Sumner Simpson to C. J. Stover Doubting the Value of Joining the Air Hygiene Foundation (1936)

A one-page letter of December 17, 1936, from Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, to C. J. Stover, publisher of Asbestos magazine, in Philadelphia. Replying to Stover's letter of the 12th, Simpson said he had received Stover's bulletin on the Air Hygiene Foundation of America and a booklet from the foundation itself, and had written for more information. "I am a little doubtful as to how much benefit it would be to us, in view of the steps we have taken to study our own Dust problems."

What it shows

Stover had circulated Vandiver Brown's account of the foundation's November meeting to the asbestos industry, urging companies to join (his December 8 letter). Simpson's own company had just helped set up the industry's dust experiments at the Saranac Laboratory, and he saw less need for a second program. The same day, Brown was urging another asbestos company to support the foundation (his letter to Lewis Silverman).

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 12/12/36. Expresses doubt as to benefits derived from joining the Air Hygiene Foundation due to companys' active involvement in other studies.

Related documents

• C. J. Stover to Sumner Simpson Thanking Him for His December 10 Letter (1936)
• C. J. Stover to the Asbestos Industry on Joining the Air Hygiene Foundation (1936)
• Vandiver Brown to C. J. Stover on the Air Hygiene Foundation's Membership Meeting (1936)
• Vandiver Brown to Lewis Silverman of Union Asbestos & Rubber on the Air Hygiene Foundation (1936)

About this copy

This is document 03089 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.