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But if it CQmes to cutting quality - forget it In Foster's case, quality means a lot more than a container-full of materials. It's service, realistic estimating data, application know how, research and development, quality control. And the pride in 60 years of leadership. We'll match that record with any company in the industry. And match square-foot-in-place prices, too. But we THE IDCNA NEWSLETTER Published monthly by IDCNA, 8226 Fenton Street, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 (301-585-8886) Executive Director, John C. Pollock Editor, Pat Yount, IDCNA Director OFFICERS 1967 -- 1968 President....................................... ...... J. Kenneth Dixon President-Elect............................. ....A. Marvin Gibbons Vice-President.............................. ...Theodore H. Brodie ,, Secretary....................................... .... Conrad L. Wiegers Treasurer...................................................Duane C. Luse Immediate Past President.................... Dillard Breeding Counsel......................................... ...James W. R. Brown THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Terms Ending 1968: J. K. Dixon, SWICA vA. M. Gibbons, MAICA ^ K. M. McCafEree, AICWS J. D. Mein nes, "K41CA Terms Ending 1969: W. G. Hebert, MAICA Duane C. Luse',-MICA Homer C. Porter, SWICA L. E. Sweetser, AICWS C. E. Thurston, Jr., AACSS Wm. B. Wilkes, At-Large Terms Ending 1970: Theodore H. Brodie, At-Large Leon T. Choate, At-Large James P. Ennis, At-Large Gordon W. Harrison (CSICA) R. F. Yount (CSICA) Terms Ending 1971: Palmer Covii MICA ENJOYS KANSAS CITY ........................ 28 RECORD ATTENDANCE AT NICA MEETING .............................................. 32 GIVE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ....................... 33 CALENDAR OF EVENTS ................................. 34 Regional Reporters: A SALUTE ............................................................. 34 MAICA.......................................... Mrs. Jeanne Cecilia WHAT'S NEW FROM MANUFACTURERS .... 38 AACSS.......................................................W. Jack Smith CSICA............................................................................ PatYounWt IRTZ OPPOSES QUOTA ................................. 39 MICA............................................. William B. Berglund Paul D. Gauer ADVERTISERS .................................................... 40 S W IC A ............................................................................... T orhprn AICWS....................................................Ken McCaffree JULY 1968 5 tr?ir: Announcing NATIONAL OFFICE Is Now Located At 8 2 2 6 Fenton Street Silver Spring M aryland, 2 0 9 1 0 Phone: 301-585-8886 y THE IDCNA NEWSLETTER I ( EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT W ell, we finally made the move! The ID C N A headquarters is now in Silver Spring, Maryland, and although we are knee-deep in confusion, it's good to be here. J A s I write this, our new stationary has not arrived, the address-o-plates are still in Philadelphia-- as are some of the advertising plates, the offices are not completely painted, the equipment is not set up, etc., etc. But, we are here, and we're trying our hardest to put out a good day's work. So, bear with us for a little bit -- we'll have things shipshape and hitting on all fours before you can say "asbestosis." Our first visitor to 8226 Fenton Street was Andy Haas of the Union. He dropped by to pick up a copy of Marv Gibbons' letter regarding the jurisdictional dispute. His comment at seeing our set-up, "you've got a nice office here-- it's about time!" You are so right, Andy! I can't but help harp on the need for increased membership and the value of the national association to the industry. A sk yourself these four questions: What does IDCNA do for you? What does the Association do for your company? What does it do for the industry? How will IC D N A perforin in the decades ahead? Answers to these questions' depend upon Y O U ! -- How you work with other members, how you work for the Association, how you support IDCNA. For ID C N A is the membership . . . not just a handful of dedicated members, but all 100% of the membership. What the Association does is the result of our work together. The Association is the reflection of our ideas, our time, our money and our energy. Its growth depends upon you. Support Your Association-- ID C N A Truthfully Yours Jo h n C. P ollock B R U S H E S for the insulation trade IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ON LOW PRICED ADHESIVE BRUSHES WRITE FOR FREE SAMPLE AND QUOTATION M ARCUS BRUSH CO M PA N Y 444 West 23rd Place Chicago. Illinois 60616 Phone 312-326-2707 JULY 1968 CANVAS by LAMPORT COMPIETE LINE O f JACKET CANVAS s t o c k o n hand in key cities CANVAS ENGINEERED TO SPECIFICATION Alexander Lamport & Bro. HtWTOIK CHICAGOCLEVUANO DI1IOIT- LOIAHCIUS 7 CONVENTION PROMISES TO BE THE BEST YET ! ! ! ! "Chicago's Great in Sixty Eight" is no idle boast if that will have a marked effect on our future and how the program for the 13th Annual Meeting of IDCNA we do business in the immediate years, ahead. Our is any criterion. The Convention Committee, with the counsel James Brown will also address the meeting, outstanding cooperation of the Illinois Regional In basing his remarks on the legal aspects and problems sulation Contractors Association, has put together an of the industry. informative, hard-hitting, idea-packed program inter laced with sufficient time for relaxation and enjoy Fabulous Motel! The Chicago Marriott Motor Hotel ment. Oh, yes! They have a "Ladies Program" the is one of the outstanding units in this motel chain. It likes of which you have never seen . . . so don't forget is the largest, most luxurious hotel and convention site- i t to bring your spouse. in the Midwest. Boasting 500 luxurious rooms, includ ing suites and bi-level guest apartments with living Speakers are outstanding! Just look at the line-up of rooms, dining rooms, wet bars and baths on the lower speakers: Mr. A. E. Richey of Amoco Chemical Corp.; level, and balcony bedrooms and bath above, The Mr. K. J. Eaton of Associated Business Consultants; hotel is located near O'Hare International Airport, yet Mr. Daniel Jacobs of the Department of Health, Edu it is "close-in" to Chicago City. cation and Welfare; Dr. Preston Bradley of The Peoples Church of Chicago; Dr. Nicholas Nyaradi, Bradley University; and Mr. Bernard Knutsen of A popular feature of the Marriott is its unique "bubble dome" indoor-outdoor pool, with year 'round swimming in a bi-level tropical garden setting. The Baldwin-Ehret-Hili Inc. Each one is a recognized au pool is 75 feet in diameter and is half covered by a thority in his field and noted as an excellent speaker. two story high transparent plastic "bubble dome". The The invocation will be given by His Eminence, John pool, both inside and out, is heated to a comfortable M Cardinal Cody, Archbishop of Chicago. 72 degrees and you can go from inside to out through Union and NIMA On Program! Mr. A. E. "Hutch" Hutchinson, President of the Heat-Frost-Insulators and an eight-foot wide swim way. So, don't forget your swim suits! Asbestos Workers Union, will talk briefly on the in dustry in general, followed by a general question and answer period, Mr. Richard Henry, President of NIMA, will give a brief review of the manufacturer- contractor relationship. ''*' You cannot afford to miss the report of the IDCNA Labor Committee, the report on Apprentice Training and, above all, the report of the Committee on Oc cupational Health. Three aspects of our industry that are becoming more and more important to each of us, REGISTER NOW! In this issue of the IDCNA. Newsletter, you will find 2 copies of the Advance Reg istration Form. You will receive, or already have, a form in the mail together with registration forms for the hotel. As this promises to be the finest IDCNA meeting in the history of the Association, the Conven tion Committee urges you to register NOW. Indica tions are that the program will be an early sellout . . . and you may be a loser by delaying., as well as to the manufacturers and union--problems L E T ' S G O ------ C H I - C A - G O ! ! ! i I The indoor-outdoor pool of the Chicago Marriott Motor Hotel. A separate poolside hot water hydrobath is also available to the guests of the hotel. 8 THE IDCNA NEWSLETTER PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS (NOT FINAL) IDCNA 13th ANNUAL MEETING M ARRIOTT M OTOR HOTEL CHICAGO, ILLINOIS OCTOBER 5-11, 1968 ccT pc- " CHICAGO IS GREAT FOR '6 8 " 12 Noon8:00 P.M. 6:308:00 P.M. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 Registration Welcome Hour Cocktail Reception MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 7:30 A.M. IDCNA Board of Directors Breakfast Meeting 8:45 A.M.- Continental Breakfast for General 9:45 A.M. Membership and Wives 10:00 A.M. General Membership Meeting Invocation--John Cardinal Cody Archbishop of Chicago Welcome to Chicago-- Mayor Richard J. Daley Address by Dr. Preston Bradley, The Peoples Church, of Chicago Report of The Officers -- 1:45 P.M. CALL TO ORDER^-INTRODUC TION OF UNION OFFICERS Address by International President, Mr. A. E. Hutchinson Question and Answer Period Address by President of NIMA--Mr. Richard Henry Report of the IDCNA Committee on Labor Relations Report of the IDCNA Committee on Apprentice Training TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8 Members Day 7:30 A.M. IDCNA Board of Directors Breakfast Meeting 8:459:45 A.M. 10:00 A.M. Continental Breakfast for General Membership and Wives General Membership Meeting 10:10 A.M. Report of the IDCNA Committee on Occupational Health 10:30 A.M. Open Forum--Questions and Answers On Labor 2:00 P.M. 6:15 P.M. On Apprentice Training On Occupational Health Report of the IDCNA Committee on Standards-Spcification Manual, Di rector James P. Ennis, Chairman Report of the IDCNA Committee on Suppliers & Associate Members-- Director Duane Luse, Chairman Reports from the Regional Associations by their Officers Reports from IDCNA Dues and Other Committees--Comments, Questions & Suggestions from the Floor President's Reception--Dinner Dance Grand Ballroom (Dress Optional) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 *. Educational Day 7:30 A.M. IDCNA Board of Directors Breakfast Meeting 8:45- Continental Breakfast for General Mem- 9:45 A.M. bership & Wives 10:00 A.M. Call to Order Address by James W. R. Brown Esq., IDCNA Counsel "New Developments in the Thermal In sulation Field"--Mr. A. E. Richey, Amoco Chemicals Corp. Address by Mr. Daniel Jacobs, Division of Hospital & Medical Facilities, Dept, of Health, Education & Wel fare "Modern Management Techniques as Applicable to the Insulation Con tracting Business"--Mr. Kenneth J. Eaton, Associated Business Con sultants Return on Investment -- Mr. Bernard Knutsen, Baldwin-Ehret-Hill, Inc. Approval of 1969 Budget 12:40 P.M. Closing Ceremonies Installation of Newly Elected Officers Free Enterpjrise-- or Disaster, Dr. Nich olas Nyaradi, Director School of International Studies Bradley Uni versity JULY 1968 9 LABOR NEWS Manufacturers Cut Construction of Industrial Plants: Construction activity eased off a bit in April, despite a continuation of the upward trend in homebuilding. The value of new construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $80.7 billion-down $700 mMlion from last winter's peak-- according to preliminary data. The surge in new homes starts in April will help keep construction strong well into summer. However, nonresidential construction has been get ting progressively weaker, more than offsetting strength in homebuilding. The softness has been, primarily in industrial construction, which has fallen to an annual rate of $5.3 billion, from an average of $6 billion last winter. Total construction recently has been running 11% ahead of a year before, but rapidly rising costs have been responsible for most of the gain. Over-all con struction costs are up about 7% in the year, according to Commerce Department data. Industrial construction put in place is running 13% behind last year's pace, after adjustment for cost in creases. Labor economy drive: Because of a Jack of funds, the industrial-union department of AFL-CIO has cut back activities such as organizing, bargaining re search and lobbying. .1. W. Abel, elected to replace Walter Reuther as department head, ordered an im mediate retrenchment program. When the AFL-CIO suspended Mr. Reuther's United Auto Workers for nonpayment of dues, the UAW automatically was out of the industrial department, too. The UAW had been a heavy contributor to the department's funds. An employer's right; A U.S. court of appeals refused to enforce an order of the National Labor Relations Board because, the court said, an examiner of NLRB had failed to listen to the employer's defense. NLRB had ordered four employees reinstated on the ground they had been fired for union activity. The employer said they walked off the job because one of them ob jected to the helper assigned to him. For plumbers: $6.55: A two-year agreement nego tiated by Detroit plumbers and contractors, without a strike, is to increase wages and "fringes" by $1.90 an hour. Hourly labor costs will go to $8.14 next year, including a wage rate of $6.55. Employe lists rejected: Employers should not be re quired to provide lists of their workers' home ad dresses for use by unions in bargaining-election cam paigns, rules a U.S. court of appeals. The court re jected the policy of the National Labor Relations Board requiring lists. Two other courts of appeal have upheld such orders. 