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A two-page letter of November 10, 1936, from Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, to F. H. Schluter, president of Thermoid Rubber Co. of Trenton, New Jersey. It is the same letter Simpson sent that day to A. S. Blagden of Keasbey & Mattison: it proposes that four or five asbestos manufacturers share the cost of three years of Dr. Leroy Gardner's asbestos dust experiments at Saranac, so the companies would have information for the state compensation commissions, and that the sponsors decide "whether we wish any publication or not." Simpson invites Schluter to a meeting at the Biltmore in New York on Tuesday, November 17.
- Author
- Sumner Simpson
- Sent to
- F. H. Schluter
- Published by
- Raybestos-Manhattan
- Date
- November 10, 1936
- Number
- Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001297–001298
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 11859 · asbestosclaims.law/library/11859
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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In Johns-Manville's chronology
Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows:
The same day that he sent a similar letter to K&M, Simpson (President RM) sent a letter to F.H. Schluter at Thermoid Rubber Co. asking if he would be interested in joining in the financial support for the Saranac studies Dr. Gardner was conducting. Simpson invites Schluter to an upcoming meeting on 11/27 if he is interested in joining RM, JM, and the other companies that have already agreed.
Editor's note: J-M's description gives the meeting date as 11/27 and says other companies had already agreed to join. Simpson's letter sets the meeting for Tuesday, November 17, at the Biltmore, and lists only the companies invited.
Related documents
Cited by Barry Castleman
In Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), which cites it in:
- Chapter 3 (Compensation: The Final Check-Up), p. 157, note 94
- Chapter 9 (Company Knowledge), p. 493
- Chapter 9 (Company Knowledge), p. 653
Cited on this site
- Asbestos Companies' Memorandum of Agreement to Underwrite Gardner's Dust Experiments (1936)
- Asbestos Timeline
- Memorandum of Agreement Funding Gardner's Asbestos Experiments at Saranac Laboratory (1936)
- Reading Castleman, Chapter 3
- Reading Castleman, Chapter 9
- Sumner Simpson's Telegram to Dr. Leroy Gardner Arranging a Meeting at Dr. Lanza's Office (1936)
- Sumner Simpson to A. S. Blagden of Keasbey & Mattison on Funding Gardner's Asbestos Research (1936)
- Sumner Simpson to G. M. Williams of Russell Manufacturing on Funding Gardner's Asbestos Research (1936)
- Sumner Simpson to H. D. LaMont of Asbestos Manufacturing on Funding Gardner's Asbestos Research (1936)
- The Johns-Manville Knowledge Chronology
- The Motley 1000
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
Cite this document
“Sumner Simpson to F. H. Schluter of Thermoid Rubber on Funding Gardner's Asbestos Research.” November 10, 1936. Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001297–001298. Raybestos-Manhattan. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 11859. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/11859.
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