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FILE NAME: Asbestos Textile Product Use (ATPU) DATE: 1966 Nov 7 DOC#: ATPU029 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Bath Iron Works from Raybestos Manhattan Stating the Current Unfavorable Publicity about Asbestos is a 'Gross Exaggeration1 700 ',,'riin cori S t r e e t L a t h , Maine 0AS3G .it t cnt ion : Wr . V. . L. Le bei , Purci.as inj; /^ent Dear f i r . Leb e i : f >.'c vfis' to thank you for the c o u r t e s i e s r*: ended to Wai ter C. Ahern when he r e c e n t l y c a l l e d on you in the i n t e r e s t o! asbestos t e x t i l e m a t e r i a i s . Waiter has w r i t t e n a complete report con r o r n inp, his c a l l and the concern you have f or the use of asbestos c l o t h in your i n s u l a t i o n room. Up f e e l that the recent unf avorabl e p u b l i c i t y over the use of asbestos f i b e r s ir, many d i f f e r e nt kinds ot i n d u s t r i e s has been a gross e>..ip.(`.e rat i on of the problems. There is no cata a v a i l a b l e to e i t he r prove or di sprove the dangers ol working c l o s e l y with asbestos . ............. " " ........ " ..... er \ * . Vj k .4 UCal W e e k w .`.ve : rea. t ime e Cru ee e l i mi n a t e avCs f a b r i c s . .o time rccorr-cndcd a ! rush o:i asbestos cl ot h which would \c amounc of short a:.bo . t o r . f i b e r present when working with Dy copy of t h i s cerne- to our pl ant in Charl es t on, S . C . 1 questing they send to you a t w o y a r d sample of ll/M S t y l e 10P225 Undcr- . er s grade ''it :f u1l y at ti.e *%V". and t r. a: t ter.d to mi g r a t e . Vic would be more than happy to supply you with a d d i t i o n a l samples or to quote on any requirements you n i ght have for asbestos c l o c h of this typo. ..".nr. vou. Very truly yours, r / "I// > t ? s. T /" ....... --w .w , . ^rU ` q. sccwc?.c.:*7 I .* 1 J * < ' l 1,'fVtom b) t ui>