Reading Castleman, Appendix 2: Prepared Statement of Francis H. May, Johns-Manville

The sources Barry Castleman cites in Appendix 2, Prepared Statement of Francis H. May, Johns-Manville of Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), in the order the book reads, with the page and note number. 23 of the 39 are in our library and linked. "Inside" means the source is part of a larger item we hold; "See also" is our closest item, not the source itself. All chapters.

• p. 839. Stephen Solomon, The Asbestos Fallout at Johns-Manville. Fortune, 196-206 (May, 1979).
• p. 839. Asbestos-Related Occupational Diseases. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Compensation, Health and Safety, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor, conducted November 14, 1978. U.S. Gov't. Printing Ofc. Washington, pp. 637-646, 1979.
• p. 839. Los Angeles Times (October 23, 1978)
• p. 839. Washington Post (Nov. 12, 1978)

KNOWLEDGE OF A HAZARD

• p. 842. First Epidemiological Study of Insulation Applicators, Fleischer-Drinker, et al., 1946 (study done in shipyards on behalf of the Navy) In our library: Fleischer, Viles, Gade and Drinker, "A Health Survey of Pipe Covering Operations in Constructing Naval Vessels" (1946)
• p. 842. U.S. Public Health Service/Dreessen article establishing 5 MPPCF 'safe level' standard In our library: Dreessen and Others, A Study of Asbestosis in the Asbestos Textile Industry (1938)
• p. 842. Dr. Irving J. Selikoff, 1965: "We may conclude that asbestosis and its complications are significant hazards among insulation workers in the United States at this time." In our library: The occurrence of asbestosis among insulation workers in the United States.
• p. 842. Dr. Irving J. Selikoff, 1970: "In the asbestos mining and manufacturing industry, the risk of heavy exposure to the occupational dusts had been recognized for some years..." In our library: I. J. Selikoff, 'Partnership for Prevention – The Insulation Industry Hygiene Research Program,' Industrial Medicine and Surgery (1970)

FAILURE TO ACT

• p. 844. Robert E. Sweeney, Esq., October 1978 issue of Trial magazine See also: Asbestos disease and compensation.

CONSPIRACY

• p. 848. minutes of a meeting on January 5, 1934 (Johns-Manville and Raybestos-Manhattan) See also: Vandiver Brown to M. F. Judd Enclosing Minutes of the January 4 Dust Meeting (1934)
• p. 848. V. Brown to Dr. Lanza, December 10, 1934 In our library: Vandiver Brown to Dr. A. J. Lanza with Comments on the Galley Proof (1934)
• p. 848. Hobart to Brown, December 15, 1934 In our library: George S. Hobart to Vandiver Brown on the Metropolitan Life Galley Proof (1934)
• p. 848. Dr. Lanza's 1935 article (galley proofs)
• p. 849. Brown and Judd, December 18, 1934. Brown transmits a copy of the galley proofs of the Lanza article to Raybestos-Manhattan. In our library: Vandiver Brown to M. F. Judd Sending the Galley Proof of the Metropolitan Life Study (1934)
• p. 849. Brown to Lanza, December 21, 1934. Brown returns the galley proofs to Dr. Lanza together with Mr. Hobart's comments. In our library: Vandiver Brown to Dr. A. J. Lanza Returning the Galley Proof with Hobart's Comments (1934)
• p. 849. Brown to Lanza, letter of December 10th (mentioned in the quoted letter of Dec. 21, 1934) In our library: Vandiver Brown to Dr. A. J. Lanza with Comments on the Galley Proof (1934)
• p. 849. Brown to Judd, December 24, 1934. A letter indicating that Hobart and Brown had "together canvassed fairly thoroughly the points in the proof to which we could justifiably suggest additions, omissions, or In our library: Vandiver Brown to M. F. Judd on Changes to the Metropolitan Life Report (1934)
• p. 850. Brown's letter to Lanza of December 21, 1934 In our library: Vandiver Brown to Dr. A. J. Lanza Returning the Galley Proof with Hobart's Comments (1934)
• p. 851. John A. McKinney (Johns-Manville president), testimony before the Senate Committee on Human Resources on S. 3060
• p. 853. Mr. McKinney's testimony on S.3060

