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CC: ,]3r. R obert Kehoe . ''' Dr Graham Edgar . Mr, H. W,, K aley INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE Et h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r p o r a t i o n M ANUFACTTTRING AND T RAFFIC DEPARTMENT MAIL- ADDRESS: BOX 688, WILMINGTON. DEL. FREIGHT ADDRESS; CARNEY'S POINT, N. J. TELEPHONE; PENNSGROVE, N. J. 280, EXTENSION 213 August 25, 1937 Memorandum: Mr. 0 B* Lewis I acknowledge w ith thanks re c e ip t o f your l e t t e r o f August 24 w ith fu rth e r referen ce to th e s itu a tio n occurring in unloading a ta n k tru c k a t t h e Emlenton p la n t o f th e Quaker S t a t e O il Company. I s t i l l fe e l th a t th e re i s a wide v a rian ce o f s to r ie s between /\ t h a t r e p o r te d by Mr. Murdock and o u r d r i v e r s ! The main p o in t to me as fa r as variance is concerned is th is :< \ \ \ \v Mr. Murdock r e p o r t s , "when t h is , o p e ra tio n h ad been com pleted, he r e tu r n e d t o th e m irin g p la n t to /s ta irt\u n lo a d in & th e F lu i d . Mach to h is s u rp ris e he found th a t o u r d r i^ e r s had alread y opened th e necessary valves and about one-half f-the F luid had already been unloaded in to th e w eigh-tank"*\ \ T h is would i n d i c a t e 't h a t ' ou: d r iv e r s a c t u a l l y e f f e c te d th e ? unloading o f th e ta n k .tru c k .\ \ Mr. Kramme'a r e p o r t vi n d i c a t e s a d i f f e r e n t s t o r y , t o qu ote: \ \ V\ ' "Our men b e in g 'm o re nim ble th a n t h e employee who weighed 260 pounds o r more, mad^th connections {the swing lin e to th e dome o f t h e t r a i l e r ) i n th e p re s e n c e o f t h e .employee, who ap p re c ia te d th e cooperation*. They were th en to ld to open th e valves ( th a t i n th e dome o f th e t r a i l e r ) , which th e y d id , and a fte rw a rd s th ey im m ediately l e f t th e u n it in th e hands o f th e p lan t perso n n el." I think th at th is is q u ite a d iff re n t story* A: ED J . H. Schaefer ^ 0000983 7 August sH, 1937 Mr. J o te S chaefer Dear Jote ils w ill acknowledge your l e t t e r o f August 18th sad a lso th a t o f .August 33rd in regard to the unloading of a tank truck a t the Salenton p la n t o f i^uaker S ta te O il Company. I So not see th a t th e two s t o r i e s t o l d - th a t b y our Mr. Murdock and. th a t by our d riv e rs - are- so w id ely a t v a ria n c e as you would in d ic a te . I t ap p e a r s to m& th e y a g re e t h a t our d riv e rs , made th e p ip e -connection to th e tan k tru c k and a ls o opened the v a lv e s to s t a r t th e o p e ra tio n . Mr. hrassme* l a t t e r a ls o c o rro b o ra te s Mr, Murdock* a in adm it t i n g th a t th e re was an argument o f some kind between the d riv e rs and the p lan t people reg ard in g -th e apparent d e sire of the d riv e rs to h u rry end g e t away. Of course the d riv e rs are a t f a u lt fo r breaking our re g u la tio n s but we can a l l understand, th a t i t was t h e i r d e s ir e to g e t som ething done where ap p a r e n t l y th e re was undue d e la y t h a t caused them to make t h i s m ista k e . I th in k in view o f Mr. Kraame* s 'l e c t u r e to them and f u r t h e r in s tr u c tio n s to r e f r a i n from touching a sin g le th in g re g a rd le ss o f th e delay e n ta ile d should ad eq u ately take- cars of t h i s s o r t o f th in g in th e f u t u r e . I am sending a copy o f t h i s to Mr. Murphy and Mr. Murdock in case th e re a re any a d d itio n a l fa c ts which you wish to have and i f they develop any th in g we w i l l fo rw a rd i t to you. Very tru ly yours, J . 0. fay lo r W :GOL / ccs Dr. H. A . 2shoe <* Dr, 6 . Edgar Mr. H. W. K aley Mr. B.C. Murphy (2 ) By 0000984