The lead pi counta, bottle cep*. leadoovered oable^and lead orea being Involved In the Irltltii treaty, a brief wee propered and flla with tho Comlttee for Eeclprocity Information In opposition to a reduction In the rate* on commoditise In which we were Interested.

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

I am convinced that quite a number of them have very little Idea of whether they have had lead poisoning and what may have been the.number of cases.

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However, X am sorry that this occurred and I feel doubly regretful, not so much because of ray apparent discourtesy, (no such thing was intended), as because it would have been profitable1 to me, at least, to have continued our discussions, I am the more impressed by the truth of that statement, in view of my recent examination of your contributions to the subject of lead poisoning as a member of the panel representing the National Academy of Sciences.

Much information has been added to the subject of heavy metal poisoning, especially to the elucidation of some of the nuances in the behavior of lead and mercury, during the past few years, and it is indeed important to industrial hygienists to know where we are in these matters, at present We are among the group of people who must do much of the working and thinking for the people of this country in the matter of the occupational and environmental problems which are presenting themselves so urgently at present.

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.$ 193 8 Mi** John S c h a e fe r E th y l asline C orporation C hrysler B uilding He York C ity He York _ B ear efohni* Thanks fo r the tran sm issio n of Mr# S ta c k e r* s l e t t e r s from Mr* C h a rle s D* R u s s e ll a tto rn e y in a case of a lle g e d lead poisoning from h a n d lin g le a d e d g a s o lin e * I have w r i t t e n to Mr# R u s s e ll In r e p l y to h i s Q u estio n s# I t may i n t e r e s t you to know tSiat t h i s same e a s e earae t my a t t e n t i o n th ro u g h a d o c to r who had been c o n s u lte d by th e em ployer o f t h i s p la in tif f # so th a t I alre ad y have knowledge of the e a se .

Mittnacht: In the course of our experimental work of the last several years we have worked out certain notions which, if they apply equally as well to man, are of the utmost Importance in the understanding of the nature of lead poisoning.

L Gentlemen r Jordan The following is a brief resume of a claim recently filed against us for death as a result of lead poisoning.

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He claims the doctors advised him that he was poisoned from the Tetra-Ethyl Lead fumes coming thru the gasoline line and this slowed up his heart-beat* .

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

The basis of this action is an alleged lead poisoning while working in cleaning out a tank for the Gulf Oil Corporation about the first of Feb ruary, 1940.