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Companies Requested Non-Publication of Asbestos Health Hazards Exhibit No. T-32 Date: October 3, 1935 Description: Letter from Vandiver Brown, Attorney for Johns-Manville, to Sumner Simpson, President of Raybestos-Manhattan "I quite agree with you that our interests are best served by having asbestosis receive the minimum of publicity." = Jokns-Manville J Twcnt^-Two East fonTitTd Street New York.N.Y. ,# u- / October 3, 1935 2 'Lr. S. Simpson, President, P.avbestos-jiQnhattac, Inc., Bridgeport,' Conn. 'Ij dear Mr. Simpson: I wish to acknowledge receipt of 7curs of \ October 1st enclosing copy of the September 25ta letter froa J the editor of the magazine nASBESTOS71. I quite agree with h you that our interests are best served by having asbestosis r receive the minimum of publicity. Even if we should eventually decide to raise no objection to the publication of an / . I article on asbestosis in the magazine in question, I think we * should warn the editors to U3e American data on the subject rather than English. Cr. Lanza has frequently remarked, to me personally and in some of his papers, that the clinical, pic ture presented in North American localities where there is an ' asbestos dust hazard is considerably milder than that reported in England and South Africa. I believe the question raised b7 Miss Rossiter night well be considered at the committee meeting scheduled for next Tuesday,, at which I understand both you and Mr. Judd will be present. Verj truly yours,- 3, V 4 n //.Ji^L . r- r '//* J Vandivdr Brown Attorney OC5202 ;>/13 M ^ | 1 J * ^ f