Owens-Illinois Glass Company letter to Dr. L. R. Thompson, U.S. Public Health Service, Forwarding Temporary Organization Committee Reports on an Industrial Dust Study Organization (1935)

National Archives certified copy of a March 21, 1935 Owens-Illinois Glass Company letter to Dr. L. R. Thompson of the U.S. Public Health Service, enclosing Temporary Organization Committee reports on forming an industry-funded organization, to be associated with Mellon Institute, to study industrial dust diseases. The enclosures describe the January 1935 Pittsburgh dust symposium, a $25,000 plan with $500 pledges, and a proposed program with medical, preventive, legal, legislative and publicity components.

What the document holds

• Page 1: National Archives certification, signed by Milton O. Gustafson, 06-15-93
• Pages 2-3: Owens-Illinois Glass Company letter, March 21, 1935, to Dr. L. R. Thompson, U.S. Public Health Service
• Pages 4-5: Temporary Organization Committee letter of February 6, 1935 (dated 'February Sth, 1935' in OCR) from Roger A. Hitchins requesting subscriptions of up to $500
• Pages 6-7: Enclosure 1: outline of events leading to the January 15, 1935 Symposium on Dust Problems, with speakers and industry groups
• Page 8: Enclosure 2: action taken by the Temporary Organization Committee on January 15, 1935
• Pages 9-10: Enclosure 3: discussion and action at the February 1, 1935 special meeting at the Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh
• Pages 11-13: Enclosure 4: Weidlein letter of January 21, 1935 to Hitchins and Mellon Institute 'Plan for Study of Dust Problems'
• Pages 14-15: Enclosure 5: Correlating Agency, Suggested Program of Initial Activities (medical, preventive, legal, legislative, publicity)
• Page 16: Enclosure 6: form of reply letter for pledging $500
• Page 17: Temporary Organization Committee progress report letter, March 12, 1935
• Pages 18-20: 'The Industrial Dust Problem: A Brief Narrative in explanation of the Temporary Organization Committee'

People and organizations

From Owens-Illinois Glass Company letter writer (signature illegible; appears to be 'W. G. Hazard'); Roger A. Hitchins (Chairman, Temporary Organization Committee; President, American Refractories Institute); E. R. Weidlein (Director, Mellon Institute of Industrial Research) to Dr. L. R. Thompson (U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C.).

• E. R. Weidlein, Jr. (author)
• Lou Thompson (recipient)
• Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (named)
• Owens-Illinois Glass Company (named)
• U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) (named)

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This is document UC-5193 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 20 pages.