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A one-page letter of December 18, 1934, sent by registered mail, special delivery, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's attorney, to M. F. Judd of Raybestos-Manhattan. Brown enclosed the galley proof of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's preliminary study, "Effects of the Inhalation of Asbestos Dust upon the Lungs of Asbestos Workers," with copies of his own and George Hobart's comments on it. "I was just talking to Dr. Lanza," he wrote, "and I am inclined to believe he will accede to most of our requests by making appropriate provisions in the article."
- Author
- Vandiver Brown
- Sent to
- M. F. Judd
- Published by
- Johns-Manville
- Date
- December 18, 1934
- Number
- Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-000465
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 11942 · asbestosclaims.law/library/11942
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
The comments Brown enclosed were his own of December 10 and Hobart's of December 15. Six days later Brown told Judd that the proof had gone back to Lanza before R-M could examine it (letter of December 24).
In Johns-Manville's chronology
Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows:
Vandiver Brown's letter dated 12/18/1934 to Judd at Raybestos-Manhattan encloses the galley proof copy of Dr. Lanza/Metropolitan Life's report after their study of asbestos workers ("Effects of the Inhalation of Asbestos Dust...") Brown states he is inclined to believe Dr. Lanza will accommodate their requests "by making appropriate provisions" in the report
Related documents
Cited by Barry Castleman
In Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), which cites it in:
Cited on this site
- Asbestos Timeline
- George S. Hobart to Vandiver Brown on the Metropolitan Life Galley Proof (1934)
- Reading Castleman, Appendix 2
- Reading Castleman, Chapter 9
- The Johns-Manville Knowledge Chronology
- The Motley 1000
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
- Vandiver Brown to Dr. A. J. Lanza with Comments on the Galley Proof (1934)
- Vandiver Brown to M. F. Judd on Changes to the Metropolitan Life Report (1934)
Cite this document
“Vandiver Brown to M. F. Judd Sending the Galley Proof of the Metropolitan Life Study.” December 18, 1934. Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-000465. Johns-Manville. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 11942. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/11942.
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