John F. McMahon to Sumner Simpson with Raybestos-Manhattan's 1947 Industrial Hygiene Foundation Dues (1946)

A one-page letter of December 2, 1946, from John F. McMahon, managing director of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, sending the statement for the company's 1947 membership. McMahon reported the year's work: another engineer and a full-time medical director, a new chemistry and toxicology committee, and round-table conferences for physicians, attorneys and compensation men, engineers and chemists to exchange "pertinent, unpublished data and experiences." He named three new trustees and enclosed a circular "which has just been issued." Filed with it are the old Air Hygiene Foundation membership application and dues schedule for 1937.

What it shows

McMahon opened with a question raised at the Foundation's November 7 annual meeting: "Who is going to take the leadership in advancing occupational health," the unions, government or industry? He described the Foundation as "the only national association of private industries for the advancement of employee health." Raybestos-Manhattan was one of the members. The circular was probably "Production Comes from People".

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Gives update of the IHF's accomplishments during 1946. Informs that the staff is expanding with another engineer and a full-time medical director. Encloses statement for RM's 1947 membership fees.

Related documents

• Industrial Hygiene Foundation, Production Comes from People (1946)
• John F. McMahon to Sumner Simpson on the Manufacturers' Call for Healthful Working Conditions (1947)

About this copy

This is document 05656 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.