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JT -a- -iff i Tie gwtf. LU22733 ---------'---- - LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 4M UK!NOTON AVENUE NEW YORK 17. N. Y. April 21, 1953 SUBJECT! L.I.A. /.NffUAL UEETIHO To Uenbers of the Lead Induetrie* Association! In oonnectlon with the 25th annual meeting of the Lead Industrie* Association held at The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springe, W. Va., cm April 10, 1953, *e are attaching the following! 1. Copy of a press release which Jill gire you the newly elected officers. Executive Committee, and Board of Directors of the Association, and 2, Copy of a press release giving the synopses of pnpers delivered at the meeting. We have received or expect to receive the following complete pcper*, which will be nlmecgraphed, If you wish any or all of these cooplet* 0 papers kindly let us know, Thomas Nolan World Lead Itine Resources and Production Question Bex Panel on Lead line Production Paul C. Fedderaen L, H. H-rt X, P. Rcmncy E. a , Jdies Bunker Hill & Sullivan Hiring 4 Concentrating Co, American So'lting t Refining Co, Utah itinirg Association St. Joseph Lead Co, (leerge E. Bisoaya An Australian Outlook on Lead Reuben Viener The Secondary Lead Industry J. A, Costello A Consumer Looks at Lead R, L, Socnor/ille Storage Batteries K, S, Wyatt Cable T, B, Pricket! Tetraethyl Lead E, L, Neuhouse, III Metallic Lead Product* Ulles X. Zoller Plgnonts and Chemical* Very truly yours, i'fir Sccrtt&rj* ' TT" w HHW.W nm^ |l l>i maiwuigw .!/>JUH-t,!**1, 'FSAW't WMIW H? jt! s: yw i..l ----wseawEptewawi LI&2273* --'**** -> --^rr.---- I HAD IKXJSTP.IES ASSOCIATION L20 Ir Kington Avenue, New Tork, I?, JJ.T* Press Release - for Immediate release - April 10, 1553, White Sulphur Sprinc* - April 10, J. P, Haffner, Vice-President end General Hanarer, of The Bunker Hill u Sullivan Mining U Concentrating Conpangr of Kellogg, Idaho, wrs today elected President, of The Lead Industries Association, at its twenty-fifth annual wet inf l*ld at The Greenbrier Hotel, It*. Haffner L succoeds Felix Ldfar Wormser, rlee-Preaident, of St, Josaph Lead Coronary, New Tork, N.T., who hna been nominated ly President Eisenhower to become Assistant Secretary of the Interior for mineral Resources. In severing connections with the Lead Industries Association after twenty-five yerrs of service Ift*. Wornscr expressed the hope that the groat progress recorded by the Association, which has brcuglit it to s position-of international recognition would continue and that his successor would find s solution to the f difficulties of the Western lead Hirers, nary of whoa have discontinued operating in the face of declining netcl prises. i The rrpr sentrtives of the leod ednirx;, srrlting and consuid-ng industries attending the neetlr^ of the Association elected officers for the following year as followst J. B. Ilaffner, President K. C. Brownc-11, Vice-President J, *. Martino, Vice-President J So.'lj /, Vtec-.'rosldeit R. L, Zicgfcld was reappointed secretary-treasurer. The Bon-d of Eireeters was elected as followsi * Jeon Vulllequet, Vice-President American Metal Co., Ltd. ] K. C. Brownell, President Clarence Glass, Vico-President A rlcan inciting 4r fc-fininr Co. Anoeonda Sales Co. S. A, Easton, President Bunker Hill A Sullivan ling, A Concentrating Co. P. L. Bay, President Bay .lines, Inc. J. Iov1byf Chalmm of the Board, Eaplu-Picher Co, J. /, Costello, Vice-President Etlyl Corp. E. L. Ncvhouse, Jr., President Fcdcratod 'fctnls I iris ion of J, P. Ruth, Vice-President J, /, Martino, President /jxrican l.ueltine u Ix-flning Co. The Olid.den Co paiy Rational Lead Company (store) ^ *a*w HyUfTiWn wsAj'Tyv u i .ifi i : m\vm i jjgw N 1756.01 i.Ji^"|)H,i i.jpyatiH g ,,L^e '.lysin' l1WCTXr~ ii^h h i n*"W u*22133 6 1 -2- P. H. Hunt, Vice-President Andrew Fletcher, President Decree Jtixter, Vice-Pres. J.B. HaiTner, Vice-President 4c Central Manager Park Utah Consolidated Mines Co, St. Joseph Lend Co-ipeiy United Stctcs Sneltlns, Refining 0 Mining Co., Inc, Bunker Hill 4c Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Cotapaxy. The Executive Cosrdttee was reelected as follovsi J.B, Haffner, K. C. Brownell, J. A, Martino, George lUxter, J. K.Boviby and Andrew Fletcher. 6 (End) 'llm i'll H ill. . yIiui j in Ji i 'U M yiiv -TT *%vwr 1f"r' mmm LIA22736 ljitwiai IZAD DfiUS TRIES ASSOCIATED d li20 Lexington Avenue Now lork, 17, *.T. Press Release -- for immediate release - April 10, 1953. White Sulphur Spring* - April ID, The Lead Industrie* Association celebrated its Silver Anniversary at The Greenbrier with a nesting of about 130 representatives of lend mining eorpcnles and oonsunera of lead* Leading off the two day program Hr* Thomas Nolan, Assistant Director, 0. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C., dlcussed World Lend Mine Resources and Production. There is a rather widespread recent tendency to conclude that we ere on the vry to become e "have-not" nation. Curiously enough this conclusion has been accepted chiefly by the economists. It is not accepted in large part by those who elwuld be in the best position to appraise the situation - mlnii^ geologist*.