Leroy U. Gardner to Sumner Simpson Agreeing Not to Name the Employer (1944)

A one-page letter of January 31, 1944, from Dr. Leroy U. Gardner, director of Saranac Laboratory, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, answering Simpson's letter of January 19. Gardner thanked Simpson for the offer to let him review films of the company's employees and planned to ask Dr. Lanza for access to those he held. He did not think it worthwhile to review the pre-employment films at Manheim, "as we are particularly concerned now with the evolution of asbestosis."

What it shows

Simpson had asked that Raybestos-Manhattan's name not appear in any general publication (his letter of January 19). Gardner agreed: "I shall, of course, refrain from mentioning the names of any particular employer in publication but simply acknowledge my indebtedness to a group of companies who have made such a study possible." The X-ray review was to become part of his long-delayed final report on the asbestos research for the sponsoring companies.

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 dated 1/19/44 which granted permission for Gardner to review x-rays of RM employees. Agrees that no mention of RM or any specific employee will appear in any publications or reports.

Related documents

• Sumner Simpson to Leroy Gardner on Reviewing Raybestos-Manhattan's Manheim X-Ray Films (1944)
• Leroy U. Gardner to Sumner Simpson Asking to Review the Manheim X-Ray Films (1944)
• Leroy Gardner and Vandiver Brown on Reviewing J-M Employees' X-Ray Films (1944)

About this copy

This is document 05433 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.