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FILE NAME: Raybestos-Manhattan (RBM) DATE: 1937 May 20 DOC#: RBM007 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to General Asbestos and Rubber Co. from the US Treasury Dept. - > eri ia Cf T s ^ a o u r D^PiuiT-iix Industria l Iasione And Su n lto tian mirre a s t a t e s PUBLIC UZALEL S^SflCH Vaahlngzon, D.C. ! ty *0, 1957. *'r. H. J e f f o r d s , G eneral L'an ac cr, Ceneri a sb e sto s and Buabcz Cocpany, orti! Charleston, South C arolin a* Dear Ur. Je ffo r d s : . In closed herewith 70U trill rin d a copy or a paper contain in g the re stilt a o r the study conducted a t your p lu g s* in I?r-rch o f th is y e a r . I t i a our f e e lin g th at the re p o rt on the con u itlc n s in your p la n t i s cn e z c e llo n c ex ac p le o f tthac cay be eccocplishcd by the a p p lic a tio n o f s c ie n t if ic ceckods o f duct c o n tro l. \ The d ata should be o f i n t e r e s t , not only to your in d u s t r y ,1 but a ls o to o th er in d u s t r ie s wi th s i c i l a r du3t pro a l e c s , 'o r thin reaso n . i t i s c u r d a a ir e to p u b lish 5s * p^peT* in the o f f i c ia l organ o f the Public H ealth Service (Public Health K e p c rta j. 1 should be 7ery p leased to r e c e iv e your c o c c sn ts on the con ten ts o f t h is p ap e r. You w ill note th at th ere 13 no ay o f id e n tify in g the p la n t nor the l o c a l i t y in which she p lan t i a cicuac'ad. However, i t has occu rred to u s chat i t would be no ucre then f a i r , i f i t ware ag re eab le to you, to acknowledge our thanlca both to you and c te a r s in your o r g a n is a t io n , us w ell aa to the South C arolin a S ta te E op artron t o f H ealth, fo r the splen d id c o o p eratio n without which ch i3 stu d y would c o t_have been p o s s ib le , './e have h e a lta te d to in clu de such cn aennow*ledG=cnt in the presen t rep o rt without f i r s t c o n s u ltin g you ^ in th is c a r te r, sin e s you cay not d esc it .d e s ir a b lo to .a e n - i- y your plant* \ *. I wish to taka th is op portu n ity to thank you e la t e s aGain fo r a l l you have done to echo -h is e tu -7 anti to cocttand you on the e s s e lie n s p ro g re ss you ueve -*t-- the handling o f your uua t p ro b le u . ;JSC* 7 ith k in d e st p e rso n al re g a rd s to you and so *-r. -- -C ..-1 -, I so, ... Sincerely yours, [aiG'ncd) n. R. So;,-ora, S en io r C hief, S iv ia io n o f inau3 .r .a l ../ti- n o , Uatlonul Ino t i tu to of H ealth . 001Q G