O. H. Cilley to Sumner Simpson on the Asbestos Textile Institute's Preliminary Dust Survey (1947)

A one-page letter of January 20, 1947, from O. H. Cilley of Raybestos-Manhattan's U.S. Asbestos Division at Manheim, Pennsylvania, to Sumner Simpson, the company's president, returning John F. McMahon's letter of January 10 from the Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America. Cilley explained McMahon's postscript: the Asbestos Textile Institute's committee on air hygiene had been planning "a cooperative program for the improvement in the air hygiene (dust control) in asbestos plants." "In order to avoid the possibility of the Committee getting into deep water on this subject," Cilley had suggested to B. W. Luttenberger, a committee member, that the matter be taken up with McMahon, who agreed to a preliminary survey.

What it shows

The letter records how the Industrial Hygiene Foundation came to make its survey of the asbestos textile plants. The survey led to W. C. L. Hemeon's Report of Preliminary Dust Investigation of June 1947 (No. 05663). Cilley expected the Foundation to give the Institute a cost estimate, after which the members would decide how much they would pay toward the work.

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Letter returns copy of McMahon's 1/10/47 letter to S. Simpson. Explains postscript on McMahon's letter as follows: IHF received authorization from ATI for a preliminary survey of the industry. The ATI wished to have a survey of the industry to aid in their program for improvement of dust control in asbestos plants.

Related documents

• John F. McMahon to Sumner Simpson on the Manufacturers' Call for Healthful Working Conditions (1947)
• W. C. L. Hemeon, Report of Preliminary Dust Investigation for the Asbestos Textile Institute (1947)

About this copy

This is document 05662 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.