Johns-Manville Executive Bulletin on Respirator and Goggle Prices (1940)

A two-page Executive Bulletin (No. 41-701) of April 17, 1940, effective February 1, 1940, from D. H. Lyons, buyer in Johns-Manville's General Purchasing Department, to all district office managers, subsidiary companies, home insulation units and factory purchasing agents. Since J-M had "no standard equipment that will apply to all locations," it lists prices and terms for respirators and goggles from five suppliers: Mine Safety Appliances Co. of Pittsburgh, Davis Emergency Equipment Co. and American Optical Co. of New York, Willson Products of Reading, Pennsylvania, and Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp. of Brooklyn.

What it shows

The bulletin replaced one of February 1939, and the Manville and Waukegan plants received three copies each. It shows respirators being bought for J-M's plants and its home insulation units in 1940, five years after the company's 1935 bulletin on respirators to home insulation contractors.

In Johns-Manville's chronology

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

Executive bulletin dated 4/17/40 from D. Lyons (J-M general headquarters) of 2/1/40, listing costs for respirators and goggles from various vendors in Pittsburgh, PA; New York, NY; Reading, PA and Brooklyn, NY. The bulletin was sent to all district office managers, all subsidiary companies, all home insulation units, and all factory purchasing agents.