R. S. Coleman to J. W. Duncan on a Quebec Asbestos Mining Association Meeting (1968)

A one-page memo of June 3, 1968, from R. S. Coleman to J. W. Duncan, vice president of National Asbestos Mines Limited, on the Quebec Asbestos Mining Association's regular meeting in Montreal on May 31. Coleman presented his company's views on "the caution label proposed for printing on the product package." One member suggested the caution go on "all shipping documents, invoices etc." rather than on the bag; no decision was reached. Canadian Johns-Manville reported that its parent company had offered $100,000 to "Dr. Selikoff's study group which is being organized to work on the problems of the Insulation Applicators."

What it shows

The Quebec miners had been debating a caution label on fiber bags since a special meeting that March (Motley document 7). The memo shows the question still open in June, with one member preferring to keep the warning off the bag. On Dr. Irving Selikoff's work see Selikoff Studies.

In Johns-Manville's index

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

R.S. Coleman (National Asbestos Mines, Ltd.) memo to J.W. Duncan (National Asbestos Mines, Ltd.), 6/3/68, entitled "QAMA Meeting, 5/31/68." Coleman states that a regular meeting of QAMA was held in Montreal on 5/31/68. At this meeting, National Asbestos Mines, Ltd. made certain proposals with respect to the printing of caution labels on product packages. One of the QAMA members suggested that the caution label not be printed on the bag but rather on all shipping documents, invoices, etc. No decision was reached and the subject was held over to the next meeting. Coleman also notes that at the meeting, Canadian J-M reported that the parent company had offered $100,000 to "Dr. Selikoff's study group which was being organized to work on the problems of the Insulation Applicators." This offer was made at a meeting held at the New York Academy of Arts and Sciences on May 14.

Related documents

• Quebec Asbestos Mining Association Special Meeting Minutes on Caution Labels and Dr. Selikoff (1968)

About this copy

This is document 901 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-005198 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-005198.