E. H. Jeffords to Sumner Simpson on Dr. Shull's Asbestosis Article (1937)

A one-page confidential letter of January 8, 1937, from E. H. Jeffords, manager of the General Asbestos & Rubber Division of Raybestos-Manhattan in North Charleston, South Carolina, to Sumner Simpson, the company's president. Jeffords acknowledged a reprint of an article by Dr. J. Rush Shull of Charlotte, North Carolina, and a letter in which Dr. Leroy Gardner commented on it. He had arranged to go over the papers with Julian Mitchell, the company's Charleston attorney, and then with Dr. Kenneth Lynch, "who is quite a celebrated Pathologist." Lynch thought it "a very good move" for Simpson to take the question up with "the Metropolitan authorities" and to make his arrangement with Dr. Gardner.

In Johns-Manville's index

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

E. H. Jeffords (Manager, General Asbestos and Rubber Division of R-M) letter to S. Simpson, 1/8/37, acknowledging receipt of Dr. J. Rush Shull's article entitled "Asbestos: A Roentgenologic Review of 71 Cases" and other materials. Jeffords states that he has arranged to discuss the above enclosures with Julian Mitchell (R-M attorney in Charleston, S.C.) and Dr. Kenneth Lynch. (Enclosures are not attached.)

About this copy

This is document 210 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-001294 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001294.