Inland White Lead Co.

It was suggested that the various sales department and refinery safety representatives would be interested in a paper concerning the handling and mixing of tetraethyl lead and also some comments concerning the cleaning of sales department tankage which has been used for the storage of Ethyl gasoline. .

On the other hand, lest there be any misunderstanding, I should like to make it quite clear that although I should be In terested In malting further observations, and am willing to do so, I am suggesting this course only because I think It Is definitely in your interests to know certain things more certainly than they can be discovered from the observations made up to the present time* We have plenty of work in the laboratory and actually we can not afford to take on any additional work at this time, nor do I consider it advantageous from our point of view to have numerous suspected cases of lead poisoning coming to our attention for study.

Graham Edgar 2 I suggest that it would be useful for me to have the following information in order to work out the details} (1) some statement as to the else of sample which sht he required in order to give uniform and accurate results; (2) a statement of an outline of the methods most satis* factory for the examination of the Fluid; (3) the most satisfactory diluent,, if it is advisable to use such; (it) the lead concentrations of the respective fluids and the limits of variation permissible.

Tuberculosis and heart disease are the two^Leading causes of death among industrial workers and it is to be expected that the asbestos workers would have their quota.

I i were 51% utsiead of he leading article in the tional investment to install a more TJune, 1932 POWERFAX told the story back ol the economical plant was $140,000.

"A I have no professional connection with the United States Public Health Service, only a friendly pro fessional relationship * * The other reference in my brief to the effect that you "have been investigating- and reporting to the United States Pub lic Health Service of cases of complained or alleged injury on the part of public garage mechanics, filling station employees engaged in contact with lead in gasoline" was taken verbatim from the trans cript of the hearing on September 2, 1936, page 64, line 14.

There has been no mention of lead being responsible for this man's condition insofar as the local branch is concerned.

As a consequence of this state of affairs, it is now quite clear that if the present conditions and precautions are maintained, we need not anticipate occupational lead poisoning from this source.

Kehoej Thanks v e r y much fo r you r r e vie w o f W illia m s f a r t i c l e on "Ch r o n ic Lead P o is o n in g ," b u t we exceed ed our page allow an ce la s t ye a r and sim p ly have n ot t h e money t o p u b lis h lon g a b s t r a c t s , r e ga r d le s s o f th e cir cu m st a n ce s.

L, Jordan Ethyl Gasoline Corporation Chrysler Building New York City New York Dear Mr, Jordans Last week I was In Watertown, New York, testifying In the case of Mrs before the State Industrial Commission* wnc^SWHH^^ a claim, that the death of her husband was due to lead poisoning.

Short term exposure to the dust Is pom-rally followed hy a long dust-free interval, which would tend Co tndice.io that the action of the dust, if there be such, gradually leads to the development of cancer.

I do not share this point of view about the work of the Pure Food and Drugs group# and moreover# I do not regard our experimental data as pertinent except in so far as it has shown that certain small quantities of Isad can be cared for adequately by the normal human body* We have not determined the extent to which lead can be taken care of when it is ingested# nor is there any source of infor mation at the moment# in my opinion# which is adequate to provide the answer to this question* It is ay feeling, therefore# that the governmental agencies which are designed to protect the public health should err# If at all# on the side of safety.

Beaton, Kan ft* thtnUaVLUlnn Oh. of California,, ftto fharwia^iilliaoM Oe. of Oeorgla, fha KherviVillims Oe* ef Oregon, and fte ChenitoVlUiene Oe. ef f*ni, which can all he al lal&ated from the ratine book, Ve ere delivering to yen herewith a helenoe ebeet ef the dam Chita lead ft Oeler Vortts, whioh a doubt entitle* that oonpaay to yanr heat rating both a* to capital and credit.

This leads us to the larger question of why Germany had such a powerful antitobacco movement, given that in the 1920s it was the United States--not Germany--which possessed the world's most powerful organized opposition to alcohol and tobacco.