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May 1 2 , 1 937 Mr* T. R. A. Bevan ; Et h yl Exp or t Cor p or ation Thames House# Mlllb an k London, S. W. 1 En gla n d Dear Mr* Bevan i The Sa fe t y Rules fo r Handlin g Et h yl Gasolin e# which accompanied your le t t e r o f Ap r il 22nd, were a p p a r en tly Issu ed by the Je r s e y Company as the r e s u lt of an attem pt on t h e ir p a r t to st a n d a r d ise t h e ir s a fe t y measures throughout a l l the companies in t h e ir a s s o cia t io n . I b e lie ve you r e a lis e t h a t we have no r e s p o n s ib ilit y fo r p u t t in g in to fo r ce such r egu la t io n s . The Issu an ce o f such r e gu la t io n s im p lie s t h a t the Anglo-American Oil Company has i t s own m ed ical fe c lllt le ;# s in c e , presumably# these ar e In s t r u ct io n s issued by t h e ir head o ffic e . I have never attempted to d icta t e e it h e r s a fe t y measures or pr ecautionary r egu la tion s fo r the handling of leaded gasolin e in la b o r a t o r ie s , nor ar e t h er e any r e gu la t io n s now in e ffe c t fo r w hich we are in any way r e s p o n s ib le excep t those which ar e in our book o f r e g u la t io n s . My a t t it u d e would be t h a t I f th ey want these r e gu la t io n s ca r r ie d o u t , th e y should pr ovide the mechanism fo r so d o in g. Obviously we a r e In t e r e s t e d In any r e a l dangers t o t h e ir la b or a tor y w or ker s, and fo r t h a t r eason our men in t h is cou n tr y have done e xa ct ly as Dr . Bolder o has done. We have looked In t o the s it u a t io n from time to time an d , I f i t seemed a d vis a b le t o do s o , we have examined ce r t a in members o f the la b o r a t o r y per sonnel fo r var iou s d is t r ib u t in g companies. X have no doubt Dr . Boldero w ill w ish to con tin u e t h is p r a c t ic e , but he has no o b liga t io n whatever to do more than h is own judgment d ict a t e s * I le a ve I t e n t ir e ly up to him to d ecide whether he w ill comply w ith the r eq u e st ,qf Anglo-Am er ican to make the exam in ations ca lle d fo r in these s a fe t y r u le s . I , p e r s o n a lly, do not consider these examinations n e cessar y, o r , p er h ap s, I should say t h a t I do not t h in k i t n e ce ssa r y to do them so fr e q u e n t ly . , In t h is con n ection I t h in k you should disabuse Mr. Paul of the id e a t h a t we have au th or ized or have aid ed in the p r ep ar at ion of these r e g u la t io n s . He should be given t o u n d er stan d , I b e lie v e , t h a t when we have K'E' 0 0 7 1 0 o N 7786 Mr. T. R. A. bvan r e gu la t io n s to is s u e * we s h a ll do so d ir e ct ly * He should a ls o understand t h a t an ythin g which Dr . Boldero does in t h is con n ection Is as a m atter o f cou r te sy.an d p er son al p r o fe s s io n a l judgment. I t i s d is t in c t ly not our In t e n t io n to be in s t r u ct e d in these m atter s by the Sa fe t y Department o f the Je r s e y Company* Very t r u ly yo u r s . RAKj i s Ro be rt' 'A. Ke'hoe,'"M, D.