HASKINS a S ELLS C - ' z ZZ P L S w ' ; ACCOUNTANTS 22 E A S T 40" STBEET NEW YORK 'i ;a ie Lead Industries association: Te :*avb :caae an examination oi the balance sheet of Lead Industries dissociation as oi sece..xr 31, hi, _nd of its state ment of income ana expenses for die year enuea that wtte .

ANSWER TO INTERROGATORY NO. 43: Abex objects to this interrogatory on the grounds that it is overly broad, burdensome, and, in seeking information concerning Abex employees, lacks relevance to this case and is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

I understand that you make diagnostic tests for the detection of traces of lead in body fluids.

June 10, 1935 Dr* Graham Edgar Ethyl Gasoline Corporation Chrysler Building Hew York City New York Dear Edgars Within the next ten days I hope to have completed the studies which we have been making on the absorption of tetraethyl lead out of lubricating oil W studied this question, making use of experimental animals frequently exposed to various concentrations of lead In oil# Some of the work is already finished but I am waiting for the analytical data on the lower con centrations# 411 the indications are that the rate of absorption out of oil is somewhat lass than out of gasoline I am expecting to leave Cincinnati the last week in June or the first week in July to be gone on a, vacation for some weeks# However, I shall make it a point to got the report on these studies Into your hands before I go away# If there are any other matters pending which may" require my attention before I go away, I would be glad if you would bring them to ray attention at once# With kindest personal regards, Cordially yours, RAKsTS HE 0015537

DUTCH BOY WHITE-LEAD ** LEAD MIXING OIL KD4I3J -- .National Mauaxm**.

ANSWER: Abex objects to this interrogatory on the grounds that it is overly broad, burdensome, lacks relevance to this case and is not reasonably calculated to lead to the -37-

In the matter of finding someone to make lead analyses, I have some question as to whether this will be either necessary or advisable.

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These respirators will give the maximum protection while working in a lead atmosphere, and if the operator does not have to move around too much, they are proving very satisfactory.

Your first parr graph leaves very little chance for further inquiry with regard to lead in our Bessemer and Open Hearth departments, and I wish now to express my sincere appreciation for your Kindness in giving me something of value.

Kehoe: Have you by any chance published the paper which you presented at the Spring meeting of the American Chemical Society, relating to the lead ex creted by normal subjects and the source of the lead which is absorbed?

In looking over the allocation of work I quite naturally find myself most interested ' in the items Involved in item 1, and especially with the laboratory technique in determining the existence of lead poisoning, post mortem findings, and the prog nosis and disability period, I shall be pleased to contribute what I can to any one or all of these items.

x amgreatly interested in your ex perimental work with the group of men at Wright Field with leaded fuel, especially greater concentration in the gasoline.

June 10, 1935 Dr, Graham Edgar Ethyl Gasoline Corporation Chrysler Building Hew York City New York Dear Edgars Within the next ten days I hope to have completed the studies which we have been making on the absorption of tetraethyl lead out of lubricating oil We studied this question, making use of experimental animals frequently exposed to various concentrations of lead in oil# Some of the work is already finished but I am waiting for the analytical data on the lower con centrations e All the indications are that the rate of absorption out of oil is somewhat less than out of gasoline I am expecting to leave Cincinnati the last week in June or the first week in July to be gone on a vacation for same weeks * However, X shall make it a point to get the report on these studies into your hands before I go away# If there are any other matters pending which may require my attention before I go away, I would be glad if you would bring them to my attention at once# With kindest personal regards, Cordially youra, RAKsIS XE 0015537

Shortly afterward he developed a mental condition of a delirous nature which was computable with a lead encephalopathy0 I would be grateful to you for any reprints which you may have or direct information from your laboratory staff which may be of assistance to me in this situation* I may say that three days after the supposed trauma no laboratory evidence of lead was found but this, I believe, is notumsual in the lead:encephalopathieso Thanking you in advance for your cooperation, 1 remain.