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ETH YL/ C O R P O R A T I O N S - CHRYSLER BUILDING 4 0 5 LEXING TO N AVENUE N E W Y O R K 17, N.Y. A p r i l 2 9 , 19 4 6 Dr. R. A. Keho e, Dear Bob: As r e q u e s t e d b y yo u d u r i n g o u r s e co n d t e l e p h o n e c o n v e r s a t i o n l a s t Th u r s d a y, X am a t t a c h i n g h e r e t o c o rre s p o n d e n c e b e tw e e n E a r l e , D r . Townsend and Mr. G. De nny Moore o f t h e G a s o l i n e Pump M a n u fa c tu r e r s A s s o c i a t i o n . From i t , yo u w i l l n o te t h a t Dr. To w n se n d, a f t e r d i s c u s s i n g t h e m a t te r w i t h Dr. Le ake , au th o rize d th e p la cin g o f th e warning p la te below th e fa c e o f th e d i a l on th e new typ e lo w e r pumps e ve n th o u gh t h i s l o c a t i o n i s lo w e r : th an th e fo u r to f i v e f e e t lim it in th e Surgeon Ge n e ra l's r e g u la tio n s . Mr. J . W. H o lla n d o f t h e Te xa s Company s t a t e d t h a t e ve n t h i s l o c a t i o n p la c e s t h e i r tr a d e mark d e c a l so lo w t h a t i t i s d i f f i c u l t f o r th e g a s o lin e pu rch ase r to se e which brand o f g a s o lin e i s s o ld a t a p a r tic u la r pump. Fo r t h a t r e a s o n , he wanted a u th o r iz a t io n fro m th e Su rge o n . G e n e r a l's Departm ent, o r some o th e r au th o rize d co m m ittee, to p la c e th e p la te on th e s i d e o f th e pump. I h ave borrowed a ph o to graph fro m Mr. H o llan d w h ich shows b o t h t h e new and o ld To ke im pum ps. Yo u w i l l n o t e t h a t i n t h i s p i c t u r e th e w arn in g p l a t e i s on t h e s i d e o f t h e lo w e r pump and i t i s a l s o e x tr e m e ly w e l l do wn . I a g r e e w i t h Mr. H o l la n d ' s c o n t e n t i o n t h a t p r o b a b ly th e s i g n can b e j u s t a s e a s i l y s e e n b y a p u r c h a s e r i f i t i s on t h e s i d e o f t h e pump and i t i s my s u g g e s tio n th a t yo u s e cu re a p p ro va l on th e b a s is th a t perm is s i o n b e g r a n te d t o p u t t h e p l a t e o n t h e s i d e o f a n y t y p e pump and t h a t i t b e l o c a t e d b e tw e e n t h e f o u r and f i v e f e e t l i m i t '.'.'h e r e t h e d e s i g n o f t h e pump m akes i t p r a c t i c a b l e . Mr. H o llan d h a s a s ke d t h a t th e p h o to g r a p h b e r e tu r n e d t o him b y n e x t Th u r s d a y. Ho w e ver, i f yo u c a n ' t make t h a t , l e t me know s o t h a t I can s e c u r e p e r m i s s i o n t o k e e p i t f o r th e m e e tin g o f th e co m m itte e h e re i n New Yo rk. W i ll yo u a ls o be s u re to s e n d back th e co rre s po n d e n ce m e ntioned in the f i r s t paragraph o f th is le t t e r . Yo u rs/ vpry tr u ly , ^ DC ' K 0009305