10 Two of Three Trades Settle In Chicago: Sheet Metal Workers arrive at three-year agreement with three employer associations calling for package boost of $1.20 per hour whiie Asbestos Workers agree to in creases valued at $1.12 Vi hourly over three years for work in 26 Illinois and Indiana counties. Strike by Ornamental Iron Workers in Chicago moves into third week. Coverage Of Title VII To Broaden: Equal Employ ment Opportunity Commission reminds that, effective July 2, employers and unions with 25 or more work ers or members will become subject to Title VII of Civil Rights Act under final step of coverage expan sion written into law. Furciiase Restrictions Unlawful, Board Agrees: NLRB affirms holding of trial examiner that contract provisions negotiated and enforced by Sheet Metal Workers in San Francisco Bay area were "hot cargo" violations in that union objective was not to preserve traditional unit work but to control wage conditions in manufacturing plants. Clauses barred contractors from buying prefabricated sheet metal products from manufacturers paying their production employes less than construction jates established in union's agreement with contractors. Prefab Boycott Case Remanded To Board: Sixth Circuit directs NLRB, in light of Supreme Court's National Woodwork work-preservation rule, to recon sider its holding that Asbestos Workers conducted sec ondary boycott at project in Hamilton, Ohio, in refus ing to handle precut insulation jacketing. Board's deci sion in case was issued just before High Court handed down Woodwork ruling. Socialized Security: The AFL-CIO has already put forth its first demand on next year's 91st Congress, ask ing for a 50% increase in Social Security benefits, fi nanced out of general tax revenues. This would be added to the 13% increase of last year. Employers who bar older workers risk legal penalties beginning June 12: Employment discrimination against workers over 40 will become illegal under terms of the 1967 Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The prohibition, which goes into effect June 12, applies to employers, employment agencies, and unions in busi nesses engaged in interstate commerce and employing 25 or more persons. Under the federal law, employers will be barred from discrimination against workers between 40 and 65 in hiring, wages, and working conditions. Em ployment agencies and union hiring halls may not use age as a basis for referral. Help wanted advertising may not indicate age preferences. U.S. Labor Dept, officials, who will enforce the law note that its provisions do not apply where age is a legitimate occupational qualification, where factors THE IDCNA NEWSLETTER other than age come into play, and where a worker is refused employment or promotion because of a valid seniority system or employee benefit plan. They warn that the mere existence of a pension plan is not a legitimate reason for turning down an older worker. The law authorizes Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz to bring civil suits against violators if attempts to obtain voluntary compliance fail. Where violations are proved, workers .will be eligible for lost wages or back pay under formulas similar to those of the wagehour law. Union Members are not rejecting as many unionnegotiated contracts as they once were. But the rate remains high enough to worry unions, management, and the government. From a high point of 19.3% in July 1966, the rejection rate declined to 11.6% for the first eight months of fiscal 1968,- according to Wil loughby Abner, special assistant to William E. Simkin, director of the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Serv ice. The current figure follows a steady decline rather than a sudden drop, Abner reports. The rate for fiscal 1967 was 14.2%. The National Railway Labor Conference will move to Washington in September "to be where the action is" according to Chairman John P. Hiltz, Jr. The confer ence represents 176 railroads and terminal companies in their labor negotiations with 24 railway unions. Hiltz said the agency will leave its present headquarters in Chicago in order to get closer to^the White House, Congress, the National Mediation Board; and the U.S. Labor and Transportation departments. Collective Bargaining without compulsory arbitra tion is the best way to achieve economic equity and industrial peace for public workers, President Jerry Wurf of the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees told the union's 17th convention at Bal Harbour, Fla. this week. Compulsory arbitra tion is justified only for policemen and firemen, Wurf said. Trainee Wages set far below construction union scales get approval from the Labor Department as a way of encouraging hiring of unskilled Negroes. It okays a rate of $1.75 an hour for trainees to work on Federally aided housing construction in Syracuse. The approval, first of its kind, could be an important precedent for widespread use of such trainees in the Model Cities program. Blue-Collar Lag bodes ill for efforts to find jobs for the hard-core unemployed. Increases in the number of blue-collar jobs averaged 700,000 a year in 1961 through 1966, but fell to only 300,000 last year. Nearly ail the 1967 blue-collar gain came in highly skilled occupations, such as for mechanics and car penters. Result: "Virtually no additional opportuni- JULY 1968 (Continued on page 12) Quik-Sel, Cemenf N-700 Block ETR Insulation H. T. Block # 10 Insulation Super "48" Cement Metal Mesh Blanket Spray Insulation GREAT LAKES TEXTILES, INC. ALL TYPES, WIDTHS, WEIGHTS BRATTICE CLOTH FAB-GLAS GLASS CLOTH ROLL-ON CORNER BEAD IMMEDIATE DELIVERIES CANVAS, for the INSULATION TRADE 13229 Shaw Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44112 AREA CODE 21 6-268-3502 MANUFACTURERS INSULATION FABRICATING LAMINATING EQUIPMENT THERMAFIBER* Industrial Insulating Felt THERMAFIBER* Metal Mesh Blanket THERMAFIBER* Baiter And Oven felt THERMAFIBER* Curtain W all Insulation AND RYDER THERMMOKOTE HIGH TEMPERATURE BONDING CEMENTS "1 " GENERAL PURPOSE " 1* EZY-PLY "1" WHITE " 5 5 " HY-TEMP ACOUSTlKOTE INSULBOND FIREKOTE RYDER INDUSTRIES INC. P. O. BOX 11194 DALLAS, TEXAS 75223 WE S P E C IA L IZ E IN C U T T IN G EQ U IPM EN T FOR IN SU LA TIO N MANUFACTURERS & DISTRIBUTORS PIPE COVERING SAWS FITTING SAWS BOARD SLICING SAWS ASPHALT ROLLERS SHEET METAL SHEARS SHEET METAL ROLLS Also Custom Made Equipment H OW ARD C. FORREST COMPANY 5631 P.O . d r a w e r HOUSTON, TEXAS M ITCH ELLO A LE b 77018 TEL. 713-OV2-5489 11 7 T 'cec LABOR NEWS ties for unskilled and semi-skilled workers," according to a Labor Department analysis. By contrast, 1.2 million new white-collar jobs appeared in 1967, Manpower experts find the trend ominous. If Negroes continue to hold only the type of jobs they generally occupy now, their unemployment rate by 3975 would be.around 20% , triple the present rate, warns Seymour Wolfbein, former Labor Department economist. A much faster Negro breakthrough into white-collar and skilled craftsmen's ranks is necessary, contends Mr. Wolfbein in a study for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. NLRB's Workload jumps sharply, threatening longer delays in case-handling. "We may well be heading into trouble on all fronts" warns Board Chairman Frank McCulloch. The dual problem: A larger than ex pected increase in cases and a shortage of personnel. In the first three months of 1968, election petitions and unfair labor practice charges were up 9% from the preceding quarter. More strikes, expanded union or ganizing drives boost the caseload. The NLRB requests a $2.9 million budget increase so it can add about 100 staffers. Even if it gets the money, personnel problems loom. Big-boosts in start ing'salaries for private-industry lawyers nTEfke recruit ing tougher. Retaining lawyers is also difficult, frets the general counsel, because "we run the-djest graduate school in the country." Lawyers stay with NLRB an average oj only three years. On-The-Job Conflict stemming from new ghetto hiring worries management. Many executives express concern that present employes won't readily accept and get along with unskilled slum residents the compa nies are beginning to hire. Sample problem: A Midwest steel mill finds veteran employes complaining to their union that low productivity of new hirees drags down incentive-pay bonuses based on group effort. A New York Telephone Co. official sees a "dire need" to edu cate employees to understand and accept the new comers. The AFL-CIO, Labor Department and National Alliance of Businessmen, which runs the new Federal hire-the-jobless effort, devise a "buddy system" in which union members will help the new workers ad just to regular employment; it will start soon in five cities. NAB also sets up "sensitivity training" pro grams to give supervisors, especially foremen, "a bit of the psychology" of the hard-core hiree. Lockheed-Georgia gives the new disadvantaged workers extensive pre-employment training, then doesn't tell foremen of their background, so they'll start off as any new worker would. 12 Residential Contracts Up: Congracts for new con struction totaled $6.17 billion in May, up 17% from a year before and 5% from April, the F. W. Dodge divi sion of McGraw-Hill Inc., said. Dodge's chief economist, George A. Christie, said revisions in the company's construction index showed the second quarter was "another period of very strong contracting". Total construction demand held up well in May, when the seasonally adjusted Dodge index reached 172, compared with a revised 164 for April and a revised 169 for March, he said. Dodge previously had given an index value of 146 for April and 176 for March; the revisions were in the number of working days attributed to each month. In addition to the standard seasonal adjustments, the company said it has begun adjusting the indexes to get the same average of working days in each month. May contracts for residential building were valued at $2.54, up 17% from a year before, but after seasonal adjustment, down 5% from April's record high. Multi family building, Mr. Christie noted, has accounted for half the gain in residential building this year; in recent years, it has mad.e up about a third of the housing total. Nonresidential contracts in May climbed 23% from a year before to $2.23 billion. Total construc tion contracts for the first five months of the year rose to $23.68 billion, up 15% from the 1967 period. New Factory Orders Drop During April: New fac tory orders dropped 1.3% during April to $48.53 bil lion, largely reflecting a decline in orders for commer cial aircraft, the -commerce department reported. Mean while, the department reported for April the second straight monthly drop in the value of new construction put in place to $80.7 billion at an annual rate com pared with a revised rate of $81.3.biliion in March. Declines in public, industrial and commercial build ing more than offset a rise in residential construction put in place during the month, the department added. The construction rate during the three months ending in April totaled $81.1 billion, 3% above the rate for the prior three months and 11% above the annual rate for the three months ending in April 1967. Ordering increased by 5.8% during March to $49.16 billion. The department said inventories held by manufac turers rose for the seventh straight month to $83.96 billion--nearly 1%--while the backlog of unfilled orders hit a record of $84.11 billion by the end of April. Bargaining over a siecl-wage agreement got under way in earnest last month. This is the situation; . . . Negotiations are expected to go right down to the strike deadline of August 1, with neither side able to THE 1DCNA NEWSLETTER LABOR NEWS accept an early compromise. . . . A strike closing most of the nation's steel mills remains a distinct possibility. It might be delayed by an extension of existing con tracts or by an injunction. . . . The big decision on whether to settle or strike may very well be put up to the union's membership through a referendum on the eve of the strike deadline-- after members have an idea of what the industry has offered. . . . A strike probably can be avoided if the leaders of the Steel workers Union decide late in July that they can take less than a 6% settlement. Or, if it goes to a referendum the members might settle for less, rather than face a long strike and all of its costs. . . . So far the union has not told the industry negotiators that it must have increases of 6% a year. I. W. Abel, Steelworkers presi dent, has said that no specific goals have been men tioned. . . . On the industry