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Mt^nomnuurrv September 15,' 1972 J1 '; {fit No;* 1. N. Mena ^'v t in :n j. W. Armstrong ; , , 7 . oUejuqt. .isilx^r^^riu35f-,3^siE-agiag^aas : aBtFJiS.- ' , Exccuti'"* FjqiJthfbdcJ, Miuhiiiun I Attached is a copy of a mehtq submitted to Bob Rennicks, Who is the Continental Insurance Company * s industrial Hygienist, from StudebakerWorthington Corporation, Wagner Electric Division, St, Lotiis, Missouri. >!/ I understand from John Riopelle this, is a major customer of Bendix .. and thus I took considerable interest in the questions in the body ,of this letter. Of particular concern was the question pertaining 7 to the labeling of cartons, containing asbestos linings. While 1 have not formally replied to either Mr. Rennicks or to oUr customer regarding labeling^ I ,have done some background work to determine The Bendix Corporation's'legal position and also to determine.what , Other companies have been doing in regard to labeling. j Attached /for ynUf> irtfOrmat Lon is the proseht Corporate Legal Position in regard to labeling .as written by Carl E. Wasinuth, Jr. which seems to aiso agree with the lead being takenby Johns-Manville Corporation. At the present time, Jolins-Manville has takeh the position that they would meet the labeling requirements only on those products that ate shipped to customers Where they know further finishing or processing will occur in the friction material. .Depending upon the volume involved, with the shipment, they will either place the label on - individual cartons or in the event of bulk shipments, they will attach a label to the .pallet. ? ' At the present time, other manufacturers are still not*decided on how they will meet these iabeliiig requirements. .. ,- I have discussed the question of labeling with Dick Ford, Vice Presi--. dent -- Sales and Marketing - Automotive * and industrial GtbUps, and he is of the opinion that we should probably go ahead with labeling of , all of our product line so that we do not have to go through the survey to determine how out customers use the product. He also suggested that this be coordinated through Jerry Jerome at South Bend. Before I / proceed any further, I wanted to let you review this information and advise me if you want me to coordinate it or .if you Will take On the job ;'-p" 'MjMc JWAtcf ) - 7"' % . 1 HWCPI0000101