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Y 1939 Mr* G. L. Swim Insurance Department Skelly Oil Company Tulsa, Oklahoma Dear Mr. Swim: .- '; . I have jour letter of June 20th with its further Information about the Duncan case. X d o not have time to study the information - in detail which you have supplied, but in as much as you asked me specifically Shout my tip between now and September 1st, it seems advisable to let you know promptly that I am expecting to- leave -- Cincinnati for the west coast on July 22nd and X will probably not return much befea^e September 1st. : Meanwhile X have only one.engagement which will take me out of Cincinnati for m o r e t h a n a d a y , but unless ; there Is some change in my plans, I shall have to be In Savannah, Georgia on July 11th, This will probably mean that I will be away from July 3th to July 12th or 13th. 7 -.7; With further respect to the contents of your letter, the;regulations proposed by the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service involved only two points which areof any con ! sequence: {1} that the lead, content of gas aline should not exceed 1 part in 1 2 partrOt gasoline qby volume: i and (2) that alii pumps and container jimeST^p-rtdispensing ! leaded gasoline should be marked with a, sigh calling attention to the lead content in a specific fashion, The signs referred to can be seen on any pump which dispenses leaded gasoline and X dare s&y you are already familiar with these-Signs* For your further, informt ion these regulations have never had the effect of law since the Public ,Health Service has no police power with respect to these proposed regulations* The regulations, however, were adopted by the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation as a part i of its hygienic policy and all licencees are required by the terms of their contract to abide by these regulations. The regulations are thus enforced not by the Public Health Service but by the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation on the basis of a gentleman's agreement with the Public Health Service, 00Q98J 2 ou need not have any hesitation in Bringing this matter to rayt tent ion for both as the medical advisor of the Sthyl Gasoline Corporation and also as the principal experimental worker in this field* I am quite willing to give any advice and assistance which Is in the Interests of fairness and justice. Very truly yours* RAKjis ' Hebert''a ".1kehoe^'lC'D.'