side, its negotiators have not put any top limits on a settlement. Both sides have refrained from taking an adamant position, keeping the way open for compromises. . . . The steel companies, however, are expected to argue in the weeks ahead that the industry cannot afford to go as high as 6% a year in pay and "fringe" increases. Such, a settlement, it will contend, would eat up two thirds-of the industry's profits. SPECIALIZED.... DEPENDABLE . . . Flintkote insulation coatings and adhesives are form ulated to meet your specific needs. Write for Bulletin I-IC-63. THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS HINIKOTE 480 Central Avenue, East Rutherford, N. Manufacturer of Products for Industry for Over Fifty Years JULY 1968 Opposition Mounting To Safety Proposal Opposition to the proposed Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1968 is mounting steadily. Governors have taken up the cudgel against legislation that would grant the Secretary of Labor almost unlimited power to establish Federal standards governing industrial health and safety, and enforce these standards by ad ministrative orders, inspections, judicial proceedings, public contracts, and other means. The National Governors' Conference Committee on Manpower and Labor Relations suggested earlier this month that ". . . the philosophy of Federal-State rela tions . . . reflected in -air pollution, highway safety, and meat inspection bills . . . is to be preferred to the approach used in the pending bill." The committee found . . indications of doubt that Federal pre emption is either necessary or the best approach to the problem." Governors John Connolly of Texas and Warren P. Knowles of Wisconsin are among those governors who have already.urged that the proposed bill be rejected. In a letter to the National Chamber, Governor Con nolly stated: "I have written the Texas Congressional delegation of my opposition to this bill and hope that all of us may succeed in getting it shelved by the Con- . gress." Governor Knowles, speaking before a local Wisconsin Industrial Safety Council last month, argued that "The main flaw in the Federal act is the assump tion that Federal standards and Federal enforcement can significantly reduce accidents and deaths. In fact, federalization of job safety may well have the opposite effect of that intended." Assistant Secretary of Labor Esther Peterson said she had not given up hope for the Administration's foundering industrial safety bill. "I admit the odds are against us," she told newsmen, "but we won't give up if we have to wait for the next session of Congress." The House Education and Labor Committee failed to get a quorum for action on the bill and will take up the measure next on July 22nd. This makes it unlikely the bill will reach the floor this year since the House Rules Committee after July 9th will not meet except on emergency legislation. Mrs. Peterson blamed lobbyists and congressional foot-draggers for the way the bill is being held up. "All the classic ways of beating a bill have been tried on this one," she said, "Both fair means and foul." 13 O ADHESIVES COATINGS Mil s p e c ... GSA . . . Fire Resistive . . . strict q u al ity control . . . field serv ice . . . spray inform a tion . . . complete line includes V I-A C The M ir acle Mastic and New Cryom csticfor low tem perature efficiency. INSULATION JACKETINGS A l-C o r-Ja c Aluminum Jacketing . . . Tuff-Jac Steel Jacketing - G a lv a nized vinyl coated . . . Stainless Steel . . . Cor rugated . . . Smooth . . . Pre-Cut and Rolled with Lock J o in t. . . Deep Cor rugated. FIBERGLASS FITTINGS IN SU L-SU RE Factory Molded for Field Effi c ie n c y ... also Insul-Sure with pre-applied FINISH of HYPALON. FITTING JACKETS also strapping . . . seals . . . corner ang les, etc. SELIKOFF TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS Reprinted from: "Industrial Insulator" April-- May 1968 Dr. Irving J. Selikoff, consultant for the Interna tional Union of Asbestos Workers and professor of community medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City of New York, testified before the House Select Subcommittee on Labor regarding the problem of asbestosis and how the Administration's Safety Bill (H.R. 14816) would assist to protect workers. A por tion of his testimony follows: "It is an unhappy reflection on all of us--govern ment, public health authorities, the medical profes sion-- that at this time In the United States in the 1960's, seven per cent of all deaths among insulation workers are due to a completely preventable cause, pulmonary asbestosis." * Dr. Selikoff said that in the course of his research he has studied the health experience since 1942 of 632 members of Asbestos Workers Locals 12 and 32 in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area. Since 1942, he said, 27 of the original 632 workers have died of asbestosis, out of a total of 367 deaths. Dr. Selikoff said the men were studied over a period of many years because those wjjo work with asbestos "do not get asbestosis in five, tea or fifteen years after starting work-- asbestosis will become significant and death may follow 25, 30-or_more years following the start of their first job. A similar period of clinical latency is true of asbestos cancer, as well." Had the health experience of the 632 men been the same as for the general population, he said, 203 deaths could have been expected over the interval of 20 years or longer. "Instead, 255 men died. As we look for the reason for the extra 50 deaths, it becomes evident that can cers of several types are responsible for the excess deaths. Thus, while we might have expected six or seven deaths due to lung cancer among these men, there were 45. While we would have expected nine or ten cancers of the stomach or colon, there were 29." The medical witness commented that the federal standards bill "will go a long way in improving the unfortunate conditions that now exist. . . . The asbestos industry in general and the insulation industry in par ticular are much too important and much too valuable to be limited or injured by default. Appropriate safety measures are thus in the interests of both the industry and its employees.". Dr. Selikoff continued: "Workmen in the trade ex pect and await the measures necessary to eliminate or diminish the hazards to which they are exposed. 1 re JULY 1968 cently inquired of them what problems they had noted in their practical experience. Over 13,000 took the trouble to write me with suggestions about cleaning up their trade, ranging from the availability of improved masks through less dusty materials, improved working practices, appropriate exhausts, appropriate health ex aminations and the vacuuming of clothes before going home. "It is idle and largely inaccurate to `blame the in dustry' for the present situation. It is sometimes not appreciated that `industry' is not an all-powerful mono lithic single entity-- certainly it is not in the insulation trade. In this trade, most employers are small business men, with limited resources, employing few men. When T. looked into this matter at the end of 1965, there were over 900 employers in the industry, employ ing an average of 17.6 men per shop. "Such employers have neither the expertise, nor funds, nor knowledge to have detected these health hazards. They are just as much upset by them as their men. Nor can they mount the necessary engineering and industrial hygiene programs to develop adequate safe guards to remove these hazards. They will be anx ious, I am sure, to undertake appropriate occupational health and industrial hygiene programs once these are suggested to them. This, I assume, is in line with the purposes of the bill. "In the insulation trade, it is my impression that, while all would welcome the necessary measures, unless the public health authorities' and those responsible for the occupational health measures take action, nothing will be done. In large part, this is because no one knows where the responsibility actually lies. Does it belong with the materials manufacturers? The indi vidual employer? The regional employers' associa tions? The national employers' association? The na tional materials manufacturers' association? The- local unions? The international union? " . . . I would suggest that it is very much in the in terest of the industry in general, and the insulation in dustry in particular, to have, as the proposed bill sug gests, adequate authority given to the Department of Labor to set these standards necessary to reduce or eliminate occupational health hazards. I do not refer to those callous statistics which indicate that it is cheaper in the long run to have adequate safety and health precautions than to pay workman's compensa- (Continued on Page 36) 15 Planned IDCNA Specification Manual by L P. ENNIS, SHOOK & FLETCHER INSULATION CO. Chairman: ID C N A Manual Committee The "single most important and most ambitious undertaking of the association" is rapidly becoming a reality. Most of the text of the IDCNA Specification Manual has been written and approved, and although there are still some minor loose ends, it should be published during early Jan uary 1969. R i i n h o l d Publish ing Company will publish the manual as part of their environmental group. Being part of such a group is most beneficial in that IDCNA, and the manual, are ac corded the status and in Jim Ennis, IDCNA Director terest of a very wide cir culation " extending - situa tion of being" with some of the leading authors of tech nical publications in the country. Ourmapual will have its own individual cover, styling and image. Being part of an environmental group will not take away from its uniqueness, but will enhance its appeal and will im prove its marketability. The purpose, policies and methods -- the PPM -- of the manual have been discussed many times over the past few years. However, it will be helpful if these axe reviewed at this time. When the idea for a manual was conceived at the New York Meeting in 1965, it was agreed that three (3) things would be accomplished: 1) The manual would help to increase IDCNA's membership. 2) It would improve the image of the industry. 3) It would increase the potential of our business by publicizing the advantages of insulation. We are still satisfied that the original aims were correct: 1) With respect to membership-- this has been ac complished. The membership of IDCNA has gone from 105 members since the New York ap proval for the go ahead of the Manual, to more than twice this many. However, we need more members. 16 2) The very fact that we are about to have a manual, a n y ' kind of manual, has already served to change the image of the industry some. 3) The increased potential will follow. The entire project has been programmed and han dled except for the agreement on credit pages for the Regional Groups and the personal identification of individuals with their Regional Groups, and finally, the regionally supported structure of IDCNA then and now. The- publisher advises that October or soon thereafter will be enough time for us to shape up these pages satisfactorily before publication. It is the committee's intention to have the directors approve a recommended approach that the publisher will accept at or shortly after the October Chicago Meeting. As far as is known,- there are no other steps that have to be taken with respect to the manual now or later. When the contract with Reinhold was signed in May, Mr. Dixon, our President, invited Mr. Charles Hutchin son, Sr. Editor of Reinhold; Dr. Mai Obrecht, Consult ing Editor for Reinhold; and M r. Don Bahnfleth, head of the Heating & Air Conditioning Magazine to our Chicago Meeting. Dr. Obrecht, who is at Michigan State University, will assist with the editing and pub lishing. Mr. Bahnfleth has an intense interest in the manual and related works pertaining to Reinhold's en vironmental group of books, of which the manual is part. Regarding financing, the contractors and associate members of IDCNA will wholly fund the book, and no outside contributions have been sought to finance this personal and individual association effort. An appeal for funds was put forth by our President. The re sponse has been most gratifying thus far, and money is still being received. However, we are far from having sufficient monies on hand for the work that must still be done. Therefore, if you or your company have not contributed--why not do so today? Attempts are currently being made by the Commit tee to supply some Universities with copies of the manuscript, and having them include some courses on Thermal Insulation, either separately or in conjunction with an environmental engineering approach, and we hope these efforts are successful. Although no final sale price has been put on the man ual, it is anticipated that the publisher will sell it for THE IDCNA NEWSLETTER about $25.00 a copy (IDCNA members will be able to buy it through the Association at a discount). Or ders are currently being taken on a "Bill later basis". Also, as Committee Chairman, may I suggest that you write to IDCNA, at the new Silver Spring Office, ordering your copies today so