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FILE NAME: Raybestos-Manhattan (RBM) DATE: 1934-1935 DOC#: RBM101 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letters between, Johns-Manville, Raybestos & Met Life Insurance Co. \o Johns-Marwille T w e n t y -Two E a s t Fo r t ie t h S t r e e t New Yo r k .N.Y. Sili January 22, 1935 Mr. M. F , Ju d d , S e c r e ta r y , Raybestos-M anhattan, In c ., B rid g ep o rt, Conn. Re: M ellon I n s t i t u t e of I n d u s tr ia l R esearch _______Symposium on Dust- P roblem s____________ Dear Mr. Ju d d : As I in d i c a t e d to you o v er th e te le p h o n e t h i s a f te r n o o n , I am e n c lo s in g a copy o f a memorandum I p re p a re d f o r Mr. Lewis H. Brown re g a r d in g my t r i p to P ittsb u rg h la s t Tuesday, January 15th, to atten d the Symposium on D ust Problem s h e ld u nder th e a u s p ic e s of the M ellon I n s titu te of In d u s tria l R esearch. Very tr u ly y o u rs, T^ouuLdfuWz. P/rtn V andiver Brown A ttorney VB:T E n c lo su re JAN*0 ,335 0052.17 r / UNITED STATES ASBESTOS DIVISION '"of RAYBEsVoS-MANHATTAN.'I nc, ' THt MOSTEXTENSIVEANDCOMPLETELYCqUIPPEOASBESTOSTEXTILEHlLLSINAhCR/CA ' ` *' *-.t MANHEIM, PENNA. ' U. S. A. S e p t. 9, 1935 Mr. S. S. Sim pson, P re s id e n t / V R aybestos-M anhattan, In c . B ridgeport, Conn. t. /. - - - ^ ' -' I- My d e a r Mr. S im pson: ^- -- ' '*I-.---H--V I agree w ith you th a t th e re p o rt of the M etropolitan-iL lfe I n s u ra n c e Company on t h e i r s u rv e y o f d u s t c o n d i t i o n s a t th e Manheim p la n t i s u n f a v o r a b le , and I have th o ro u g h ly d is c u s s e d th e m a tte r w ith o u r men h e r e . We have d e c id e d t o go ah ead w ith t h e P r e p a r in g Room f i r s t and w i t h i n th e n e x t few w eeks we w i l l be m aking im provem ents i n t h i s d e p a rtm e n t. The C ard Room, w h ich i s a b ig g e r an d more e x p e n s iv e jo b , w i l l come l a t e r . Some o f th e d a ta i n t h e r e p o r t i s r a t h e r d i f f i c u l t t o u n d e r sta n d . For in sta n c e , in th e S pooling and T w isting D epartm ents they re p o rt 15.35 m illio n p a r tic le s p er cubic fo o t in 1935 as a g a in st 2.35 m illio n 'p a r tic le s in 1930. There were no hoods or d ire c t v e n tilla tio n on th e s e m achines e ith e r in 1930 or in 1935 and i t h ard ly seems p la u sa b le th a t minor changes in th e mixes / which occurred between .these p e rio d s could have Recounted fo r th e la rg e d iffe re n c e in d u st co u n t. ' However, re g a rd le s s of w h e th e r o r n o t th e s e f i g u r e s a c c u r a t e l y r e f l e c t th e t r u e c o n d itio n s 1, we a r e co n v in ce d t h a t im provem ents i n t h e d u s t e x h a u s t sy stem s h o u ld be made and we a r e g o in g ah e ad w ith them . W hile I am in E n g lan d I e x p e c t t o g e t co m p lete d a t a on T u rn e r B r o t h e r s ' e x p e r ie n c e w ith th e id e a t h a t some o f t h i s d a ta in c o n ju n c tio n w ith o u r e x p e rie n c e a t C h a rle s to n may h e lp us g e t th e b e s t and l e a s t ex p en siv e way of s o lv in g our problem . Tours very tru ly , GRW/A 00470*5 ASBESTOS TEXTILES. PACKINGS AND AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS GREY-ROCK BRAKE LININGS AND CLUTCH FACINGS $ r- i December 10, 1934.' Dr* 4* T* | M etropolitan L ife Insurance Co.