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September 19, 1952 Mr. J. B. Macauley Fibyl Corneration 160C. '.feat 'Sight Mile Road ; T'ernlnlc 20, Detroit, Mich. Dear :Jack : -'/v. f.t\b.. . . . ,' ' T :us eiocn^ivoiy slow iii replying to your letter of August 15 or the Air fdilution activities in the Detroit area. I am mash sympathetic with your problem, but ray slowness is in part ?r. ovprc-cwi or. c\f not having any very 'specific advice to :giye:,h; i>,;b; b h b f vV . ; . :. .. .h. . ' ; * 7 general reaction to this lo that Btliy! Corporation. should, '~e as cocgcrativc as possible In a community enterprise, even though the stimuli;:, does not arise primar11;: within the ooramuni i;>-. Certainly the Corporation should move in reasonable concert vilh the other local industries, and be ^omeihing of a leader without seeking or achieving the lime light. It should fulfill any reasonable request .and I should feel that the manning of a campling station is reasonable, provided there are no serious local reasons for not doing so' That is. for example, if your ohcorvations were directed loo poincedly at a heal offender, you would be on the snot, If you were aiding in the collection el general information, you would be contributing: to the solution, of an Important problem. At least, this seems likely and reasonable to me at present. ; 1*11 be glad cc be kept informed and consulted if you wish, from time to time, be are somewhat involved in the Detroit-Vlndser problem, through the recent advisory relationship of one of our staff to the government group involved. Tie may be able to see features of the situation that would1not be too apparent ' other wise. A1 aio* rate, we shall be glad to help all we can. Sincerely yours. RAK ef Dictated but not read. RoBerti "AVItelide, ra. D 0B04281 ETHYL CORPORATION RESEARCH LABORATORI ES 16.00 WEST EI GHT MI LE ROAD FERNDALE 20, DETROIT, MICHIGAN . l i ____ August. 15, 1952 Dr. Robert A. Kehoe The Kettering Laboratories University of Cincinnati Cincinnati , Cliio : Dear Bob: : . . . - You have been forwarded by the Laboratories AI Gassmann,s report on the Joint Industry Conference on Atmos pheric Pollution which was held in Detroit on July 31* As you may note, the chairmanship is under Mr, L. A. Danse of the G M Production Engineering Section, and G M Is apparantly quite active in this move. You are also aware that Charlie Gambrill has attended the Air Pollution sessions on the West Coast last Hay and he is presently on the API committee on methods of analysis for atmospheric contamination ^ I would greatly appreciate your aid and guidance in the matter of our participation in the Detroit area activities, ana suggest that you may want to advise me and Mr. Gambrill as to our next moves in the matter. It is quite possible that we may be approached to contribute by manning a sampling station in this area: 1, .. Very sincerely, JBM:lt cc: Mr. E. Bartholomew Mr. C. M. Gambrill Dr. . B. Idgett Dr. G. F. Kirby Mr. B. B. Turner Mr. F. J. Schroeter Dr. C. J. Sprunk