that we can tell the pub lisher how many copies the Association will order. My company, Shook & Fletcher, is happy to lead off with an order for 50 copies, in addition to those already reserved. Following is the address of our new office: IDCNA 8226 Fenton Street Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 To Our Advertisers: Our apologies for the delay in getting out the June issue of the Newsletter, and for the slight delay in July's. - Unfortunately, our relocation from Philadelphia to Silver Spring, Maryland is the "villain" in this situa tion. We hope to have the August issue out in about two weeks, with each subsequent issue coming out early in its scheduled month. B ilo x i H o sfs S W IC A The Southwest Insulation Contractors Association held their Annual Spring Convention May 22-25th at the Broadwater Beach Hotel, Biloxi, Miss. Total at tendance of 140 was apparently the best yet. The program, judged excellent, included the NIMA presentation on Occupational Health and Safety by Messrs. Vyverberg, Scheckler and Brodie, Credit Inter change by Sam Burns, Keynote speech by Clayton Rand, Legislative program by Ken Dixon, Labor Re lations presentation by Jim Poche and very good re ports by all SWICA Committee Chairmen. It was a busy time. Newly elected Officers werf'E.JH. (Eddie) Parker, President; H. C. (Homer) Porter, Vice President; H. T. (Tom) Branton, Secretary-Treasurer. Newly elected Directors were: Roy Coffer, C. E. Foster, Warren Waters and J. T. Ranne. They join present Directors C. Chamlee, J. K. Dixon, W. M. Murfin, N. W. Railey and M. G. Steinmeyer. Three new and very important committees were es tablished, namely: Occupational Health, Apprentice Training, and Equal Opportunity. With agreements in 8 Locals to be negotiated by June 30th in the Region, the emphasis is now definitely on Labor. MEMORIAM It is with the deepest regret that we inform you of the death of Mr. Donald E. Dederick on June 24th at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y. Don, who was President of NYSICA, leaves his wife and five children. He has been with the Al bany office of. R. A. Keasbey Company for the past twenty years, his latest position being that of General Manager. " JULY 1968 A 300 YEAR OLD SERMON Found In an old church Bulletin, Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to all others, even the dull and ignorant; they, too, have a story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vex ations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exer cise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and every where life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully sur rendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God whatever you con ceive Him up to be, and whatever your labors and aspi rations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. 17 New elbow section permits com plete jacketing system . Now there's a better way to jacket elbow sections of steam and process lines: prefabricated elbow jackets of USS Stainless Steel. The new90'stainless steel elbows were recently used to provide a complete stainless steel jacketing installation a t an anhydrous caustic plant. Installation time was great ly reduced because the two-piece elbows were simply positioned and secured. These reusable elbows and straight sections were fabricated from USS 18-8 (Type 302) Stain less Steel. Stainless steel jacket ing offers lasting protection against corrosion. Its superior strength and impact resistance guard against punctures and dents. And the high heat reflectivity of USS 18-8 re duces radiant heat loss and main tains cooler exposed surfaces for improved worker safety. And stain less steel jacketing, with its high melting point of 2600 F, resists the intense heat of even petroleum fires --longer than any other jacketing material. Find out how new stainless steel elbow jacketing can help you cut costs. Write to United States Steel, P.O. Box 86 (USS 5194), Pitts burgh, Pa. 15230. (USS) United States Steel, ^ HONOR ROLL The following contractors have contributed to the IDCN A Insulation Manual Publishing Fund. Copies of the manual will be reserved for them from the first printing. This fund will be inviolate and will be used for this project only. These checks have been deposited: ' Breeding Insulation Company, Nashville, Tenn...............................................................................$ 150.00 Walker Jamar Company, Duluth, Minn............................................................................................ 150.00 L. & L. Insulations, Inc., Des Moines, Iow a................................................................................... 150.00 Parker-Fallis Insulation Company, Dallas, Texas.......................................................................... 150.00 Luse-Stevenson Company, Melrose Park, 111........................................................... ....................... 150.00 Precision Insulation Company, Houston, Texas.............................................................................. 150.00 B & B Engineering & Supply Co., Houston, T exas.................................................. ..................... 150.00 B & B Engineering & Supply Co., Baton Rouge, La...................................................................... 150.00 Willard A. Selle, Inc., El Paso, T exas.............................................................................................. 150.00 Vaughn Insulation Co., East Omaha, Nebr..................................................................................... 150.00 Eastern Refractories Co., Inc., Belmont, Mass............................................................................... 150.00 P. S. Thorsen Co. of Mass................................................................................................................. 150.00 Reilly-Benton Co. of New Orleans, La............................................................................................ 150.00 Hickory Insulation Co., Minneapolis, Minn..................................................................................... 150.00 Robert A. Keasbey Co., New York, N. Y....................................................................................... 150.00 Insulation Engineers, Inc., Mobile, Ala........................................................................................... 150.00 Breeding Insulation Company, Little Rock, Ark............................................................................ 150.00 Ozark Insulation Company, Inc., Little Rock, Ark........................................................................ .150,00 Baldwin-Ehret-Hill Inc., Trenton, N. J.............................................................................................. 150.00 Walter E. Campbell Co., Inc., Washington, D. C............................................................................ 150.00 Allied Services, Inc., Charleston, W. Va......................................................................................... 150.00 Complete Insulation Service, Inc., Dayton, O hio........................................................... .............. J50.00 __ Monahan Insulation Co., Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa................................................................................. 150.00 Breeding Insulation Co., Chattanooga, Tenn...................................................................... ............ 150.00 Dewar Insulations, Ltd., Scarborough, Ontario, C anada............ ........................................ .......... .150.00 Edward R. Hart Co., Canton, O hio.................................................................................................. 150.00 - Insulco, Inc., Lima, Ohio................................................................................................................... 150.00 Ohio Valley Insulating Cc7 Inc., Huntington, W. Va...................................................................... ,. 150.00 E. J. Bartells Co., Seattle, Wfish..................................................................................................... 150.00 Crow's Insulation Co., Evansville, Ind.............................................................................................. 150.00 MacArthur Company, St_jPaul, Minn................................................................................................ 150.00 New England Insulation Co.TBoston, Mass...................................................................................... 150.00 . The Asbestos Covering Co., Ltd., Montreal, P.Q., C anada......................................................... 150.00 Wallace & Gale Co., Baltimore, M d.................................................................................. ............... 150.00 The Asbestos Service Company, Youngstown, O hio................. .................................................... 150.00 Bullough Asbestos Supply Co., Salt Lake City, U ta h .................................................................... 150.00 Triangle Insulation Co., Paducah, Ky.............................................................................................. 150.00 Breeding Insulation Company, Birmingham, Alabam a.................................................................... 150.00 North Brothers, Atlanta & 5 Branches........................................................................................... 900.00 C. E. Thurston Co., Norfolk, Richmond & Roanoke, Va............................................................... 450.00 Shook & Fletcher, Birmingham & Mobile, Ala.................................................... .......................... 300.00 Covil Insulation Co., Greenville, S. C. & Greensboro, N. C......................................................... 300.00 Starr Davis Insulation Co., Greensboro, N. C................................................................................ 150.00 Mechanical Insulation Co., Philadelphia, Pa............. ...................................................................... 150.00 Philip Carey Mfg. Co., Contracting Division................................................................................. 150.00 Breeding Insulation Co., Knoxville, Tenn....................................................................................... 150.00 F. O. Rutherford Insulation Co., St. Louis, Mo............................................................................... 150.00 Ludeman Insulations, Inc., Wichita. Kan.......................................................................................... 150.00 Ratican Insulation Co., St. Louis, Mo.......................................................................................... . 150.00 Canadian Asbestos Co., Montreal, P.Q., C anada......................................................... ................ 150.00 Homer GPorter & Sons, Jackson, Miss........................................... , .............................................. 150.00 Porter-Hayden Co., Newark-Baltimore (Additional $150.00)...................................................... 300.00 Midwest Asbestos Co.. Omaha, Nebr...................................................... ......................................... 50.00 Geo. L. Simonds Co., Winterhaven, Fla............................................................................................ 150.00 *F. O. Rutherford Insulation Comoanv. St. Louis, Mo................................................................... 50.00 Ludeman Insulations, Inc., Wichita, K ansas.................................................................................. 50.00 Taylor Insulation Comnany, Moline, 111............................................................................................ 50.00 Feeney Industrial Insulation Comoanv, Lakewood. Colorado.................................................... 50.00 Applied Insulation Company, Ltd., Ottawa. C anada................................................................... 150.00 Borinquen Insulation Co., Santurce, Puerto Rico ........................................................................ 150.00 (Continued on next paye) JULY 1968 19 H. A. Jones Co., Dayton, O hio........................................................................................................ $ Arnold Insulations, Inc., Chicago, 111................................................................................................ Miracle Adhesives Corp., Bellmore, L. I., N. Y............................................................................. Asbestos & Magnesia Materials Co., Chicago, 111............................................................................. George Money & Son Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, C anada.............................................. .......:....... ~ . Midwest Materials Company, Joplin, M issouri................................................................. ........... Culp Industrial Insulation Co., Kingston, Pa................................................................................... *Iowa Asbestos, Des Moines, Iowa ............ ............ ..................... ......... Brand Insulation Company, Chicago, 111. ,........ ....................... ,..... ........... ..... *Mechanical Insulation Company, Kewanee, 111. ............................................................................ Universal Insulation Company, Philadelphia, Pa............................................................................ , Insul-Glass, Ottawa, Ontario, C anada............................................................................................. ^ Thornhill Insulation, Ltd., Weston, Ontario, C anada................................. .'................................ Thermal Insulation Society, Houston, T exas................................................................................... McCormick Asbestos Company, Baltimore, Md.............................................................................. Eagle Asbestos & Packing Co., Inc., New Orleans, La.................................................................... Illinois Insulation & Construction Co., Chicago, 111........................................................................ New York State Insulation Contractors Ass'n (NYS1CA)............................................................. Frontier Insulation & Asbestos Co., Buffalo, N. Y ........................................................................ Commercial & Industrial Insulations, Ltd., Sarnia, Ontario, C anada.......................................... A G M Industries, Inc., Canton, Mass............................................................................................. Benjamin Foster Co., Ambler, Pa.................................................................................................... Smith Products, Inc., Cleveland, O hio........................................................................................... A & K Midwest Insulation Company, Metropolis, 111...................................................................... Johnson Asbestos Corp., Springfield, Mass....................................................................................... A. J. Gerrard & Company, Des Plaines, 111....................................................................................... Guildfords, Ltd., Dartmouth, N.S...................................................................................................... ----Thornhill Insulation, Ltd.; Weston, Ontario, C anada................................................................. Fargo Moorhead Insulation Company, Moorhead, Minn............................................................... General Insulation, East Peoria, 111............................................................... ........................... ...... Asbestos Covering & Roofing, Washington, D. C.......................................................................... Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc., Aurora, 1 1 1 , ................. ............ ,................... . Metalclad Insulation Corp., .Torrance, California............................................... ........ ............ Rock Wool Mfg. Co., Leeds, Alabama .'......................................................................................... Northern Insulation & Asbestos Co., Fairbanks, A laska............................................................... Chas. Harmon & Co., New York C ity .................. ........................................................................... Taylor Insulation Co., Merfflb,JVis.................................................................................................... L & S Insulation Co., Milwaukee, Wis................................................................................................ Iowa Asbestos Company, Des Moines, Io w a................................................................................ Johns Manville Sales, New York C ity ............................................. ................................................ Douglass Insulation Co., Inc., San Francisco. Calif...................................................................... Bay Insulation Company, Inc., Green Bay, Wis............................................................................... R. H. Anderson Inc., Detroit, Mich.....................................................................................:........... M M M Division Insular Products Corp.. Houston. Texas........................................................... Veteran Pipe Covering Companv. Inc., N. Y., N. Y ...................................................................... Jnsul-Coustic Corp., Sayreville, N. J.............................................. ................................................... Louisville Insulating & Supply Co., Louisville, Ky.......................................................................... Construction Specialties Co., Denver. Colorado............................................................................ Waters Asbestos & Supply, Idaho Falls, Id a h o ..........................................-................................. Owens-Coming Fiberglas Corp., Toledo, O hio............................................................................ Mechanical Insulation Company, Inc., Kewanee. Ill...................................................................... GAF Corp. Ruberoid Industrial Products, New York, N. Y.......................................................... Owens-Coming Fiberglas Corp., New York. N. Y.......................................................................... Building Sprinkler Co., Inc., Fargo, North D akota........................................................................ National Insulation Manufacturers Association, Inc., New Y o rk .............................................. (9 members contributing) Flintkote Company, E. Rutherford, N. J . ....................................................................................... Twin City Industrial Insulation Contractors Association, St. Paul, Minn.................................... Sprinkmann Sons Corp.. of Illinois, Peoria. Ill................................................................................ Associated Insulation Contractors of the Western States........................................................... General Insulation & Supply Company, Louisville, Ky.................................................................. E. J. Bartells, Portland, Oregon...................................................................................................... Bartelt Asbestos & Cork. Inc.. Annleton. Wisconsin ............................... Styro Fabricators, Inc., Kansas City, K ansas......................................... 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 100.00 150.00 150.00 50.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 50.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 500.00 150.00 300.00 150.00 450.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 150.00 Total from 131 contributors (121 U.S. & 10 C anada)........................ ..$19,250.00 Contributions from Luse-Stevenson Co. for sale of A. G. M. Welder. 20 THE 1DCNA NEWSLETTER THE RIGHT' CONTRACT Key to PROFITABLE New Business clear understanding of different agreements' benefits and risks is essential for success by John R. Kubasek (Reprinted from "Contractors News") When asked what the one secret to success was, a wise old man once replied: "Know what you're going to do. After that, everything else is mechanics." His wisdom might best be heeded by construction execu tives responsible for new business. Knowing what kind of new business you're going after and how to go after it is becoming increasingly difficult, as the industry's jargon becomes as confus ing as a political speech in an election year. What's the difference between a "budget bid" and a "budget estimate"? How does the typical negotiated contract differ from what is commonly known as a "package deal"? Why is this word game so important? Because you and your key executives have only so many hours in a 24-hour day to work on new business. Chasing down blind alleys after jobs beyond your firm's technical experience and/or financial capacity not only wastes overhead and manpower ($money$), but could severely affect your growth and very existence. Analysis of a troubled or bankrupt contracting firm's operating procedures frequently reduces all of the facts and figures to one major operating deficiency . , . "they took the wrong kind of work." `Right kind' of work WHAT IS THE "right kind" of work? There are as many valid answers to this question as there are contracting offices. The right kind of work is work you can handle PROFITABLY; I 've never found a contractor yet who was running his office as a hobby. However, there are several major factors in each firm that should be carefully examined to determine what direction your new business efforts should take. Consider: (1) the experience and capabilities of your own people, (2) your capitalization, (3) whether you maintain a land bank (applies mainly to firms that specialize in industrial construc tion), JULY 1968 (4) the extent of your investment in owned equipment, (5) the prevalent trend in your city, state or region, (6) your bonding capacity, (7) your relationship with lending institutions and what kind (terms) of financing you command, (8) your current profit level in relation to the aver age yield on various other types of projects you'may be eyeing, (9) the extent and competency of your field supervi sion and (10) the amount of time you're willing to invest in trying to get this new job. This last item is a sore point among small and medium size offices. The larger offices can afford to hire a man who justifies his existence if he brings in only one big project a year, because he is dealing on a high profit level. The smaller contracting office is often forced into going after projects that they can get a quick "Yes" or "No" on--projects that do not really reflect growth, but at least provide a subsistence. Today's construction jargon is setting management traps that even some of the most seasoned executives, are falling prey to. Let's examine the semantics of the construction business and define, as best as possible, what some of those familiar phrases really mean. Let's see what kind of work the small, medium and large contracting firm is really best equipped to solicit. Definitions can sometimes be more confusing than the words or phrases they're meant to clarify. So please note that the following definitions are, to the best of our knowledge and experience, generally ac cepted in the northeast region of this country. (If you disagree with our explanations or if they have a different local meaning where you operate, let us know. It will be interesting to compare notes. We may even have the makings of the first construc tion dictionary!) Two of the most often confused terms are "budget (Continued on Page 22} 2\ estimate" and "budget bid." It can be a very costly confusion if you think you're submitting one and the client or architect thinks you're submitting the other. BUDGET ESTIMATE; a term most frequently used by general contractors who are almost exclusively in tenant change or alteration work. It is an approximate figure of what proposed work will cost based on a visual inspection of the site (premises), a previous knowledge of the kind oE quality the owner will demand, and how quickly he will want the work done. It is normally an informal figure the contractor will NOT be held to. The budget estimate is most often called for by cor porate construction executives who must put together some kind of annual projected construction budget for their companies. They have a rough idea of what they must do in the coming year; they have no archi tectural plans yet, but they must have some kind of figure to put in the budget. Normally, they will call for the budget estimate from their most trusted contractor. It does not have to be exact, but it does have to be a relatively accurate figure; if it proves to be "way out of the ball park" it's their competency at stake even more so than the contractor's. Disadvantages-- (1) Some owners may try to hold you to your rough figure, even though they've changed the scope of the work and you may be tempted to take the job too low. You better be a basically good "rule of thumb" estimator if you want to submit budget esti mates! (2) The work may never go-ahead and you can waste a lot of time for nothing. Advantages-- (1) Submitting a budget estimate puts a contractor in on the ground floor of new work. Gen erally speaking, the general contractor who submits the estimate will be the one who gets the job, if and when it goes ahead. (2) Being the first and only contractor they are usually talking to also helps eliminate the com petition and establish a negotiated or cost plus con tract. (3) It also obviously helps to establish a close personal relationship with the client for future work. Budget bid-- `treacherous' BUDGET BID: a term that strikes fear in the heart of most general contractors.