M. F. Judd to W. H. Dunn on Raybestos-Manhattan's Air Hygiene Foundation Dues (1938)

A one-page letter of January 31, 1938, from M. F. Judd, secretary of Raybestos-Manhattan, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to W. H. Dunn, the company's comptroller in Passaic, New Jersey. Judd explained that on May 12, 1937, the company had become a member of the Air Hygiene Foundation of America, of Pittsburgh, which worked on "hazards caused by various forms of industrial dust, methods of eliminating or controlling the dust produced, and the like." The membership fee was $25 and annual dues $200; the 1938 invoice, less $50 paid in advance in 1937, left $150, which Judd had approved for payment. "Mr. Simpson considers this a Corporation matter," he wrote, so the dues would be billed back to Passaic.

What it shows

The letter dates Raybestos-Manhattan's joining the Air Hygiene Foundation of America to May 12, 1937, some months after Sumner Simpson had told Asbestos magazine's publisher he was "a little doubtful" membership would help the company. Simpson treated the membership as a matter for the whole corporation, not one division.

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Informs that as of 5/12/37 RM has been member of Air Hygiene Foundation. The Membership fee was $25.00 and the annual dues $200.00. RM prepaid $50.00 in 1937 and now the balance of $150.00 is due. Requests that invoice for $150.00 be paid.

Related documents

• Sumner Simpson to C. J. Stover Doubting the Value of Joining the Air Hygiene Foundation (1936)
• W. H. Dunn to M. F. Judd Acknowledging the Air Hygiene Foundation Dues (1938)
• H. B. Meller of the Air Hygiene Foundation to Sumner Simpson Acknowledging Raybestos-Manhattan's 1938 Dues (1938)

About this copy

This is document 03406 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.