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ETHYL CORPORATION INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE TO Dr. Robert A. Kehoe FROM 'Mr. 'Gllbrt Day \ a d d r ess Cincinnati, Ohio addr ess / San Bernardino, Calif su bjec t Request for Information from C. vV. Pilson, University of California DATE June 16, 19 50 File: 80.88 198.90 Oear Dr. Kehoe: - ' ' . . Attached you vvill:find a: letter of inquiry addressed to me from the University of California1on the subject of air contamination from ' . exhaust gas fumes and my reply to them. In accordance m t h our Company '$611cy, I am referring this inquiry to your attention. As a guide to yo.ur consideration, o f t h e i r request,'I 'feel it may be . helpful to give you a brief description of the Institute of Trans- , . portation and TrafficEngineering at the University of California. , .............. . . : . ' * ' i . . ay first contact with this;group was in February of this year, when I . vvas referred to hr. C. a. Wilson, a former Shell man, b;y Ted Little- . -field yho .has;' been'an-old friend of gir. Alison's since, his .lays with P '-.: U; thsaoila.industry. At that,time met Professor 'U. AD `lidyer,D Head^rof Dg .'Ig authe/--Institute of Transportation: and Traffic Engineering.;' '/Frontvarious: .gg: giaascupaibnhggithfhr.':;galdon;`:ahd,'Observations "in, Professor -cyor 's ... i 'atherod Chat Urofessor foyer is an authority on road build- :''g''irig:';i'RathrIais.:'a:hdgtraffic;''"problems'. 'g The Institute acts as- a- consultantv e ggto;yarious;governmental' agencies,. particularly 'on such?'matters asnthe,g.? ; ; planning.of suoer hiahvvays and; solutions to traffic congestion problems, g a .Among the' factors 'which -have, an? influence in their recommendations are ; , -''those' of economics aha air-pdllution. . Pglt seems, to me that it;''would; be ''desirable, to? give Professor -Moyer such:,? g ,information as we are in a position to release, since his group functions 1 as a fact-finding board which will be used in an advisor/ capacity to .. various governmental agencies^ 1 would be inclined to believe that, as a division of -the University of ?California, the Institute of Transportation ?;T and Traffic Engineering'would;: be subj eci to a minimum of influenee by vspoliticaloprbssure;groups, and should serve as a desirable outlet for g D Pacts oh?the subject of. the contribution of motor vehicle exhaust gases. _ ' Dr. Robert A. Kehoe 'Page 2 ' ' - June 16, 19$0 . . ' It occurs to me that if'you are going to attend the AMA'Convention in San Francisco, you may m s h to consider :the possibility; of discussing "these problems, vdth;either Professor foyer or'Mr.. hilsdn at that time. .Incidentally,", .vidi-? in Detroit I discussed with thee 1er Lovell the . question of v.'hether or not you kr.o.v aoout the various;;'memorandums udiich .have been written by our oeople in rogarci to bus exhaust fumes. Our' g Technical' Servici, at Detroit has available copies of a 'paper uni en was presented at 'an 3A0 i'foetirig in Los Angeles on March 7* ,19h7., by- firrol `Gay, entitled, "An;Approach to the Problem of Controlling Smoke and Odor of Automotive Gasoline Engines". Eddie Paige also wrote; an excellent memorandum dated May. 13i 9U9, .'^hich gives information on the causes of exhaust fumes in.motor buses. I mentioned.this latter paper to Mr. "iilson, but have not sent him one .since such material presumably should now be released: from your l'office. . . .