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Gh .yUa MKd g a r DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r po r a t i o n Ch r y s l e r B u i l d i n g 4 0 5 Le x i n g t o n A v e n u e Ne w Yo r k January 3, 1940 Dr. R obert A. Kehoe U niversity of C incinnati C ollege of M edicine Eden Avenue C in c in n a ti, Ohio My d e a r Bobs . '" - D r. Sayers dropped in th e o ffic e today and s ta te d th a t the P u b lic H e a lth S e rv ic e has g o tte n s e v e ra l l e t t e r s from men claim in g to have been p o iso n ed by t e t r a e t h y l l e a d a t th e Baton Rouge p la n t and a ls o one l e t t e r fro m a d o c t o r . He s a i d t h a t he h ad n o t an sw ered an y o f th e l e t t e r s b u t h a d come i n t o s e e u s t o f i n d o u t w hat i t was a l l a b o u t. M r. S c h a e f e r an d I t a l k e d t o him a t some le n g t h a n d , a p p a r e n tly , th e s e l e t t e r s r e l a t e t o th e v a r io u s c o u r t c a s e s w h ich have e i t h e r come un o r^ a b o u t t o co m e.u p . We d is c u s s e d t h e s i t u a t i o n -with him an d l e t him re a d th e d e c is io n i n th e S anders c a s e , in w hich he ap p eared to be much i n t e r e s t e d . I t o l d him t h a t we w ould be g la d t o have him go th r o u g h th e p l a n t i f he happened t o be i n th e n eighborhood o f Baton Rouge and he s a id he would lik e v e ry much to do so . I b e lie v e th a t h is q u estio n s were m erely r e la tin g to th e. problem as to w hether o r n o t th e m anufacturing re g u la tio n s o f th e Surgeon G en eral's o ffic e were proving to be inadequate. . I to l d him th a t I would w rite to you and ask you to w rite to him on th e m a tte r and to drop in to see him in W ashington i f and when you happen to be around th e re . W ith k i n d e s t p e r s o n a l r e g a r d s , and b e s t w ish e s f o r th e Hew Y e a r, b e l ie v e me Very tr u ly yours, gs/ l r j n t \ iE. 0 0 1. .<) 4 1 Graham Edgar '* 7 . .