George S. Fabel of Southern Asbestos to Sumner Simpson Sending Dr. Shull's Asbestosis Article (1936)

A one-page letter of December 18, 1936, from George S. Fabel, president of the Southern Asbestos Company of Charlotte, North Carolina, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan. Fabel thanked Simpson for his letter of December 11, said Southern Asbestos would proceed through E. H. Jeffords as Simpson suggested, and enclosed a reprint of an article by Dr. J. Rush Shull of Charlotte, sent at F. E. Schluter's request "that you can get Dr. Gardner's reaction for the benefit of our industry." Shull, he wrote, "is usually found supporting the employees," and "Many of the employees referred to in the 77 cases listed in the article have worked for our Company," most of them also for Carolina Asbestos and Raybestos-Manhattan's Charleston plant.

What it shows

Shull's article, "Asbestosis: A Roentgenologic Review of 71 Cases," reported X-ray findings in asbestos workers from the Carolinas. Fabel, whose company was defending asbestosis claims, wanted an industry answer to it from Dr. Leroy U. Gardner of the Saranac Laboratory. Simpson sent the article on to Gardner (December 22), and Gardner's critique came back two days later (December 24).

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:

Acknowledges receipt of letter dated 12/11/36. Encloses article published by Dr. Shull of Charlotte "Asbestosis: A Roentgenologic Review of 71 Cases." Informs that Schull usually supports the employees position.

Related documents

• Sumner Simpson to G. S. Fabel of Southern Asbestos on Interviewing Charleston Employees (1936)
• G. S. Fabel of Southern Asbestos to Sumner Simpson Asking to Interview Charleston Employees (1936)
• Sumner Simpson to Dr. Leroy U. Gardner Asking His Comments on Dr. Shull's Asbestosis Article (1936)
• Dr. Leroy U. Gardner to Sumner Simpson Reviewing Dr. Shull's Asbestosis Article (1936)
• Sumner Simpson to Vandiver Brown Enclosing Dr. Shull's Article and Fabel's Letter (1937)
• Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson Acknowledging Dr. Shull's Article (1937)

About this copy

This is document 03091 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.