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Copy to Dr. Machie May 2 5 , l jl p . War Departm en t O ffice o f the Q u arterm aster Gen eral W ash in gton D. 0 H1 QM 095 G-ISD (Bu ild e r s Iron Foundry) A t t n : Howard A St a r r e t M ajor Q.M.C. A ssi st a n t Dear M ajor S t a r r e t : I h ave r e c e iv e d a coranuni c a t io n from Bu ild e r s I r o n Foun dry 20 Veaey St r e e t * Hew York C it y t r a n sm it t in g your in q u ir y o f May 10t h con cer n in g t h e u se o f p r o p o r tio n in g equipment in m ixin g Eth y l F lu id w ith ga so lin e to o b t ain 100 octan e fu e l. As th e M edical D ir e ct o r o f E t h y l G a so lin e C o r p o r a t io n , i t h as been on e o f my d u t ie s in con ju n ction w ith th e sa fe t y en gin eer in g se r v ic e o f Eth y l G asolin e Corporation to con sid er v ar io u s types o f equipment fo r m ixin g Et h y l F lu id w ith g a so lin e from th e p o in t o f view o f prim ary and rem ote sa fe t y * Accordin gly r e p r e se n t a t iv e s o f B u ild e r s Ir o n Fou n dry c o n sid e r e d i t d e si r a b l e t o p a ss on th e in q u ir y to me* alth ou gh th ey th em selves h ave every w illin gn e ss an d w ish to c ar r y ou t your r e q u e st a t th e e a r l i e s t p o ssi b l e t im e * In d eed I h ave in my h an ds a t th e moment in fo r m a t io n wh ich t h ey p r e p ar e d fo r t h e p u r p ose o f an sw er in g you r l e t t e r * an d w h ich t h ey ask e d me t o r e l e a s e a t th e e a r lie st p o ssib le tim e* a represen tative of Eth yl G aso lin e C o r p o r at io n i n t h i s m a t t e r , an d a l s o on my own r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , X am an x io u s to b e o f an y p o ssi b le se r v ic e t o you * an d in t h i s co n n e ct io n I t h a s seem ed th e b e t t e r p a r t o f w isdom t o p o in t o u t t h a t t h e E t h y l G aso lin e Cor p o r a t io n h as made a v a i l a b l e on e o f i t s s t a f f o f sa f e t y e n g in e e r s, who h as been c o o p e r a t in g in ev e r y d e t a i l in th e w orkin g ou t o f su it a b le m ixin g equipment fo r govern m en tal u se * The problem o f p r o v id in g su i t a b l e m ixin g equipm en t la n ot a sim ple on e* Hepre sen t st iv e s o f Eth y l G asolin e Cor p or ation have had more th an fift e e n y e ar s o f exp er ien ce w ith a l l o f th e problem s t h at have p resen ted th em selves, and 1 b e lie v e w ill be in p o sit io n to giv e you su ch a ssist a n c e a s w i l l sav e a g r e a t d e a l o f tim e an d in co n v e n ie n ce * The equipm en t in which Bu ild e r s Ir o n Foundry and P r o p o r t io n e er s In co r p o r at ed ar e I n t e r e st e d h as been under exp er im en tal stu dy f o r some t i n e , an d o b se r v a t io n s a r e n e a r in g co m p let io n which KET 0022731 a w ill en able us to say whether or n ot t h is p r in cip le o f m ixin g can be ap p lJa d w it h s a t i s f a c t o r y r e s u l t s , The i s s u e h e r e i s n ot on ly one o f sa fe t y in d e a lin g w ith an e xce e d in gly h azar d ou s m a t e r ia l, b u t e q u a lly Im p or t an t ly from your p o in t o f view , i t m ust b e e st a b l i sh e d beyon d any d ou bt t h a t I t w i ll d e liv e r fin ish e d gaso lin e In very accu r ate r e la t io n sh ip to any s p e c i f i c a t i o n s . The r o l e o f th e Et h y l G aso lin e C o r p o r at io n in d e alin g w ith t h is equipment la t h a t o f an exp erien ced grou p who fin d i t n e c e ssa r y t o se e t h a t t h e p u r p o se s b o t h o f sa fe t y and accu r at e m ixin g ar e se r v e d . A ll equipment which i s in u se in t h i s cou n try and elsew h ere fo r t h is pu rp ose, h as been design ed or developed or c r i t i c a ll y exam in ed, and i t i s u n derstood by a l l o f th e o il companies t h at no equipm en t can be u sed which h as n ot been approved by th e Eth yl Gasolin e Corporation , I t i s fo r t h is r eason , t h e r e fo r e , t h at you r com u n i c a t io n t o C* S , T e lt sw o r t h and a lso your com m un ication to Bu ild e r s Ir o n Foundry h as come th r ou gh my h an d s. I t would b e my Im m ediate su gge st io n t h a t Mr, O scar Lew is o f th e Et h y l G aso lin e Corporation sh ould ge t in touch w ith you prom ptly th rough su ch means a s you may su g g e st fo r a com plete d isc u ssio n o f what h as been don e, an d a l so o f what i t i s f e a s i b l e to do th rough th e u se o f the-iype o f equipment you h ave in m in d. One o f my a s s o c i a t e s an d I a r e m eet in g on F r id a y o f t h is week w ith e n gin eer s o f th e Et h y l G asolin e Cor poration who h ave been su p e r v isin g t h e o b se r v a t io n s c a r r i e d o u t on th e p r o p o r t io n in g equ ip m en t . The d a t e wh ich w i l l b e made a v a i l a b l e to u s in t h at m eetin g sh ou ld determ in e whether or n ot t h is equipm ent i s r ead y fo r u se In I t s p r e se n t form , or w h ether i t w ill have t o be su b jected to ad d it io n al m o d ificat io n s, I am su r e you w i l l w ish t o h ave t h e ad v an t age o f t h i s I n fo r m a t io n , sin c e I am q u it e c e r t a i n you w i l l n o t w ish t o d e al w ith any type o f equipm ent which i s In th e exp er im en tal st a g e s. I f you w i ll le t me know a t you r e a r ly con ven ien ce how I can b e st se r v e you r w ish e s in t h i s m a t t e r , I s h a l l b g la d t o se e t h a t su i t a b l e ar r an gem en t s ar e made prom ptly fo r p r o v id in g you w ith com plete in fo r ma t i on , Very t r u ly you rs, EAKiis R o b e r t A, Keh oe, M.D* KE 0022732