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FILE NAME: Saranac (SAR) DATE: 1948 Aug 16 DOC#: SAR144 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to NJ Dept of Labor from Vandiver Brown RE Proposed Industrial Code - Asbestos Stating They are Still Waiting on the Saranac Lab Report ' 7 ", 1 Y> V8 $ '^r> August 16, 19^6 M r. C. Ocorte Iruegar, Director, Division of Engineering and Aafety, 8t*te of lev Jersey, Depertaent of Lebor, Stete House, Twnton ?, Sew 3 o r m y Bei Proposed Inrfustrlrl Cod# - Asbestos Dear V r. Kruegers fed Mst e n , o f 8#-ltl*ore, tells m thrt when be M r. Hatch act with you reoently ooace ruin* tba industrial as It relates to s ilic o s is , yon inquired as to the status Aerenac report upon Investigations conducted by the lata D r. Leroy u . Gardner with respect to asbestos and code o f the 1 regret to advise that ea have not as yet baen abla to obteln this report fron Se reuse Laborstory, although for nore than a year they have repeatedly proartsad to have it in oar hands within a aatter o f weeks, ffe are s t ill following thee and will continue to do so until aw succeed. At the tine we net with you le st hovewber we fully expected to receive this report within sixty to ninety days and this was the info n a t io n I passed on to you in ay letter o f Maveaber 25th . X regret wary such that this daisy has occurred, ts we are naturally seat anxious to obtain possession of an authoritative report upon the results of Dr. Osrdner' a aany yesrs o f investigation and snlnsl experimenta tion. hc s t ill believe thst I t would be unwise to drsrt a eo-'f J-r is U r t o s until we heve the eranac report. However, X :.)i t ' rerert th assurence heretofore given you of our continued co'>' r: tiop In the tteerpt to establish aecurate standards for t:> list of ti.ls arteriei end we trust It w ill be possible for y i to poFtrone 9 lit t le longer the establishment o f the proposed Asi- rto* Code*. Teiy tru ly yours, cc T. C. beters, *aq. 10 Light At. Baltimore ? , trrylend b l cc 3. P. Hoodsrd Yandiver Brown, Secretary.