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Rutherford T/.Johnstone, Jf.D, - . Srocksan Building - * ? - 520 West Seventh Street Los Angeles lb, California Deer Dr. Johnstone: r 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 fro the recipients* %?r " r& ', "{Vii.r 4 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 _. f ^ _ i-j j ^ _ j> l. j j * _ #. I '- i ________. a i " ' " ' i ' 7-f V The Laurel Coepany was asked to request and arrange the isnediate'-return..,., of all unsold dishes frontheirretail ^ '"''"l%#re nottwiqttired/to a ' ' .....the health reason providedthat, __ 4,____ fm v< 'T & . r, . 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 *>-1 ____ T-- an invitationl to return C^rasa Stone dluerware.because^of "customer coaplaints" < regarding the^glass. There was nopreseSbf or ' '' return of dishes or for^auailability- of^t^fkiasesllsireplaceteeata. in this areafrtsaiaed ou^dblsplayc Our request to iai 3V- ore: _.,,. ....