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FILE NAME: Raybestos-Manhattan (RBM) DATE: 1939 DOC#: RBM069 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letters between M. Simpson, President, Raybestos-Manhattan and A.S. Rossiter, "Asbestos" Publication Barry Castleman's Raybestos -Manhattan Correspondence File CD-ROM Document# DATE __ published report from journal __ published report from conference __ unpublished report __ unpublished presentation __ newspaper article le tte r $ __ memorandum ^ ^ \ ) __ industry warning information __ industry meeting minutes __ conf or meeting attendee list __ book excerpt __ Legal - Deposition __ Legal - Defendant Filing __ Legal - Plaintiff Filing O ther_________________________ iPubtished bi/ 16th Floor, Inquirer Bldg. PH ILA D ELPH IA , PA ., U . S. A. IV; March 21, 1939. Mr. S. Simpson, P re sid e n t, Raybestos-Manhattan, In c ., B rid g e p o rt, Conn. Dear Mr. Simpson: You may have seen t h e a t t a c h e d a r t i c ] on A s b e s to s is ,b u t i f not pro b ab ly w ill be i n t e r e s t s in reading i t . You need n o t r e t u r n i t . Very tru ly yours, " A S B E S T OSV A. S. R o s s i t e r , TJ Editor. R h 9-77 B rid g e p o rt, Conn. March 22, 1959 Miss A. S. R o s s i t e r , E d i t o r ASBik: TOG 10th Floor, Inquirer Bldg. Philadelphia, *a. My d ea r Miss R o s s i t o r Replying to yours of the ls t, I had hot seen the a s b e s t o s i s a r t i c l e , fuia thank you f o r c a l l i n g i t to my a t t e n tion. I would a l s o ask w hether you s e n t a copy to Mr. Vitndiver Brown, of Jotans-LIanville. I f n o t, I sh o u ld l i k e to send him ray copy, f o r , as you know, Mr, Brown and m yself a r e the only ones in 'Contact with the Saranac la b o ra to ry , which i s c a r r y in g on r e s e a r c h work fo r th e t e x t i l e i n d u s t r y , to a s c e r - t a i n the e f f e c t s o f a s b e s to s d u s t on the workmen. v / The p r e li m i n a r y f i n d i n g s on a s b e s to s d u s t were so good t h a t we j u s t cannot b e l i e v e th e n , and th ey a r e being r e checked. Of c o u rse , as you know, p re lim in ary r e p o r ts are n o t w o rth very much e x c e p t as an i n d i c a t i o n , and we w i l l n o t have ; f i n a l r e p o r t s from th e Saranac l a b o r a t o r y f o r about two y e a r s , as we went i n t o a t h r e e y e a r i n v e s t i g a t i o n . P r a c t i c a l l y a l l the manufacturers have joined in defraying the expenses of the investigation. For your inform ation, I might say the Public Health S e rv ic e o f Worth C a ro lin a has v i s i t e d our C h arlesto n p l a n t several times in the study of health hazards in the asbestos tex tile industry. I t h i n k when wo g e t through with our S aranac i n v e s t i g a t i o n , we w i l l show t h a t t h i s paper I s c o n s id e r a b ly d i s t o r t e d , a l though he does si;y a t l a s t t h a t when, th e a i r can be k ept down to f i v e m illio n m icrons, th e re i s no danger, and 1 can t e l l you con f i d e n t i a l l y , bijt am n o t w i l l i n g to make i t p u b l i c , t h a t the a i r can be k ep t below l i v e m ill i o n m icro n s, with proper c o n t r o l s , but I am n o t w i l l i n g t o s t a r t a c o n tro v e rs y w ith my c o m p e t i t o r s . Both ^ u n v ille anc oursebves have done wonders in the way of o u s t c o n t r o l , and so f a r as I know, a r e a l o n g , long way ahead o f every one e l s e , iJid when t h e time i s r i g h t , a n d we w i l l g e t the r e p o r t s from the l a b o r a t o r y , we w i l l be w i l l i n g to t u r n over to our c o m p e tito rs a l l th e in fo rm a tio n wo have re g a rd in g d u s t c o n t r o l . I have a p r e t t y goou idea o f th e p la n ts t h a t were s tu c ie d .Miss hoasiter i - 2- 3 /2 2 /3 9 fo r t h i s p ap e r, and as n e a rly as I can fin d o u t , they have no dust c o n tro l a t a l l th a t amounts to anything. With very b e s t wishes to Mr. S to v e r, I am, Very t r u l y y o u rs, SS;G President 1 A S B ESI Vlf "Published b y 16th Floor, Inquirer Bldg. PH ILADELPH IA, PA ., U . S. A. March 23, 1939. Mr. S. Simpson, P r e s id e n t, Raybestos-Manhattan, In c ., B rid g e p o rt, Conn. Deer Mr. Simpson: We a r e v e r y g l a d t h a t t h e c l i p p i n g s e n t you a few days ago concerning a s b e s t o s i s was o f i n t e r e s t . T h is was t h e o n ly copy we had so Mr. V a n d iv e r Brown has n o t r e ceived a copy from us. You could probably g et a copy o f t h e a r t i c l e f o r Mr. Brown, i f you w ish, by w r itin g th e J o u r n a l from which i t was ta k e n . The in fo rm atio n you .give as to your Saranac i n v e s t i g a t i o n i s most i n t e r e s t i n g . Of c o u rs e we u n d e r s ta n d t h a t a l l th is in fo rm a tio n on a s b e s to s i s i s to be kept c o n f id e n t ia l and t h a t n o t h i n g should be p u b l i s h e d abo u t a s b e s t o s i s i n "ASBESTOS" a t p r e s e n t . When you a r e f i n a l l y re ady to make p u b l i c t h e r e s u l t s o f t h i s L a b o r a to r y work, you o f c o u r s e , know we s h a l l be more th an g la d to p u b l i s h an a r t i c l e o r two o r more, on th e s u b j e c t , and we hope you w i l l b e a r us i n mind and see t h a t we get such a r tic le s at the proper time. I n t h e meantime we s h a l l be g l a d t o send y->u an y th in g o f an i n t e r e s t i n g c h a r a c t e r which comes to us on t h i s s u b je c t and i f p o s s i b l e . w i l l see t h a t Mr. V a n d iv e r Brown a l s o g e t s i t . \ piw Very tru ly yours,-^ . TJ y Vy ( . - .y y ' rf t, ' v- <a f V ` v` ^ I K^ 1 A. S. R o s s i t e r i Editor.