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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1956 Oct 11 DOC OC350 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter RE Tip from Asbestos Workers Union FIBERGLAS OC 28 CORNING CORPORATION . COMPANY CORRESPONDENCE General Offices Ohio AmentofioMrn. M. Burch Toledo October 16 1956 From John D. Black ~ Toledo cc Mr. Ray Crepps - Newark Subject j ASBESTOS WORKERS UNION f t uter Attached is a copy of a letter just received from 1 Bowes at the Boston Branch and a copy of my reply problem Union I understand that steps will be taken to handle t is directly with the top International Representatives of the rgjrgj Attachments She Patent Depe ment RETAIN 1 Year 6 Months Destroy WHY FILE THIS 08.2L os COMPANY CORRESPONDENCE General Offices Ohio RECEIVED RECEIVE|D RECEIVED RECEIVED 5 { Attention of Mr. John Black - Toledo Octabat From Mr. W. L. Bowes - Boston Subject ASBESTOS WORKERS UNION ce - J. A. McKay - New York York | H. T. Williams - ToledoToledo This week we were given a tip by John Murphy Business Agent of the Asbestos Vorkers Union in Hartford Connecticut He informed that the Boston Local of the Asbestos Workers Union as investigation into the lung conditions of their membearrse acnodndutchtaitngsomaen of the results they found were detrimental to fibrous products cc Mr. Yesterday we called on Mr. Abram Goldberu and Mr. Henry Anderson the Goldberg is the President and Mr. Anderson is the Business Agent of Boston Local We found that Mr. Goldberg had just recently underrone a lung exploratory operation This operation had been Dr. Richard Sweet of the Mars General General performed by that another Hospital They also informed us member Mr. William Shaw was undergoing medical treatment at the Overholt Clinic of the Deaconess Hospital They also stated that they recently had had Rays of over 50 percent of their they found quite a The expression was few of their members that there showed a members and that that cloudinces in the lunes than in the was more shadowy substance in their lungs average persons They claim they have another may have to leave the business because of this young man who Recently one of their members died and they are having an autopsy performed to determine if he suffered from what they call asbestitous they are working with Mr. Ernest They also informed us that Sate of Johnson the Labor Commissioner of the should beMasclsaascshiufsieetdtsas ona ahapzraorgdroaums toondeetermine whether their industry My preat concern is that they keep talking about plass in their lungs We did determine that Mr. Goldberg had an infected vertebra took Ray therapy treatments to correct this and situation He also told us that be had not had a chance to discuss the findings of the explora- tory operation with his doctor in as much as the doctor had out of town immediately after the operation and was not gone months that was about eight weeks ago expected back for two Cc RETAIN During our conversation they also brought out the fact that other parts of the country including Albany New York and Syracuse are concerned about this problem and they too are condusting investigations investigations We thought that you would want to have this in writing and we will . wait word from you as to any further follow on this situation h ty ! ee A } a GI er.o W. L. Bowes } Year WLB eu 6 Months Destroy CY WHY FILE THIS