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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: September 16, 1937 DOC#: USG015 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1937 Letter to HR Barrett requesting assistance with review of USG's experience with silicosis or asbestosis. 4 : O ~ * -" SUBJECT COPY UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO New York, September 16, 1937 Ur. H. R. B arrett, Comptroller, Chicago O ffice. For my Dad, aak i f you would care to help him with a. review o f the Gypsum Company's experience with s i l i c o s i s or asb e sto sia? R ecall that you had to ld me abdut several case s th at the company had, and he now has a s u it again st him by a former a s s is ta n t bookkeeper of the old National Asbestos Company, whose desk a t le a s t more than 200 fe e t away from any machinery) as w ell as being segregated in the o ffic e from the facto ry . I f you w ill be kind enough to give us your exper ience, and a t the same time the attorney fo r your company who handles your o ases, i t w ill be very much appreciated by both Dad. and m yself. CGS: ELH C . G . SCHAHiVATH MANAGER, ASBESTOS COVERING SALES ^ ZWro CX.MQ.` /