- It is a formal bid pre pared and competitively submitted on the basis of only preliminary or incomplete architectural plans, sans mechanical and othe engineering drawings. IT IS A TREACHEROUS BID! Disadvantages--(1) Even if you are low man, you will not get a contractor on the job until full contract drawings are finished and this could be from 6 to 12 months! (2) At that time there is still the possibility that the job may be rebid, to- "beat" the price down for the owner. (3) At the time you submit the budget 22 bid and are told you are low, the architect and owner may try to hold you to your price for as long as it takes them to decide to go ahead with the project. They may completely disregard increases in operating over head, cost of materials, new union contract condi tions, etc., that may take place before a shovel gets in the ground. Advantages--(1) If you are low and can rely on the word of the people you're doing business with, these budget bid jobs can provide a hedge against a pro jected slack period and help reduce "peaking and valleying" when your current jobs under construction finish up. (2) They are an expensive "courtesy" to architectural offices. A budget bid is most often called for by a small to medium size architectural firm that (a) is unsure of the validity of their own cost estimates and (b) has a client who is pressing them for exact figures. Usually, they're the hallmark of unsophisticated building clients and scared architectural firms and they are a beautiful warning signal to stay away from both! The trouble is that they provide a temptation to ". . . get a solid job sewn up in your hip pocket" for the future. Few con tractors make any money on these jobs; most consider themselves lucky if they break even. If and when you find reputable architectural firms in your area calling for more and more budget bids, it is a. pretty fair barometer that there may be difficult times ahead for the next 12 months. It's a good indi cation that their clients are hedging, on plans that are already on the drawing boards and there will probably be a delay because the owners aren't quite sure IF they want to make the investment or just WHEN they want to make it. In terms of new business, most contractors, small or large, will find that getting involved with budget esti mates can be a lucrative undertaking. You can make them quickly; you're dealing with reputable and knowl edgeable people; most won't hold you to the figures; and they are being called for by people who represent a substantial source of repeat business. Only the larger contracting offices, however, should go looking for budget bid work. The small and medium size offices simply can't afford the time on such a long-shot proposition with so many pitfalls. The budget bid is an imposition on the contractor. He's being asked to use his time, his money and his manpower--basically as a consultant--without any formal agreement that even if he's low, he'll get the job. Under these competitive conditions, the owner should pay for the budget bid just as anyone would pay for the services of an independent estimating firm. 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He credited high five month sales in the auto in dustry to an improvement in general business and changed consumer attitudes to the Vietnam war. United States Steel economist William H. Peterson, said the tax surcharge, high interest rates, pressures on profit margins and continuing wage-price spiraling will take their toll in consumption and production. He said, however, that business investment will probably pick up, citing projections that such fourth quarter spending will be $2.6 billion above the first quarter. If this is so, second half growth rates will cover around 3V6 per cent in real terms, he added. Credit markets will be under pressure and interest rates will remain high because of the heavy demands opined Tilford Gaines, vice president and economist, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. Gaines forecast that the Federal Reserve will change its present monetary stance when the effects of the tax surcharge come into play. 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Box 1310,. Winter Haven, Florida 33881 MICA Enjoys Kansas City MICA members enjoy coffee break (or is that coffee in those cups?) during busy session. On May 9 and 10th, 1968, MICA^held a most enjoyable and informative meeting at The Plaza Inn, Kansas City, Mo. with 204 persons--attending. High lights of this meeting follow: Mr. Robert Plugge, Chairman of the MICA Health Committee introduced the NIMA Health Team com posed of Jack Barnhart, John Vyverberg, C. L. Scheckler, and F. H. Edwards. The Health Team gave a very comprehensive report on health hazards in the Insulation Industry and urged a greater involve ment by the contractor in the problems. It was rec ommended that a really active Health and Safety Committee should be formed to work in the following areas. 1. Toxic materials and how to handle them safely. 2. Physical examinations--agreement with the union on pre-employment exams and periodic exams during the workers' employment. 3. A thorough review and study of Workmen's Compensation Insurance programs. Mr. Ted Brodie of IDCNA concluded the Health and Safety program discussion with suggestions for formulating and financing health and safety programs, the need for keeping more detailed and accurate rec ords on Workmen's Compensation claims, the need for increased liaison with other regions, locals and inter ested groups. (Continued on Page 29) MOW PROOFED THE FIRST &jf WHEAT PASTE V ERM IN PROOFED USED NATIONALLY BY THE INDUSTRY WAREHOUSES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES ARTHUR S. H O YT *C O ., IN C. 20 JERUSALEM A Y E. HICKSVILIE, N.Y. 28 Area Code (216) 581-3700 PIPE CO V ERIN G CA N V A S Standard & Special WIDTHS & W EIGHTS Custom rolling, slitting for labor saving applications. PROMPT ATTENTION & DELIVERY TO EVERY ORDER HOW LARGE OR SMALL 'rraife'Utt & So-tt 17515 S. 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He stated that internal dis putes within the Union had been settled, that he and Secretary-Treasurer Haas are in agreement and the word of each would be binding on the other. A ques tions and answer period followed and Mr. Hutchinson made the following general statements. 1. On manpower, he said that in 1968 the Union had already admitted 600 new members. 2. The Union does approve of Federally approved apprenticeship programs and it encourages such programs. 3. The International Union is making a further ef fort to include more of the minority groups in its membership. 4. Oh the provision of men direct to industry, e.g. Collins Radio. This was a national agree ment made to get Collins insulation maintenance work back to the insulation union workers. 5. On the installation of pre-insulated pipe, we can claim only the joints. We would not be licensed to handle complete installation and could not at tempt it. 6. He favors the four to one and will continue to work for it in all locals. 7. On manpower levels, the Union plans to or ganize its strength to the average needs of the contractor and thereby avoid if it can the condi tion of having many men sitting on the bench. Ken Dixon, President of IDCNA discussed the new plans for IDCNA that can be undertaken with their new Executive Director, John C. Pollock, and he up dated the reports on the work of the various IDCNA Committees. Ted Brodie discussed, in detail, the IDCNA plans for a national apprenticeship training program that has the approval of the International Union. He gave the details of the plan as it is working in the New England states and answered questions. . J. P. Bromley of Johns-Manville, St. Louis, spoke on the topic "Credits and Collections." He discussed the techniques to be used in screening the request for credit and the tools available and the hard work nec essary to make collections under the current tight money conditions. (Continued on Page 30) 29 PERMA GLAS-MESH CORP. Th e Q U A LITY Line C om plete fo r th e . Insu lation In d u stry GLAS FABRIC Coaled with: Vinyls, Asphalt, Tar, Resins, Latexes, W ax and Weave Sets COTTON FABRIC Coated with: Tar & Asphalt . GLAS M A T Coated with: Asphalt & Latexes . PERMA JACKET Coated wtih: Asphalt & Tar . NYLON FABRIC Coated with: Vinyl For C o m p le te In fo rm a tio n & S a m p le s -- C a ll: (216) 343-4152 W r ite : Box 39, Dover, Ohio 44622 How to Kill an Association In 13 E a sy Steps 1. Stay away from meetings. 2. If you do come, find fault. 3. Decline office or appointment to a committee. 4. Get sore if you aren't nominated or appointed. 5. After you are named, don't attend board or com mittee meetings. . 6. If you get to one, despite your better judgment, clam up until it's over. Then sound off on how things really should be done. 7. Do no work if you can help it. When the Old Reliables pitch in, accuse them of being a clique. 8. Oppose all banquets, parties and shindigs as be ing a waste of the members' money. 9. If everything is strictly business, complain that the meetings are dull and the officers a bunch of old sticks. 10. Never accept a place at the head table. 11. If you aren't asked to sit there, threaten to resign because you aren't appreciated. 12. Don't rush to pay your dues. Let the directors sweat; after all, they wrote the budget. 13. Read mail from headquarters only now and then; don't reply if you can help it. 30 MICA ENJOYS KANSAS CITY James L. Mann of the Elmer Fox & Co., Wichita, Kansas, presented a program on Data Processing as an aid to management. He explained the basics of data processing and the various uses that contractors could make of it in keeping records and figuring contracts. He included both the on and off the premises use of the machines and the costs of service. Committee reports were made by the following. Frank Rutherford, Labor--As part of the report there was a thorough discussion of the labor situation as it had occurred in the local # 8 1 area. Paul Helmer, Management--This report endorsed the management techniques as presented in Mr. Brom ley's discussion on Credits and Collections and Mr. Mana's report on Data Processing. Jim Pfister, Administration--His report stated that the 100 level had been reached in membership. There are now 75 Actives and 25 Associates. A brief discus sion of the dues structure was made from the floor with the conclusion that this was a matter for study by the Board of Directors before it would be brought to general discussion by the membership. Charles Martin, Technical Committee--He dis cussed the results of the Asbestos Worker productivity survey made by the Kansas City contractors. It was recommended that the format for the survey be dis tributed to other local associations through the office of the Executive Secretary. Jack Mclnnes reported on the IDCNA Board Meet ing and the Regional's Meeting with the Union in Washington, D.C. on March 31. He also reported that specifications manuals would be going to press by the first of the year with copies available very soon thereafter. IDCNA is also exploring new ways for as sessing membership dues and more will be forthcom ing on this for the contractors to consider. Mr. Mclnnes also deplored the recent breakdown of com munication between the local associations and MICA in regard to labor matters. Charlie Vaughn reported on the plans for the annual IDCNA Meeting in Chicago from October 5-11, 1968. He expressed appreciation for the support being given to him by the Illinois Regional Association. At a closed meeting for active members only, the nominating committee for new members to the Board of Directors made its report. Based on the committees' recommendation the following were unanimously elected to the Board for a three year term. 