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ETHYL CORPORATION IN T E R -O F F IC E CORRESPONDENCE TO FROM SUBJECT Dr. R. A. Kehoe S . It. Shea ADDRESS ADDRESS DATE January 22, 1954 Dear Bob This is something on which I would like to get your advice and recommendation. The two enclosures from Bill Stewart are attached to this letter. ELS/d Enc. cc; Messrs. J. E. Boudreau J. A. Costello S. T. Crossland C. R. Holton M. P. Murdock (with copy for Mr. L. R. Fleck) W. R. Perdue, Jr. J. H. Schaefer -- 2 copies B. B. Turner - " UNION OIL COMPANY O F CALIFORNIA W. L . Stew art, Jr. Executive Vice P re sid e n t Union Oil Building L o s A ngeles 17, C alifornia D ecem b er 18, 1953 M r. Edw ard L . Shea P resident, Ethyl C orporation 100 P a r k A venue New Y ork 17, New Y ork D ear Ed: E nclo sed is a clipping fro m today's- E x am in er w hich is ty p ical of the pointed a ttack s on n e a rly ev ery th in g that m ight cause sm og; also a b ro ch u re of the Southern C alifornia A ir Pollution Foundation. R eese and I think you should be a substantial contributor. Kind re g a rd s. , Yours very truly, S / Bill E xcerpt from D ec. 18/53 edition of L os A ngeles Exam iner . " i: i t: ; r; - 1 : I CA LTEC H HAS WOE W ITH ROCK AGES BECAUSE O F SMOG P asadena, Dec. 17. - L ead in the a ir - put th ere by sm og - is causing trouble for C alifornia Institute of Technology sc ie n tists, who m e a su re lead in an cien t ro ck s to see how old the ro ck s a r e . C altech P resid en t L ee A. D uBridge, reporting on this t o d a y , s a i d ; . < : , , " . , . / "An unexpected problem aro se when it w as found that m easurem ents on m inute trac es of lead in ,,. ; c e rta in ro ck s w ere throw n off by contam ination fro m the a ir. Sm ogladen air contains lead fro m 'e th y l' (le a d te t r a e t h y l ) of a n tik n o c k g a s o lin e . ,r: ' : : -U So they had to put "sm og rem o v in g 't filte rs on the a i r conditioning equipm ent in the lab s to take the lead but, ?D r. D uBridge said. .. . \ . .V