Letter from John A. Brown, Jr., Asbestos Textile Institute, to J. T. Griffis, H. K. Porter Co., Enclosing New York Academy of Sciences Conference News Releases (1964)

ATI President John A. Brown, Jr. wrote to J. T. Griffis of H. K. Porter Co. enclosing three news releases (A, B and C) prepared for the New York Academy of Sciences conference on the Biological Effects of Asbestos. He wrote that the releases were held up because of objections to their sensationalism, that the matter should go to the Board of Governors, and that it should not be brought to the attention of anyone other than company management. The attached release (dated October 1964) reports on asbestos cancer and asbestosis findings presented at the conference.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover letter from John A. Brown, Jr. to J. T. Griffis, 6 November 1964
• Pages 2-10: Attached news release from the New York Academy of Sciences on the Conference on Biological Effects of Asbestos (October 1964); OCR largely illegible from page 3 on

People and organizations

From John A. Brown, Jr. (President, Asbestos Textile Institute) to J. T. Griffis (H. K. Porter Co., Inc., Thermoid Division, Charlotte, N.C.).

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About this copy

This is document ATI-38 of the Asbestos Textile Institute documents, produced in asbestos litigation, 10 pages. Production numbers ATI-000038_0001 to ATI-000038_0010.