Kehoe: Confirming our recent telephone conversation, a meeting to discuss an investigation of toxicity problems connected with handling methanol-w&tertetraethyl lead solutions will be held in Cleveland on April 20, 1946.

Unless you have had experience with this, I am sure you will not realize hov great are the opportunities for contaminating samples to such an extent as to give useless and altogether mis leading results.

In the eight years intervening, with improvement of diagnostic techniques, particularly ,y the wider application of unipolar and multiple precordial lead electrocardiography, it is likely, the figure is even higher, perhaps near the 1,000,000 mark.

Gloss Oil Elastoil D Water Solution Kerosene Q% Lead Naphthenate 2% Cobalt Naphthenate 144 39 184 80 79 8 96 8 16. 20. 5. 25. 10. 10. 1. 14. . 1. 2. .58 per gal. 1.01 If H .67 .33 .92 If If It tt n If .02 n If .082 it !

Avenue New Orleans, Louisiana June 28, 1946 Southern Alkali Corporation Box 900 Lake Charles, Louisiana Gentlemen: Re: Lease dated March 22, 1946 Plancor 264 Lake Charles, Louisiana Luring the course of discussions leading to the transfer of accountability of certain property from Wer Assets Administration to Southern Alkali, as set forth in our letter to you dated June 25, 1946, which discussions took place at a conference held June 25, 1946, at the plant office of 0.

White-lead la going through this now drum, bat a noro oonplato report will bo eubulttoid in about thirty daya.

COLOR: White NUMBER: 340 QUALITY; YIELD IN UNIT TOTAL POUNDS GALLONS COST* COST PIGMENT: 78$ 55$ Leaded Zinc Oxide 525 10.27 .0675 Per Lb. $35.44 Lithopone 1400 39.06 .0425 Per .Lb. 59.50 Calcium Carbonate 1550 68.53 .00875 Per Lb 13.56 Magnesium Silicate 1500 63.18 .011 Per Lb. 12.10 VEHICLE: 27$ Linseed Oil, Raw Linseed Oil, Blown Mineral Spirits Drier Calculated Yield Manufacturing Loss - 2&$ Actual Yield 777 481 448 129 6810 100. 54. 70. 18. 423.04 10.56 412.48 .75 Per Gal. .91 Per Gal. .08 Per Gal. .50 Per Gal. 75.00 49.14 5.60 9.00 259.34 * The above unit costs are figured as of Jan. 1, 1942, which is the last time our formulas were costed and are based on inventory and contract costs as of that date.

At that time I said I felt v;e had now reached the point where our education on cleaning leaded gasoline tanks in the industry was bearing fruit and it was a rare occasion when we found tank cleaning crews not following our safety precautions.

I should appreciate It very m u c h Indeed if y o u would undertake to p r o v W e u s w i t h fairly complete information concerning the work of especially with reference to the conditions of work which have given him any possible exposure to lead compounds.

Thee 'lead STtobelTsv e ~that~~auvolieTTalrly cToselyassoelated with, him in the conduct of these experiments or who, being an expert in the field, might review the accumu lated data could;give the Industry a report that would be valuable

Linseed Oil 29.5 Flat Wall Liquid 144.0 Oleum Spirits IG3.0 Oleum Spirits 45.5 Bodied Linceed Oil 24.0 Special Oil 24.0 Pine Oil 15.0 1S Lead 5.0 Cobalt Brier 6;) 5.0 Solution 2.0 606Y Liquid 7.0 Calculated Yield Manufacturing Lons Actual Yield 10 3 3/4 20 25 7 3 3 2 . 5/8 .IS 3/8 .xS 2/3 2/8 104.5 2.5 102.0 . 0 til .eiCl .mi ouno . oxS'j .

Tha seating van sailed to order by Mr* J* w* Gardiner who presided* and Mr* X* H* Merritt reported tha ninutes of tha seating* The siantas of tha seating of Sovembsr 26 vara read and approved* Mr, Baevas reported that the C ft B applieatloa to eevar tha pnrahase of an electric battery-powered Pig Lead Lift Trask for oar Oxide Departsent in tha asennt of 14*375*00 had been approved* On a notion sade by Xr* Baevas* and sasonded by Mr* L* T* Baals* it was nnanisonsly BB80L9XD* that the officers of the sospany be authorised to eentisse* at their diseretian* dating tha year 1946* tha spates that has been in ferae for a masher ef yeare ef giving a nervine button end eeeb award te onployaea (excepting officers) vbo have . been esployed by John T Lewie ft Brea* Oospanp far five years er f multiples thereof* The nnnber ef parsons who will receive service buttons in 1946* Inclu ding the offlea and featery* will be 49* with a total aaali award af 6*15*00* This compares with awards ef 4* service buttons and each la the asennt af 6*70*00 in the year ef 1945 Xr* Beevee alee celled attention to tho foot that tho Lewis Company employes 357 peeple* af whes 60$ have been 10 years er sere with the Ociqiaay* General business conditions voro discussed rather fully mid Xr* Wilson and Xr* Xorrltt vara inetruatad to obtain further information regarding tho possibility af altering eur sain offlea layout in order te provide additional neablo working offlee apace* There being no further buelaees* upon motion tha seating adjourned*

I should like to have a copy of his report for our files and I assume that we will have to pay for his anti-luetic treatment as the difficulty In establishing ; differential diagnosis uncer lead psychosis and paresis I do not believe will stand up in the compensation courts in Louisiana.

Dear Paul: Pursuant to our telephone conversation of this morning I am calling to your attention in writing a matter which may well be of some significance in that it involves the good faith of Ethyl Corporation as well as the distributors of leaded gasoline, with reference to the appropriate use;of a sign on dispensing pumps for gasoline, that will draw the attention of the gasoline purchaser to the implied warning expressed in the type: of sign used hitherto for this purpose.

The re versal was not* on the ground that the plaintiff did not prove that his lead poisoning was received from Ethyl Gasoline.