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The NICA held a Spring meeting at the Publick House, Sturbridge, Mass., June 5, 1968. Forty-four representatives of NICA, NYSICA, TIAC and manu facturer's representatives from Johns-Manville, OwensComing, Certainteed and Ruberoid gathered to hear the presentation of the N1MA and IDCNA program on Health, Safety and Industrial Hygiene as it pertains to the industry. Guest speakers included Cliff Scheckler, John Vyverberg and Ted Brodie, All of the speakers gave very instructive and informative talks on the increasing health hazards in the industry and recommendations as to steps the contractors should take to protect their dollars and profits. Mr. Brodie reported on the Apprenticeship Training Program. Small locals may be able to cover this pro gram by an approved correspondence course. Mr. Cliff Johnson reported that Springfield would initiate an Apprenticeship Training Program in the near future. A general discussion of employment problems was held and there was no question that non-discrimination 32 in employment practices in the building trade will be enforced. Mr. Brodie also spoke of the contemplated program in Health Research advocated by Dr. Irving Selikoff. The initial cost of this program was estimated at $300,000 for the first year, such cost to be distributed among the manufacturers, the union and the Asbestos Contractors on a nation-wide basis. The contractors as sociation will further investigate the costs of their share for participating in the Program. Also discussed was the conflict between the Asbes tos Workers Union and the Sheetmetal Workers Union regarding application of aluminum or other metal fin ishes over insulated pipe and/or equipment. All members felt that this was the most successful meeting ever enjoyed by NICA, and that when there is a definite program on the schedule with wellqualified speakers talking on subjects of vital interest to the industry, they can be assured of good attend ance and enthusiastic support in the future. THE IDCNA NEWSLETTER GIVE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP: YO UR COMMUNITY NEEDS YOU As the new president of the National Chamber, I would like to talk very frankly with you, the leaders in the business communities of America, about our role in helping to solve the nation's problems. You must be aware that the nation's problems are essentially community problems, the national picture being only a magnification of what is happening in our own community. Therefore, it behooves all of us, as businessmen of recognized leadership, to personally commit ourselves to the conflict--get into the middle of the battle, as it were. A formula has been developed for our involvement in our own community. It is the National Chamber's Forward America process,' by which we, as business leaders, can bring together various community forces to form a united front in attacking problems of unrest, disorder and discord. Forward America is not just another program, to be added to other worthwhile efforts being made to solve urban problems. Rather, it is a method for the mobili zation of all community resources under effective leadership--a leadership for which we as businessmen are qualified by experience. With this approach, we can hopefully put our community affairs in order. From my own personal experience, I can vouch for the effectiveness of the Forward America concept. My home city of Montgomery Ala., utilized this same principle in getting our various groups together before the mayor formally established a Committee on Com munity Affairs, essentially an inter-racial organization to tackle community problems, in 1964. Actually, a group of businessmen started work in this problem area two years earlier. *. (Continued on Page 37) Put ( Ben Avaltone, Hugh Shulock and Lou Avallone together 5* and w hat do you get? ALPHA ASSOCIATES, INC. A new com pany pooling over one hundred years of industry experience, established to design, m anufacture and distribute a broad range of textile products; coated, laminated and impregnated fabrics; and insulation m aterials to the marine and aerospace industries. 15 RUTGERS AVENUE CEDAR GROVE N EW JERSEY 07009 (201)239-1480 JULY 1968 33 SALUTE In the June issue of the Newsletter, we inadvertently omitted several members of the MICA. We, therefore, salute the following members from the Midwest area-- and this very active Regional Association: Ace Insulations Inc. Chicago, 111. Brand Insulations Inc. Chicago, III. Chicago Asbestos Mig. Co. Chicago, 111. Du-All Insulations Inc. Waukegan, 111. Falls & Noonan Inc. Chicago, III. Jamar Olmen Co. Elk Grove Village, 111. Paul J. Krez Co. Chicago, 111. O'Malley Bros. Inc. Chicago, 111. Riteway Asbestos Co. Chicago, 111. ICDNA's 1968 Calendar DATES TO REMEMBER Thirteenth Annual National Meeting of IDCNA, October 5-11, Marriott Motor Hotel, Chicago, III. Fall Meeting of the Midwest Contractors will be held in conjunction with IDCNA's National Convention, October 5-11, Marriott Motor Hotel, Chicago, 111. Fall Meeting of the Southeastern States Contractors will be held October 21-22, at the Waynesville Country Club, Waynesville, N.C. Annual Meeting AICWS will be held October 23-25; at the Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. SHEETS Aluminum: Smooth and 3/16" corrugated with or without fully laminated polykraft moisture barrier in standard 36- and 48*inch widths. Alclad and epoxy finishes also available. All material is specification alloy. Stainless Steel: T/304 and T/316 smooth or 3/16" corrugated with or without polykraft moisture barrier. Aluminum: Lengths to 12*6" by 26*33 and 44 Inches wide in standard and 2*/2w corrugations. Also available in standard by 3/16" cross corrugations. AH with or without poiykrafi moisture barrier. Stainless Steel: Available same as aluminum only in 33-inch widths. Aluminum: Contour formed 2*piece ell covers available for all sizes thru 10-inch IPS and "gore type" for all larger sizes. All ells have factory baked-on epoxy moisture barrier. ACCESSORIES Aluminum and stainless steel bands, seats and sheet metal screws available from stocks to round out your insulation weatherproofing requirements. 34 HEBREW METALS, me.Cffi P.O. Box 1163 1022 Hawn Avenue Shreveport, Louisiana 71102 THE IDCNA NEWSLETTER j NO MORE NICKS &CUT: When You Install Metal Jacketinc NEWC H I L D E R S EDGE-SAF Strapping Next time you're on a job site, take a look at the fingers of your men. These painful cuts mean less efficiency, poorer workman ship and, when badly infected, loss of man hours. ELIMINATES SHARP & JAGGED EDGE: ON STAINLESS STEEL & GALVANIZED STRAPPING Yes, Childers has done it again--with a better, safer and mo economical product. Annoying cuts and nicks were always a necessary hazard fastening stainless steel or galvanized strapping. But not any morel 'Childers new EDG-SAF strapping both stai less and galvanized, is de-burred until the edge is smo-o-o-ot rounded to the touch, and perfectly safe to handle. EDG-SAF strapping comes in 17" self-dispensing cartons for ease in handling. BEST OF A L L ... CHILDERS GIVES YOU NEW EDG-SAF STRAPPING AT NO EXTRA COST If you are already buying strapping from Childers you will autc matically receive EDG-SAF strapping from now on. If you are not buying Childers, you owe it to your men an yaurself to give them EDG-SAF strapping for easier, safer an more efficient performance. Only a needed pair of pliers and a screwdriver ore to fasten strapping around jacketing. STAINLESS STEEL When you order stainless, galvanized or aluminum strapping be su re to order Childers EDG-SAF strapping. BY (UsS) ALUMINUM BY A M A > ( m sssm m m ssE^Bm si CHILDGRS PRODUCTS COmPPOV Cleveland. Ohio 44105 P. 0. Box 1767 AC 216-- 587-3525 Telex 98-5497 A DIVISION OF 4 Houston, Texas 77008 P. O. Box 7425 AC 713-- 862-6671 Telex 77-5164 SMITH PRODUCTS, INC. Los Angeles, California 90022 P. 0. Box 7065 AC 213-- 685-7115 Telex 67-7300 Windsor, Ontario, Canada P. 0. Box 382 AC 519-- 256-3428 Telex 24-77647 !^2S!HiX!3$!EE8S3ZQ SELIKOFF TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS from page 15 tion costs. While this may be true, there is a much more important aspect to the question. "In many instances, where there is intra-industry and . inter-industry competition, it is often the most con investments should be industry-wide and should not penalize those who undertake them in favor of those who do not. "Standards based upon information collected and scientious employer who is at a competitive disad vantage. This is certainly true in those industries in evaluated by experts in the Public Health Service, set on practical and realistic levels by the Secretary of which there is a risk of pneumoconioses or dust diseases of the lungs, as silicosis, coal workers' pneumoconiosis, Labor with adequate enforcement powers, and re quired by all employers in the industry seem essen talcosis and asbestosis. Since there is, as we have seen, a long latent period--usually over 20 years--between dust exposure and disease resulting from such ex posure, precautions taken today will bear fruit, in the tial to correct the serious situation I have outlined. The industry itself has neither the academic and scientific nor the administrative resources to prepare the ap propriate corrective program and, the economic facts of form of the employees' good health, two decades or more hence. But at that time, it is highly likely that life are such as to mitigate against the broad applica tion of such a program by voluntary persuasion alone. the employee will be working elsewhere. The employer in investing in current occupational health precautions, sees no immediate benefit, not even in reduction of workman's compensation costs. If he must pay the latter to current employees who are ill, he is paying for "Moreover, these influences are even more relevant when considering the social and community responsi bilities which may exist. If the use of asbestos insula tion materials should be shown to include some health hazard to other construction workmen as the result of the neglect of another employer twenty or thirty years before. "This analysis is relevant to the insulation trade today. I have spoken to many insulation contractors. They have been very concerned with the difficulties that have become evident and earnestly wish to remedy concomitant indirect occupational exposure, we would need some mechanism as that outlined in this Bill to insure appropriate corrective measures, since many employers might hesitate to undertake expensive pre cautionary measures to prevent uncertain diseases that might occur'many years later among men they did matters. Yet they have told me that if substantial in vestments or significant changes in. working practices and conditions were required as part oLihe program to make this trade safe for the men working in it, such not know, did not employ and for whom they had no responsibility-- especially if in making such an invest ment they assumed an intolerable competitive disad vantage." "BEST-YET" JOBBERS PRICES J U T E A S B E S T O S T W I N E - 3 OR 4 PLY GREAT YARDAGE AND STRENGTH PUT UP: POUND - 6 " LONG TUBES 5 POUND POLYETHYLENE BAGS - 10 TUBES IN A PACKAGE "A /so Banded Nylon H a n d S ew in g Twine Tuftin g" 90 to 100 lb s. Tensile -- Strength, 2500 ft. to pound--p o cked 6 - 1 pound tubes in a packa ge. NEW YO R K TWINE CORPORATION 9 N. MOORE STREET, NEW YORK 13, N. Y. . C A n d 6-4700 36 $14,000 Buys Same As $5,000 in 1939 It requires a salary of $14,000-a-year to give a family of four the purchasing power it had in 1939 with a salary of $5,000-a-year, according to the Na tional Industrial Conference Board (NICD). In 1939, the NICB noted, a $5,000a-year man with three dependents had $4,941 to spend after taxes. Today he needs a gross income of $14,282 to net the same amount because taxes have chipped way $2,083 and inflation $7,258. THE IDCNA NEWSLETTER GIVE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP: There are many areas in which we can get involved for the good of the nation, as well as the business community. One is a concern, for the American dollar. Every American's well-being depends on the soundness of the dollar, yet we have abused it by acting as though we had all the money in the world to spend. It is un realistic to believe that the dollar may right itself by letting things go as they have been. Consequently, I have appointed a blue-ribbon' com mittee of outstanding businessmen to study the prob lems of the dollar. This committee, headed by Archie K. Davis, chairman of the board of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., Winston-Salem, N.C., and former president of the American Bankers Association, is as sisted by a panel of experts in the monetary field. When, the recommendations of this committee be come available, we will bring them to your attention so that you may alert your congressman and senators and get some action in Congress. Another area demanding attention is to persuade more businessmen to participate in practical political action. It goes without saying that politics is too im portant to leave to the politicians alone. Businessmen must get involved. The nation needs to hear from all of you a reaffirmation of the democratic process as the proper and most effective expression of the public will. This is especially true in this election year. My distinguished predecessor, Gov. Allan Shivers, spent much of his time meeting^witK prominent busi nessmen all over the country to stimulate them into more political activity. He will continue his good work in the arena of political action. Finally, there is an obvious need for some type of organization on national priorities to anticipate the kinds of problems we may face in the future and then propose business-oriented solutions. In the past as some of you well know, business has been put in a position of reacting to politically appeal ing but often unsound solutions proposed by govern ment. We have tried to improve on them, but this usually puts us in a negative posture and hampers our effectiveness. We must take the offensive. We must have within this great federation of the National Chamber a mech anism for identifying major future problems and study ing means for attacking them and establishing pri orities-- a "think tank," if you will. Local chambers also would set up their own "think tanks" so that there could be a feed-back on problems and solutions. This would put us in a positive posture of offering solutions conceived