169 results for “General Electric”, page 6 of 9
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 20, 1979
Philip G. Peters to Dennis H. Markusson on the J-M Medical Library Bibliography (1979)
…Peters to Dennis H. Markusson, Johns-Manville's associate general counsel, on the "J-M Medical Library Bibliography." Answering Markusson's letter of April 5, Peters writes: "I understand your comments completely and I will make…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · March 21, 1969
R. R. Standel, Jr., Report on the Third Legal Problems Subcommittee Meeting of the Environmental Health Task Force (1969)
…B. Burnett, general counsel Herbert Morton Ball and other members of J-M's Environmental Health Task Force, on the March 18 meeting of its Legal Problems Subcommittee. Standel reported that settlement of the Tomplait asbestosis…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · July 25, 1968
R. R. Standel, Jr. to Herbert M. Ball on Common Law Asbestosis Claims and the Tomplait Case (1968)
…Jr., of Johns-Manville's legal department to Herbert Morton Ball, the general counsel, on "Common Law Asbestosis Claims." On the Tomplait lawsuit in Texas, Standel recommends adding an experienced federal trial lawyer to help Gordon…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · August 2, 1968
R. R. Standel, Jr. to Herbert M. Ball on the Members of the Asbestosis Defense Task Force (1968)
…of Johns-Manville's legal department to Herbert Morton Ball, the general counsel, describing the proposed "Asbestosis Defense Task Force." It would have five members: an experienced federal trial lawyer with a background in lung disease…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · July 17, 1958
Ralph M. Barley, Herbert Ball and Dr. Kenneth Smith on Raybestos-Manhattan's Asbestosis and Lung Cancer Claims (1958)
…wrote to Herbert Morton Ball, Johns-Manville's secretary and general attorney, that the company "has a great many cases of asbestosis" from its Manheim plant and now faced a claim (the Geiman case) linking asbestosis…
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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 · February 26, 1980
S. W. McCallie to D. H. Markusson on the EPA's Proposed Rule on Disclosing Health and Safety Studies (1980)
A two-page privileged memo of February 26, 1980, from S. W. McCallie to D. H. Markusson, J-M's associate general counsel, copied to G. E. Parker, R. B. Von Wald, J. F. Reis and…
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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 · June 10, 1977
W. B. Reitze to H. B. Moreno on Visits to MEISA, Almeria and Asbestos de Mexico (1977)
…best. J-M was a 40% minority stockholder, but he wrote that continuing in the venture "without insisting upon a general overall cleanup is immoral, if not criminal," and that after J-M's U.S…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · August 11, 1975
W. B. Reitze's OSHA Letter No. 31 Making Respirators Mandatory Above the Limit (1975)
…from W. B. Reitze of Johns-Manville's Health, Safety & Environment Department to all J-M senior officers, division general managers and plant, mine and employee relations managers, on respirators and hearing protection. "Almost daily, instances…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 11, 1969
W. M. Deutsch to C. L. Sheckler on the New York Sanitary Code and Hazardous Product Labeling (1969)
…any, be reason of . . . inhalation . . . ." Deutsch suggests that the definition be used as a general guide to what a hazardous product is. "In the context of industrial insulation products, . . . consideration is which products, if any, can…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · March 3, 1969
William P. S. Breese to Herbert Morton Ball on Warning Labels for Export Asbestos Fiber (1969)
…counsel, from William P. S. Breese, a J-M attorney, to Herbert Morton Ball, J-M's general counsel, headed "Asbestos Fibre Sales, Warning Labels." The March 3, 1969, memo, written because of president C. B…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · August 5, 1952
Johns-Manville Correspondence on Herbert Miller's Threatened Asbestosis Claim (1952–1953)
…dated 8/5/52, concerning a claim from Herbert Miller. Hall reports: "In accordance with our general understanding with Messrs. Parsonnet, Weitzman & Oransky that all alleged asbestosis cases would be discussed with us before any petitions…
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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 · July 23, 1970
M. W. Burleson to W. D. Gaches and Others on Routing Customer Health Inquiries to C. L. Sheckler (1970)
What it shows Burleson was general manager of the Industrial Insulations Division, and the memo came three weeks after his order to put caution labels on the division's asbestos products. It placed the company's…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · July 27, 1951
H. M. Jackson to Arthur J. Vorwald Asking for a Fiber Count Standard (1951)
What it shows The dust limit then in general use for asbestos was five million particles per cubic foot, a count of all particles rather than fibers (see the 1947 limits of the American Conference of…
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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…