J. F. D. Rohrbach to Vandiver Brown on Whether a Report of Gardner's Work Can Be Had (1948)

A file copy of a one-page letter of April 15, 1948, from J. F. D. Rohrbach, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, to Vandiver Brown, secretary of Johns-Manville. Rohrbach wrote that he and Sumner Simpson had discussed the work Dr. Leroy Gardner did at the Saranac Laboratory and concluded "that the industry could not possibly get a report on the work that was done under Dr. Gardner's direction for a long term of years." He asked, "Do you consider this matter closed or do you think there is any chance of getting some report through other staff members of the Saranac Laboratory?"

What it shows

Gardner had died in 1946 without finishing the report on the asbestos dust experiments that the asbestos textile companies had paid for. Rohrbach's letter crossed with news from Saranac that a report was about a month away, which Brown passed on in his reply of April 19.

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Informs that conversations with S. Simpson have yielded the determination that the industry will not get a report from Dr. Gardner on the asbestosis experiments for several years. Requests Brown's view on this matter.

Related documents

• Vandiver Brown to J. F. D. Rohrbach on Reviewing the Saranac Report Before Publication (1948)
• J. F. D. Rohrbach to Vandiver Brown Asking About Gardner's Final Report (1946)
• J. F. D. Rohrbach to Vandiver Brown Asking for a Brief Report from Gardner Within Sixty Days (1946)
• Sumner Simpson to Manfred Bowditch Asking for Gardner's Report Promptly (1946)
• Sumner Simpson to Vandiver Brown Doubting Gardner's Report Will Come Soon (1946)

About this copy

This is document 05781 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.