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A one-page letter of June 24, 1943, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's secretary and attorney, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, with a copy to A. S. Rossiter, editor of Asbestos magazine. Simpson had sent him Elliott DeForest's letter asking Washington State to drop its proposed asbestosis rule. Brown wrote: "I am inclined to let Mr. DeForest learn the facts of life and asbestosis from the State of Washington Department of Labor and Industries, and shall merely file his letter unless you feel strongly there is something I should do about it." He added that a Dr. Boyd had also written J-M and that he had referred him to Dr. Lanza's book.
- Author
- Vandiver Brown
- Sent to
- Sumner Simpson
- Published by
- Johns-Manville
- Series
- The Motley 1000
- Date
- June 24, 1943
- Numbers
- Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001263 – 001263; Motley 1000 no. 192
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 13188 · asbestosclaims.law/library/13188
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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In Johns-Manville's index
Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:
V. Brown letter to Sumner Simpson, 6/24/43. Brown states that it is his inclination to let Elliott DeForest (Secretary, Northwest Magnesia Assoc.) learn the facts about asbestosis from the State of Washington Department of Labor and Industries unless Simpson feels differently.
Related documents
- Elliott DeForest of the Northwest Magnesia Association to Washington State on Deleting Its Asbestosis Rule (1943)
- A. S. Rossiter of Asbestos Magazine to Sumner Simpson Forwarding Elliott DeForest's Letter (1943)
About this copy
This is document 192 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-001263 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001263.
Cited by Barry Castleman
In Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), which cites it in:
- Chapter 5 (Asbestos Product Use), p. 341
Cited on this site
- Asbestos Timeline
- Elliott DeForest of the Northwest Magnesia Association to Washington State on Deleting Its Asbestosis Rule (1943)
- John H. Marsh to Guy Gabrielson on the History of Asbestos Exposure Limits (1977)
- Linn J. Boyd of New York Medical College to Raybestos-Manhattan Asking for Data on Asbestosis (1943)
- Reading Castleman, Chapter 5
- Sumner Simpson to Linn J. Boyd Referring Him to Metropolitan Life on Asbestos Dust (1943)
- The Motley 1000
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
Cite this document
“Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson on Elliott DeForest's Asbestosis Letter.” June 24, 1943. The Motley 1000, Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001263 – 001263, Motley 1000 no. 192. Johns-Manville. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 13188. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/13188.
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