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FILE NAME: Asbestos Sacks and Bags (ASB) DATE: 1950 July DOC#: ASB008 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Correspondence between Dr. Vorwald, Saranac & J.P. Woodard RE Continued Use of Burlap Bags - sTSgg r 8" July 26, i960 Hr.' J . P . TToodard : Joim o-H anT ill Corporation "N2oEvrEYasotrk410t6h, HSt. rYe.e"t Dear Parget . ' ' . -Scene fow days ago, Dr. C. F. Shook, ils d ic a l D ire c to r -of C h ren s-Illin o iB G lass Conjpany, v is i t e d u s . D uring over dlnauG sicn be n en tie n ed t h a t th packing and ch ip p in g o f asbestos in burlap bags is often vary troublesome as a p o s s ib le ccurco o f on undue arao-crat o f d u s t. I t Yiould c p poar th a t the aobeutoa stick s to the bags, raking i t neoasausabrye sttoo st.a r uP etrhheaap s inpsaipdeer coou nt tfaoinr erresc, o vliekrey tohfoooovaurysodb itfoor f diatcm acaoas o a rth , v?ould be b e tto r . X thought th a t you vould lik e to have th is inform ation. Sinosrely yours AJYtlrta DArirtheuctrorJ . Vorcr&ld, K.D. Ex e c u t iv e Of f i c e s J o hns -Manville Corporation TW EETY -TWO EA ST FO R T IE T H ST R E E T K E W Y O R E J6, N.Y. July 26, 1950 DThre. ATrruthduearuJ F. oVuonrdwaatilodn S aranac L ake, New York Dear A rthur: Thanks fo r the inform ation in your le tte r of July 25, covering th e su g g estio n -made th a t fib re be packed in paper c o n tain ers to minimize dusts in handling. The fib re packaging problem has always been a b ig one; and the burlap bags are a re la tiv e ly large item of expense. Considerable engineering work has been done w ith a view toward improving th is situ atio n by using d ifferen t types of containers, by bailing the mmeaa nt esr. i- a l, S o b Ty a sr h ti hp e p i nbgu r li at p l ob oa g s e h ians bnooxt_hcganrns ,--ealni-dcabj.yatveda;rioaunds o J t hb ee - r lie v e th is "'same1method i s used by a l l p ro du cers up to t h i s tim e. I am' p a s sin g a copy o f your l e t t e r on to L'r. F is h e r, bead o f our F ib re D iv is io n ; and I am su re he w ill be v e ry much in te r e s te d in it. S in c e re ly , JF7/:3Tff