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0046.70 H.xrct-'Tivt Orricti Johns - Manville Cor?or.\tio.\ TWENTY-T-'O L^T NORTISTM STULET NEW YORK. NY. #/ C3. February 27, 1937 ?.lr. Sunner si--c son., Raybestos-Uanhattan, Inc., Bridgeport, Conn. Re: Asbestos Bust I.'cmerinents Dr. I. U. Gardner Dear --r. Simpson: The United States Gypsum Company signed the Meuo- randun of Agreeuer.t relating to she 'unde run! ting of Dr. Garinei experiments -.vith asbestos dust, Uniting its partideae- cn to the sun of ?250 per annus:, or a total o*f' 7e7o5a0n * for she* it<--hU. 1r.e^c-a-ye; term of the exceriuents. I believe that -re have row fully canvassed the industry. The cc-operation of Tollcv.'ing conpanies has obtained on a basis '.vhereby "heir respective contributions are limited to 7750 per 'l) American Brahe Bloch Corporation ,2) C-athe Ccrocration Union .Asbestos -- --r.a.ny United States Gypsur. Genoany .'he participation of the above r.aned conpanies will provide 71 - n. -s a year, leaving the s'tn of *4, COO per year to be pro-rated ter the following conpanies who have not United their partial pad in the enterprise: :r Asbestos Manufacturing Company 2 Johr.s-Renville Corporation Keasbey L Mattison 4, Ray be s 10 s -L'anhat tan. Incorpora ted P-ussell Manufacf.trirg Company (6 Thermoid Corneany end Southern Asbestos Company. The six companies last above named d*--?----^-, be called upon to contribute the sun of \(066.67 per year for three-year' period. :XHsdi 1 (77) 6m, GC4 . 2- - I an enclosing her^.rLth, for ycur records, a photcstatic copy of the "enc rancor of Agreement of roy letter no Dr. Gardner of November 20, 1936 and his reoly ITovenber 23, 1936, 'which set forth one substance of the arrange rent between Dr. Gardner ar.d the grout. Copies of this letter, together with codes of the enclosed photostats, are being sent to each of the other partid;ants. last Doce.Deer Johns-LTanville Corpcrat ion sent Dr. Gardner its check for ;.1250, constituting advance paynent for tie first 'quarter of 1937 cn account of his annual retainer, four Company and others of the group trill be billed shortly for year share of this paynent under the terns of the iercrandur. Jchrs- laanville Corporation is trilling to continue raising these advances to Dr. Gardner at the come no a rent of each succ-eediug calendar quarter during 1937, unless you or others prefer the natter be handled differently. I believe, hc-.vsver, that Dr. Gardner 'dll prefer natter of payment, to deal v;ith one .tender of ( sroup end it is ry opinion, in which I believe you concur, thai this recreser.ts th.e nost satisfactory croceuure. $ Johns-kenvilie Corpcraticr. has likewise provided Dr. Gardner with 12C0 pounds of asbestos fibre which he considers satisfactory for his purposes, although it has been found necessur for him to subject it to a. nball rilling" process in order to re duce it to the desired degree of fineness. He estirates that this quantity will be sufficient for the first year's enterirer.ts ar.d we will be very glad, at our en.tc-r.se, to provide hir .vith sandier Quantities for the other two years. I have also sent Dr. Gardner a phctcstatic copy cf th.e 1`ercrandur of Agreer.er.t sc that he is fully advised as to t.a; identity of those companies whose support he is receiving. At f. sane tine I advised Dr. Gardner that those concerns which had limited their contributions were to participate just as cully in the benefits resulting from his experiments as were the others. UTS > ( V3:T Enclosures Vandiver Drown General Attorney 004730