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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1967 June 21 DOC OC176 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo - Kaylo - Replacement of Asbestos with Handwritten Notations o- \ - Hr J. E. Thomas Talado + + June 21 196 F. Shenoma Graoville B. U. V. ledd New York -- Hr R. J. McGille McGille UTIO - REPLICEAT REPLICEAT ON ASBESTOS ASBESTOS Fr. L. 1. Sady Xew York Central Miles yo I called D. W. Indi par your request eoneering the Wall Street Journal artiola ca Bichate Bichate of Cancer Fotod Among Smakers In Asbestos Indestry A| D. W. Ladd does not went us to accelerate or tracfer our effort to the replecuscat of asbestos program He vants us to place na embara for the next several coathe on stress ear Then in the fall aftar vacations are out of the way and the proofing proofing proofing strength of the stress corrosion produst is expleted estiated explation date ~ increpes September vs can at that time increpes our emphasis on the replacamat ; of asbestos program D. M. Ledd pointed out oo have a ton rillion dollar Laylo operation & wents us an a test to be in the position to tell management ist fibers we can eso to reinforce tayle is and then the day arrives who the role industry is forced to resores festes from their products Es doem't want OCF to rail tatil D day to start looking for abstitute fibera I told Dal vs are conducting a low year progres in Moding substitutes for for asbestos East of our effort is being directed toward stress corrosion which could - > bape by end of the year to be able to respond to agent on cr more fibers be used to reinforce izle with a high probability of mocess if am for D effort is directed toward optimising and bi bi bi the process of adding such fibers to layle betsh ; In 1967 investigation are maly sreening candidate fibers We do not plan to carry car investigation to the point of capleting plant trials and test marketing Del thought this was a fair enough objective objective > : It me also pointed en by t tr Let that if and then " day for the resoral of Rebestos aprived wo to't to al The whole industry would be in the came bost with ba The industry may be feroad at that point to sccept a veller softer softer produst as a pries they must pay for the removal of adestes PROPRIETARY - . . Attachroet _ 4 This document or any parts of it should not be copied nor divulged to others without permission of Corning Fiberglas Corporation