* 1 Uadison Avenue, Ken? York C ity . Eoi Prelim inary Stucfy- o f Asbestos Bust E ffects Dear Dr. Lanza: I have examined th e gaU sy proof o f yours and Dr. McConnell* s prelim inary study e n title d "E ffects o f the In h a la tio n o f Asbestos Dust on the Lungs of Asbestos Workers8, which you were good enough to send me with your l e t t e r of Decem b e r 7 th, and have compared i t w ith th e mimeographed pamphlet of which i t p u rp o rts to be a condensation. Confirming my telephone conversation o f t h i s afternoon, I am planning to tran sm it th e proof sheets to Ur. Hobart so t h a t he w ill receiv e them tomorrow and Bhall request th a t he re tu rn then to me not l a t e r than Thursday with h is com ments, a f t e r which I s h a ll see th a t they are promptly tranem itted to you. I s h a ll also in q u ire o f th e Raybeotos Company whether o r n o t they d e s ire to examine th e proof o f th e a r ti c le before i t s f i n a l p rin tin g and s h a ll endeavor to persuade them not to i n s i s t upon such an examination. 1 have the follow ing comments to make: (1) Conclusion Ho. 1 (g alley 14) has om itted a sentence appearing in the o rig in a l which, as modified by you, read as followe: "C linically, from th is study i t appeared to be of a type m ilder then silic o sis" . (2) There i s also om itted the f i r s t paragraph on page 15 of the o rig in a l re p o rt which reads as follow s: "Daring the progress of the study, physicians who were p ra c tic in g in the communities where asbestos workers liv e d , were questioned, and sta te d th a t they did not find in un usual amount o f tu b erc u lo sis among these workers. The co n tra st between t h is s ta te o f a f f a ir s and th a t found in communities with --2-- a a l i i cos i a hazard, i s noteworttr,,* ; Both the foregoing observations included in your o rig in a l re p o rt presented on asp ect o f your survey th a t was favorable to tho industry and should lik e to sec then re tained. (3) On galley 14 tho word death" has been ondtted a f te r the phrase *6 o f 36. to Conclusion Ko* 3 (g a lle y 14) The word "p relicinary" l e in se rte d -- to ny nind vnnecereerily -- since the entire a rtic le ie d efin itely labelled a t the coo- aencenent as a "preliminary0 study. (5) Referring to the laB t sentence of the th ird paragraph on page 13 (which i s n o t changed in the galley proof), i 't aeens to me th a t some so rt o f additional phrase or clause is required in order to re la te i t properly to what has gone b efo re. As i t stands non, i t i s not , e n tire ly clea r ja c t what one i s expected-to deduce therefron* Very tru ly youra B;T CC* Uer-srs.George S. Hobart B.M. Voorheeo S.A. TliHinns Vandiver Brown Attorney 4* IIO IJA ItT & M lX A R D U F C O U R T B U ILD IN G 1180 R A YM O N D B O U L E V A R D X EV AR K ,XEW JE R S E Y TCMICAPRKKCETNC 22*-061I65A5 2 ! Sec. 15, 1531. fie p re lim in a ry stu d y o f Ifc tro p o lito n L i f e In s u ra n c e Company U r. T a m i l v e r Eromm* A tto rn ey , Johns--Uanv i l l o P.2 7. 4 0 th . . i t r e s t , l`cvr Yoric C i t y . C o rp o ratio n , Dear U r. S r owns I re c e iv e d y o u r l a t t e r o f Tjccsmber 1 0 th w ith c n c lo c u ru o , i n c l u d i r ? p r o o f o f th o p r e l i m i n a r y s t u d y e n t i t l e d , ' E ff c c to c f t h e In h a le -1 5 on o f .