C. Richard Walmer to Myril C. Shaw Enclosing the Proposed Lung Cancer Study for the Asbestos Textile Institute (1956)

A one-page letter of May 21, 1956, from Dr. C. Richard Walmer, managing director of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation, to Myril C. Shaw, secretary of the Asbestos Textile Institute, enclosing the Foundation's "Memorandum on the Proposed Epidemiologic Study of Lung Cancer in the Asbestos Workers for the Asbestos Textile Institute." Walmer wrote that the memorandum drew on a preliminary survey of seven plants and that, if it was agreeable, "we will be prepared to undertake the study within 30 days after hearing from you." Copies went to D. R. Holmes and Dr. K. Smith.

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Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

Dr. C.R. Walmer (Managing Director, IHF) letter to M.C. Shaw (Secretary, ATI), 5/21/56, enclosing "Memorandum on the Proposed Epidemiologic Study of Lung Cancer in the Asbestos Workers for the ATI." Dr. Walmer states that if the memorandum is agreeable to the ATI, the Mellon Institute will be prepared to undertake this study within 30 days after acknowledgment from Shaw.

Related documents

• Industrial Hygiene Foundation Proposal for an Epidemiological Study of Lung Cancer in Asbestos Workers (1956)
• Industrial Hygiene Foundation, Proposed Epidemiological Study of Lung Cancer in Asbestos Workers for the Asbestos Textile Institute (1956)

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This is document 96 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-000796 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-000796.