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Baitir.ose, iid* J&zmti vy 6, 1940 * Dees Claires - J-fsi-gvrsv' Ehilc ranking kt oontact in one of the offices of the War Department ia Washington yeetex^taar, Uajor 0* 2* Sound, who isi assistant, executive officer of the Siqaply Division of the War Department, introduced himself and stated he would like to have a talk with sue* Xt^developod that lie has bean in close touch with the development and Ti'anufefllfffirs of a new type of gasoline, fired cooking stove which has recently'been put ir. us by the U, S, Army, He ahowad me one of these stoves and it;i different froast aost stoves, in that the products of combustion pass lip around tbo pote or -perns, and it Right he possible that this would have effect on tho food. He first asked about the nppvoxioete amount of lead, . .'oh'the average, in *Q* gasollhe and i. *thyl gasolines, Ho stated they; sight v: never have occasion to use Ethyl guao .* in those stovos but that they will use whatever motor gasoline is ;.-ost available wherever the stove is. in use# At present they have on asbestos filter which ia supposed to filter out some manufacturer took this up with ooseor in our Company, after which it was decided to run bane teeth the inedicel deportment research division of Walter Heed Hospital in Washington, On these tests they used "QM gasoline 'end it was finally decided that the possibility of load contswSn&tion of the food being.teoo&ed was negligible. Where they were ablo to find any trace of lend, it was no more than eight norsuelly be in the food* Hoisever, kejor Counds plans to have similar tests run using Ethyl gasoline, so that they may know whether Ethyl gasoline say be used occasionally if necessary. He is not at all concerned about this problem, and prin&rilly wanted the information 00 to possible maximum load content of Sthyl gasoline, which I advised him was throe cc, per gallon* It may bo however that our Safety Department would like to investi gate this ratter further* Thaos stoves are now being manufactured by Sirk and iilusx, in Cincinnati, Ohio* Ho committsseat was made by me on this question, except to sny that our Safety Department would no doubt Cooperate with hi:, if he wished further information. tfE 0009556 Yours very truly.