K. J. Soule to T. H. Boyd on the Safety Glass Windows in Department 14 (1952)

A one-page office memorandum of August 20, 1952, from K. J. Soule of the laboratory to T. M. Boyd, with copies to R. J. Gorecki, W. L. White and J. G. Exel, about windows beside the fire escape stairs of Building FF, Department 14, that someone had opened in "violation of State Safety regulations." Soule would issue instructions to keep them shut if asked, but doubted they would be obeyed: "it is unreasonable to expect the men working in that hot, dusty corner to put up with the discomfort." If the state forced the windows closed, he wrote, the company would need to provide positive ventilation, and "an ideal solution would be to Air Condition the entire building."

In Johns-Manville's index

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

States it is questionable whether issuing instructions against opening the safety glass windows in Department 14 will be effect. Informs it is unreasonable to expect men to work in the hot, dusty room without windows open, though opening the windows violates state safety regulations. Suggests ideal solution would be to air condition the entire building.

About this copy

This is document 05787 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.