Caracas: November 21, 1939 130 and 81 In reply to the inquiries contained in the letter presented by you to this office {relative to the interpretation of Article 15 of the Executive Decree dated the 15th of September, containing the latest regulations for the medical previsions that have to be taken with the workers destined for the handling of gasoline mixed with tetra ethyl lead, I hhve the honor of communicating to you that the opinion of this Office is the following: With respect to the selection of the group of workers, two cases may arise.

prolonged expo ra re to A ro clo r r e p o r t eI ro lre d a t high tem perature# o r by repeated o ra l ingestion w ill lead to sy stealo tozio e ffe c ts .

Tour letter of June 10th awaited me on my return to the office after a weeks vacation I am glad to know that you will have a report for me soon on the subject of tetra ethyl lead in lubricating oil* In addition to this report, or included in it, I would like your recommendations as to what action vie should take in case the Yfakefield Oil Company wish to pursue the subject further particularly if they wish to go into the matter commercially* I would like to have three hundred (300) reprints Linbound of your papers and also the ones that are to come on the Ethyl Gasoline problem* It is my intention to have the entire series bound together when they are available thus making them a sort of monograph which will be available .

Allow me to call your attention to the high percentages of lead in these dusts.

Johnston was familiar with our instructions for tank cleaning and stated that they would be followed to the letter if they had to clean a leaded gasoline tank.

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In conversation with the attorneys and doctors In Columbia, South Carolina, It developed that the Hubbard case Is a somewhat awkward one nob from the point of view of the medical record which is quite clear and convincing, but rather from the fact that this Is a jury case within an area where the plaintiff Is popular and where there Is no unusually kindly feeling toward the Standard Oil Company, The boy is apparently honest in his belief that he has received some injury from his obntact with leaded gasoline, After going ovgr the whole situation, all of us were convinced that very complete and adequate medical evidence should be put into the record and that every effort should be made to break down /the opposed medical evidence.

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Further, 20 the interrogatory seeks information which is not reasonably cal 21 culated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

1 INTERROGATORY NO. 110: 2 Please list the names and addresses of all insurance carriers which provided Worker's Compensation coverage for occu 3 pational diseases for defendant's employees, including automo bile repair employees, between the years 1930 and 1972. 4 RESPONSE TO INTERROGATORY NO. 110; 5 Wagner objects to this Interrogatory on the grounds 6 that it is overly broad, unduly burdensome and not calculated to 7 lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. 8 INTERROGATORY NO.

I am glad that your article on leaded gasoline will apprear so soon and I will look forward to seeing it.

., was advised that he was suffering from lead poisoning.

GM objects to this interrogatory because it is overly broad, unduly burdensome and is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.

Sinoe th abore haarlnga, a uumber of confrences hare been held between reprsentatives of th ohemieal aianufacturar, th repaehere, ihtereeted solentista, and offieer of th Publio Mealih Serriee, for th purpose of dereloping agreemente thioh it i beliered vili eatiafaoterily prtant th publie Thi e followed a procedure imilar to that e&ployed In other agreemente, euoh aa that between th Publio Health Serriee and manufacturera of tetraethyl lead, and th agreement vlth th manufacturera of methanel Ceaplying vlth your quest, I am enoloelng a oopy of th agreement, together vlth copies of th labels agreed upon* i i Vi RRS:LA 1& T " --, tory truly yours, H.S#Ouamlng Surgeon General