Vandiver Brown to Dr. Leroy U. Gardner Authorizing the Experiments for 1940 (1940)

A one-page letter of January 17, 1940, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to Dr. Leroy U. Gardner of the Saranac Laboratories, with a copy to Sumner Simpson of Raybestos-Manhattan. Brown wrote that all but two of the original sponsors would support the asbestos dust experiments "for one more year" and authorized Gardner to continue them through 1940. "We hope that the additional funds and the additional time will enable you to bring your experiments to a conclusion and confirm beyond any possibility of dispute some of the tentative results thus far attained which appear to be highly favorable in character."

What it shows

Brown made the extra year subject to the original terms: the work was "merely a continuation" of the experiments and bound by "our original agreement" in his letter of November 20, 1936 and Gardner's acceptance of November 23, 1936. Under those terms the results belonged to the sponsoring companies, and any report had to be submitted to them for approval before publication. Dr. Leroy Gardner thanked Simpson for his support two days later.

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Informs that sponsors have agreed to fund experiments through 1940. It is understood these experiments will be a continuation of those conducted in the past and are subject to terms of original agreement.

Related documents

• Sumner Simpson to Vandiver Brown Agreeing to Pay $1,000 for Gardner's 1940 Experiments (1940)
• Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson on Two Sponsors Leaving the Saranac Experiments (1940)
• Vandiver Brown to Leroy Gardner Authorizing the Saranac Asbestos Experiments (1936)
• Leroy Gardner to Vandiver Brown Accepting the Terms of the Saranac Asbestos Experiments (1936)
• Dr. Leroy U. Gardner to Sumner Simpson Thanking Him for Backing Another Year of Experiments (1940)

About this copy

This is document 04346 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.