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MU 1965
ETHYL
CABLE ADDRESS : " E T H Y L P O R T "
ALAN C. TULLY
REPRESEN TIN G
EXPORT CORPORATION
L O N D O N AND N E W Y O R K
BANK O F N .S .W . C H A M B ER S. 368 C O L L IN S S T R E E T . M ELBOURNE. C .l.
November 2 8 t h . 1935
Dr. R.A. Kehoe, . ' College of Medicine, U niversity of C incinnati, CIUGULATI. O K I 0.
Dear D r. Kehoe,
The D i r e c t o r o f P e rs o n n e l f o r the Vacuum Oil Conner.--, Mr. C.E. Kewbcld, has made s e v e r a l r e q u e s ts r e c e n tly , which I do ncr intend to grant- u n t i l I have y o u r p e rm is s io n and apprev! .
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r.-i.viny m e d ic a l e x a m in a tio n s to p r o s p e c t i v e em ployees and el so i -
e n n lo v e e s who a r e giver, d r a s t i c ch anges in o c c u p a t i o n , T h is work,
i s done f o r th e n by l o c a l n r e c t i t i o n e i 's . S in c e nni t e a number o f
t h e i r men a r e now a c t i v e l y engaged in t h e h a n d l i n g o f le a d e d r e t r o l s .
th e y feel, t h a t t h e i r exam ining d o c to r should make c e r t a i n exam inations
and t e s t s to determ ine w hether o r not t h e i r present- end p ro s p e c tiv e
er-r] oyees would be s u i t a b l e in d iv id u a ls . D r.fo rtu n ately , th e general
f a m ilia r ity w ith lead and th e d iseases a ttrib u te d to i t is very meagre,
ar.d th e y f e e l t h a t t h e i r l o c a l d o c t o r s a r e r a t h e r h e l p l e s s i n t h a t
fie ld .
T h e i r f i r s t r e q u e s t , t h e r e f o r e , i s t h a t ws s u p p ly them w ith
a copy of th e ro u tin e which our doctors follow in carrying out th e ir
exam inations and observ atio n s in the f i e l d . I f you approve of our
p a s s i n g t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n a l o n g , would you k i n d l y s u p p ly me w i t h a
b r ie f resume7 of our procedures?
They a r e somewhat co n c e rn e d o v e r t h e a n t i c i p a t i o n c-f l e g a l a c t i o n a r i s i n g o v e r a p r o b a b le c a s e c f le a d p o is o n in g o r some o th e r ailm ent experienced by one of t h e i r p resen t employees fo r which l e a d e x p o s u r e m ig h t be bla m ed . They w ere in h o p es t h a t we m ig h t tu rn o v e r t o them t h e r e c o r d s w hich we keep on t h e i r em ployees so t h a t they
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