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MIAMI F LO l DA March 1 0 , 1940 M r. J . A... C o s t e l l o , Dear J o e : T his p a s t week I secu red th e a d d itio n a l in fo rm a tio n t h a t Dr.. Kehoe d e s ir e d r e g a r d in g th e Orange S t a t e O i l Com pany's ta n k c le a n in g s in D ec em ber, \h ic h . y o u n o d o u b t w i l l w a n t t o p a s s on t o him . Tank # 2 0 1 i n Tampa w hich had b e e n u sed f o r s p i l i n g w as c l e a n e d d u r .n g t h e p e r i o d < D ecem b er 6 th to December* 1 2 th 1 9 3 9 . Mr. E . F . G lo v e r was i n c h a r g e ox t h i s cL e a n in p and t h e f o l l o w i n g men entered th e ta n k : _ o f th e tim e w nixe t h is clea n in g Jo b was b e in g done o n ly as a p r o te c tio n against, g a s fum es. P re v io u s to th e c le a n in g t h is ta n k was steamed f o r s e v e r a l days and th e w auls w ere k e p t wet during th e e n tir e p erio d o f c le a n in g . This task i s equipped w ith a f lo a t in g typ e r o o f, and sise e th e r o o f was o n ly th re e o rfo u r f e e t above the bottom i t was v e ry d i f f i c u l t to d e a n , and Mr. G lo v e r saw no r e a s o n f o r b u r d e n in g h i s men with g a s m asks a s lo n g as no gas h a z a rd e x is t e d . Ncae. o f t h e a b o v e men w e re r u b b e r g l o v e s and I was a d v i s e d t h a t o n ly H u bbard w o re r u b b e r b o o t s . B o th M r. H . UV G l o v e r , C o n s t r u c t i o n Engineer* an d Mr. E . F . G lo v e r , C o n s tr u c tio n Forem an were o u t o f M iam i t h i s w e ek , b u t M r. R . W. V an B ran t, S e c r e ta r y f o r Orange S t a t e in s t r u c t e d them t s be h e r e S atu rd ay m orning fo r a c o n fe re n ce w ith me, a t w h ic h tim e t h e a b o v e i n f o r m a t i o n was s e c u r e d . ! 0021122 N 24496 M I A M I* F tn C 5 T B A V F R. O n T M O T -e L MI AMI F LO RI OA M r. Van B r u n t a s k e d me t o a d v i s e D r. K ehoe t h a t th e y would .a p p r e c ia te v e r y much a copy o f h is f i n a l r e p o r t on th is. c a s e . M r. Van B ru n t a d v is e d me t h a t t o d a t e no l e g a l p r o c e e d i n g s h a v e been inau gu rated in th is c a se . S in cerely yours, W. H. PHIPPS K E" 0 0 2 112 3