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c 0 p y Memorandum: Mr. 0 . B. Lewis August 18, 1937 I acknowledge r e c e ip t o f your l e t t e r o f August 17 g iv in g M r. M. P . Murdock' s r e p o r t on th e u n lo a d in g o f ta n k tr u c k T-S a t Quaker S ta te ' s Sulenton p la n t on August 10. I am amazed and v e ry much s u r p r is e d to re c e iv e a r e p o r t o f t h i s n a tu r e and f r a n k ly I can h a rd ly b e lie v e i t . The two d r iv e r s on t h i s tr u c k , Chenoweth and Sahras, a re twp o ld tim e r s in th e o p e ra tio n having been w ith us since th e beginning of tank tru ck o p eratio n . A ll d riv e rs have been p a rtic u la rly in s tru c te d , w ith g reat emphasis, th a t under no circum stances a re th e y e ith e r to became involved in any degree in th e unloading o f tank tru ck s or th e o p eratio n a t th e mixing p la n t, o r to o f f e r any comments o r ad v ice a s to pro ced u re which m ight in p a rt remove f u l l r e s p o n s ib ility from th e E thyl M ixing P la n t p erso n n el as to proper safety and operating procedures. This p o lic y is re ite ra te d to them from tim e to tim e in o rd e r th a t th e y m y not fo r g e t. /* . f At t h i s tim e b o th o f them a r e on a t r i p to S t . M arys, West V ir g in i a , and a s soon a s th e y r e t u r n we w i l l g e t them to g e th e r and o b ta in t h e i r s id e o f th e s t o r y . I f th e y a re g u i l t y , we s h a l l remove them from t h i s work, u n le s s th e r e a re some v e ry s p e c ia l c irc u m stan c es which, th e y d is c l o s e m ight i n some manner a t l e a s t p a r t i a l l y j u s t i f y th e ir a ctio n ; in any event reg ard less o f circum stances, they w ill be s e v e r e ly p e n a liz e d . Under no c irc u m sta n c e s can we t o l e r a t e even th e s lig h te s t d e v iatio n from our p o lic y in th is m a tte r. You w i l l , th e r e f o r e , h e a r from me f u r t h e r on t h i s a f t e r we have had a f u l l opportunity fo r complete in v e stig a tio n . A:LS J . H. Schaefer 0000980