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FILE NAME Ford FD DATE 0000 DOC FD028 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Legal - Dr. EA Irvin Photo & Excerpt from Response to Production ~ my v 104. AM toward A and direc to right E. C. Hol Henry S. Slobe M. Raymond 105. Earle A. Irvin M.D. 1908 ) Presi dont IMA 1952-1953 Irvin made his first in- dustrial connection in 1934 a year after graduation from the University of Michigan Medical School and just twenty years later he became medical director of the Ford Motor Company He is known as a tireless worker for things he be- lieves in and on occasion as a tough opponent He championed the IMA name change and as president he fought for certification campaigned g for members and sought closer working relations3 with medical schools He developed for Ford a model medical record system 105. Melville H. Man e. Bell Telephone enters advisor of A. T. & AAIP Board of Dir ontributor to medical Q REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO 32 All technical service bulletins relating to the use of asbestos in component parts of the vehicles manufactured by DEFENDANT for sale in the United States RESPONSE See response to Request No. 19 SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE Without waiving any of the previously stated objection Ford states that it issued an August 3 1973 memorandum to Plant Safety Engineers directing that brake drums be cleaned using industrial type vacuum cleaners The memo directed that air hoses should not be used to clean brake drums Simultaneously Maintenance Bulletin 137 was issued by the Plant Engineering Office to the same effect On October 24 1975 Ford Technical Service Bulletin 99 was distributed to Ford and Mercury Dealers It recommended that a vacuum cleaner be used for cleaning brakes In January 1976 a Technical Service Bulletin 104 was issued to the dealers indicating that Ford recommended the use of an industrial vacuum cleaner in brake cleaning operations The 1977 edition of the Rotunda Catalog and Ford's Shop Manual for Dealerships recommended that brakes not be cleaned with an air hose and that a vacuum cleaner be used for this purpose In November 1983 Ford issued Bulletin No. 83-22 on brake and clutch servicing Technical Service Bulletins are presently distributed to approximately 29,000 Ford and Mercury dealer technicians These documents are the results of corporate activity and are not the work of any single author These bulletins have not been superseded In the spirit of cooperation Ford will produce a copy of the above described documents Ford will produce a copy of the above described materials 12