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FILE NAME: Uniroyal (UNIR) DATE: 1958 Jan 16 DOC#: UNIR008 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Confidential Memo RE 1957 Asbeston Medical and X-Ray Survey United States Rubber Company STARK, REID AND ASHESTON PLANTS HOGANSVTLLE, GEORGIA In d u str ia l R elatio n s Dept* IL L l. q q i 0 * hlry*ju^ January 16, 1953 0 CONFIDENTIAL RECEIVES JAN201S5S M r. F red erick W. Sand C entral Safety "1230" SAFETY SECTION 5U3JECT: 19T7 AjbMton Modleal u d I-r ,r M rB. rJ/ *. Ei t. *Si u lliv a n 's l e t t e r o f D ecem berM12-,* .rieofeiwr sd. r f t o M l a ^ c lo s e d are (I) a ch art show ing d u st counts in the A sbeston P la n t ad am ber of cu r5r7en, t a ctiv e (g ) em. pSloyZeesr hOirfedf iiSn l^<f-ho yre^strr Z l f 7 - * * * " > + * * G. M to . Ho M . oloo form rtlas U odoIo rt. Cm) Dr. Halo' roport ce JWX w. C orn w ell, A sb eston ^ > lo y e from J u ly 19, 1945 to A p r il 1 , 1 9 5 7 . you *1 in a*wavl iilCie*ranr eofi d e s*c*r**ibSet,A rthke SnthPoPr1ofug2h jo.b TDhr.isWr ee lpleo rtfimd iinl l hshiosw ex a m in a tio n s and c o r r e la tio n o f m e d ic a l, c lin i- a i and T_^-r t 0 118 4 d e t a i l e d v r i t t e n =- In h is stu d y o f X -rays D r. W ell. u se s tw elT* TLa+~ax*a so b e may ii ^s Sfa"r ss^u pJe?riof r^, in ijmKyiiovipdiun*io1 n1 *, ttottet8hte iUon*e*used=by Dtimr. eG. raTdiyd,_*v axncu ainod r r o t years requested o n ly to e la s t fou r f f i -- o f aoh C S v ic m a l fo r T^M^ fR88^rchlaJarfo3M*8^H* c le a rflyluanpp a<r=e c*t*i*n* tchhea raEc ied-sMtie 0off athseb eie- tt cf f*a!t*b n a l's a 9t L ,^ i 9 ?^4I r CahW" t Jl- n"- rgav7)? * . g l I*a*c"#i ^ iredoni witclxh3r/, Durr. . r"dn'cs srfgTi nrraiassss a s o ea nfc t v j>tr tm . . t W* e zl Ueinll sj th e film exam ination o f th e la m a s a w hole. F le a se n ote th at in ca ses w here X -ra y and/or shewed evidence o f a sb e sto sia c r seme chronic in fe c tio n r 5U5^ - Ci" 5 1f n8 c o n d itio n , D r . M i l s h a s gone -jg fx A th e r c r s n ex a m in a tio n oy making ca rd io g ra m s a n d , in tan a * * , a bron d a e m v y s r . Dyer.arWlyelilns hcaesrtareicnoacmaesnedsede iathn eradmiaignnaotisoend eartersyiairiaisoaoernitshtsiciac*faane ic sotfe s ia onar tisounsspicaisobues. seWese hmav:e au th o r!* ! him to sake fc'. s-=ixr-waa^=t- 000-955 H r. F re d e ric k Vf. Sends -2- January 16, 1958 Ixi se ttin g up th is program e a rly la s t year, we personally talked to very employee in Asbeston, plaining to each the purpose o f the program. The ism ediate re a ctio n and subsequent reaction, to the b est o f our kncntLedge, has been most favorable. As you know, Dr. V ella p erac-ally interview s each person a fte r the physical exami nation and a fte r b is study o f th e Individual's chest X -rays. He reviews h is fin d in g , both c lin ic a l and X-ray, with the in d iv id u al. In th e event he discovers any known or suspicious condition not rela te d to tb s lungs, he Inform s th e individual and advises him to see h is fam ily doctor. In th e event he finds lung changes or markings th a t are alarm ing, he advises us to remove the person from th e Asbeston p la n t. In such a case, the individual i s taken to Dr. V eils' o ffice whins Dr. V eils reviews h is findings w ith th e person and shows him l i s X -rays on the view-boxes. He does an excellent job o f " te llin g " ---- end in no instance has he unduly alarmed the person. I s a m atter o f fa e t, h is interview s here been reassuring to the in d iv id u a l. Dr. V eils has further taken advantage o f every opportunity In such interview s to strengthen the Company's po sitio n and help promote good plpyee rela tio n s. Please note th a t of th e e ig h t persons referred to in Paragraph A o f Enclosure I I , th ree were removed from the Asbeston p lan t b efo re"1957, and the other fiv e were moved in 1957 as reeomuoded by Dr. V e ils . Sinee the report (10/8/57) we bad the opportunity to move another anployee (a Negro) who had lung changes indicative of e a rly aabesto s is . That brings th e t o ta l sored to nine. As you w ill note in the rep o rt, we have twenty-two (22) persons, including th e already moved, th a t Dr. V eils i s concerned about, and who may in time have to be moved from A sbeston. There are four o th ers w ith lung conditions th a t bear w atching, but which in no way a re re la te d to asbestosis. We have already made a l l our X-rays for the 1958 survey, and Dr. Wells plans to s ta rt h is exam inations in February. At the end o f oar 1958 medical and X-ray Asbeston survey we w ill give you another scauaary, and, in the meantime, w ill keep you informed of any notew orthy situ a tio n which may a ris e . I tr u s t you had a sa tis fa c to ry and pleasant v is it in Uruguay. K indest personal regards. J . W. AlexanderA t ccj Mr. J Z. Sullivan - OT -Mr. A. C. Link/tor. R. R. McGee - Building 000^956