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J ?) I a 2 I 7 *f I PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT JM-1675 UNITED STATES ASBESTOS DIVISION RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN. Inc Tm *oi Cat k *>>wc jmn *.* CowmD A*cro T jnrtit Hut A-r ftie* MANHEIM. PENNA. u. s A Sent. 9, 1935 !.j. S'. S. Simpson, President Peybestos-I'anhettan, Inc. Br^drepcrt, Conn. ;.*y deer !'r. Simpson: I erree with you the/: the report of tie !'etrcpollten Life Insurance Cer.nany on their survey of dust :onditicns at the hc.nheln plant is unfavorable, and I have tiorouchly discussed the ratter v:lth our con here. V.'e have decided to ,70 aheed with the Treperin? ?oon first anl within the next fov/ vioek3 v/e will be making improvements in this department. The Caxcl Room, which is a bigger and core expensiveJob, vd.ll cone later. Somo of the date in the report is rather difficult to under;nd. To ~ instance, in the Spooling end Tv/istiny Departments repor 15,31 r.Illion particles oer cubic foot in 1955 as 35 million particles in 1950. There were no hoods or ti^lrtlcr. on these machines either in 1950 or in 1935 dly Leer's pleusablc that minor chcn^es in the rimes rred between these rsrlods could hive [.ccci'r.tcd for difference in dust count, -`ewaver, rc -rrdlcss cf` not th.ese fi-vrus accurately reflect the true conditions, we ere convinced that irproverrents in the dust exhaust systen should be rale ani we are -oing ahead with thcr. "/hile I an in Snyland I expect tc pet complete data on ? rstir IrcV-ers* experience with, the idea that some of this data In conjunction with cur experience at Charleston ray help us ret the best ;.r.d least exyensi/e way of solving cur p.rabler.. Vof,u!!r'-a. very truly, 00470/ o, h * "vi r o ^ h. c-. ] 2.11.) -