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W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison on Distributing the Johns-Manville Asbestos Booklet to King City Employees, with Draft Cover Letter and Dr. Welsh's Comments (1974)

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A January 17, 1974 memo from W. C. Thurber proposed giving all King City employees a Johns-Manville booklet, "What Every Employee Should Know About Asbestos," with an attached cover letter. The exhibit also holds a draft cover letter for F. H. Larrison's signature (dated 1/2/74) and a December 3, 1973 memo in which Dr. John J. Welsh of the Medical Department objected to the booklet's statements on smoking and bronchogenic cancer.

Author
W. C. Thurber; F. H. Larrison, Jr. (Manager - King City Operations (signer of draft cover letter)); John J. Welsh, M.D. (Medical Department (author of the Dec. 3, 1973 memo))
Published by
Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-3841
Date
January 17, 1974
Number
Bates UCC 013053 to UCC013055
Library no.
ACL Doc 18491 · asbestosclaims.law/library/18491
Rights
A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Page 1: Memo from W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison and others, Jan. 17, 1974, proposing distribution of the Johns-Manville booklet to King City employees
  • Page 2: Draft 'Dear Fellow Employees' cover letter for F. H. Larrison, Jr., initialed FHL/rtg 1/2/74
  • Page 3: Internal correspondence from Dr. John J. Welsh, Medical Department, to W. J. Kovack, Dec. 3, 1973, commenting on the booklet

People and organizations

From W. C. Thurber; F. H. Larrison, Jr. (Manager - King City Operations (signer of draft cover letter)); John J. Welsh, M.D. (Medical Department (author of the Dec. 3, 1973 memo)) to F. H. Larrison (Location 305, King City, California); J. F. Emerson; W. J. Kovack; P. J. Morgan; J. W. Rawlings; E. A. Piersall.

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This is document UC-3841 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 3 pages. Production numbers UCC 013053 to UCC013055.

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“W. C. Thurber to F. H. Larrison on Distributing the Johns-Manville Asbestos Booklet to King City Employees, with Draft Cover Letter and Dr. Welsh's Comments.” January 17, 1974. Union Carbide documents, UC-3841, Bates UCC 013053 to UCC013055. Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Division. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 18491. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/18491.

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