and proposed by the business com munity-- and based on sound principles. There is much to be done. Your commitment is desperately needed. JULY 1968 ULTRAUTE because textile-type glass fibers are long and strong. They make an insulation that is rugged! Fibers lay together, stay together. Take Ultra*Liner duct liner for example. One of the reasons textile-type glass fibers make the finest duct liners is that they stay in the liner, never stray into the airstream. And Ultra*Liner can't unpeei or delaminate in layers, because there are no layers, no coatings. From a smooth, very dense,, tough air surface to the less dense, adhesive holding'underside, density decreases gradually to make monolithic liner. Tested in velocities as high as 10,000 FPM without a trace of trouble. Black all the way through for a better-looking job. Always insist on the Ultralite textile-type glass fiber duct liner, Uitra*Liner. Still the finest money can buy for a lot of reasons. Still from Gustin-Bacon, now a division of Certain-teed. Products Corporation. P.O. Box 15079-XX, Kansas City, Kansas 66115. CERTAINTEED 37 W HAT'S NEW FROM TH E MANUFACTURERS As a special service to our advertis ers, we are introducing a new feature in the Newsletter under the above head ing "What New From the Manufac turers". This space will enable the manufac turers to announce new products and/ or services that arc available to the industry. To be included in this section, please send a glossy photograph of the prod uct, with a brief description and avail ability information, and we will see that it is published in the first available is sue at no charge. We are sure that this feature will further our intention to make the IDCNA Newsletter of utmost interest and importance to the industry. COMPLETE MOLDED H lt r w f t r a r v lm insulation systems: For any size pipe and tubing from Vi" to 20", Vapo-Lock can now provide a com plete interlocking insulation system of molded, solid, non.laminated polystyrene pipe covering, combined with matching ells, tees and small valves (molded up through 4" IPS, fabricated for larger-size pipe). Vapo-lock's one-system insulation as sures uniformly handsome appearance, easier assembly and lower installation costs, plus the precision fit.and superior insulation made possible by maided tongue-and-groove side-wall joints and overlapping butt joints. Other Vapo-Lock features include an ex ceptionally low water vapor transmission rate (.27 perms), double density (2-2.5 lbs.), permanent `K' factor of .23, and ef fective insulation range of --350F to 185F. See Sweet's Industrial Construc tion Catalog for complete Vapo-Lock specifications. For free consultation on specific insula tion problems, contact your Vapo-Lock distributor or call MMM today. MMMD,V,S,0N 0 F I N S U L A R PRODUCTS CORPORATION l l l l l l l V l P. 0. BOX 52218 * HOUSTON, TEXAS 77052 CA 8-2387 mildew resistant ' inD O RnTonv TCSTCO AND APPfJOVCO 72" 8 oz. DUCK CANVAS can be applied in damp, unheated areas No special adhesives needed to prevent mildew...No odor...No visible change in colororsurface texture...canvas remains soft and workable CHECK BOXES TO INQUIRE ABOUT OUR TREATED AND UNTREATED CANVAS. ALL AT LOW MONEY-SAVING PRICES. PROMPT DELIVERY SERVICE. O 32", 38" & 60" Brattice Cloth U S. G ovt Spec. M1I-C-788D D FLAME RESISTANT CANVAS 38/40" 2,5 Oz. Pasting Canvas 38/40" 3.5 Oz. Pasting Canvas 38/40" 4 Oz. Canvas o 38/40" 38/40" 60" 38/40" O 38/40" 38/40" 6 Oz, 8 Oz. 6 Oz. 4 Oz. 6 Oz. 8 Oz. Canvas Canvas Canvas Osnaburg Canvas Osnaburg Canvas Osnaburg Canvas CcM t/i& latioTZ t We Teletype D irect Telex 510 225 8404 99 West Hawthorne Avq., V aliev Stream . N .Y . 1 1 5 8 0 (2 1 2 ) 5 9 1 -0 2 0 0 ( S i 6) 8 2 5 -3 6 0 6 CHICAGO'S GREAT IN 68' MARK THESE DATES ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW! October 5-11 MARRIOTT MOTOR HOTEL W IRTZ O PPO SES QUOTA Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz said June 25th he opposed any quota for non-white employees work ing on Federal contracts, the basis of dissension in the highly controversial Philadelphia Plan. Wirtz told a press conference at the Union Indus tries Show at the Civic Center in Philadelphia, "To whatever extent there is to be a quota, I'm against it." "I'm in support of no discrimination because of color," he continued, "but there will be no quota." The secretary also disclosed negotiations between top offi cials of the Department of Labor and local union offi cials had been under way for "the last five or six days." He said that the controversy about the hiring of Negroes, which has slowed work on the U.S. Mint and other area construction totalling almost $110 mil lion in the five-county area, may be over soon. "I'm very strongly inclined to believe that the problem is on the verge of being worked out," he said. Wirtz also said Federally aided job training programs will have placed almost one million persons in on-the-job train ing by the June 30 end of fiscal 1968 and that 1.3 million will be training by the end of the next fiscal year. Wirtz toured the Union Industries Show for 45 minutes and flew back to Washington. RESEARCH BRIEFS As if we didn't know!--A recent news article re ported that . . . Pollution experrs have found a new disease to worry about: asbestosis. Similar to emphy sema, this lung problem shows high incidence in "laggers," or asbestos workers. Prolonged exposure to as-i bestos leads to a higher incidence of lung cancer, says Dr. Benjamin Felson of the University of Cincinnati. And the disease can strike more than asbestos workers:. Asbestos from brake linings is helping to pollute city airj INSULATION ANYONE? The National Park Services reported from Yellow stone National Park, Wyoming, that on the 30th of June, Beartooth Pass, the northeast entrance to the Park was closed that day because of snow and drifting snow. Anyone for insulation? LIES FLAT f wherHaced TWO-HOLE WIRED | S A V E . . installation time, material, labor . LIGHTWEIGHT FLEXIBLE I ,LCESS MMAATTFEDRIIAIL --.---SAME INSULATION VALUE INSULATION E Rc LACING Accurate Pipe Measurement l o w COST FASTENERS FOR REMOVABLE TP INSULATING BLANKETS. LACING HOOKS ntov be applied wlhowl w a ih tn by banding avei. Uled exlemively by conlrorlori & ,hip builder, on TURBINE BLANKETS, VALVE A FIAN CE COVERS, PUMPS, EXHAUST MANIFOLDS y*" through 12" Pipe or tubing 2 0 FLA NDERS RD . BELMONT. MASS. 02178 T E L .: 6 1 7 - 4 8 9 .0 7 0 0 . JULY 1968 39 FOAMGLAS* insulation for hot tanks INDEX OF ADVERTISERS ( '`'d en o tes an A ssociale M e m b e r 'o f 1 D C N A ) Page AGM Industries, Inc.................. Allied Chemical Corp."(Barrett) Alpha Associates', Inc......................... 33 American Wire Works....................... 26 Asbestospray Corp............................. -- Atlas Chemical Industries.................. -- Baldwin-Ehret-Hill Inc....................... -- Borden Chemical Company.............. 4 Philip Carey Manufacturing Co........ -- costs about 20% less than calcium silicate ... and itTs better eight ways. Chicago Mastic Company........- ........ 29 Childers Products Company.............. 35 Eagle Picher Industries..................... -- Eastern Refractories Company........... 38 Flintkote Company............................. 13 GAF Corp., Industrial Products Division ................................ Gustin-Bacon .................................... 37 Howard C. Forrest Company............ 11 Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc................ 11 Beniamin Foster Company ................ 3 General Aluminum Supply Corp........ A. I. Gerrard & Co.................... ........ 29 Great Lakes Textiles, Inc.................... 11 *B. F. Goodrich Company................... Gustin-Bacon Manufacturing Co........ Chas. Harmon & Company, Inc........ 26 Louis Halprin & Son......................... 28 Herren Metals, Inc.................... ........ 34 Arthur S. Hoyt Co............................. 28 Ideal Reel Co...................................... 24 Tnsul-Fil Mfg. Co.............................. Insul-Coustic Division ....................... 14 Johns-Manville Sales Corp................ *H. A. Jones Co., Inc......................... Kerry-Fab Inc.................................... Alexander Lamport & Bro................5 & 7 Lion Oil Company............................. 29 MMM Division Insular Products Corp. 38 Machinery Development Inc.............. 11 Marcus Brush Company.................... 7 Mehler-Zarin Corp............................. 38 Miracle Adhesives Corp..................... 2 Goodloe E. Mcfore, Inc..................... 31 New York Twine Corp....................... 36 Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp........ Perma Glas-Mesh Corp..................... 30 Pittsburgh Corning Corp................... 40 1. Fireproof! Foamglas insulation is 1 0 0 % cellular glass. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.................. 8. Constant insulating value! Because Preformed Metal Products Co. it's vaporproof, Foamglas keeps full Back Cover 2. Nonwicking! Can't absorb spillage, insulating value indefinitely. Presstite Division.............................. flammable liquids or fumes, Foam Specify F o a m g la s insulation for tem Ruberoid Co....................................... glas won't act as a wick in a fire. 3. Weatherproof! Closed-cell struc ture. Permeability rating is 0.00. 4. Lightweight and easily cut! 5. More rugged! Strong and rigid. 6. Acidproof! Impervious to common acids and acid fumes. peratures up to 4 5 0 F on hot tanks, Refractory & Insulation Corp............ process equipment, fittings and puip Ryder Industries................................ If digesters. Sisalkraft Division ............................. -- For literature and high-temperature Stern Supply Company..................... 29 St. Regis Paper Company.................... -- specs, write Pittsburgh Corning Corp., Stic-Klip Manufacturing Co.................. -- Dept., IDC-78, One Gateway Center, Styro Fabricators, Inc.............. -- Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222. In Western Eu Up-John Co. (C P R Division)............. -- 7. Dimensionally stable! Once it's on, rope, contact Pittsburgh Corning de U.S. Mineral Products Co.................... -- it stays put. Joints stay tight. Belgique, S.A., Brussels. U.S. Steel Corp....................................... 18 Universal Insulating Machine Co. ...... 27 ` Vimasco Coatings Corp....................... -- Wire Products Corp.............................. -- The Insulation People Zeston, Inc......................................... 23 & 30 Zonolite Division of W. R. Grace & Co. CORNING COMBINATION FITTINGS 2 TO 1 HEAD COVERS STACK RINGS LOC-JAC JACKETING D@ you k n o w wh w as first w ith these cost saving products? Premetco is the industry leader in alum inum covering -- a position earned by years of pioneering new and better products' that increase the profits of the insulation contractor. If you are not already using Premetco products -- send for general catalog and price list and start making more profit on your contracts. N ew! Stainless steel jacketing, .010 and stainless steel Loc-Jac. Prem etco PREFORMED METAL PRODUCTS CO., INC. 230 Simms Street P. O. Box 1134 Phone (Area 318) 425-2455, Shreveport, Louisiana ALUMINELS The first scientifically designed and mass marketed two-piece aluminum elbow -- epoxy coated inside and out. In tro d u c e d by P rem etco, 1948. COMBINATION FITTINGS Matching aluminum elbow and insula tion fitting--packed,shipped together for fast installation -->In tr o d u c e d b y Prem etco, 1960. 2 TO 1 HEAD COVERS A water tight prefabricated covering for elliptical or ASME heads, seams reversed to shed water and 6" lap with over lapping roofing sheets. I n t r o d u c e d b y Prem etco, 1961. POLY-BOND MOISTURE BARRIER 100% waterproof adhesive holds moisture barrier to aluminum. Inert chemically will not injure jacketing -- solid bond. Introduced by Prem etco, 1961. LOC-JAC JACKETING Prefabricated jacketing snaps on -- fastens self. Requires no bands, screws or rivets. Can be installed by one man even on overhead lines . . . In tr o d u c e d by P rem etco, 1963. STACK RINGS Simplifies attachment of aluminum to hot non-insulated surfaces (stacks, muf flers, vapor lines, etc.). Air flow thru rings keeps surface cool, prevents discol oration-- I n tr o d u c e d b y P r e m e tc o , 1 9 5 8 . TEES -- VALVE, FLANGE COVERS -- END CAPS Full line of prefabricated fittings give better job, save half in labor costs. Sprayed and baked on epoxy finish inside and out. trying to squeeze the last dollar out of a deal? If so-- the deal to end all deals-- the biggest bargain of them all-- is yours for the asking. ID C N A 's 13TH A N N U A L CONVENTION is just 80 bucks a head and 20 more for two-- man and wife, that is. For this we throw in break fast and lunch, cocktails and the President's reception. And, you can attend the most informative and exciting program ever put together to help you in your business. Send in your registration today. You'll find a form in this issue of the NEW S LETTER. IDCNA 13TH ANNUAL CONVENTION MARRIOTT MOTOR HOTEL CHICAGO OCTOBER 5 -11th