Vandiver Brown to M. F. Judd on Metropolitan Life Releasing Otto Binder (1936)

A one-page letter of May 14, 1936, from Vandiver Brown, general attorney of Johns-Manville, to M. F. Judd of Raybestos-Manhattan, "Re: Otto Binder." Brown quoted a letter from Dr. A. J. Lanza of Metropolitan Life proposing "to release Mr. Binder to your employment at an early date," suggesting July 1, and calling Binder "thoroughly trained for your purpose." Metropolitan wanted to train an employee of its own as an assistant to Mr. Fehnel, and Brown urged a meeting soon to decide Binder's "future status now that the Metropolitan Survey of our Plants has been completed." Handwritten notes in the margin include "OK" with initials.

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Informs letter has been received from Lanza which states Metropolitan Life will release O. Binder to J-M for employment. Brown suggests meeting on proposed hiring of Binder at earliest possible date.

Related documents

• Vandiver Brown to M. F. Judd on Otto Binder's Availability After the Metropolitan Survey (1936)
• Vandiver Brown to M. F. Judd Confirming Johns-Manville's Hiring of Otto Binder (1936)
• M. F. Judd to George R. Weber on Otto Binder Leaving Metropolitan Life (1936)
• Johns-Manville and Raybestos-Manhattan Letters on Hiring Dust Counter Otto Binder (1936)

About this copy

This is document 02846 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.