E. G. Hammel to W. P. S. Breese Asking Whether Export Shipments Must Carry Caution Labels (1970)

A one-page memo of July 7, 1970, from E. G. Hammel of J-M International in New York to W. P. S. Breese at J-M headquarters, copied to J. L. Fischer and L. D. Sorrentino. At John Fischer's request, Hammel encloses the Industrial Insulations Division's bulletin on health hazard labels for domestic shipments and an FTH Division bulletin on blue asbestos rope imported from Japan, and asks whether, in Breese's opinion, "we have a legal obligation to use these warning labels on export shipments."

What it shows

The domestic labels were those ordered in M. W. Burleson's notice of July 1. Breese's answer, six days later, is a separate entry.

In Johns-Manville's chronology

Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows:

Memorandum to W.P.S. Breese from E.G. Hammel, 7/7/70 regarding Health Hazards. Hammell requests Breese's legal opinion as to whether Manville has a legal obligation to use warning labels on export shipments issued by the I.I.D. covering the use of health hazard labels on domestic shipments.