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FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: September 29, 1937 DOC#: USG017 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1937 letter to CM Price from USG regarding copies of letter from CG Scharwath and replies ` if assai-.tlv: ' ....... y iO U /U c . . c U nited States Gypsum C ompany 300 WEST ADAMS STREET CHICAGO S c o t t , U&cLelsh te P u lk , 134 S . La S a lle S tr e e t , Chicago, I llin o is . September 29, 1937 N (W YORK O S tO N u f^A L d M ll.A O II.P M iA WAtHlNOrOM A L 1IM O O C P iiT ia g H O H C ttV C L A H O O lN C tN N A T I IH O lA N A PO V <l A ? fLlMA NINfOAMAM Gentiemoni -A tten tio n U r. C harles U, P ric e- We a re a tta c h in g h e re w ith c o p ie s o f l e t t e r from U r. C. G. S charw ath, d a te d September 1 6 th , an d -o u r r e p ly . You w i l l n o te in my l e t t e r to Ur J . A. Scharw ath t h a t I to ld him th a t you w ill g e t In to u ch w ith him on your n e x t t r i p to New Y ork, which I u n d e rsta n d w i l l be w ith in a week o r te n days. We c o n s id e r t h i s m a tte r im p o rta n t enough f o r you to In v e stig a te the o o tiv ity of th e lav/yer b rin g in g th is s u it; the o rig in o f th e s u it ; w hether th e lavjyer is employing runners to sig n up p l a i n t i f f s fo r him; what th e m edical evidence is re g a rd in g th e p l a i n t i f f r e f e r r e d to ; i f t h i s man i s now o r has ev er worked f o r u s , and so f a r as you a re ab le to determ ine i f th is law yer, o r h is runner, has co n tacted any of our form er employees a t Je rsey C ity , o r any o f our p re se n t employees. I t has been necessary in our operation a t Jersey C ity to reo rg an ize th e p erso n n el, which has re s u lte d in d ism issal and replacem ent o f c e r ta in o f th e w orkers; and w ith th e more e ffic ie n t operation of th is p lan t fu rth e r reduction of the o p e r a tin g p e rso n n e l may be n e c e s s a r y . You w i l l r e c a l l th e d e t a i l s o f D r. G ard n er' s su rv ey a t J e r s e y C ity , and f o r t h i s re a so n we m ust re c o g n iz e th e v u ln e ra b le p o s i t i o n we a re i n as re g a rd s t h i s p l a n t . You can , t h e r e f o r e , a p p r e c ia te t h a t we m ust move v ery c a u tio u s ly in any n eg o tiatio n s w ith Scharwath o r th e p l a i n t i f f 's law yer. * Very tr u ly y o u rs, JSO/M FOR ID., AS