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November 3# 193& i Mr. T. R. A. Se van E th y l E^rport Co rp o ra tio n Thanes H o u s e , M illb a n k Lo n do n , s . V.'. 1 En gla n d Dear Mr. S e va n ; In as much ae I h ave n o t r e p lie d to your l e t t e r o f August 2 5 th co n cern in g the in s pe ctio n o f m ixin g plan ts in the fa r E a s t, I take t h i s means o f l e t t i n g you know t h a t I am In f u l l agreem ent as to th e a d v i s a b i li t y o f r e fe r r in g th is qu e s tio n to Mr. Te gn e r cn h i s re tu r n from h i s Ea s te r n trio . In a r e p o r t o f Mr. Th n au lt*s on the Saint-Ouen plan t o f standard Fran ais e des P tro le s o f Ju ly 16 th , th e re is th e fo llo w in g .n o ta tio n a t the b o tto m , ''S i n c e two men a re e m p lo ye d , an arran ge m e n t h as be e n made s c t h a t e a ch man do es a c t u a l l y s i x m ixe s p e r m o nth!i. The number o f m ixe s p e r month i s r e p o r t e d as t w e lv e . I w is h yo u w o uld c a l l Mr. Th e n a u lt*s a t t e n t i o n to the f a c t th a t o ur r e g u la tio n s as to th e number o f m ixes p e r month do n o t co n ce rn th e m s e lve s w ith the number o f men em plo yed i n s h i f t s . Rath e r th e number o f m ixe s per month r e fe r s s p e c i f i c a l l y t o th e t o t a l number i n th e p la n t p e r m o n th . My a t t i t u d e on t h i s q u e s ti o n I s t h a t i f i t i s n e c e s s a r y t o make 12 m ixe s p e r month a t any m ixing p la n t, then i t i s c e rta in th at th e m ixing p la n t i s n o t ad e q u a te f o r th e b u s in e s s b e in g c a r r i e d on# Y/e h ave n o t a u t h o r i z e d th e u s e o f more th a n one gro up o f m ix in g men and I do n o t c o n s i d e r t h i s a go o d p r a c t i c e # Rather i t Is our In te n tio n to see th a t th e m ixin g p lan ts are so a d e q u ate ly co n s tru c te d and so a d ju s te d to th e m agnitude o f b u s in e s s , th a t i t w ill not be n e ce s s ary to o p e r a te them more th an s i x tim e s p e r monte.# I w o uld s u g g e s t, th e r e fo r e , th a t he lo o k in to th is p la n t and s e e w hat th e c ir c u m s ta n c e s a r e w h ich make i t n e c e s s a r y to do such fre qu e n t m ixin g. I f th e p lan t is too s m a ll, i t must be e n la rg e d , and in my o pin io n he s h o u ld n o t te m po rize w ith such a s itu a tio n by a r t i f i c i a l l y reducing the ex p o s u re p e r man# ,, Very tr u ly yo u rs , RAK:is R o b e rt ke b o e , ~M.D.