Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson Approving Gardner's Survey of Clinical and X-Ray Experience (1944)

A one-page letter of July 20, 1944, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's secretary and attorney, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, headed "Asbestos Dust Experiments," sending a copy of Dr. Gardner's letter of July 15. Brown wrote that although it would further delay Gardner's final report, the added material "concerning clinical and x-ray experience with asbestos dust in Canada and the United States will be an important and valuable supplement" to the experiments, and since it would cost nothing more, he had approved the proposal.

What it shows

Gardner's letter, on his X-ray review at Asbestos, Quebec, is published from Johns-Manville's files (Gardner to Brown, July 15, 1944). Brown sent it to the other sponsors as well; Thomas Gatke of the Gatke Corporation answered on July 25 (Gatke's reply). Simpson's office acknowledged the letter in his absence (July 28) and then passed on his agreement (August 7).

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Transmittal letter for correspondence from Dr. Gardner seeking approval of proposal to gather additional information concerning clinical and x-ray experience with asbestos dust in Canada and the U.S. Brown informs that approval was given (attachment).

Related documents

• Simpson's Secretary to Vandiver Brown Acknowledging the Letter of July 20 (1944)
• Simpson's Secretary to Vandiver Brown on Simpson's Agreement with Gardner's Proposal (1944)
• Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson Forwarding Dr. Gardner's Letter of January 6 (1944)
• Leroy Gardner to Vandiver Brown on the X-Ray Review at Asbestos, Quebec (1944)
• Thomas Gatke of Gatke Corporation to Vandiver Brown on Gardner's Quebec Work (1944)

About this copy

This is document 05556-05557 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.