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C. M. A V E S, M. D. M ED I CAL D I RECTOR H o u s t o n ,Texas , - March 16, 1931 PLEA S E A D D RES S YO U R R EPL Y TO P O S T - O F F I C E - . D R A W E R * 'D '! _ H O U S T O N , T E X A S D r. R obt. A. Kehoe, U n iv ersity o f C in cin n ati, C in c in n a ti, O hio. Dear D octor: Your l e t t e r o f th e 1 3 th , ju s t re c e iv e d and I fin d th a t ' a c o p y o f a r eepp o r t fro m D r. S h a f f e r , u n d e r whom Mrr. w orked, has been forw arded to you th is m orning. C o n c e r n in g y o u r a s s i s t a n t s e e i n g h im , I am s u r e t h a t h e would have no d i f f i c u l t y a t t h i s man's home. T his young man' s f a t h e r is a p ra c tic in g p h y sician and a lso has been seen by D r. S. B. Tucker. I am n o t p e r s o n a l l y a c q u a i n t e d w i t h e i t h e r o n e . D r. T u c k e r i s a g r a d u a t e o f th e U n iv e r s ity o f P e n n s y lv a n ia and one o f th r e e d o c to rs by th e name o f T u c k e r p r a c t i c i n g i n N a c o g d o c h e s. Two o f th em a r e g r a d u a t e s o f P e n n sy lv a n ia and one o f them from T u la n e . The young m an's f a t h e r i s a man o f a b o u t s i x t y - f i v e y e a r s o f a g e . Nacogdoches is in e a s t Texas on th e H ouston E ast e s t Texas R a ilro a d , th a t is a d ir e c t lin e betw een H ouston and S h rev ep o rt, La. Your a s s i s t a n t c o u ld e i t h e r come b y way o f S h re v e p o rt on t h i s r a i l r o a d o r c o u ld come to J a c k s o n v ille o u t o f S t . L ouis on th e M isso u ri p a c i f i c and t o e a s t t o N acogdoches on a b r a n c h l i n e o f th e S o u th e r n P a c i f i c . I am a ls o q u ite c e r t a i n th e r e i s a Bus L in e b etw een th e s e two to w n s. CMA-c p i, 0010913 COPY COPY COPY D r. C. M. A re a , H ouston O ffic e . ' ^~ Dear D r. A ves;- v. >______ The f o l l o w i n g i n f o r m a t i o n i s f u r n i s h e d w i t h r e f e r e n c e t o Mr m f m i ^' 5586. - Mr. was em ployed in th e r e f i n e r y on A ugust 17, 1929 and was t r a n s r e r c e c ^ o th e D evelopm ent D epartm ent on Septem ber 4 , 1929. A fte r w orking in th e c ra c k in g la b o ra to ry about one m onth, he was t r a n s f e r r e d to o u r In s p e c tio n L a b o ra to ry and h a s w orked th e r e c o n tin u o u s ly s in c e th a t tim e , ru n n in g E n g le r d i s t i l l a t i o n s * Upon co n - - su itin g our reco rd s, I fin d th a t H r. s ta rte d running E ngler d i s t i l l a t i o n s on E th y l g a s o lin e May f i ^ ^ S O ^ a i n c e t h a t tim e he h as ru n 75 such d i s t i l l a t i o n s , th e l a s t tim e b e in g F e b ru a ry 9 , 1931. These w ere ru n in groups o f fo u r to te n a t in te r v a ls v a ry in g from one week to th re e m o n th s. O th e r men have ru n E n g le r d i s t i l l a t i o n s on E th y l g a s o lin e d u rin g t h i s p e r i o d , M r. H. T. G reen , Ho. 5 5 9 6 , h a v in g ru n 1 4 4 , M r. M. D . H a r r is o n , H o. 5550 h a v in g r a n 73 a n d M r. M. M. p o r t e r #5568 h a v in g r u n 3 0 . A ll th ese d is tilla tio n s w ere run in a s p e c ia lly c o n stru c te d hood 43" w ide, 24 M deep and 36" h ig h , f i t t e d w ith a 10" v en t s ta c k w hich c o n n ected w ith an ex h au st f a n . T his hood was u se d by th e o p e ra to rs in th e Knock T e s tin g la b o r a to r y f o r b le n d in g E th y l g a s o lin e d u rin g th e day and fo r the d is tilla tio n s a t n ig h t. On J a n u a ry 2 7 , 1931, in o r d e r t o be s u r e t h a t we w ere ta k in g s u ff ic ie n t p re c a u tio n s, I w rote th e E th y l G asoline C orp o ratio n a sk in g them what p re c a u tio n s th ey c o n sid e re d n e c e ssa ry in ru n n in g 'Engler d i s t i l l a t i o n s o n E t h y l g a s o l i n e . On F e b r u a r y 5 , I r e c e i v e d a r e p l y fro m M r. E , B . A n d e r s o n , t h e i r l a b o r a t o r y m a n a g e r a t Hew O r l e a n s , s ta tin g th a t in th e ir o p in io n th e h azard from t e t r a e th y l lea d vapors in cu rred in ru n ning d i s tilla tio n s on E th y l g a so lin e were so s lig h t th a t n o p r e c a u t i o n was n e c e s s a r y * A c t in g o n t h i s a d v ic e we h a v e r u n s u c h d is tilla tio n s in th e dpn lab o rato ry sin ce th a t tim e. I f th e re is any o th e r in fo rm a tio n r e la tiv e to M r. - c a s e w h ic h we c a n f u r n i s h , we s h a l l b e g l a d t o do s o . sss* c Copy.- D r. W. W. S t e i n M r. S . H. H a ll. Vr t r u l y y o u r s , Sherman S . S h a ffe r . 0010914 --I ' %