27 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · January 1930
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Report of a Dust Study of Raybestos-Manhattan's Charleston Plant (1930)
…study of dust counts at Raybestos plant in Charleston, SC done in January, 1930. used impinger and electric precipitator methods to collect dust. recommends extending use of exhaust, oiling, and humidifying systems wherever possible in plant…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · January 30, 1935
Raybestos-Manhattan's General Manager to Vandiver Brown on the Mellon Institute Group (1935)
…report is at Brown's memorandum on the Mellon Institute symposium. About this copy The letter is signed only "General Manager," with typist's initials that look like "MFJ-G." The writer may have been M…
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Government report · JM Knowledge Chronology · 1930
Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service on Dust Standards (1930)
Two pages from the Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the U.S. Public Health Service for the fiscal year 1930: the title page and page 49, from the section on industrial hygiene. Reporting on…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · July 28, 1931
E. M. Voorhees to S. A. Williams on Dust Conditions at J-M Factories (1931)
…1931, from E. M. Voorhees at J-M's General Headquarters to Vice President S. A. Williams, headed "Dust Conditions at Our Factories." It begins: "Ever since the dust suits have been brought against us at…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · October 27, 1936
Raybestos-Manhattan's North Charleston Manager to Sumner Simpson on a State Health Board Dust Study (1936)
…letter of October 27, 1936, from E. H. Jefferds, general manager of Raybestos-Manhattan's General Asbestos & Rubber Division in North Charleston, South Carolina, to Sumner Simpson, the company's president. A Dr. Wilson of the…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · October 5, 1936
Vandiver Brown to H. B. Meller of the Air Hygiene Foundation on Describing Asbestosis (1936)
A two-page letter of October 5, 1936, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to H. B. Meller, managing director of the Air Hygiene Foundation of America in Pittsburgh. Brown approves a revised report…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · December 17, 1936
Vandiver Brown to Lewis Silverman of Union Asbestos & Rubber on the Air Hygiene Foundation (1936)
A one-page letter of December 17, 1936, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to Lewis J. Silverman of Union Asbestos & Rubber Co. (Unarco) in Chicago, thanking him for kind words about the Air…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · May 3, 1939
Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson on the 1938 Saranac Report and the Gardner Agreement (1939)
A two-page letter of May 3, 1939, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan. Brown points Simpson to the references to asbestosis in the Saranac Laboratory's…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · May 11, 1937
Vandiver Brown to Union Asbestos & Rubber Enclosing Gardner's First Progress Report (1937)
A one-paragraph cover letter of May 11, 1937, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to L. J. Silverman, secretary-treasurer of Union Asbestos & Rubber Company in Chicago, enclosing Dr. Leroy Gardner's "First…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · January 7, 1936
Johns-Manville and Raybestos-Manhattan Letters on Hiring Dust Counter Otto Binder (1936)
…On March 11 Vandiver Brown, J-M's general attorney, told Judd that "the Metropolitan survey of our two companies is now practically completed" and offered Binder to sample dust at R-M plants to check…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · 1930
Johns-Manville, Instructions to Employees, Manville Factory (1930s)
…fire signals and insurance. Its General Policy begins, "The Company intends that its employees be treated fairly," and invites workers to speak to their supervisor about anything "that might affect the health of employees." New hires…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · November 20, 1936
Memorandum of Agreement Funding Gardner's Asbestos Experiments at Saranac Laboratory (1936)
…Eleven companies signed. The same day Vandiver Brown, J-M's general attorney, authorized Gardner to begin, "for the purpose of determining more definitely the causes and effects of asbestosis," and set the terms: the results…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 7, 1934
Raybestos-Manhattan Letters on Hiring Otto L. Binder to Take Dust Counts (1934)
…In a letter of June 7, 1934 (two copies), M. F. Judd, R-M's general manager, sent W. H. Dunn of the Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Division in Passaic, New Jersey, a letter from Vandiver Brown…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 9, 1935
Sumner Simpson and E. H. Jeffords on American Tobacco Company Help with Dust Control (1935)
…1935, between Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, and E. H. Jeffords, general manager of its General Asbestos & Rubber Division in North Charleston, South Carolina. Jeffords had asked M. F. Judd, the company's secretary, for…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 25, 1934
Sumner Simpson to E. H. Jeffords on X-Raying Raybestos-Manhattan Workers (1934)
…to E. H. Jeffords, general manager of R-M's General Asbestos & Rubber Division in North Charleston, South Carolina. Simpson reported a decision to X-ray all new men hired at Manheim and Passaic, and to…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · October 1, 1934
Vandiver Brown to M. F. Judd on Occupations Unsuitable for Minors (1934)
…Johns-Manville's attorney, to M. F. Judd, general manager of the Raybestos Division of Raybestos-Manhattan, copied to S. A. Williams. The Code Authority of the Asbestos Industry had asked its members for their opinions…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · August 29, 1933
S. A. Williams to A. R. Fisher with Dr. Lanza's Answers on Waukegan Dust Questions (1933)
…it would be better to make a general statement that the Company is taking steps to control the amount of dust in the air for general health purposes." Concerning whether an employee in the asbestos textile…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · February 12, 1932
Correspondence on Dr. F. V. Meriwether's Reading of Manville Plant X-Rays (1932)
What it shows At first the Surgeon General, H. S. Cumming, refused permission, writing that the work "appears to be only for the benefit of one company and can not be considered as research work" and…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · December 23, 1932
J. E. Begert to S. A. Williams on Dust Collecting Equipment at Alexandria (1932)
What it shows On examinations, Begert writes: "We give our men only a casual general physical examination, inspecting chiefly for ruptures, hernia, sight, hearing and stiff joints. We make no attempt at all to examine the…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · 1939
Johns-Manville Release on the Hospital and Accident Prevention at Asbestos, Quebec (1939)
What it shows The release reasons that because the hospital found less tuberculosis among the workmen than in the general population, "Dust is, therefore, not a serious hazard to health." It names Dr. R. H. Stevenson…