E. H. Jeffords to M. F. Judd Acknowledging the Lanza Report (1935)

A one-page letter of July 15, 1935, from E. H. Jeffords, general manager of Raybestos-Manhattan's General Asbestos & Rubber Division at North Charleston, South Carolina, to M. F. Judd, general manager of the Raybestos Division at Bridgeport. Jeffords thanked Judd for his letter of the 12th enclosing a pamphlet by "Drs. Lanza and McConnell and Mr. J. Wm. Fehnel" on the effects of inhaling asbestos dust, said he would read it at the first opportunity, and noted that he had "had contacts with all three of the parties."

What it shows

The pamphlet was the report by Dr. A. J. Lanza, Dr. William J. McConnell and J. William Fehnel of Metropolitan Life, published by the U.S. Public Health Service in January 1935 after Raybestos-Manhattan and Johns-Manville had reviewed it in draft. In July 1935 Judd was sending copies to the heads of Raybestos-Manhattan's other plants and to others (see his letter to A. F. Townsend). Jeffords ran the North Charleston plant, one of those Metropolitan Life had studied.

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Acknowledges receipt of letter enclosing "Effect of the Inhalation of Asbestos Dust on the Lungs of Asbestos Workers."

Related documents

• M. F. Judd to A. F. Townsend Sending the Lanza Report (1935)
• M. F. Judd to G. R. Weber Sending the Lanza Report (1935)
• M. F. Judd to S. R. Zimmerman Sending the Lanza Report (1935)

About this copy

This is document 02493 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.