Vandiver Brown to Otto L. Binder on Reporting His Work to Sumner Simpson (1935)

A one-page letter of May 20, 1935, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's attorney, to Otto L. Binder in care of J. W. Fehnel at the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, with a copy to M. F. Judd. Brown quoted Judd's request and told Binder to provide Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, "with reports as to any work done by you and Mr. Fehnel which is concerned primarily with the interests of that Company," and a summary of the work already done on its behalf.

What it shows

Binder worked out of Metropolitan Life's office alongside its dust specialist Fehnel, but his salary was paid by J-M and Raybestos-Manhattan. Here J-M's attorney directs him to report the dust work, his own and Fehnel's, to Raybestos-Manhattan's president. The letter shows how closely the two companies followed, and directed the reporting of, the insurer's dust studies in their plants.

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Forwards request of Judd that O. Binder provide S. Simpson with reports of work done for Raybestos. Suggests Binder prepare a summary of the work already performed for Raybestos.

Related documents

• M. F. Judd to Vandiver Brown Asking That Otto Binder Report to Sumner Simpson (1935)
• Vandiver Brown to M. F. Judd Itemizing Otto Binder's April Expenses (1935)

About this copy

This is document 02483 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.