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June 1^, 1939 H r. 0. B. L evila H thy l G asol i ne C orporati on C hry sl er B ui l di ng " New Y ork C i ty New Y ork B ear M r. L ew i s: - thank s v ery ranch f o r your l e t t e r of June 12th v rl th I t s f u r t h er i nf orm ati on concernl ng the proposal of i n st al l i n g a pr oporti oni ng dev i ce i n the H ast St. L oui s p l an t o f th e Socony Vacuum O i l Company. I am v ery gl ad t h at Mr* Schel l has been abl e "to handl e t h i s m atter tem p o r ar i l y and w i th ev ery hope o f d i sp o si n g of i t perm anentl y . W ith respect to the a c t i v i t i e s o f saf ety engi neers I n v ari ous p ar t s of th e co u n tr y , I am q u i te i n agreement w i th y our suggesti on t h at ad d i t i o n al men be used t o f i l l i n duri ng the p er i o d of st r e ss. I do not f eel t h a t we shoul d be j u st i f i e d i n di m i ni shi ng the r eg u l ar a c t i v i t i e s at t h i s ti m e, and I f we can g et through the p er i o d of ex cessi v e st r ess w i thout tak i n g on ad d i t i o n al per sonnel perm anentl y , i t would be h i g h l y adv antageous. M oreover, as I have i n d i c at ed to you p r ev i o u sl y , 1 t h i n k i s i s v ery good p r ac t i c e to keep as many as p o ssi b l e o f the f i e l d r ep r esen t at i v es f am i l i ar i d some measure w i th the saf et y a c t i v i t i e s o f th e C orporati on, T hi s can b est , . be done, 1 b el i ev e, by making use of them from ti me to ti m e as t h e i r ser v i c es ar e r eq u i r ed . I th i n k we shoul d have no d i f f i c u l t i e s i n doi ng t h i s si n ce everyone has agreed t h at th er e ar e no a c t i v i t i e s w hi ch ar e o f g r eat er i m portance to the C orporati on than the w ork of i t s saf ety r ep resen tati v es. Very truly you*o, PA K ils Robert A. K ehoe, M.D. X E 0022761