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FILE NAME: Ford (FD) DATE: 1977 July DOC#: FD205 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Asbestos and Health Meetings - Major Customers i I ASHF.STOK AND HEALTH MEETING? MAJOR CUSTOMERS t (G.E., G . M ., FORD, ETC.) m E I ..uric: If., Joe. McCarthy and 1 mot with the. Plant Manager of Uh: yaier1s Friction Materials Plant and on June 17, Ed Fenner, V$ J :;o3!-:, Joe McCarthy and " met with r. group at Ford and later ;- tup at General Motors. At General Motors, Sill Krebs who holds a similar position to Bill Reitze or Dr. Kotin, said he had nothing against asbestos fiber that was "bound in". He did not want to see friable or loose asbestos fiber in their operations. The i.:ooi of the Meeting Was to deconv.ir.S hbW V."0 COUld RiOSt effec ( tively convince G.M. that asbestos could be handled safely., it v;as their recommendation that we contact the top manage- -ent of individual Divisions and reviev; the situation on a Division by Division basis. We are getting the names of the proper people to contact within each Division. In the near future ..e will arrange for and conduct the meetings. The meeting at Ford was with an Executive Engineer and a group drawn together to determine if Ford should develop an asbestos free automobile. After the presentation and question and answer period, we were asked if wc would make a presentation jointly with Bendix and Boling's group to a group of Senior Managers in September. Ford wants to continue using asbestos containing products. They don't believe semi-metaliics are necessarily the answer and do not want to spend the time and money to redesign their braking system. Cnryslor's problem was primarily a labor problem. They 1 recently had a two week strike. One of the major issues was asbestos and health. We are sending the Plant Manager our Emolovee Relations literature, ; ! ` ' i 11 We will keep you informed on our progress with these and j ether major accounts. !