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D iv isio n M anagers Copy COPY jETHYIi GASOLINE CORPORATION AUTOMOBILE AGENCY REPORT \: *vv A tla n ta DIVISION ' HEADQUARTERS: J a c k s o n v i l l e , F l a . " - DATE: A p r i l 2 1 , 1 8 3 1 '' CAR: - H u d s o n . - E s s e x c o m p a n y COMPANY: H u d s o n - E s s e x Company ADDRESS: 5 0 1 N o r t h B e a c h STREET: D a y to n a , B each CITY: F l o r i d a F acto ry Branch D istrib u to r Agency x L icensed Garage PREMIUM GASOLINE SOLD none NON PREMIUM none , SALES DEPARTMENT PERSON INTERVIEWED: POSITION: Owner, S a le s M anager REACTIONS TOWARD ETHYL: A dvised th a t alth o u g h I t is tru e th a t in c re a se d perform ance is o b tain ed w ith the use o f E th y l as compared w ith s tr a ig h t g a s o lin e , he does n o t b e lie v e t h a t i t is w o rth th e premium p r ic e th a t i s p a id f o r i t . ' A d v ises h is custom ers to use s tr a ig h t g a so lin e as i t Is s a tis f a c to r y and w ill a l l o w th e m t o s a v e t h e d i f f e r e n c e i n p r i c e . I n f o r m e d me t h a t h e , a n d a number o f o th e r m echanics in D aytona B each, had become po iso n ed from w ashing t h e i r hands in E th y l g a s o lin e and ffom coming in c o n ta c t w ith i t when w o rk in g on c a r b u r e t o r s . SERVICE DEPARTMENT P e r s o n INTERVIEWED: M r. POSITION: S e rv ic e M anager REACTIONS TOWARD ETHYL: M r .^ ^ ^ B g is owner, s a le s m anager, s e rv ic e manager and m echanic in th is a g e n c y . _~ M r . ^ J p ^ g a v e me t h e n am e o f o n e o f t h e m e c h a n i c s who h e s a i d had become p o iso n ed from earning in c o n ta c t w ith E th y l g a s o lin e . T his p a r tic u la r m echanic, a had b e e n to a d o c to r who had exam ined some o f t h e m a tte r from th e i n f e c t i o n on h i s hand and had to ld so I-was a d v is e d by Mr. t h a t . i t was le a d p o is o n in g . In e a c ^ c a s ^ ^ w h e re t h e r e was t h e s o :e s u ^ ^ c l po3 s o n i n g fro m c o n t a c t w i t h E t h y l g a s o l i n e th e in f e c tio n s ta r te d in a c u t o r burn on th e m echanic' s hand or arm . A lso, I was ad v ised th a t th e m echanics w ere in the h a b it of w ashing th e ir hands in E th y l G aso lin e i f i t was handy and th e s t r a i g h t was n o t . I t was a l s ^ u s e d f o r w a sh in g p a r t s o f t h e a u to m o b ile s and e n g in e s . I c a l l e d Mr. a t t e n t i o n to th e le a d w a rn in g t a g on e ac h pump d i s p e n s i n g E t h y l ^ J a s o l i n e , e x p l a i n i n g t h a t i t was t o b e u s e d f o r a m o to r f u e l o n l y . I- a ls o e x p la in e d to him t h a t even s t r a i g h t g a s o lin e ' is poisonous^ when ta k e n ^ in to th e sysmtem and could h a v e, w ith a number of o th e r th in g s , been th e cause for the in fe c tio n . H AS FACTORY ISSUED BULLENTINS^STATEMENTS OR BB TRUCT3D NS! ON ETHYL: GASOLINE , none receiv ed . REMARKS: C alled on M r f lM H H P and d is c u s s e d th e in fo rm ^ io n ^ ^ c o n c e r n i n g h i m ^ t h a t was g iv e n t o me by litis i n t e r v i e w i s ' r e c o r d e d in: a s e p a r a t e r e p o r t u n d e r d a t e ofVCiJl April 25th, 1931. SHOULD COMPANY BE INTERVIEWED AGAIN : y e s ' .':0iL V T ... S ig n ed : George H. R o sser '-M ;//v. * 'i. \... . 1' H k 0011449