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r.r\ !> l - Ad K y rv-. sy LAW OFFICES TAYLOR, PORTER, BROOKS & FULLER LOUISIANA NATIONAL BANK BUILDING \ K*. . BENJAMIN B. TAYLOR CHARLES VERNON PORTER LAURANCE W. BROOKS JAMES R. FULLSR ' BATON ROUGE, 2, LOUISIANA Jan u ary 34, 1946 WILLIAM ..RANDOLPH CHARLES \V. PHILLIPS CIN NAVY) BENJAMIN B. TAYLOR. JR. (IN ARMY) ADA MOTT . POST OFFICE BOX 20 70 TELEPHONE 3-3411 CONFIDENTIAL D r. R obert A. Kehoe K etterin g L aboratory of A pplied Physiology C ollege o f M edicine Eden Avenue C in c in n a ti 1 9 , Ohio v B. I . du P o n t de Nemours & Company Dear Dr. Kehoe: I beg to ad v ise th a t th e above case was p a r t i a l l y t r i e d on Tuesday an a W ednesday o f t h i s w eek. The o n ly im p o r ta n t w i t n e s s e s who h av e t e s t i f i e d so f a r are th e p l a i n t i f f , h is s i s t e r ana D r. Young. I t was n e c e ssa ry to in te rru p t the t r i a l and the case has been reassig n ed fo r Tuesday the 13th of F e b ru a ry . I th in k i t w ould be m ost a d v a n ta g e o u s i f you co u ld be h e re on t h a t d ate. P l a i n t i f f 's a tto r n e y s ta t e d , when C o u r t ad jo u rn ed y e s te rd a y , th a t he thought he had o ffe re d a l l th e testim o n y t h a t he would need b u t re se rv e d t h e r i g h t t c p la c e o t h e r w i t n e s s e s on t h e s ta n d 'when th e t r i a l was re su m e d . I f he does n o t o f f e r any e th e r w itn e s s e s , th e du P o n t Company w i l l im m ed iately present i t s sid e of the case. D r. Y oung's te stim o n y was so m ild t h a t Dr .R ankin and Mr. Hunt and I c o n c lu d e d t h a t i t w ould n o t be w is e f o r me t o even c ro s s -e x a m in e him , e x c e p t t o a s k w hat e x p e r ie n c e he h ad had i n th e t r e a tm e n t o f l e a d i n t o x i c a t i o n . He t e s t i f i e d t h a t he h ad t r e a t e d one man who had b e e n p o is o n e d b y p a i n t and a l s o a n E t h y l em ployee who was p o is o n e d s e v e r a l y e a r s a g o . B o th p a t i e n t s f u l l y r e covered. (I have never h eard of any such case from E th y l). I am h a v in g D r. Y o u n g 's and th e p l a i n t i f f ' s te s tim o n y t r a n s c r i b e d and w ill send you a copy a s soon a s p o s s ib le a s I would lik e f o r you to rea d i t . We w ere u n a b le t o in d u c e D r. Long and D r. T oups t o t e s t i f y and so had T a y lo r exam ined by D o c to r s McYea and W a lla c e . MeYea fo u n d n o th in g t o i n d i c a t e le a d p o is o n b u t was d i s t u r b e d a b o u t T a y l o r 's h ig h b lo o d p r e s s u r e . He s ta te d , how ever, t h a t he would c e r ta in ly n o t re a c h any co n c lu sio n s as to th e m a n 's b lo o d p r e s s u r e on one r e a d i n g a l o n e . S in c e t h e n , ws have g iv e n McYea some l i t e r a t u r e on l e a d p o is o n in g and D r. R a n k in and I t h i n k t h a t h i s t e s tim o n y w ill be fav o rab le. D r. W allace th o u g h t t h a t th e r e m ight be some n e u r o s is o r h y s t e r i a on the p a rt of th e p l a i n t i f f and recommended th a t he be examined by a n eu ro -su rg eo n i n Hew O r l e a n s . We h a v e a l s o g iv e n D r. W a llac e seme l i t e r a t u r e -which we t h i n k w i l l be h e lp f u l. I n c id e n ta lly , D r. Young t e s t i f i e d t i n t , in liis o u in io n , T ay lo r 'i .CCMFIDENTXftjL D r. R obert A. Kehoe - 2 ' .w as n o t a n e u ro tic , n o r was he s u ffe rin g from h y ste ria ` . I 'a m e n c lo s in g c o p ie s o f D o c to rs W a lla c e ' s and McVea1s 'r e p o r t s . J u s t as soon as the testim ony i s tra n sc rib e d I w ill forw ard you a copy.th ereo f . W il l you p l e a s e a d v is e me im m e d ia te ly w h e th e r o r n o t you can be i n Baton Rouge on F eb ru ary 12th? I w ill have to be in Beaumont, T ex as, on th e 11th but i t m ight be w e ll fo r you to be h ere a day in advance so a s to be ab le t o t a l k , p o s s i b l y , w i t h D o c to rs W a lla c e and McYea . W ith k in d r e g a r d s , I am C V P /erc c c : Dr R an k in C. V, P o rte r