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in e E s e c u t iv e 8100 NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 2101 CONSTITUTION AVENUE, WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Established, in 1916 by the National Academy of Sciences under its Congressional Charter and organized with the cooperation of the National Scientific and Technical Societies of the United States DIVISION OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 8 May 1951 Ca b l e Ad d r e s s NREO, Washington, D. C. Dr. R obert A. Kehoe K ettering Laboratory U niversity of C incinnati C in c in n a ti, Ohio Dear Bob, Had a v i s i t y e s te rd a y from a Mr. J , W, G uehring r e f e r r e d by H arry Herman, U .S .P .H .S . C o n v ersatio n in d ic a te d th e fo llo w in g : 1 . Guehring and a sso c ia te s plan to begin to m anufacture TEL w ith in a f e n m onths. ?.. Have i n v e s t ig a te d h e a lth problem th ro u g h U .S .P .H .S . and S tate of C a lifo rn ia . 3. Permanente Foundation i s w illin g to assume m edical re sp o n sib ility . A. P la n t w all be lo c a te d in San F ran cisco Bay a re a . Ef flu e n ts w ill d ra in in to S uisan Bay a f t e r p assin g through s e t t l i n g ta n k s and some sub s o i l d ra in a g e . 5. Process w ill be w ith continuous a u to clav e-b atch d is tilla tio n ^ sep aratio n and so fo rth . 6 . E stim ated p ro d u ctio n 12,000,000 lb s . u er year u sin g one a u to clav e only and keeping one stan d b y . 7. O peratin g crew w i l l be n in e a t o u ts e t . Two o p e ra to rs and one mechanic each s h i f t . In a d d itio n , th e e ig h t men who make up th e Comnnny w i l l p ro b a b ly fu n c tio n a s c h e m ists, s u p e r v is o r s and th e l i k e . N14026 KE 0012342 D r. R obert A. Kehoe - 2- S May 1951 9. Shipments of products y ;ill be by tank tru ck o n ly ,to Esso. Union and S h e ll in Bay a re a , G uehring was fo rm e rly w ith Du Font Company, Had e x p erien ce in TEL o p e ra tio n s and has a wholesome re s p e c t f o r th e h y g ie n ic a s p e c ts . No p la n s a re made y e t f o r f i e l d s a f e ty but a re now r e c r u i t i n g man from one o f th e e s ta b lis h e d com panies. The h y g ien ic problem s of manufacture^ d is t r i b u t i o n and p lan n in g of TEL were sk etch ed out in rough form and I su g g e ste d t h a t G uehring come to see you to co n sid er m a tte r of d e ta i ls and a c o n s u lta n t. G uehring i s ' ell aware of th e f a c t t h a t th e l o c a l d o c to rs a re not f a m i l i a r w ith th e problem and have no f a c i l i t i e s f o r a r a n a ly s e s . I d o n 't know what your p o lic y on t h i s will b e . I have a s u s p ic io n t h a t both E thyl and Du Pont w i l l welcome a c o m p e tito r as lo n g as he i s no t to o b ig . W ithout re g a rd t o t h e i r a t t i t u d e i t seems t o me t h a t we must make a v a ila b le t o any rep u ta b le m anufacturer at le a s t a l l of th e published m a te ria l which can a id him i n s a fe g u a rd in g h is o p e r a tio n . I would a p p re c ia te g e ttin g th e p a r ty l i n e . P le a se d ir e c t my l e t t e r to the address below. C o rd ially * W illa rd Machie Executive O fficer P i6 S .E . 25th Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Florida /JT 00.12343