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November 16, 1939 ,Mr, Hugh Foasett The Associated Ethyl Company Ltd, The Adelphi London, If. 0* 2 England v' 1 Beal* Mr, Fossetti- I have several letters from yon to which I have mads no reply, one of them going hack; as far aa July l^th, I believe, What with ray vacation in August and ay occupation with a great many matters since which have taken me out of town, ay correspondence has suffered. In addition X have felt a certain futility in connection with ou r efforts(to control industrial hazards which are our responsibility during the period of the European war. 1 promise you, however, that X shall not neglect you any more than is necessary,, nor.will X fail 'to give careful consideration to such questions aa you bring to my attention. X am assuming that the questions raised in your letter of August ^th as the outgrowth of the technical meeting with D.A.F.d-, are no longer of more than purely academic interest. In reading over these questions in the light of subsequent developments, I rather suspect that some of them are definitely related t o anticipated w a r conditions, X am assuming that you have no relationship at present with any of the German companies which would enable you to advise them Or in any way regulate them. Therefore I shall not worry about these questions unios there is some point in them about which you would like to'have further co ns i d e m t ion for your own information. ' Thanks -afefy much for your interest in our behalf in the equipment of the Cambridge Instrument Company for the .detains ination of lead. As a matter of fact, we are very much interested in the Folarograph and we are Xmaking plans definitely toward the introduction of this equipment into our laboratory, am not sure where we will obtain the equipment but w e are giving every consideration to the various types available, We feel that this equipment will be useful for many purposes other than lead analyses, X have turned over the booklet which you sent me for Mr. Cholak* a considerat ion. With respect to new regulations and placards,, let me thank you for the Ethyl Folder which you sent me. X am very glad to have this latest cony. I Kf 0015330 N21184 --2 -- assume that despite the difficulties of the war* you are going ahead* as well as possible* with translations of booklets and placards into various foreign languages, Moreover the letter of Washerman*s from the Manufacturing Plant., a copy of which came to my desk a few days ago* will point out to you as well as I can the advisability of having supplies of placards on hand in this country, as well as in your office, so that these may be shipped out as required. It nay be that you will pro fer that these placards should not be shipped from the Manufacturing plant with equipment which goes into your territory. If this is the case, I think you should so instruct Mr, Uasaer- nan, letting him know that you will supply the placards directly from London, I should appreciate a copy of any correspondence that you have with him on this subject, so I may know the status of the natter, * I have heard very little from Roberta so that I know practically nothing of his progress in the handling of the translations, I believe he has all the Information that is required, however, and I presume we shall have the finished product In due time. With respect to the question in your letter of August 2th as to the precautions required in cleaning tank cars, as raised by the Standard American Petroleum Company at Antwerp, I am calling your attention herewith to the results of our analyses on the sample of . deposit which they supplied, Me analysed 10 grama of this material, separating it into organic and inorganic fractions. The sample contained 0,001 per cent of organic lead and 0,2$ per cent of inorganic lead, moat of the material being rust and scale. These resolta are comparable to those which we obtained in a number of samples from this country. There verify, X believe, my conclusion that these deposits have no. hygienic consequence in so far as lead exposure is concerned,. I should be glad if you would pass this information on to the Standard American Petroleum Company sine if their sample, was representative, this will quite d e a r l y indicate to them the insignificance of the lead 1exposure associated with the handling of this material* . Xn your letters of July lhth and August 2nd respectively (the latter from Mr, Tegner), you - -have; called m y 'attention to various new medical consultants. I have taken the necessary steps to infora Dr, Starkus in Kaunas, Lithuania and Pr. Bootrum in Stockholm concerning our work which is to be in their hands. You may accept this as ray official approval of their appointments in con- nebtion with this work. - 3 Borne time ago the question was raised by Thenault ao to the usefulness of Javel water In the decompo oition of tetraethyl lead, Calingaert has investigated, this subject and has sent rue a report on it* a copy of which 1 enclose for your information. The report* I believe* is self-explanatory and requires no further action from me. It is apparent that chlorinated lime in any fora la a rather poor re agent for the decomposition of tetraethyl lead. Please convey my very kindest greetings to your associates, X shall be very glad to hear from you from time to time if only a brief note to let me know that you are getting on as well as circum stances will permit. Cordially yours* HilKi is Robert'A.' f.e'Hoe7..I-Cd. HE 0015332