Arthur J. Vorwald to W. G. Hazard on Waiting for the Final Kaylo Report (1950)

A two-page letter of December 18, 1950, from Dr. Arthur J. Vorwald, director of the Saranac Laboratory, to W. G. Hazard of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, answering his letter of December 12. On the planned brochure about Kaylo dust, Vorwald thought it "advisable to wait until all of our experimental studies with Kaylo have been collated and written up in the report to the company." He said the final report had been delayed by "the International Situation," that the finances were in order, and that Mr. Urban and Mr. Durkan could study the Sayreville plant any time after January 15, 1951.

What it shows

Vorwald also reported that Saranac's general asbestos paper was with the Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine and expected to appear soon (see Vorwald, Durkan and Pratt). The letter shows the laboratory steering the company's health brochure to wait for the final report, which came in January 1952 (the final report).

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

Dr. A.J. Vorwald letter to W.G. Hazard, 12/18/50, responding to Hazard's letter of 12/12 (Motley Document #230). With regard to the brochure that Hazard wants to publish on the health aspects of Kaylo dust, Dr. Vorwald states that he believes that it would be advisable to wait until Saranac's experimental studies with Kaylo have been collected and written up in a final report to the Company. Then it will "be easier to write" the brochure. The final report concerning the investigation on Kaylo is being prepared and Dr. Vorwald hopes to finish it as soon as possible. With respect to the visit to Sayerville, it will be possible for Dr. Urban and Dr. Durkan to conduct a study of the plant anytime after January 15, 1951.

Related documents

• W. G. Hazard to Arthur J. Vorwald on a Kaylo Health Brochure (1950)

About this copy

This is document 242 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001396 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001397.