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Kanpton Enginaaring Section Managar D. , Baldwin W^stinghousc Harp ton Works D*T1 January 2^ 1956 I an attaching a copy of Dick Daoant' s latt thought* on this subject. "" ,td Jan^kz^ 13 giving his Sine* that tins I bar* talked to he apparently has had soma preliminary discussion* Apparently, they have indicated to hia that they v^i approval to a product in a thickness of .CiiO" raada up $0ipp ~ ccnbustible naterial and 50% non-combustible. Tharj^A^Kin that the reason they are not interested In using caobination is the fact that if a fir* developed the heat generated would be very rapidly dissipated thr sheet tad consequently would cause a failure of HICARTA and alusdmau This de- fieieney in our p: to the problea of corrosion which has been prevli ..We recently disc tht^_ i*liability of having a nesting with Dick Tenant and other V, oed pSboofpellie-to -deiendn* our futurseourse of action on 'this -d< nt toA other things that we an woridng on. ~ I believe would be very desirable. In fact, I have been advocat or over a year but so far have not been able to get all gethsr In on* place et the sum tia*. I believe we ;v* this Besting et the time of your next get-together with animation which I understand will be scaatlas around the early I hope that you will go to work on this Customer Order see what sort of a product you can eoee up with that right receiving the Coast Guard approval. f' Section S*lee Kaarg**^/Su'tCoo GFS:bd Enclorun I wCw . ^ ` l