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neeember 22, 1936 L r . J . C* T a y lo r 2thyl G asoline C orporation C hrysler B uilding New Y ork, New York . A tte n tio n Hr* 0 . B. Lewis Dear hr* Lewis: In re n ly to th e q u e stio n in your l e t t e r o f December 16, I sh o u ld l i k e to a d v is e t h a t we do 'want th e fre q u e n c y o f c le a n in g o f jo b b er ta n k s l i s t e d under Remarks* I assumed from your l e t t e r of November 16, in which you en c lo se d a copy of th e Jobbers* In fo rm atio n d e p o rt, t h a t i t was your in te n tio n to ad v ise h r . .eston to in clu d e t h i s inform ation* note th e q u o tatio n from the l e t t e r from i r . C olvin des crib in g d if f ic u ltie s encountered in tra c in g spiking p o in ts . I b e lie v e t h a t we sh o u ld make e v e ry e f f o r t to t r a c e a l l s p ik in g p o i n t s . I r o n such in f o rm a tio n a s we have b e e n a b le t o o b ta in up t o th e p r e s e n t, th ese p o in ts would ap p ear to c o n s titu te th e g r e a te r h a z a rd to h e a l t h . we re c o g n iz e p e r f e c t l y to o , t h a t a h i s t o r y of clean in g , or a h isto ry of probable cleaning does not in su re the s a fe ty o f th e ta n k , or th a t a l l s ig n if ic a n t amounts o f le a d have been rem oved. In g e n e ra l, v ery poor re c o rd s were k ep t on sp ik in g and i t w ill be n e c e s s a ry in many in s ta n c e s to in v e s tig a te v e ry c a re fu lly to e sta b lish the fa c t th a t th e p ra c tic e has been ca rrie d o u t. Lven i f we were n o t m aking t h i s su rv e y f o r th e p u rp o se of o b tain in g inform ation on a l l tan k s th a t contained leaded g a so lin e , we would s t i l l f e e l i t im p e ra tiv e to l o c a t e ea ch b le n d in g and sp ik in g tank and o b tain th e h is to ry of i t and to p e rso n a lly assu re ourselves th a t the cleaning of these tanks is ca rrie d out w ith a l l safe guards. we may f e e l t h a t th e r e i s l i t t l e li k e l i h o o d o f d a n g e r from f i l l i n g s ta tio n tardes th a t have been sp ik ed in 1929,' y et l ' b e lie v e i t would be q u ite e s s e n t i a l t h a t we know w here th e s e jbanks a r e l o c a t e d , e t c . Very tr u ly yours, .<i.:vn w illa r d k . leach l e , L , D. N.