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15 1 C H UR C H S T R E E T N E W YORK CITY* U, S. A. G ab E n o in is P atents is s u e d a n d P en d in o ***** MAT* o fliftl 0F THE ^ Received /cx * nttMiie OT.Y * * NOV 1 - )924 $ NOV 1 - 1924 *) U . 8 , WATBNT o r r * ICl O ft, lilfty , arn,, Mr. H ubert Work, ' Seer ta r y of th e Xnt e r i o r, W ashington, D#C. ^ Dear Mr# Work: .M'vt 'e.'* & cHtEF P.UBGEO' .-'V . \ . ^ -;;5'./\ , :^ 0 ^ { \ ,'\ V Im m ! o ft b b f t . IffiOBilVSP > NOV 1- 1924 OFFICE OF USHaaefflOBBTABT. P le a se n o te a tta c h e d copy of lew York (Dimes of to d a y , showing the a r t i c l e e n t itle d , "Bar E th y l G asoline as 5 th V ictim Dies**. P lea se p a r t i c u l a r l y note th a t Mr. Mi&glejt a l le g e s th a t the Bureau of Mines has Been conducting t e s t s t"n req.ue s t o f th e G en eral Motors'; C o rp o ra tio n and S ta n d a rd O il o 'o f ^ ew !;J e r s e y , f o r ' t e n m onths, and w i is s u e a s ta te m e n t in a few days on th e s u b je c t. I ca n n o t ex p ress the shock such a claim by Mr. M idgley g iv e s me , r e a l i z i n g the r e a l f a c t s a s I do. (Dhe B ureau o f Mines seems a l i v e t o th e grave dangers to the p u b lic in C.O. p o iso n in g as shown in th e ir c i r c u la r Bq. 2595 o f A p r i l , 1$4 , and I have commended t h e i r lo y a lty to the p u b lic as p u b lic s e rv a n ts in th a t C.O. phase o f th e fu e l problem in gas engines. I do n o t know how to p h rase la n g u ag e in p o l i t e term s stro n g enough, however, to t e l l you what X f e e l i s the re a l nature of the Bureau*s a c tio n as pSiblic se rv a n ts in keeping s t i l l fo r ten months about th e danger of lead p o iso n in g in th e wide use of le ad dopes in motor fu els* $he mere su g g e stio n to use such a dope i s , i n f a c t , too m onstrous to c o n s id e r in view of the s t r i c t re g u la tio n ab o u t th e use. of le a d compounds in face powders, food r e ta in e r s , p a in ts , etc* Mr* M idgley claim s 800,000 c a rs are a lr e a d y u s in g th is E th y l Gas, and 10,000 f i l l i n g s ta tio n s are s e llin g it# Hote my l e t t e r , as p er copy h e r e w ith , to th e Amer ic a n Chemical S o c ie ty of A p ril 9 192i* Mr. Midgley admiits th e le a d comes out of th e exhaust i n form o f i n v i s i b l e d u s t o f le M brom ide, w h ile Dr> B u r r e ll o f th e American Chemical S o c ie ty in p u b lish ed a r t i c l e s , says i t comes out as lead chlorides. Try ,-.,- -..v nrt- DEPPE MOTORS CORPORATION IS1 C H U R C H S T R E E T NEW YORK CITY, U. 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O A E NOIN I a PATENT ISSUED AND PENDING #8 My c o n te n tio n i s th a t le a d compounds in any form ta k e n in to th e human body are cu m u lativ e p o is o n s , hence sh o u ld be summarily p ro h ib ite d as motor dopes re g a rd le s s of a lle g e d ad van tag es in wet m ixture e n g in e s, n o t equipped w ith p ro p er e a rbu r e t t i n g d e v ic e s f o r th e p r e s e n t f u e l s , a s l a i d down i n th e F ed eral G il S p e c ific a tio n s , to which th e Bureau of Mines i s a party Dr* H enderson o f T ale says th a t C*0#, so f a r a s e f f e c t s on people in h a lin g are concerned, i s com parable to an equivale n t amount of alco h o l in to x ic e ffe c t * How you a llo w th e cu m u lativ e le a d p o iso n to be added to an a lre a d y o u trag e o u s flo o d o f p o iso n gas in form o f C0# th e b a s is f o r th e German War G ases, as X r e c a l l i t now* Some p a r t o f th e SB, 000 d e a th s and n e a r ly 700,000 a c c i d en ts in a year on highw ays, as s ta te d by S ecretary Hoover, must be charged to the to x ic e f f e c t o f th e exhaust poisons due to in co m p lete c a r b u r e tio n a id le a d d o p es, i n my opinion* Tour Bureau of Mines i s a p a rty to th e F ed eral O il S p e c ific a tio n s which consider only wet m ixture engines lik e F o rd *3 , and a ls o l i m i t la b o r a to r y t e s t s to th e B n g ler f r a c tio n a l d is t illa tio n te s ts , with incom plete vaporization Tou refu se to consider the dry m ixture engines w ith the e q u ilib riu m phase of complete v a p o riz a tio n , which I have fu lly ex p lain ed to th e Bureau o f Standards and to which I have c a lle d the Bureau of Minefs a tte n tio n w ithout even g e ttin g an acknowledgment# May X be pardoned i f I a s k you f r a n k ly now, does th e B ureau o f Mines e x i s t f o r th e b e n e f i t of Ford and th e G*M* C or p o r a tio n and th e S tandard O il Co* o f Hew J e r s e y , and o th e r O il Companies p a r tie s to the d i s t r i b u t i o n o f th e H thyl Bead Hopes, or i s th e B ureau supposed to be f o r th e p u b lic b e n e f i t and in p ro te c tio n o f l i f e and h ea lth ? How can you a tte m p t to j u s t i f y th e a c t i o n o f th e B ur eau on th is lead dope problem in th e face o f th e d is a s te r in th e S tan d ard O il Go# of Hew Je rse y w o rk s, and th e a d m itte d d e a th s and i n j u r y t o h e a lth in th e G* M* D ayton Works, a ls o th e Dupont Chemical Works? ' De p p e Mo t o r s c o r p o r a t io n 151 C H U R C H S T R E E T N EW YORK CITY, U,, S. A. Cf A Snoini P atient i a u p a n d #3 A lso , why does th e Bureau a llo w th e J o i n t j T ests In W ashington Between the Government D epartm ents, th e O il and Motor I n t e r e s t s , to be l i m i t e d to wet m ix tu re e n g in e s o n ly , and th u s i n e f f e c t , so f a r as th e p u b lic i s \ co n cern ed , p la y in to th e hands o f 'F o r d , th e G*M, and th e \ O il Companies and a g a in s t p u b lic h e a lth and e f f ic ie n c y in { use of fu e ls? Tours sin cerely . It-;