KNOWLEDGE OF A HAZARD

• p. 841, note 1. Cooke, W.E., "Pulmonary Asbestosis," British Journal of Medicine (sic), Vol. II, pp. 1024-25. In our library: W. E. Cooke, "Pulmonary Asbestosis," with Papers by Stuart McDonald and Sir Thomas Oliver (1927)
• p. 841, note 2. It is to be noted that the document entitled "Asbestos, Chronological Highlights" are submitted to the subcommittee in San Francisco is replete with errors. For example, dates are erroneous, the numbers of cases are misstated, and the document implies the existence of workers' compensation laws specifically addressing asbestosis up to 13 years before the term asbestosis was coined.
• p. 841, note 3. Merewether, E.R.A., Report on Effects of Asbestos Dust on the Lungs and Dust Suppression in the Asbestos Industry, H.M. Stationery Office (1930). In our library: E. R. A. Merewether and C. W. Price, Report on Effects of Asbestos Dust on the Lungs (1930)
• p. 841, note 4. Lanza, A.J., McConnell, W.J. and Fehnel, J.W., "Effects of the Inhalation of Asbestos Dust on the Lungs of Asbestos Workers," Public Health Reports, Vol. 50. pp. 1-12 (1935). In our library: Lanza, McConnell and Fehnel, "Effects of the Inhalation of Asbestos Dust on the Lungs of Asbestos Workers" (1935)
• p. 841, note 5. Dreessen, W.C., et al., "A Study of Asbestosis in the Asbestos Textile Industry," Public Health Bulletin No. 241 (1938). In our library: Dreessen and Others, A Study of Asbestosis in the Asbestos Textile Industry (1938)
• p. 841, note 6. Dreessen, ibid., Merewether, supra., (1930); Lanza, supra., (1935).
• p. 842, note 7. Fleischer, Walter E., Viles, Jr., Frederick, J., Gade, Robert L. And Drinker, Philip, "A Health Survey of Pipe Covering Operations in Constructing Naval Vessels", Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, January 1946. In our library: Fleischer, Viles, Gade and Drinker, "A Health Survey of Pipe Covering Operations in Constructing Naval Vessels" (1946)
• p. 842, note 8. Selikoff, I., infra., at pg. 142.
• p. 842, note 9. Selikoff, I.J., "The Occurrence of Asbestosis Among Insulation Workers in the United States." Annals New York Academy of Sciences, 1965. In our library: The occurrence of asbestosis among insulation workers in the United States.
• p. 842, note 10. Ibid., 1965.
• p. 843, note 11. Selikoff, I.J., "Partnership for Prevention—The Insulation Industry Hygiene Research Program," Industrial Medicine, Vol. 39, No. 4, April 1970. In our library: I. J. Selikoff, 'Partnership for Prevention – The Insulation Industry Hygiene Research Program,' Industrial Medicine and Surgery (1970)
• p. 843, note 12. Wagner, J.C. Sleggs, C.A. and Marchand, Paul, "Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma and Asbestos Exposure in the North Western Cape Province," British Journal of Industrial Medicine, 1960, 17, 260. In our library: Diffuse pleural mesothelioma and asbestos exposure in the North Western Cape Province.
• p. 843, note 13. Selikoff, I.J., Churg, J. and Hammond, E.C., "Asbestos Exposure and Neoplasia," Journal American Medical Association, April 1964.
• p. 843, note 13. Selikoff, I.J., Churg, J. and Hammond, E.C., "Relation Between Exposure to Asbestos and Mesothelioma," New England Journal of Medicine, March 1965.

FAILURE TO ACT

• p. 844, note 14. Sweeney, Robert E., "The Asbestosis Time Bomb," Trial. October 1978, p. 17. It is to be noted that the cases of disease to which Mr. Sweeney makes reference were in the asbestos textile industry, and among individuals who had experienced long periods of continually heavy exposure to 100 percent raw asbestos fiber.
• p. 845, note 15. The world's largest fabric filter is maintained at Johns-Manville's Jeffery Mine in Asbestos, Quebec.

CONSPIRACY

• p. 847, note 16. Selikoff, I.J., "Partnership for Prevention—The Insulation Industry Hygiene Research Program," supra. In our library: I. J. Selikoff, 'Partnership for Prevention – The Insulation Industry Hygiene Research Program,' Industrial Medicine and Surgery (1970)
• p. 848, note 17. A settlement of this type claim is referred to in the minutes of a 1933 meeting of the board of directors of Johns-Manville. In our library: Johns-Manville Board of Directors Minutes on Asbestosis Suits and Asbestos-Health Reports (1933–1970)
• p. 850, note 18. Lanza, supra., p. 6, 11.