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FILE NAME: WR Grace (WRG)
DATE: December 10, 1937
DOC#: WRG023
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1937 Letter to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company referencing Talk with President of Dewey and Almy Chemical Company.
Assistant ladloel Director Bstropolitan Life Incur-ace Couysoy 1 lealaon Avenue lee Zone| lee Xork
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Thunk you for ycur bote of Decenbar 8th* X fiad that ee elee here e- copy of "Solvents* by hurtas a-a, Judging tree ite eli thuabed appearance, it le e useful tose*
lou ili recall that ee have e Oust And Fuse Code Coaeittee
enioa is engaged la setting up ziulcua ;lochle concentrati uus for dusts
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and fuaes* Ae to eilicu duet e ere planning to folloe toe recoaaeiidetic- of your Bcdionl Coaalttsc of tue Ittitool 8illsoele Couferenee end our
figuree oa the various incustri&i fueee ere thoss which X saosed you tbs
other day Ihile eebeatoe ia at present no eery i&portnnt factor in le*
seenusett* industry, X f e d that ee should nevertheless set up soae oort
of e figure for it end X would be w r y gratafu. if you would be tiling
to give ee your anvlee oa this* Xou till no doubt feel that tale Is Just
east you don*t vent to do, but X dopo that you sill be e good guy never*
t&eless and glee se et leest m a t you regard as e beet guasa**
X bed quite e talk today eltb Bradley Dewey, president of the Deeey k llxy Cheialoal Ccapsny, no fonwrly oraed the flultlbestoe Coapssy, the ooneem about toose fozaer aeployeea Sr* leee# has recently so eloquently written* X aentioned to hia Boy Gardner's opinion that aabeetoaia la definitely not progreesiTa and as quite aurprised to have bla take pretty definite iarne eltb tils le gave it ee bit opinion that the four principal type# of asbestos, Canadian, Uneaten,*" Bbodoalan and African, varied markedly in tbair jMlnonary
effect and be tnsught tbnt tne reaulta of experiments with one type could not
bold for another Deeey is e highly intelligent chap ead definitely one of tbs leaders ia industrial ebanistry in this country, also, incidentally t a es-ooional in the Chealcal Varfore Service* Xf you nave any dope mien would bo interesting in reply to his theory about tbo different types of asbestos, X souln be aore than glad to be able to trsnsait it to bin*
Sincerely,
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