J. F. D. Rohrbach to Thomas Gatke on Pressing Gardner for His Conclusions (1946)

A one-page file copy of a letter of August 9, 1946, from J. F. D. Rohrbach, executive vice president of Raybestos-Manhattan, to Thomas Gatke, president of Gatke Corporation in Chicago. Rohrbach had heard from Vandiver Brown about a letter from Dr. Gardner of the Saranac Laboratory "apologizing again for the delay" and quoted it: "I see little chance of my devoting the necessary two months to the preparation of your report until the winter." Calling this "certainly indefinite," he had asked Brown whether Gardner could give the industry "some statement of his conclusions in advance of a complete report."

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Informs that there has been correspondence with V. Brown regarding a report from Dr. Gardner of the Saranac Lab. Statements in a letter from Gardner indicate no progress on report is foreseen until the winter months. Informs that Brown has been requested to see if some statement of conclusions could be distributed in advance of a complete report.

Related documents

• J. F. D. Rohrbach to Vandiver Brown Asking Gardner for Simple Conclusions in Advance (1946)
• Thomas L. Gatke to J. F. D. Rohrbach on Getting Gardner's Report (1946)

About this copy

This is document 05622 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.