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A one-page Johns-Manville letter of July 28, 1950, from J. P. Woodard to Dr. Arthur J. Vorwald of the Trudeau Foundation, answering Vorwald's letter about dust from burlap bags. Woodard wrote that "the fibre packaging problem has always been a big one," that J-M had tried other containers, baling and shipping loose in box cars, but "so far the burlap bag has not been eliminated," and that he believed all producers still used it. He passed Vorwald's letter to Mr. Fisher, head of J-M's Fibre Division.
- Author
- J. P. Woodard
- Sent to
- Arthur J. Vorwald
- Published by
- Johns-Manville
- Series
- The Motley 1000
- Date
- July 28, 1950
- Numbers
- Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-000756 – 000756; Motley 1000 no. 69
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 13044 · asbestosclaims.law/library/13044
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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In Johns-Manville's index
Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:
J.P. Woodard letter to Dr. A.J. Vorwald, 7/28/50, responding to above-mentioned letter. States that considerable study has been conducted for alternatives to the burlap bag. So far the burlap bag has not been eliminated and Woodard believes that to date all producers use it. Woodard is going to send A.R. Fisher (In Charge of J-M's Fiber Division) a copy of Dr. A.J. Vorwald's letter of 7/25/50. (See Speake Trial Exhibit 143 for more historical information on packaging.)
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This is document 69 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-000756 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-000756.
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“J. P. Woodard to Arthur J. Vorwald on Burlap Bags for Asbestos Fiber.” July 28, 1950. The Motley 1000, Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-000756 – 000756, Motley 1000 no. 69. Johns-Manville. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 13044. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/13044.
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