L. J. Silverman of Union Asbestos & Rubber to Sumner Simpson on a $250 Share of the Saranac Experiments (1937)

A one-page letter of January 6, 1937, from L. J. Silverman, secretary-treasurer of Union Asbestos & Rubber Company of Cicero, Illinois, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, answering Simpson's letter of December 22 and the Memorandum of Agreement of November 20, 1936, for Dr. Leroy U. Gardner's experiments at Saranac Laboratory. Silverman recalled that he had "stated our Company's position" at the New York meeting, "but notwithstanding that, we will be pleased to help the cause along" by subscribing $250 a year.

What it shows

Union Asbestos & Rubber (later known as Unarco) joined the group paying for Dr. Leroy Gardner's work at Saranac Laboratory, but only for a token amount. Simpson accepted the limit three days later (Simpson to Silverman, January 9), and Vandiver Brown had already suggested that Silverman sign with a note capping his share (Brown to Simpson, January 4).

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Informs that Union Asbestos & Rubber Co. will contribute $250 per year to the industry-sponsored study on dust by Dr. Gardner.

Related documents

• Sumner Simpson to L. L. Cohen of Union Asbestos & Rubber Sending the Saranac Agreement (1936)
• Asbestos Companies' Memorandum of Agreement to Underwrite Gardner's Dust Experiments (1936)
• Sumner Simpson to L. J. Silverman Accepting Union Asbestos's $250 Share (1937)
• Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson on Union Asbestos's Limit and Dr. Shull's Paper (1937)
• Sumner Simpson's Secretary to Vandiver Brown Confirming the Dust Meeting at the Biltmore (1936)

About this copy

This is document 03165 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.