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Mr- 3. B. Coolldge, Jr., Cleveland Chloago Coffeyville, Kanaka C. E. Dee da Otark Suit ing and Hilling Co. Itxiliarisa BoMaroh <\~r ' August 7, 1?51 ^ o ( ^ 2185 Dry- B7 Qrind ;' E. T. 6. AUG 8 1951 // /' I explained, la letter of July 27, that Chicago u haring ' trouble grinding Bujpsr KoaHTon* to obtain the dealred gloaa and fineness of grind. They attribute thla to the Llthopane--particularly duo to tba fact that -they aro no* ualng 300# Lithopone per 100 gallona lnetaad of 75/ par 100 gallona. In order to cheok ahether or not the regular 2185 was definitely the oauee of thia, I euggested to the Emulsion Department that they try out R7 grind, with the idea in mind that they aould get a $Q eample or ao and aatoa the trial. However, -they auggeated "let ua glTe It a real trial and ordar a oarload of R7* and thia la tha way It waa loft with Messrs. Kohr and Cram. However, when Ur. Oram placed the order for the R7 he plaoed the whole August requirements for thia grade, lnatead of placing tha order for one oar of 2185 R7. Z dlaouaaed thia with his and ha agroed at that tine to 1 iadt it to one oar for trial. However, apparently Coffoyvllle, based on (one past experience, waa unwilling to make the ohange on their order to the regular 2185 without approval from Haveland. In the abaenoe of Ur. Gram, I again oheokwd with Ur. lohr and aakwd him to notify Hr. Do bis to nmk the ohange to inolude only one oar of 87. This waa agreeable with Ur. Dobie end he did that by 'phone today. I know that 7 grind will alow production, down slightly, but In ordar tc try to oorreot the situation here at Chicago in grinding, Z thought It -wise to oaks a trial run. Frankly, we are faced with a loss of 2185 business In Super lew--Ion# wless our texture la kept up to par. Titenltu la loosening up again and if thia texture problem continues, ww may loae Llthopone completely from Super Eem-foae formula and not Just back to what It waa before the emergency. I personally feel, therefore, that we should do whatever we possibly can at Coffeyvllle, oonaiatent with production, to beep the texture up to standard. If 87 grind la the answer to thla, and if we hope to keep the business, I think we will have to go to a grind comparable to that unless wat milling oen off-set tha dry grinding. Mr. lohr la anxious for ua to teat the textire of the 87 grind versus the regular production of 21&5 and I am rather anxious to reoslvw from Ur. Boehner 5# smnple of their 2185 87 grind rtioh they shipped to Chicago together with a sample of their regular 2185. ft will make tha comparison of thaw# samples agaiat a grab sample of 2185 frssi the Chioago plant, #tieh Mr. lohr oleins is hard to grind. In fact, he feels that all 0007-SWP-043823 Ur, 3. Saeda -e- Agat 7, 1?51 the shipmate are hard to grind In Super Ien-Tooe. Hill you, therefere, plana aaa that wa gat tha aanpla of aaoh of tha above as soon as pas- albla so that wa oan ahact to aaa what we need to do at Coffeyrille ta hold an to this buaineaa? CHI l J* coi J33 S3C, Jr, SIS C. H. Adaau Mineral Produota Laboratory 0007-SWP-043824 0007-SWP-000127174