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ir***-- -w-^`Hfiinrmf ^A i OWENS CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION INTXACOMPANY CORUSFONDCNCH Aries don at Geaaral Ottcas Telede, Okie January 7, 1942 Ur. E. J. kerihall^- ooi Ur. Harold Boaaehanataia 19. V. F. Uaaanu Sobjact ASBESTOS If0HEIRS ONION IUT Ravi aw of 1941 1* The iru ai Joined. 2. Our haalth atory wet drawn together* I.- d\*'U iJs t ^ I* i' f ..i --***l 1-- a-a *. A,.*.. * ' . r- ?.* 4 .1 * .4 >* V V- L 2. Our atrategy haa baan to attack aaoh altuatloa locally* 7"' ' -l-a--n--e-d--l-a--t-e---D--e--v-e--l-o-p=wjer-n=te--A--h-e--a-d----f-o--r---1-9--4--2- ., 1. SI abort article to appear la Jaauary laaua of INDUSTRIAL HEDICZNE. 2. Gardner article In preparation for JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL STGXEHE. 3. Sulfberger progran under way* Strategy fbr 19*2 Should it not be to taka tha offcnalroT The following plan la auggeatodi 1. Qathar aa a weapon-la-reaerre as lapreeaive file of photoatata of edlcal literature oa aabeatoela* Available are two bibliographies oorering wadical literature to 1938, ettlag refareacaa to acoraa of publlcatloaa la which tha lung and akin haaarda of aabeatoa are dlaouaaad* Tbie file would eevar fire or fix hundred pagaa, which oan be wlcrophotagraphad la the library of tha Surgeon Oanaral la Washington or ia aoao other aedioal library. 2. (a) Sxplore through Aataa tha faaaibility of working out a plea whereby our producta liability coverage could be extended to all wcabera of tha Aabeatoa Workera Union wherever and whenever they are handling Fiberglaa produota* This would involve acne 2,000 workera all ef whoa would have to be X-rayed (X-eaya to be interpreted at Trudeau ty Dr* Seapaoa), aad in all probability given a phyaloal exaalaatloa before group coverage beoaae effeotlve ea a act date. (b) If feaalble, approach Union leadera with offer preientlng plan aa follower (1) A danoaatratloa of ftreaa-Cornlng'a wllllagneaa to work tm 0-C M, Anatlo* OWENS CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION (NTRA-COMFAKY COR&SSFONDENCS General Otflcan ToMt. Obit -2- Sebject *lth A.F. of L. Onion Labor. (2) A aeans of extending to`Onion aeabers on construction Job* the an* kind of insuranoe protection and Industrial hygiene precautions no available to workera is private Industry. (3) An Irrsfutabla daaonatratloa of tha willingness of a rsputabla ooassarolal lnsurano* oonpasy to underwrite aueh a risk and of tha aaaufaeturer to carry tha praalta cost. (e) If reaction la favorable, arrange for Aotaa representatives to present plan at Onloai'district oonfaranoas md/or nestings of locals or at general convention of Obion in fall of 1942. Presen ts ti on to be aeocapanied by distribution of Aetna leaflets explaining the inauranoe and telling the Plberglas health story. (d) If reaction is unfavorable, use the asbestosls weapon-la-reserve to let than stew. We nay be sure that word of the proposal will reach eonpetltion and nay give us a lever with ahioh to go direct to the locals under the union's professed law of local autonoay. This procedure nay provide an opportunity to pronote dissension la the ranks that conceivably could bring about over-throw of the present Union leadership. (e) The proposal can be exploited publicity-wise to our advantage either way. If the reaction is favorable. It is a step unprecedented in the Industry, taken by a nanufaeturer so confident of the absence of unusual hasard in his naterlals that he has joined foroes with Aetna - at a rata acre favorable than could be granted to any oonpetltlve aaaufaeturar - to protect and reassure labor and assune liability attaching to any occupational hasard attribu__ table to his naterlals. If the reaotlon is unfavorable, the way is opened to spread word aaong the locals about the refusal of the Union offlcals to Bake this protection available to the aaaibere and to play all the stops on asbestosls. Xaplled is the threat to distribute to all aenbers of the Onion copies of the 0.1. Public health hilletln #241 on Asbestoals. Principal advantages of the whole plan are that it would take out of the reala of runor and gossip all the storiee of Injuries that are floating around, would, enable us to doouaent such stories, and would enable no to take the offensive la telling the health story of Plberglas where it would do the aoet good. 01 118 024