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A one-page letter of January 17, 1944, from O. H. Cilley of Raybestos-Manhattan's United States Asbestos Division at Manheim, Pennsylvania, to Sumner Simpson, the company's president, reporting the steps he had taken "as a result of our discussion of the Metropolitan report." He had asked John F. McMahon, managing director of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation, and Mr. Fehnel of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to suggest "a good consulting engineer to check our systems for dust control and removal for the purpose of getting greater efficiency and if possible more economical operation," and had asked Metropolitan to make "check tests of air conditions in April or May 1944."
- Author
- O. H. Cilley
- Sent to
- Sumner Simpson
- Published by
- Raybestos-Manhattan
- Series
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
- Date
- January 17, 1944
- Number
- Simpson no. 05427
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 13433 · asbestosclaims.law/library/13433
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
Metropolitan Life's February 1943 dust survey of Manheim had reached Simpson only in December (Weber to Simpson, December 8, 1943). After discussing it, the division turned to outside engineers to review its dust control and asked for new air tests that spring. The Industrial Hygiene Foundation's study of Manheim followed in April 1944 (McMahon to Cilley, April 18, 1944).
In Johns-Manville's index
Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:
Informs that some steps have been undertaken as a result of Metropolitan's resurvey of Manheim. McMahon & Fehnel have been asked to recommend a consulting engineer to check the systems for greater efficiency in dust control and removal. Metropolitan has been requested to make check tests of air conditions in April or May of 1944.
Related documents
- George R. Weber to Sumner Simpson Offering to Bring Metropolitan Life's Report to New York (1943)
- Sumner Simpson to George R. Weber Asking for Metropolitan Life's Manheim Dust Findings (1943)
- Sumner Simpson to George R. Weber, Telegram on Bringing the Metropolitan Report (1943)
- O. H. Cilley to Sumner Simpson on an Industrial Hygiene Foundation Check of the Manheim Dust System (1944)
- O. H. Cilley to Sumner Simpson on Improving the Manheim Textile Equipment (1944)
- John F. McMahon of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation to O. H. Cilley Sending the Manheim Dust Study (1944)
About this copy
This is document 05427 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.
Cited on this site
- Asbestos Timeline
- George R. Weber to Sumner Simpson Offering to Bring Metropolitan Life's Report to New York (1943)
- O. H. Cilley to Sumner Simpson on an Industrial Hygiene Foundation Check of the Manheim Dust System (1944)
- Sumner Simpson to George R. Weber, Telegram on Bringing the Metropolitan Report (1943)
- Sumner Simpson to George R. Weber Asking for Metropolitan Life's Manheim Dust Findings (1943)
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
Cite this document
“O. H. Cilley to Sumner Simpson on Steps Taken After the Metropolitan Life Report.” January 17, 1944. The Sumner Simpson Papers, Simpson no. 05427. Raybestos-Manhattan. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 13433. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/13433.
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