h a t t h e s e men would n o t hays gone t o t h e le n g th o f i n f r a c t i o n a lle g e d , n e v e rth e le ss th e re i s in d ic a tio n y e t.rem ain in g th a t th e y did become involved, in to th e s itu a tio n beyond th a t necessary fo r th en to assume. . ,-~~x \ ; ' Accordingly I sb o u ld /lik e t o r c i t s r a t o th a t under no circum stances a re th ey to expose them selves to any entanglem ents th a t would in v o lv e e ith e r y o u rs e lv e s o r o u rs e lv e s i n A, s i t u a t i o n which would h a re r e v e r b e r a tio n s o f an u n fav o rab le n a tu re , and I would th e r e f o r e th an k you to emphasize to each o f our drivers th a t th e ir fu n c tio n a l th is situ a tio n , as fa r as delivery of flu id is concerned, stops a t the tim e they place th e tr a ile r in proper posi tio n fo r connection to th e unloading lin e and from th a t p o in t fu rth e r they ta k e no p a r t i n t h e o p e ra tio n -e x c e p t t o s e e t h a t <>n th e co m p letio n o f u n lo a d in g t h a t th e v a lv e s i n th e dome o f th e t r a i l e r a re p ro p e r ly c lo s e d and b lan k ed o f f and in th e event th e re has been any s p ille d on th e tank i t s e l f during th e un lo ad in g and subsequent washing w ith g a so lin e , th a t th e y req u est th e mixing p la n t su p e rv iso r to remove any s ta in and c lea n se th e ta n k thoroughly b efo re they s ta r t on th e retu rn journey. S h ile i t i s exceedingly re g re t a b le , where th e re a re cases o f delays in unloading beyond th a t which might be c a lle d reaso n ab le, I b e lie v e th e proper manner in which to handle th e s itu a tio n i s to re p o rt to u s im m ediately such c a s e s and we w i l l h a n d le th ro u g h t h e p ro p e r c h a n n e ls . You can a p p r e c ia te t h a t o u r e n t i r e s i t u a t i o n i s r a t h e r in v o lv e d end we can o n ly d e s ig n a te t o each in d iv id u al group operating s p e c ific a lly in our p ic tu re c e rta in fu n ctio n s, beyond which th e y sh ould not be p e rm itte d to g o . w h ile in my p re v io u s conm unicat io n t o you I f e l t t h a t i f o u r d r iv e r s were involved th ey should be sev e re ly p en alized , due to th e n atu re of th e ir __ 009 78  2 op ar a t i o n s I b e lie v e t h a t we sh o u ld go no f u r t h e r w ith them excep t t o em phasise th e se rio u sn e ss o f t h e i r becoming "to o cooperative**, toward th e end o f having th a n r e f r a in a b so lu te ly from any p a rtic ip a tio n o th e r than in accordance w ith th e above comments. A 4 ) Yours tr u ly , HYL Ga GQLBIS COdPOH*!PIUH J m II. .c h a e fo r KS 0000979