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A one-page letter of September 29, 1937, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, answering Simpson's letter of September 27. Brown had heard nothing from Dr. Gardner about the asbestos sample from the Harvard College Laboratory that caused "immediate death of the experimental animals" on injection. He agreed it sounded strange and joked that the sample "must have come from Russia," adding, "I trust it wasn't from Canada." He also pointed Simpson to a Canadian report on aluminum dust as a counter-agent to free silica, available from the Air Hygiene Foundation.
- Author
- Vandiver Brown
- Sent to
- Sumner Simpson
- Published by
- Johns-Manville
- Series
- The Motley 1000
- Date
- September 29, 1937
- Numbers
- Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001304 – 001305; Motley 1000 no. 216
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 13189 · asbestosclaims.law/library/13189
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:
V. Brown letter to S. Simpson, 9/29/37, stating that Brown has heard nothing from Dr. Gardner concerning his experience with the asbestos samples sent to him by the Harvard College Laboratory, which Brown understands caused immediate death of experimental animals upon injection.
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This is document 216 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-001304 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001305.
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“Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson on the Harvard Asbestos Sample That Killed Gardner's Animals.” September 29, 1937. The Motley 1000, Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001304 – 001305, Motley 1000 no. 216. Johns-Manville. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 13189. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/13189.
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