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A one-page letter of July 5, 1963, from S. R. Zimmerman, Jr., of Raybestos-Manhattan to Dr. Lewis J. Cralley of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Research and Technical Services Branch in Cincinnati, answering his letter of June 24 about the proposed occupational health study of the asbestos products industry. Zimmerman explained that the asbestos textile plants at Manheim, Pennsylvania, and North Charleston, South Carolina, were closed for vacation and that the people who had taken part in the discussions were away, and promised an answer on their return. A typed blind copy to A. F. Heinsohn of the General Asbestos and Rubber Division says the reply is "along the lines we agreed upon" and asks to hear what other members of the industry were going to do.
- Author
- S. R. Zimmerman, Jr.
- Sent to
- Dr. Lewis J. Cralley
- Published by
- Raybestos-Manhattan
- Series
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
- Date
- July 5, 1963
- Number
- Simpson no. 05825-05826
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 13458 · asbestosclaims.law/library/13458
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
Handwritten notes at the foot, dated 7/18, record what other companies planned. They read, for example, "U.S. Rubber - Show their records only - no complete survey by US Public Health," "Asten-Hill - no" and "Southern - will do in connection with State." The page shows the asbestos textile companies comparing notes on how far to cooperate with the Public Health Service study before answering it. The study had been described to the Asbestos Textile Institute's committee a month earlier (its June 1963 minutes); Raybestos-Manhattan's full answer followed on July 22 (Zimmerman's second letter).
In Johns-Manville's index
Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:
Acknowledges receipt of letter dated 6/24/63. States that many persons who have participated in discussions on the proposed occupational health study of the asbestos products industry are on vacation. Informs that the proposal will receive attention when people return from vacation.
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This is document 05825-05826 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.
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“S. R. Zimmerman to Dr. Lewis J. Cralley on Delaying a Reply About the Public Health Service Asbestos Study.” July 5, 1963. The Sumner Simpson Papers, Simpson no. 05825-05826. Raybestos-Manhattan. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 13458. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/13458.
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