`-.sb eutos S n o t on t h e L u n rs o f A e c c o to s v ;c rk o i`o r>. I have c a r a f u lly examined th o p ro o f and r e tu r n name. In ro ad in g t h is p ro o f I have compared i t w ith th o p ap er o f t h e came t i t l e w h ic h t o 'J p r e p a r e d by t h e I n d u s t r i a l H e a l th S e r v i c e o f the 'S o tro p o litan a b o u t th r o e y e a rs ag o . I subm it th o fo llo w in g aurrpontion ( " o r c o n v e n ie n c e o f r e f e r e n c e I h a v e num bered my com m ents i n ro d p e n c i l In the isarnin o f th e s e v e ra l pages of th e g a lle y p ro o fs)s (1) G al. 11. At th o end o f tho parnprapb w hich d is c u s s e s the ^ v a ria b le s'* upon vrbich th e p ro rreo o o f th o diaoaeo in in flu e n c e d , 'r th e fo llo w in g sen ten ce a p p e ars! nI t n isd it w a ll be assumed th a t s im ila r v a r i a b l e s w ould i n f l u e n c e th o o c c u r r e n c e o f a c b o n t o c i o , " You w i l l ' r e c a l l t h a t in d e a l i n g w ith th o Pew J e r u e y L e g i s l a t i v e C o n n iu n ic a w hich h.ao had c h a r p s c f th o p ro p o s e d n;r.v l c g i s l a t i on in Lev; J e r s e y w hereby o i l i c c s i o 1c t o be added to th e l i s t c f o c c u p a tio n a l d i s e a s e s f o r w hich i 1; ee m p o n sa t 1 on i s r e q u i r e d u n d e r t h e torm.3 c f th o c o m p e n s a tio n G fcatyto, f1 wo invo c o n s i s t e n t l y u rg e d t h a t t h e r e i s a e u b a t a n t i a l d i f f e r e n c e b etw e en i* s i l i c o s i s and a a b c n t c a i o -- b o th a a to t h e c l i n i c a l n a t u r e o f th o d i s e a s e !i. and .10 t o t h e r e a s o n a b l e p r o b a b i l i t y o f i t s in c id e n c e ? an d yon w i l l a l s o r e c a l l t h a t in p a r t i c u l a r we have urged th a t au b c o to e io sh o u ld n o t a t tho ^ rn e en t tim e to included in th e l i s t o f com nanaation d ise n so e , fo r t h e r e a s o n t h a t i t io o n ly w i t h i n .a c o m p a r a tiv e ly r e c e n t tim e t h a t a o c o c to n io h o c been rc c o .y n ir.e d Vy th o mod l e a l and s c i e n t i f i c p r o f o so i one no a d is o r .s o -- i n f a c t one c f o u r p r i n c i p a l d e f e n s e s in a c t i o n s .p aln u t tb.c com cany cn th o co\wor> law th e o r y c f no.pl i r e n c o hao b e e n t h a t th o n c i c r .t i f i c and n o d ic a l h r ow lodea hao boor; i n s u f f i c i e n t u n t i l a v e ry re c e n t p e rio d to p la c e u pon th o o-.mers c f p la n ts o r f a c to r ie s th n burden or duty o f tah in .r o p e c i'.l p re c a u tio n s a g a in s t tho p o cu ib lo o nset o f th e dloexco to th e ir em ployees. I , t h e r e f o r e d l s l i h c t o h av e t h i n r e p o r t otuT 'o o t t h a t a o b e n to s i * bo assu m ed to be * * o i~ ila r to J x l 1c o i l o , o i t u c r <xo wo t n i p e r io d nr!Ivor Srcwnf "2M ^ I ti -c w ith in -which i t m ir h t d e v e lo p , o r nn t o th e dosage re c e iv e d by ho lu n r s , o r an to tbo q u a n tity of d u u t, cto* (2) Gal* 11* At t h a b o tto m o f t h i s g a l l e y I oboervo t h a t th sro I d oct fo rth in a noto (in stead of in th e tody o f the a r tio lo ) tho statem ent th a t appears in tho Heport o f 1031 r e la tin g to tho enlargem ent o f tho p a r t i c l e s and t?ie uao o f lo n arith -rcS i (3eo p . 