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/ 2 3 i$ k i Sir, J* L. Sseeker E , 1# 4 ? o a t d & q u o -u r n Pu?ont Building Villsai rif; ton Delaware and Co. Dour Hr* Stocker? 'hen I was in How York ;iednedy, - stopped in so sea John Schaefer ami in quired a to the progress of various Itasas of work in comtectlon 1th the manufacturing plants, more parti cularly the Installation of the ho toolona and the project for the new Blending plant, l realise that this is a difficult bis for construction work, and for obtaining any special ttesas of equipment* 1 also know that you and all of your people are very busy with a wide variety of things* On the other .hand it occurs to me that fir* Lawrence, who presumably would have to do or push the greater portion of this work, slight not be looking at the setter In exactly the as* ja&nner that X do, and it does not seen unwise, therefore, to stress the importance of these attars fro the point of view of safety, so as to get them as near the. top of the pile of thing that hav to ha done as possible. Fro time to tine I have discussed with you and Dr* Ivans the foot that our margin of safety in handling the has&rda of the manu facturing and blending of Ethyl Fluid Is quito narrow, Dr, Evans reports an Increasing number of occasions on which threshold symptoms occur, and I can not but believe, therefore, that the magnitude of lead expoour in connection with & number ox' operations is greater than it should be permitted to remain, Under the stress of the present conditions, the exposure Is not likely to be decreased except by taaohanical &ens, and the pressure put upon your staff for production la already groat and aay bo increasingly greater, I believe it :s necessary, there for, in the Interests of reasonable safety to get the Rotoeloa Installation acocmllshed at the earliest possible time. In connection with the lead exposure referred to above, we have recently obtained experimental data which demonstrate quite conclusively N22658 I I ' the longer m n work daily, and she longer* period of years they work under conditions of exposure, the -sore lead they actually absorb, and the greater la the risk, of loud Intoxication *9 you are well aware, mm have had little or no Istprovessant In the isasic conditions of exposure in the lead plants for a nuaber of years, and I would consider It very unfortunate Indeed If the level of exposure were such that a auisber of cases of poisoning would cone upon us either as the result of slight increases in tine or overall length of duration of exposure. 1th these Ideas la alud, X should like to apply every particle of preauure that s&ghfc have any effectiveness In speeding up the la* provesasnta which we have agreed upon long ago as highly desirable* Very truly yours, K&Xi l s rtoh eri' X* ''ihjhoa^ li 0022736