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FILE NAME: General Electric (GE) DATE: 1934 May 11 DOC#: GE084 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to GE from Dr. Hamilton with Inspection Report 1 V >r. r J . J . May 11 , 1954 i Bxard Swope* P re sid e n t General E le c tr io Company Mew York, H. Y. -.1 ,, 4. , . ^ / jifn . lct/u :iX f.'IB.'ii' TO , 331.'f) OT OjijIiSv-sS-i i- Doar Ri sa "ri? .S T O W " *0 iiw oX % oi_bi ----- --vfrr rrroev o r j nndi tbsI oss ---TVo* vl-lt^Fperhaps Remember th a t J^x-pte- SEWffflifeiisra w in te r su g g estin g th a t an in q u iry be made into* th e use o f asbestos in General E le c tr ic plants because.. p f .- .s e r i o ^ t r a u k l f t ; ; ^ ^ has a r is e n Teo&VLj in - ? th e^ p U ^ U ^ e S j^ : , t h i s % W |a * S&U t h i R ^ h i i in s tru c te d "me'- t o *look- a tta c k e d -iJFl.-Soee;; way a s !& * & & mirius.tau vtu sa tl namely, b-:n exam ination-of; 'tfhfc5to s t" c o n te n t of th e a i r . B u t`a, nu- c o n s u lta tio n w ith Dr. L* U. Gardner, o f Saranac, d isc lo se d the a completely en clo sed ^a^araty * M W ^ h c ^ t o f e * escap in g i* N&d and n o t e a s ily sttetad 'I n b y a n exhaust'. Tne draughts from the moving b e l t s blow them about ,puji-.,,thex &ccumulate on surfaces h ig h er than th e men' s h e a d s . " r i r 'i s Deybnd doubt th a t th e men b re a th e in some o f t h i s asb e sto s d u st.- Ue d isc u sse d th e q u estio n of tak in g X-rays o f some of th e o ld er employeaf J wapr p&^uqtgnfc. to advise such a procedure i f i t would mean alarm ing 1xhcrL'arett ana " sta rtin g rumors of danger, but Mr. Ojrermeier was q u ite sure i t would n o t. He o ffe re d to e x p la in to th e fo u r men who have worked lo n g est in th a t department (from 18 to 25 y ea rs) t h a t th e Company wanted to be sure the dust waB not harm ful and so wished, to have th e o ld e s t employes examined. He sa id they were reaso n ab le men and t h e i r r e la tio n to th e Company was such th a t th ey would respond w ith e n tir e confidence. In B ridgeport I found a q u ite differew t +-<-- \ G.y. S0\ " f V r . ' -2- May 11,1934 not with rerrard to d u s t, fo r th e re regard to the length of" exposure. u*H213i**i k i j ftCTC'ffS 3X -r *ift ?*%*"*Fyr _l V-T , Y . - . : zi z o t I s much h e re a l s o , b u t ~.; The men In B rid g e p o rt have beenT conclusion -i s''that there: b in .h oti -Yarkand,- Bridge*!ir O veroeier to have X-ray p ic tu re s ta k e n -o f .,the,, four, aen-jlongest employedC T h is "oah'''be -done i n .York r"'bp,t th e film s r.-a h c r^ d ^ jtq ^ _-r,r:Z Dr. It. U._ G ardner'b f :^ ^ a e K d ^ rifft:a i^ trm S d ia m c 'La&e r s c fo r in te r n ts ta tio n -'T h e re !''is _ no; one'"'in York who ire taj% t g j t h i s f i e l'd,in'ansd: .Gv ardner vi's'cth-eif`-^' forem ast' On..e' i-n ...'the '-'c7o--untr>y?**'.-" ^ t -" I 1,-en- cTl-o^ se a-.-'T.'-SL ,tatem-e_nVt ';pf ,,'tri^r-ife an/.d':^r.pr.^-niaesaaccciovne?r*ii^giI.-U'5 Icmc two day conference' In Saranac'' arid'-V isits t'o.Tark' ' rin'i i . - . ~ ~ ' -r-!/. .05'ii c>iod 7vCI yaurs^, ; . iasa .v {i -iirij- t$ri J. / .4 %. PM* * * * . , . , 1, ____ m >J /*.) - , A l orfir (Bnc.) i> : \ rSj^'vi ?i - i ?.3VC.^-U-i `* ;V `/ A lice 'FiOHirton X r J C T i . :i\) ij'.t r.i illJsi .V ;r;r,'iv IS - .1 -uc --i jiTj.. i-ijimfi' veil "*3 *" - . . . r ~ .,,i. f -- * 'pi ! ` li.* ' i j U *ihiXiC-