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Rutherford T/.Johnstone, Jf.D, - .
Srocksan Building
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520 West Seventh Street
Los Angeles lb, California
Deer Dr. Johnstone:
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Replying to your letter of Noveberl7, we cen giro you our understand!
of the correspondence sent by the Laur4l1:Copenj to its distributors,
of the letters receired by-those distributors wouldperhepot bSi
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This Departsent took the position that by the sad of September when salads
and fruit juice diets becoae less frequent the public health hassl'd was aK>st
likely to occur with the-.use' of. newdishe^andy-thati^b^
even before the availability of substitutedishes/wasessential._______\ * ____________i . i
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The Laurel Coepany was asked to request and arrange the isnediate'-return..,.,
of all unsold dishes frontheirretail ^
'"''"l%#re nottwiqttired/to a ' '
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Ve fully believe that,the Laurel Covpaay did write to each of thecoapanie*
which had ordered or reordered dishes duringthe previous six sonths period. With
the exception of the two'Cincinnati coapanics (who ware problem), however, our understanding ia tbat the lat*t"er,''f_e_n_t--`?ottt
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an invitationl to return C^rasa Stone dluerware.because^of "customer coaplaints" <
regarding the^glass. There was nopreseSbf or
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return of dishes or for^auailability- of^t^fkiasesllsireplaceteeata.
in this areafrtsaiaed ou^dblsplayc
Our request to iai 3V-
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