7 o f n o p o rt o f 1931). Ao a m a t t e r of c u r i o o i t y I v e n d e r why t h i 3 c ta ts m o n t (w hich eeema to no q u ite i r a r o r tu n t) in p u t in a r o t a in s te a d o f in th a Vody o f tho a r t i c l e . I f the a u th o rs p re fe r to have i t in tho form of a n o te , of course, th e ir judgm ent ohould c o n tr o l, a s i t hoc no p a r t i c u l a r h e a rin g in any event upon th e p o in ts in w hich th e company io i n t e r e s t e d , (3 ) G al. 12* The l a s t p a ra g ra p h on th i a g a lle y has a s u m a ry o f th e d u c t comrti} w ith r e s p e c t to th e o jr? c ra l p lan to , I n o tic o t h a t i t io s t a t e d t h a t p l a n t IS "was u n n e c e s s a r i l y d u s t y " . I u n d ero tan d t h i a d e e s n o t in any way r a f o r t o any p la n t o f d o h n o -lh m v illc , b u t I an w o n d e rin g w h e th e r t h e p r o p r i e t o r o f p l a n t 1? h a a had an o p p o rtu n ity to re v ie w th o c o n n a n t. I t s t r i k e s no t h a t th e r e p o r t -would oorvo eve^y p u rp o s e i f we le a v e o u t in tb o f i r s t l i n e o f th e p a ra g ra p h on t h a t g a lle y th e ifo?:<!o "was u n n e c e s s a r i l y d u s t y '*. H ow ever, t h a t i s a n a t t e r w ith which* vo a ro i n d i r e c t l y co n cern ed nn.d I m ere ly s u g g e s t i t f o r c o n s id e r a tic i I t ia t h e s-amo e x p r e s s io n w h ich a p jiea ro in th e K eport o f 1931 a t p ag e 11* G a lle y 1 3 . Ho c o g e n t . (4 ) C al, 14, The word "death* should be in se rte d a f te r tbo words "6 o f 32" in th e t h i r d p a ra g ra p h o f s u b t i t l e rtInourcu5co C laim s", */ou have a lre a d y c a lle d a tte n tio n to th is in y e a r l e t t e r o f December 10 to Ur, Lanza. (5 ) G a l, 14 u n d e r s u b t i t l e ^C o n clu sio n ". Ko* 1 , I a g r e e w ith y o u r s u g g e s tio n i n S e t t e r to Ur* Lanza of fecc-rfber 10th th a t th e re should be added to th is esnclsjsjion a statem en t o i r : i l a r t o t h a t w hich a p p e a re d ( a t p* 20) in t h a L c p o rt o f 1931, nam ely, "C l i n i c a l l y , i t is of a ty p e m ild e r th an a ilic o s in " -- o r, i f th e d o cto rs do n o t ria n t to m ale tho s ta te m e n t in t h a t p o s i t i v e f o r a , i t n ig h t be ao fo llo w s (a s suggested in y o u r l e t t e r ) ; " C lin ic a lly , from th ia study i t appeared to be c f a typo m ild er than e ilic o n ic " ; o r, i f that is too c t r c n r , i t ni'h t be s e t f o r t h n s f o llo w s : *`.ao f a r a s in d ic a te d by th o stu d y ', nr:bv2*itno5j. ia c f a ty p e ( o r a p p e a rs to be o f a ty p o ) n i l d o r th an B i l i c e ifi o " , vho e x a c t s o rd in i? itr net. i m p o r t a n t , e x c ep t t h a t I th in k i t would be fe n lm b le ( i f th e d e c to ro are s a t i s f i e d th a t ouch is th e f a c t ) , to have seme e x p re ssio n com paring r.s b o s io s ia w ith s i l i c o c i s and in d ic a tin g t h a t t h s r e io a ' r e a l d i f f e r e n c e botw ruv th o two d i s e a s e s , no f a r a s s c i e n t i f i c knowledge new i n d i c a t e s . Of c o u r s e , h e ro ag a in I have in wind th o p r o b a b i l i t y t h a t th e Jim? J o ra c y C o rrsiau io n w i l l in tro d u o o a b i l l in th o i,e-~ iulaturr? vr-.ich opene in Ja n u a ry of 1933; nutl i f i t is th e p o lic y o f Job.rj-j---iinv i l i a to oppose nny b i l l t h a t a tte m p te d to in c lu d e noS-aetools, a s coir.nc:cable, i t would bo very h e lp fu l to have an o f f i c i a l r e p o r t to rher? th a t th o rn io a s u b s ta n tia l d if f e r e n c e between aD hoctvoin and s i l i c o s i s ; and by th e Dane t o von i t would be troublooom c i f an rr. Y a rd iv e r Broun "3 r. o f f i c i a i r e r o r t nbculd a rp e a r fre n vfhlch tho conclusin n ip h t to dravm ih a t th e ro io v e ry l i t t l e i f any if f e r o n c o between th a tw diocaeea, as ITO, 2* I u n d ero to n d t h a t th .e ta to n e r it/to th o c a rd in e . cd n rrercctv t io c c r r e c t f r e n a o c i o n t i f i c o ta n d p o in t, and I de no oeo hen ve e sc c o n o i c t c n tl y o b je c t t e I t , He* 3* I a g re e t h a t tho word " p r c l i a i n a r y * io a u p e r f luouS* Ho* 4* 0 . r* He, 3 , T b io rc ad n th nana no on page 2 1 o f th V?o?0~t ** 1931 and* h en eo , i t n7 ho a l i t t l o l a t o tc o h jact Hrwever* 1 t p o in t o u t t h a t ao Ho. 5 now ro n d a th o in fo ra n c o n i/rh t be drav/n>+ ,Va^ s b o s to a ia dona r.dtl to th o n o r t u l i t y o f tu V p rc u lo o a c a 3 e s. JlU,u in fe rsn c c deca n et neon to ho j u a tif ie d f r o a .th i otady* I ^ vfondorinr i f i t tronid Vo a moro a c c u r a te s c l c n f i t c n ta te r.e n t t h a r e riero o rn iti ed f r o n P o, 5 th o l a 3 t tfcrao n a r d o , to ~ n it ' e tn e r tban tu b arc alea ia ", Ho* 6 , T h la io th o sano an n e t f e r t b on p aro 21 o f e f 1931, w ith th o orrcoptiers t h a t th K aport o f 1931 a t tho pr-d d th se n to n e s hap tho word a " th a n f r a e c i l i c a (3102)* nr.d tho * p ro c f bao th vrordo *'th a n p r a u lt o d u n t" , lloro apa in i t xny he a l i t t l e i n t e t c e r i t i c i z o th ottvterasnt* fcut I do n o i lib o th e s u rrc e tic r, th a t tb e re io a p o e c ib i l i t y th a t aoboo ca o noy cauce ^ pncuD ocorionio inoro r o a d ily than g r a n it o riu at. The rcaocn 1 io th a t nany casco of s i l i c o s i s a re or.ppoacd to o r ir in a to in f r a n ile d u s t and t h i s i?t o t croen t oo i t new ra n d a c u r re oto t h a t a p o e o ih il^ ty t h a t a pneuraoconioaio nrny a r i n e raors r o a d il y f r e n n o t o o t e d * th an g r a n ito d u a t, I th in : ws Qhouldj i f p o s a ih lo , Gllrcinata a l i th a t p n r t o f c c re lu u ic R I-'o, c f o llo rrin p th o so si-c o lc n a f t e r th e word a Bo f a i r '' in l i n o 2 o f th c o n c lu s i n . Ito# 7 , T b ia i s th o mmo sa in th e P.eport o f 1931. To ceicasnt, ( 6 ) C a li 14 end 15 n u b t i t l o `P.ecoriFnondationo*. In my copy o f tho n e p e r t o f 1931 I bava a p e n d i neno. a s t o r o c o r a e n d a t t o n V o , 4 t o i n c e r t tho word `p c o o ib lc " r e f e r e tho -nord " c f f e c t o * 1 so tiu t o havo i t read 'aa w o l l ns o tildi 30 on the r o a n ib lc c f f o c t o c f n o l e n t e n i 3 on tho ho a r t ani* c ir c u ln t io n " * I do not thinV t h e r o i n t i s o f n u d i iesj o r t a n c e , t u t I c a l i a t t e n t i o n to i t ao that i t i o not overloolco. I nrroe with tho ethor ousffeationo in your lo t t e r to 3?r, Lanza o f r o c c n b o r l o t b . Vory tru ly youru,