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sr rff* s Phone call from S. M. Wagner at Los Angeles, California - 2:j5Q PM, January'2.6,, 1950, ' - b Re: Air Pollution Studies of Los Angeles City and.County She committee investigating the air pollution problem have discussed the general situationand some of their findings with Bill Stewart, Executive Vice-president of Union 0^-1 Company. (Reese Taylor,' President of Union,:is quite interested in the problem. 1 believe he 'is president of the Western Oil and Gas Association- which, is working with the smog committee on the problem and the oil industry is spending .(>-4) million on the study in general'and as it concerns the 'industry. I-Ir. ttevart is the righthand man of Mr. Taylor in these dealings.; . The smog committee have told tevart_that (12} twelve tons of lead 'falls.daily on Loo Angeles City and bounty. They want the oil industry to limit the ave of lead to (ij one c.c. per gallon of ' gasoline., 'Their1-findings..of twelve tons is arrived at. apparently - by averaging the1lead content of the gasoline used and figuring it from.the daily gallcnage consumption instead of atmospheric analysis The- reperto,of 'the Committee also said that some of the contaminants in the-atmosphere arc relatively harmless, but when combined with other contaminant:s present, become harmful. I am not'certain ihey had lead in-mind in this part of the discussion. , 'At. the 'moment the above "is limited to L. A. `County and I asked Wagnc: if any'mandatory regulations are being considered local or state wide in scope. lie thought that at present it would be a county . 'r-ogulationv or.'ordinance.. f ': ' . -, it-,vany -rate-Vagner feels- that there is going to be unfavorable . pudiioity'in -a report.;,.the'.Committee is going to issue condemn W-g lead'a harmful contaminant and he; said the Committee are-prepared . ho 'con'.act'the U. S'. ;Public. Health people about it. . 'Wagner .waded me to acquaint- you with the above as. K r . Shea will probably phone you cm Friday morning. ' Ceminent The implications of the above from the standpoint, of the Ethyl Cor poration are many besides the-mere sales of lead. Any. rebbrt of third-nature' publicised locally would -probably be syndicated-over the press wires to the daily newspapers: it would .be a potent subject for Readers Digest and others. . There is a possibility that an unwarranted lead consciousness-might arise that could be very serious to the company in the nature of claims, law suits, etc. Other states might follow in limiting the lead content in gasoline and conducting investigations of the problem. .t From an economic standpoint this would eliminate a large portion Of the small independent refiners from the industry who are nov having difficulties' when using maximum amounts of lead. L. J. SCHRADIIf 0064328 `O............................ ...................... am e.................................................i ate...... ..................... ........... ........ illor................ ................................ -cent Loss W e ig h t..................... nxious Expression........... ........... n o re x ia ....................................... igestive Disturbances.______ _ o n s tip a tio n ....................... ........... Metallic Taste................................ 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