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Ju ly 13, 1955 D r, H arold A . Beatty Eth yl Corporation 1600 W est Eigh t M ile Road Fe r n d ale 20, D etroit, M ich igan D ear H al: Th ere is little th at I can say by w ay of con stru ctive cr it icism about your d r aft th us fa r of th e m em oran du m o r statem en t on the sign ifican ce of t e tr ae th y l le ad in th e d evelop m en t of h igh o ctan e g a so lin e . In th e fir st p lace , I d on 't know en ough abou t th e m at t e r s u n d er d isc u ssio n to do so , an d t h e r e fo r e I sh ou ld be v e r y p r esu m p tu o u s to r e m a r k on an yth in g excep t th e im p r essio n m ade upon m e. Th is im p r essio n , I m ay say , is v er y good. The qu estion s r a ise d se e m to m e to be th e r e aso n ab le o n e s, an d the w h ole ap p roach to th ese seem to m e to be qu ite o b jectiv e. I h ave q u e r ie d on e a sp e c t of th e su b je c t in th e le ft m a r gin , yny fe e lin g b ein g th at if p r e se n t m ovem en t on th e cou n try 's h igh w ays is sa t isfa c t o r y an d sa fe , it is on ly so b ecau se it is le ss u n sat isfacto r y an d le ss u n safe th an it m igh t be if ce r t ain im p r ovem en ts o r ad van ces h ad n ot b een m ad e. It w ould se e m to m e th at som e com m en t m igh t be r eq u ir ed h er e o r la t e r to in d icate w hat is m ean t . Safe t y , fo r e xam p le , in t e r m s of m ile s t r av e le d o r in t e r m s of th e d en sit y o f c a r s, h as been im p r o v ed , I b e lie v e , but in m y u n st at i3 t ical fe e lin g, d rivin g on th e h igh w ay is no lo n ger a p le asu r e but a ch or e, an d it is fr au gh t w ith op p or tu n ities fo r d isa st e r on a ll sid e s. I su sp e c t th at oth er people fe e l th e sam e , an d t h e r e fo r e th is clau se st r ik e s a som ew h at in con gru ou s n ote. Th is can be straigh ten ed out, I b elieve. I sh all look forw ard to seein g th e fin ish ed jo b , fo r m y own in t e r e st an d edu cation . W ith k in d e st r e g a r d s, Sin cerely you rs R A K ex En c 0019126 RobertA. Kehoe, M . D