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c . . . , Ga so l ine Co r po r at io n 25EltOADWASr . CAX'ADIW liKi'RF.SKXTATIVJ-; PlTOOmALD ^ SO1<irn.kL,fl9TRJJ.l-.30iTORONTO Ne w York: May 14th, 1930 INREPLYPLEASE REFERTO Dr. R. A. Kehoe, c/o Ethyl Gasoline laboratories, 320 Yonkers Avenue, YONKERS, N.Y. Dear Dr. Kehoe: ' I telephoned Mr. Mittnaeht yesterday relative to case of alleged lead poisoning at Winnipeg. He requested that I write you all the particulars about it that I have. The case was brought to my attention yesterday by a letter from Mr, McEarlane, our Representative in Western Canada, and by Mr, C. S. Griffith..,.,,Manager of imperial Oil, Limited, Winnipeg. Mr. McEarlane states that the garage where this trouble occurred, did not handle Ethyl Gasoline at all, but that their mechanics were working on ears that did use Ethyl Gasoline, and incidentally blamed Ethyl Gasoline for the cause of the trouble. Personally, I do not think they are justified in their claims whatsoever, but it is the fact of the broad-easting of this trouble around the city'which Will cause a lot of ill feeling towards our product. That is the reason why I mentioned to Mr, Mittnaeht that I thought it would be advis able to have some person in your department look into it. Mr. Griffith's report, a copy of which I am enclosing, covers the situation fairly well. As soon as you decide what you think is best to do in this case, I would appreciate hearing from you, ! Best regards, / i JNFiGS 0012031 . '> . . ` `. . ' ' ';  *- "* ^ ' g \ *> - >' * * r-ivpa^ i f,' iv- tu ,,ii'-<. v 'r-u'Nx / < " 1T*`"> - y k - - - , j* -- - - " -V ; - t*^ -tt% V* - ^ ' COPY. : : */, ' ;- - -- ? '-.'L -Y&.< $ %Jgi|| Winnipeg, May 10th 1950 Wards Garage, Winnipeg, Manitoba, ' ....*:;r 2gasBLME^ Mr. F. J.:Wof%i. , ' Importai O X,tjd., :Toronto 2, Ontario. . ;; . Dear Siri J Following oar wire of area date, the first intiipation we had that these people were having any trouble ^ t h Ethyl Gasoline Hfes when Mr. Ms Parlane, of the Ethy^^isolin Corpnw, left word With MrPWood, oar Sexyice Station Saperitendenti on Thursday, May 8th ---apparently he ted to go eat that night* . :, ) . t h . AS soon as 1 got this information lealled and found they were handling British American Super Power White Gasoline and MeColl-Frontenae Red Indian Oil - not handling Ethyl, but Mr* Wart told me that two f hia men had ' a lot of trouble, with Ethyl Gasoline; one Hr. hi2^efj^_ arm was in very ted shape. He took ms out and introduced ms to iffe unbandaged his arsi, and right at the elbow he had a very ted looking sore. He also t o l ^ t e a b c n t his other mechanic, wh ^ms right there; a party by the ; name of i^ K K K t who ishowedme his tia s ^ a n d ^ i r at fnger, which were bandaged, and the same kind of. a sore as on Mr. arsa, They both claimed that it was working on a Kissel Car owned by GorSo^Fraser in which he had been using Ethyl Gasoline, that caused the traiblp and they had been going to the doctor since the beginning of, March, and that-the doctor told them it was lead poison ing caused by Ethyl Gasoline. . ;v..3p' >3e ing. The doctoras is McRae of Meindl & McRae, 408 Medical Ario Build- Mr. Bronsdoa also -visited this garage, but as they are not handling Ethyl there he figorad'-.that possibly we would follow the matter. It looks to me lilt the Ethyl Corporation should send their doctor or have same doctor that they appoint look into this matter at once, for these mech anics, also Mr. Ward of the garage, are doing a lot of talking about the use of Ethyl Gasoline. They have issued orders not to repair or touch a car that had been using Ethyl Gasoline. ! -' !y- yfy-y '' '- Yours very truly, ; >( ' ...^ ..1. .. ~\*.` . '*f ---'rf " :-- y* -;;rfA