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May 8 , 1935 Mr* Ray Bevan E thyl Export C orporation A bford H ouse, V tc to r i a X< London, S. W. 1 - ' England " v, . : ' ;;/' . . ' "' -" ' Dear Mr. Sevani - % '; : ; - , . 1 am s o r r y t h a t I n e g le c te d to wake s p e c if ic m ention o f Mr. T h en au lt* s su g g e stio n s fo r the re v isio n of the Rules and R egulations* I did not Ignore then but I did not consider i t ad v isa b le to re w rite any o f the Rules to s u it the p e c u lia r p sy ch o lo g ic a t t i t u d e o f th e P rench workmen. I b e lie v e th e R ules should convey e x a c tly th e same in s tru c tio n s in a l l c o u n trie s , and alth o u g h th e re is no im portant p r in c ip le a t s ta k e , I do n o t a c tu a lly approve of making m o d ific a tio n s m erely to s u i t lo c a l co n d itio n s. I t is w orth w hile in th is connection to p o in t out the f a c t th a t th e Rules which have been in use in P rance, as w ell as the p lacard s which a re posted a t th e m ix in g p l a n t s , have f o r some tim e had th e e x a c t wording w ith reg ard to food and d rin k th a t is contained in the present revision* A pparently th is has not re su lte d in any cataclysm and consequently I do not q u ite see the p o in t in making th e In d ic a te d m o d ific atio n s* As to th e o th e r two p o i n t s , I d id n ot c o n sid e r th e one on Page 2 l i n e 10 - as re q u irin g any f u r t h e r e x p la n a tio n , and on Pag 5 (a.) I h e s i t a t e to l a y down s p e c i f i c i n s t r u c t i o n s * A f te r a l l th e l o c a t i o n o f th e s e p la n ts w i l l have to be made on th e b e a t judgm ent which the re p re s e n ta tiv e s of the E th y l E xport C orporation and o f the r e f in e r ie s can m uster* I can im agine circum - \ s ta n c e s u n d e r w hich we w ould be u n w illin g t o s e e a p la n t constructed, but in general a fte r a contract has been e n te re d in to and arrangem ents have been made f o r m ix in g , I t beoomes n e c e ssa ry to lo c a te the m ixing p la n t as w ell as i t can be done tin d e r th e e x i s t i n g c o n d itio n s * As you are doubtless aw are, I have attem pted to provide a s e t of ru le s which would be as s p e c if lc :a s p o s s ib le b u t w hich would n o t r e q u ir e m aking e x c e p tio n s h e re and t h e r e . Con " aequently X h e s ita te a t th is tim e to add a d d itio n a l in stru e felons w hich I t m ig h t b e n e o e s s a ry in some in s ta n c e s to ".r ig n o re * You can w e ll r e a l i s e t h a t i f 1 had a tte m p te d to ',V la y down d e t a i l e d r e g u la tio n s w hich w ould s u i t a l l c o n d i t i o n s ,' Mr# Ray Bevati 2 which m ight be met in th is country o r any where e ls e ` in the w orld, I should have had a very com plicated manual which i t i s d o u b tfu l i f anybody oould have followed# I hope to be ab le to keep these R egulations sim ple, p re c is e , and y e t com prehensive enough to obviate re a l dangers# . W ith k in d e s t p erso n al re g a rd s, C ordially yours, RAKsi s R o b ert A# K ehoe, 14.D# I 5