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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: September 29, 1937 DOC#: USG017 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1937 letter to CM Price from USG regarding copies of letter from CG Scharwath and replies "t C t ;;:' C United States Gypsum C ompany .A CHICAGO OKTRPIT MM llkNWNACUAMP KO fk t l ` KS Ta.nLsOaUsI Sc i t y OMAHA OCNVCR ' O A ttA S tSoA Nt AF RNASNCCtSI SSC O FORTIANO 300 WEST ADAMS STREET CHICAGO September 2 9 ,' 1937 N*W YORK SOSTON O u F F A tO FHItAOt LFHtA W A tniN O rO N OAttlM ORC FUTSSUROH S c o t t , MacLelsh Sc P u lk, 134 S . La S a lle S tr e e t, Chicago, I llin o is , Gentlemem -A tten tio n U r. C h arles U* P rie * We are a tta c h in g herew ith co p ie s o f l e t t e r from Ur, C, G, Scharwath, d ated September 16th , and our r e p ly . You w ill note in my l e t t e r to Ur* J . A. Scharwath t h a t I to ld him th a t you w ill g e t in touch w ith him on your n ex t t r i p to New York, which I understand w i l l be w ith in a week or ten d a y s, We c o n sid e r t h is m atter im portant enough f o r you to in v e stig a te the a c tiv ity o f the lawyer brin gin g th is s u it; the o rig in o f the s u it ; whether the laviyer i s employing runners to sig n up p l a i n t i f f s fo r him; what the m edical evidence is re g ard in g the p l a i n t i f f r e fe r r e d t o ; i f t h is man i s now o r has ever worked fo r u s, and so f a r as you are ab le to determine i f th is lawyer, or h is runner, has contacted any o f our former employees a t Je rse y C ity , or any o f our p resen t employees. I t has been necessary in our operation a t Jersey C ity to reorgan ize the person n el, which has re su lte d in d ism issa l and replacem ent o f c e r t a in o f the w orkers; and with the more e ffic ie n t operation of th is plan t fu rth er reduction o f the o p e ra tin g p erso n n el may be n e c e ssa r y . You w ill r e c a l l the d e t a i l s o f Dr. G ard n er's survey a t J e r s e y C ity , and f o r t h is reason we must reco g n ize the v u ln e ra b le p o s it io n we are in a s re g ard s t h i s p la n t . You can, th e r e fo r e , a p p re c ia te th a t we must move very c a u tio u s ly in any n ego tiatio n s with Scharwath or the p l a i n t i f f 's law yer. Very tr u ly y o u rs, JSO/M FOR ID., ,\S " e