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-<-Q N W. CA R RI CK t T E R F. W A I O A U Ll ND A B U RY, D E P U E & F A U L K S pr u d en t i a l buil ding 7 6 3 B R O A D S T R E E T , N EW A R K , N / J. T EL E. PH M U L B ERR Febmiary 15, 1929 YS. STANDARD OIL GO, .STAKDASD OIL CO. . tYSySI^PARD OIL GO, #5902 Dr. Rob art h. Kehoe, University/ of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dear Dr. Kehoe, I have your letter of the 12th inst. and am glad to note your conclusion that the plaintiffs could not have ac quired tetra ethyl lead poisoning in the course of doing the work mentioned in my letter of the 24th ult. Yith reference to the statement in paragraph 3 of your letter that the exposure of the claimants is just like that of the exposure of men who operate mixing stations ex cept that the plaintiffs' exposure was of very brief duration, is it not true that such exposure as the plaintiffs had in connection with the mixing station at the tank car loading rack was less in character as well as in duration than the ex posure of employees at the mixing station because, first, every part of the station was washed with kerosene before the plaintiffs were permitted to go within the wire enclosure,and second, because no pumping was done during the period that they -were there and the suction of the pump was not, in fact, R.A.K. -2- February 15, 1989. connected with an ethyl fluid barrel? Perhaps this dis tinction is unimportant in view of your experience with, the men who were employed at mixing work. I am, however, mentioning it for your consideration. I am sorry to say that I can give you no accurate information as to when the cases will be reached for trial. \7hile. I will do everything withip my power to have them fixed for a date which will suit your convenience, I cannot assure you that we will not be obliged to try them when reached in due course on the list. Had the court con tinued this week with the trial of Supreme Court issues it is probable that they would have been reached some time this week. The court, however, temporarily discontinued the trial of Supreme Court issues and commenced to try Circuit Court cases and I cannot say when the trial of Supreme Court issues will be 'resumed. It is probable that we will know more about `this today. It is my understanding that- you would prefer to have the cases heard some time after the first of March, preferably during the latter part of the week, and I will K 0017066 B -3- February lt>, 1929 do vfhat I can to have them so fixed. Yery truly yours, !^-ruu/-v/ty^-/c, JS/3AS Kf 0017C67