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ELET-HONE, EXBCVriVB S100 NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 2101 CONSTITUTION AVENUE, WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Established in 1916 by the National Academy of Sciences under its Congressional Charter and organized with the cooperation of the National Scientific and Technical Societies of the United States DIVISION OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 12 O ctober 1950 Ca b l e A d d r e s s NARECQt Washington, D . C D r. R o b ert A. Kehoe K etterin g L aboratory C o lleg e of M edicine C i n c i n n a t i 19* O hio Dear Bob, T ru st th is l e t t e r reach es you a f te r your re tu rn in good h e a lth and s p ir its . You ',? ill f in d a l l o f th e c o rre sp o n d en c e and r e p o r ts t h a t w ere com pleted f o r th e P etro leu m P o lic y P e s tic id e Com m ittee in your f i l e s a n d I am e n c l o s i n g h e r e w it h a c o p y o f c o m m u n ic a tio n w ith S tev en s which sh o u ld c lo s e th e f i l e f o r th e tim e b ein g a t l e a s t . I t ap p ears th a t th e m a tte r w ill go forw ard from t h is p o in t. B oth G r if f ith and S tev em b e lie v e th a t th e P e s tic id e and T ech n ical Com m ittees should push f u r th e r re se a rc h in th e a re a s co v ered by our second r e p o r t and i f th e m a tte r does n o t bog down i n th e API C om m ittee, you w ill p ro b ab ly be h e a rin g f u r th e r from them . I hope to have the o p p ortunity of seeing you soon. Y lill y o u b y c h a n c e be i n W a sh in g to n o r New Y ork t h i s m onth? I h a v e no im m ediate p la n s f o r coming to C in c in n a ti b u t can do so a t your con venience . S incerely, E nclosure N14028 KE 002346 W illa rd Machle E xecutive O fficer SO C O N Y-VAC U U M OI L COMPANY . in co r po r a t ed 26 Broadway, N ew York N . Y. AIR MAIL D r. W illard K achle K etterin g L aboratory of , A pplied PhysiologyC o lleg e o f M edicine U niversity of C in cin n ati C in c in n a ti 19, Ohio Septem ber 13, 1950 l u b r ic a t in g d e pa r t me n t Dear Dr. M achle: F or th e P etro leu m P e s tic id e P o lic y and T e c h n ic a l Com m ittees I w ish to th an k you fo r th e v e il organized and v e il d e liv e re d testim o n y w hich you p rep ared and gave f o r us b e fo re th e Food and Drug A d m in is tra tio n in W ashington A ugust 11. I a ls o w ish to thank you fo r th e te n co p ies of y0u r f in a l C o n fid e n tia l R eport dated Septem ber 11, 1950 on th e " P o te n tia l H azard to th e P u b lic H ealth from Petroleum P roducts in F oodstuffs,," 1 can a ssu re you th a t your testim ony and your r e p o r t and th e Recom m endations in th e l a t t e r w ill be c a r e f u lly c o n sid e red by e a c h o f o u r r e s p e c t i v e c o m p a n ie s , a n d we a r e v e r y g la d t o h a v e s u c h in fo r m a tio n and Recom mendations f o r th e b a s is o f p o s s ib le r e s e a rc h work to be done in the fu tu re by th e petroleum in d u stry in reg ard to th e p o ssib le to x ic ity o f our products in a sso c ia tio n w ith fo o d stu ffs. We a p p r e c i a t e y o u r m ak in g y o u r s e l f a v a i l a b l e f o r d i s c u s s i o n o f y o u r C o n f i d e n t i a l R e p o rt. I see no im m ediate n e c e s s ity f o r such a d isc u s s io n b u t i f such a de s i r e m a t e r i a l i z e s i n t h e f u t u r e o n th e p a r t o f t h e p e tr o le u m c o m p a n ie s , we s h a ll c e rta in ly be happy to get in touch w ith you. We a l s o a p p r e c i a t e y o u r m ak in g y o u r s e l f a v a i l a b l e f o r f u r t h e r c o n s u l t a t i o n w ith Mr. John D. Conner in th e p r e p a r a tio n o f h is l e g a l b r i e f on p etro leu m o i l s a t th e S pray R esidue T o leran ce H earings b e fo re th e Food and Drug A d m in istra tio n . I s h a ll d is c u s s t h is w ith M r. Conner t h i s week o r e a rly n ex t week and you w ill h e a r v e ry s h o r tly from one o r th e o th e r o f us- i f he n eeds f u r t h e r c o n fe re n c e s w ith you. ' Again e x p re ssin g th e s a tis f a c tio n of th e P etro leu m P e s tic id e Com m ittees fo r your e x c e lle n t work and c o o p e ra tio n w ith u s , and w ith b e s t p e rs o n a l re g a rd s , Yours v ery tr u ly , SOCOHY-VACUOM OIL COMPANY, I n c . W BStevens/di C hem ical P ro d u cts c c - M e s s r s , GfR C le v e la n d -S ta n d a rd O i l ( I n d i a n a ) R O C ovin-Standard O il (O hio) N14028.01