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November 29 1929 Mr*-? W* .Webb, Ethyl Gasoline Corp*, 25 Broadway, New York City* ' .V. S-;v-' > :. Dear Mr# Webb: . Your letter of November 27 with Its enclosures of letters questioning the use of Ethyl Gasoline In trucks, and Mr* Boyd's reply to same, has been received* It would appear to me that Mr* Boyd has satisfactorily disposed of the questions proposed to him and that no further discussion of the matter need be gone into* ^ . In case you feel that because of Mr* Boyd's reference to further Information from the . Ethyl Gasoline Corporation, you wish to acknowledge receipt of the question, you might do so and state further that In addition to the Investigations which have been carried on the Public Health Service under the Surgeon General's direction have kept careful watch on the Ethyl; Gasoline situation for a niimber of years and have seen no Occasion for modifying in any way the conclusions which were tentatively arrived at in 1925* I should not regard this latter as neees' sary, but it may be good policy to dh^so* / Very truly y o u r s RAK:EJ r. V*4 In t e r -Of f ic e COIiUESPONUENCE Et h y l Ga s o l in e Co r po r a t io n 35 Broadway N e w Y o r k . November 27, 1929. ) Dr. Robert A. Kehoe, Dear Dr. Kehoe: * Enclosed is copy of letter from Mr. Boyd together with copy of the inquiry addressed to the Industrial Relations Section of General Motors, and his reply, also copy of my acknowledgment. It seems to me Mr. Boyd has handled the subject exceptionally well and perhaps there is no occasion for communicating with the Jaxon Steel Pro ducts people but for the fact that he stated in his letter he was referring the matter to us. That of necessity does not mean we should do anything about it, but if after reviewing the matter you think we A:H K 0001219 COPY GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION DETROIT, MICH. November 25, 1929. Mr. E. W. Webb, Ethyl Gasoline Corp., 25 Broadway, New York, N.Y. Dear Mr. Webb: The attached correspondence, with regard to the use of Ethyl gasoline in trucks operating in side the plants of the Jaxon Steel Products Division, is self-explanatory. It is being brought to your attention with the thought that you might like to have Dr. Kehoe know about it, and also to give you an oppor tunity to reply to Mr. Widmark's inquiry if you care to do so. Sincerely yours, (signed) T. A. Boyd Fuel Section, Research Laboratories. TABAAM K* 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 PS vi K f 0001221 ' :stippled cells 1 the blood. In garages and stations- in which ethyl gasoline mm used, the asount of apparent . absorption sad storage m s somewhat increased, but the 'offset m s slight in comparison with that shorn by workers in other industries when there was a severe lead hazard (Group JS) and for the periods of exposure studied was not sufficient to produce detectable sysptoss of lead poison ing. - 3*. la tbs regions 4 which ethyl gasoline has been used to the greatest extent as a bo tor fuel for a period of between; two and three years, no definite cases have bean discovered of recognisable lead poisoning or other disease resulting frost the use of ethyl gasoline." (signed) ?. A, Boyd warn M t Messrs* * G* Cleseate . 0. L. Storek . <. . S* if* iebb Hg 0001222