M. F. Judd to Vandiver Brown on Hiring Otto Binder and J-M's X-Ray Machine (1934)

A one-page letter of May 9, 1934, from M. F. Judd of Raybestos-Manhattan to Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's attorney. Judd was pleased Brown had found Otto L. Binder, "whom you intend to employ in the capacity of taking Dust counts at yours and our Plant," and saw no need for Binder to come to Bridgeport. He asked what type of X-ray machine J-M had put in and what it cost, since Raybestos-Manhattan was deciding "whether we shall put one in or have the Negatives and readings made by local talent."

What it shows

The two companies were sharing one dust counter, employed by J-M, and Raybestos-Manhattan was weighing its own X-ray equipment for examining workers. Brown set out how Binder's pay would be split on May 29 (Brown's letter). The letter is also in J-M's chronology as part of Raybestos-Manhattan Letters on Hiring Otto L. Binder to Take Dust Counts (1934).

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Acknowledges hiring of Otto Binder to take dust counts at J-M and RM plants. Requests information on type of X-Ray equipment installed by J-M.

Related documents

• Vandiver Brown to M. F. Judd on Sharing Otto Binder's Salary and Expenses (1934)
• Sumner Simpson Memo to M. F. Judd and Mr. Pope Asking About the Dust Survey (1934)

About this copy

This is document 02012 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.