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, --B** e-ELECTRlCIANS PHONE 3600 ' - . N1TES 3600M SERVICE DEPT. 123 Hut&- CARBURETOR SPECIALISTS f ^/? Company ACM E LACQUERS A tR C O W ELDING GAS ALEM tTE ARO.EQU IPM ENT b r a k s l pk CELERON GEARS CHAM PION PLUGS CU RTIS O O U 8L S OIAMONO GATES BELTS GRACO HYATT BEARINGS INGERSOL>RAND M CQUAY-NORRIS NATIONAL CARBON NEW DEPARTURE NORMA BEARINGS PRESTONS RAYBESTOS TIM K EN V IC T O R A. C. SPEEDOMETERS AIR FILTERS AOTOL3TE 8EN O IX DRIVES BOSCH MAGNETOS BR IG G S AND STRATTON CARTER CARBURETERS CLUM SW ITCH ES DELCO BATTERIES OELCO-REM Y EISEM ANN MAGNETOS PRAM FILTERS GENERAL ELECTRIC GUIDE LAMPS AND LEN SES KLAXON HORNS LEEC&NEV1LLE LOVEJOY ABSORBERS M ONARCH-GOVERNORS MOTOMETER NORTHEAST OW EN-DYNSTO PR ESTO LITE BA TTERIES PUROLATOR SCIN TILLA SH ALER-RISLON E SISSO N CHOKES SPU TD O RP MAGNETOS S T A R T IX BTROMBERG CARBURETORS S Y N C H R O -S T A R T TILLO TSON CA RBURETOR TRICO W IPER S AND PARTS UNITED M OTORS SERVICE W EBSTER W ESTINGHOUSE W ICO MAGNETOS -ZENITH CA RBU RETO RS WHOLESALE DISTRIBU GENUINE PARTS AND OFFICIAL SERVICE C a r b u r e t o r s . G e n e r a t o r s . Ig n i t e r s . Ma g n e t o s . S t a r t e r s S pe e d o m e t e r s . Fu e l Pu m ps . Ra d io Ke y s . S h o c k Ab s o r b e r s 1 2 3 -125 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, LA C R O SSE, W IS. F ebruary 14, 1940 . ' . ./ Ethyl Corporation New Y ork, N. Y. G entlem en: A most p e c u lia r p o in t has been brought up by one of our em ployees. We know, o f c o u r s e , who you p e o p le a r e ; i n f a c t , in th e E th y l C lin ic t h a t was h e ld h e re in La C ro sse l a s t f a l l f o r a b o u t f i v e weeks we w ere in s tr u m e n ta l in b r in g in g i t h e r e and we b e lie v e t h a t one o f th e re a s o n s you had such good a tte n d a n c e was our a s s is ta n c e and h e lp . A ll t h i s i s p r e lim in a r y t o t h e . f a c t t h a t w hat we a r e g o in g to w r i te you we can h a r d ly b e l i e v e i t , vie do n o t know why, and we th in k i t i s e n t i r e l y so m eth in g e l s e o t h e r th a n w hat one o f our employees th in k s . I n o u r shops we do v a lv e g r in d in g and m otor work f o r th e d e a le r s and garagem en i n t h i s v i c i n i t y . W e.have one man who s p e c i a l i z e s in t h i s w ork. The m o to rs come t o u s d i s a sse m b le d . He has to c le a n a l l th e a c c u m u la tio n o f c a r bon o r w hat-have-you from th e heads, from th e v alv es and th e valve guides by means o f w ire brushes o r sc ra p e rs b e fo re he can go ahead w ith th e v a lv e w ork. D uring th e p ro cess o f t h i s work th e re i s dust th a t th e high speed w ire brushes take o ff the valves and o ff th e heads. I t f lo a ts in th e a i r . This employee has been com plaining th a t when he has an e s p e c ia lly heavy day th e le a d from th e E thyl th a t f lo a ts in th is dust g ets in to h is mouth, lu n g s and stom ach; i t d e s tro y s h is a p p e tite and g iv e s him a te rr ib le headache. In fa c t, he is of th e opinion th a t i t m ust be le a d b ec au se I t t a s t e s sw eet i n h is m outh. We m ight say th a t th e shop where he works is very w ell v e n til a te d , w ith a b s o lu te ly no e x h a u st fumes from m otors o r any thing w hatsoever. We w ould a p p r e c ia t e y o u r th o u g h ts , id e a s , o r i f you h a re ever had th i^ type o f com plaint before* Yours ve S ranker# ruly, ' - :: $ N 7124 K 00 04MX .