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_ 7952 * Diaintiffs' Weatinahousa Exhibit P-West-169 Lette, o.- Attachments [7952-7955] ueii.cn instittts c? ::.iust3i.;i. research cNimsirr c? Pittsburgh I exhibit WH -864 Enclosure (4) Page 1 Ur. Reger A* Eitohlns, President, American Refraotoriee last1tute, No. 1608 falnut Street, Philadelphia*. Pa Pittsburgh, Pa. January 21, 1938 lly deer Ur. Hitchina: la accordance with your request as Chairman of the Organisa tion Cosaittee vhich vas formed at the conference en dust pro'oless held. in Pittsburgh oa January IS, ve are giving you our ideas regarding the irportant problems Involved and the type of organization that should be established. I am enclosing a plan for the study of dust problems and the organisation chart. f this orle vers to be centralised in Uellon Institute, it ` could be carried out as a parfgf our air hygiene research The director appointed to hand!# the "Investigation vould also be the head of the institution or organisation vhich the industries vould set up. In tr.ia . way, tr.a vork could be carried out in a cost confidential earner as to~~~^ las supporting the research and no one vould knov vnat iWdstries' c'r icaiyrriAia-w uuuu j-uLi^j-Tothe This vould anaoie ths vrznS^ To get saunoly established, so that -Z iater cn it tr*nT tc he ogaa this coula tmng-trii Hoping that this gives you the. Information vhich you vish, aa Sincerely yours, (signed) 2. Teidlein ERP-P enclosures Jirsctor '4XX L hiss .a.T.=*Dnrar 'osarvAuan 7951 -12- r.i3 -ons of livelihood f-r a ness of pottage and the employer has Inst a valued workman. Therein lies a tragedy equally aa great fron a social viewpoint as the poor unfortunate who has Silicosis and one which is a hundred tines more widespread. I have no recrininations for the employee who succumbs to the runner'* promise of riches. He Is easy prey and rany tines is convinced in his own nlnd that he is a condemned rwt and probably(will go through life with that fear ever before him, whereas if the truth were known, he would have been a useful, happy citizen who would have lived his normal expectancy. The silicotic is rare as compared to the legion of men wlr have been driven from their Jobs by shysters, and while we are dealing with the Silicosis problem, let us not overlook the collateral social problem which i.as arisen and let us try to find some way of protecting our er.pl-yees froa the parasites I refer to. . To repeat and.emphasise a thought prcvi-ualy expressed herein, a consiierati'n of the.many aspects of the Silicosis problem clearly indicates that the interests therein of employees, employers end the general public nroceed along parallel lines. The employers of the country can be counted upon to cooperate and whole-heartedly work with the Labor Department, with the Public rlealth Service, with The 3ureau of Mines, with other pertinent public authorities, and with labor itself, to reach ?. solution of this problem along sane, constructive and effective lines. \" * w ( I i i \ '215) 7953 A 3rief Narrative in explanation of the Temporary Organization. Committee i Admittedly the problem of industrial dust diseases is engaging i. the serious attention of-fe large number of industries and companies, and, in various places. > great deal of research has been and is being dona .1 on it. ilany phases of the problem are common to all those affected. There 1* ncnrno one place where there is available all infer- cation on all phases of the problem; and r.o eoneerted planning. Is being done either as to the present er future as to all of the many different phases. ' '-- ................ ................ ' .. Through ths -courtesy of (and at a s- <1 quest of several interested industries) tners was held in Pitts * a January 15th, 1935, a Symposium on the Industrial lust problem. that meeting a Tame s nary trganisatisr. Csssittse vas sleeted *ith ir.struc tior.s to develop a tier, and report bae* as to how, in its inion, a s tart could best be cate toward the esteblis neent of a manant or ganisation of some 'wind for* a study of the industrial dust srobles. It appeared to the Temporary Crgar.icaticn Committee that the first step toward the formation of a tersar.er.t organisation would bs to 'try to formulate some general idea as to what should be done, ho* it tight :e tens, and what it would cost. It also seemed that It will be .tecassary to find out what has beer, dene, in the cany places where things ava already been done cn many phases tf the problem, before it can ba_ etersinad what should be dene next. Therefore, it seemed that*a program f activity for a Permanent trganitatior. srouid be - An attempt to gather together in one place all cf the existing facts ooncerrtng the subjee* :: t.ta Industrial lust Prctlsm. A study of those fi:*s t*o \r. -.-.tempt *: evaluate .4 .*.9 s a; 7954 -i-an Issaiatee aatad February 5ah, 13-35. Briefly, it : t-a ..-*,5. '-a* -sr an overall eua of $25,CCC.C0 Mellon institute will (a) ill the available facts and (b) study and evaluate them aad {-:) submit" a definite report and recommendation. Naturally Mellon Institute sill expect the co-operation of everyone interested ia the problea la the accomplishment of its objective and any unexpended monies. can either be refunded or cam be used is carryiag out a future program* o 0o Invitations to the Syaposiua on the Industrial Oust Problem xers sent to nearly one hundred Trade Associations and/or Tods Authorities. 'early two hundred persons attended the Syspssiua at ?! iebtirxh on January 1n5tthh, 1io9x3*5_ The report of the Temporary Organisation Ccaaittes was sent :.n February 5th, 1935, to all those originally invited and to.ail those mo attended, ar.d copies of the report have sines bear. sent to a lie rib le number of tthar Trade Associations and imividual companies. It was the thought of the Temporary Organisation Committee that if the |25,000.00 were to be underwritten pro rata by fifty sr aore Trace Associations or individual companies, the asount of each subscription fcuid not exceed $300.00 *0uld be lass as the .number of subscriber: should exceed fifty. Thus would be provided a-nucleus of Trade Associa tions or individual esapanies who would bs actively interested in the pro- blae, and who could then fora thesselves into a permanent organisation wnicr. would already have the assurance of a definite amount of available nar.ey. The Temporary Organisation Committee has plar.r.5 1 as sc* a site number of fifty contributors has been assured, - to call a f all contributors asking 9aeh of them to designate cr.e iniivia ill have full power :f representation in the femati * ;f i - a- i r. 2 r. * a* vi* "3.7* . r.? r*rzs.r.er.z o s " - a 7955 Vo ooeaitsants ot any kind hava i*n aada by t.ta Canporary Crganisation Cosoltca# as to tha futura polisias or prograa of a oansanaat organisation if and Than oaa Is forsad, axe apt that it haa boon arrangad aa that contributions ar.i raabarship tin becoca knosn tr tan rssain urJcr.o*a as ttay ba alectad b7 aha individual tontributor. ---- o 0 o ---- la conclusion - A larga nuabor of paopla hava said that thay baliava that thara should ba a cantral elaaring housa, - or co-ordinating body - to raprasant all Industry ia caaaaetioa with tha industrial dust problaa. A Syaposiua has baaa bald In Pittsburgh oa January 15th, 1939. A Taaporary Orgaaisatioa Conaittaa vas alsotad to prapara a plan and rasossandatlon as to a oarsanont organisation. 1935). This plan has baan prtparsd and subaittad (on raoruary sth. Tnathar a psrsanant organisation shall ba forsad, and h; i: shall bs forsad, and shat shall ba its prograa is no* ia tha hands :f thosa to *hoa this "narrativa" is 'oaing saat. P.ogar A. Sitcbias As Chairman Taaporary Orgaaisatioa Comitt**.