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Ho t mba? 6 1936 D r, Graham Edgar Ethyl G asoline C orporation C hrysler Building Hew York C ity Hew Y ork Dear Grahams X am fo rw a rd in g to you h e re w ith v a rio u s exchanges of c o rre sp o n d e n c e w ith Dr* B, B* Beer,, M edical D ir e c to r o f th e S tan d a rd O il Company of Indiana* Some tim e ago i t came to my a t t e n t i o n t h a t th e I n d ia n a Company was I s s u in g In-? stra c tio n s to a ll d is trib u to rs of gasoline containing te tra e th y l lead# in which they were making use o f the type o f re g u la tio n s which were o r ig in a lly employed in our book of re g u la tio n s ,. A pparently from Dr, Reeve*s le t t e r , such reg u latio n s have been in fo rce during the e n tire time In which they have been h an d lin g leaded g a s o lin e . However I was somewhat s u r p ris e d to f in d them In t h i s form s in c e I was n o t aware th a t any of th e d is trib u to rs were using a warning sig n of th is type in r e f i n e r i e s , f i l l i n g s t a t l g p a .$>5* e lse w h e re . R egarding S im as e s s e n t i a l l y . nepi# 'X w ro te D r, Reeve asking, f o r the reasons fo r the issuance o f such re g u la tio n s, About th is tim e the l e t t e r from the. a tto r n e y in Milwaukee was r e f e r r e d to me' b y you and t h i s i n c i d e n t r a i s e d th e q u e s tio n l a my mind a s to whether o r not I t Is wise to have in s tru c tio n s in e ffe c t a t p rese n t which a p p a re n tly c a ll a tte n tio n to s p e c ific dangers asso ciated w ith leaded gasoline* I have con- tin n e d th e co rresp o n d en ce w ith Dr* Reeve and have c a r r ie d th e m a tte r as f a r as I can w ell do i t In view of the l a s t re p ly of Dr, Reeve. - O b v io u sly I am n o t opposed to th e u s e o f th e se r e g u la tio n s on th e p a r t o f th e I n d ia n a Company, There I s n o th in g ab o u t them from a f a c tu a l p o in t of view which Is o b je c tio n a b le and th e re a r e , of c o u rse , good re a s o n s why g a s o lin e I n g e n e ra l sh o u ld be h a n d le d as c a r e f u l ly a s may b e , on th e o th e r hand I f e l t i t w ise to remove any re g u la tio n s f o r the handling of leaded g a so lin e from our book o f re g u la tio n s , and f o r reasons w hich a r e d is c u s s e d in my l e t t e r to D r, R eeve, I se e 2 jv* Graham Edgar no reaso n a t the p r e s e n t tim e why s p e c i f i c in s t r u c t i o n s should be used in th e case of leaded g a s o lin e s . Moreover I can c i t e s e v e r a l in s ta n c e s w h ich have come to my a t t e n t i o n in recen t y ears, and in p a rtic u la r the recen t case in orth C arolina provided in a l which egal i the m pli e c x a ist tio an n c t e h a o t f such leaded r eg ga u la tio n s o lin e swa3as i th n e s e h e re n tly dangerous because of i t s lead content* There are no evidences which s u b s ta n tia te the ex istan ce of such in h e re n t d an g e rs, and I do n o t co n sid e r i t e ith e r good p o lic y or wise hygiene to ta lk about dangers which a re a p p a re n tly n o n -e x is ta n t. The only e f f e c t o f such re g u la tio n s is to make the a u th o r somewhat r id ic u lo u s in the minds o f th e workmen 'whose e x p e rie n c e h a s shown them t h a t th e p r e cautions are unnecessary. I t a p p e a rs to me u n d e r th e s e circum stances th a t th is Issu e should be c la r if ie d w ith the In d ia n a Company, and w ith any o th e r companies t h a t m ight be in a s i m i l a r s i t u a t i o n . I am n o t in p o s it io n to d isc u ss the m a tte r of c o n tra c ts w ith Dr. Reeve or w ith anyone in th e In d ia n a Company. Moreover I do n o t want to take any a c tio n in such a m a tte r as th is sine i t is ra th e r a m atter fo r the executives of the Corporation to s e t t l e . I su g g est, there.f o r s , th a t you take up th e m atter w ith nece Mr. ssary Woerbbv,;l3i f0 need be, to do in or t h a t you do w hatever i t seems t h i s c o n n e c tio n , l e t t i n g me-know what a c tio n i s ta k en . I would be g lad i f you would r e tu r n Dr# R eeve*3 l e t t e r s to me when th e y have s e rv e d your p u rp o se , ery tru ly yours, RAKsis R obert' , Kehoe, mT d . 4. k 0015441