* Mr. Nolan pointed out that geo-chemical prospecting and airborno instruments such e as the magnetometer and the Geiger counter permit rapid exploration and ore detection end have been responsible for a number of discoveries of new ore bodies. Known world reserves of lead in mines now equipped or being equipped is in the order of Ul,000,000 tons of lead. I will let you make your own decision as to how meny years that will last, but I believe we can all agree that it la enough to provide a cushion while the Industry is finding the as yet uadis covered ore bodies that can confidently be expected to increase the supply.* Thomas G. Moore, Manager, Geological and Exploration Departamnt, The American Hotel Company, Ltd.,New Tori', headed up a panel consisting of representatives froa various lead airing districts of the United States. Paul C. Feddersen, Superin tendent, Bunker Hill Smelter, Kellogg, Idaho, eald vnat hi* company has already discontinued block caving since this marginal ore has become sub-marginal at present prices. Likewise tailing* retreatment has been discontinued. "This will result in an manual reduction in production of approximately 14,000 ton* of lead and 7,700 tons of tine.* "that we should strive far to add to tha potential (more) N 1756.02 LIA22737 -2productlon and reserves of lead,* said Mr. Fedderaen, *ls more reasonable relationship between wages, production per man, and metal prices. More end more mechanisation la only a partial solution." Discussing Mexican lead out-put, L. H.Hart, Resident Engineer, American Snsltlng and Refining Company, New fork, N.T., told those assembled that the current lead and sine price levels will not cause any serious decline la 1 Mexican out-put. "Almost all Mexican properties contain an Important credit of gold and ellver. In sone cases copper content also provides credit. In all probability gold and silver credits will hold without change in Mexico, tut at Mt. Isa and Buchans nines a softening in the copper price would remove sone of the cushion that helps carry tho load for lead." In British Columbia only about eight nines have closed down due primarily to the present line price. F. L. Hallan, Assistant Comptroller, Consolidated Mining L Smiting Company of Canada, Ltd., Trail, R. C, said he predicted that there will be no serious falling off in lead out-put in British Columbia this year. Miles P. Romney, Manager, Utah Mining Association, Salt Ea)ce City, Utah, brought out that a number of email lead and sine nines hare closed down in the Vest end that many other nines In that area are facing a similar decision because of current low price levels of lead and tine. A short tine ago It wes estimated that out-put in the eleven ,!estem States this year would probably drop to about two-thirds of the 19S2 out-put if prices of lead and tine remained low for any period, or held at their current levels over s prolonged period. However, these estimates hw* been revised and out-put, said Mr. Romney, would suffer even e deeper cut. At present nine closings of the Vest are 6potty, but many minas have been operating for the past several months at e loss, hoping that sone relief may be forthccning. "The day of decision,* Mr. Homey said, "Is rapidly approaching.* He felt that the problem could be terminated by a sliding scale tariff on imported lead and tine. (more) & --- - - -------- - - L TA 22 738 Jte -3* Whether or not the St. Joseph Lead Company would proceed In the completion of its expansion program in Southeastern Missouri, uculd depend In large measure on any further narked decline in the price of lead, declared Elmer A. Jones, Assistant General Manager, St. Joseph Lead Company, Bonne Terre, Missouri. Be said that completion on expansion at Indian and Hayden Greeks vould increase Billing capacities at the properties by 3,000 tons a day* Discussing the Australian out-look on lead, George E.Bisecye, Vice-President, C. Tennant, Sons & Company, Hew lork, H.T., read a paper prepared by the Broken Rill Associated inciters, prop, of Australia, who were unable to send a represen tative because of the Entire Mining and Metallurgical Congress being held con currently in Australia. "We in Broken Hill view the future optimistically but with s certain amount of caution. In our own industry we hope that costs will steady up now that the persistent rounds of wage increases with which we have been dogged for the last few years appear to have subsided. Smelter production at Port Pirie will be about l6ii,000 tens for the year ended June JO, 1953." ''Looked et generally, conditions in Australia are not buoyant, and we are suffering from a capital shortage that has unfortunately made it necessary to defer the completion of several major national pwor schemes and other indue trial projects. Prosperity for Australia depends to a large extent on the level of business activity in the United States, and in a more restricted field tbs Austr-Iian lead industry is equally dependent on the prosperity of mining and consuming interests here, ''lthout a healthy lead mining industry in the U.S., the eeerch for substitutes would inevitably have been greatly accelerated. Reuben Vlener, partner, flyman Vietur k Sons, Richmond, Virginia, spoke on tha important subject of the secondary lead lnduetry. Because of lead's imperishability, the eocondiry lead industry has emerged as a vital and Integral part of the total lead Industry structure. Tha industry said Hr* Vlener provides our economy with mineral wealth in a true form of conservation, through the utilisation of a raw (more) > " BP .......... . PNMI 4>Ui >ba> "mm "j * a 1WWW* Li^2739 -I*- 0 material which gives back to the original consumer a subetantial monetary return* Rerlewinc one of the problem* Incident to the erratic price structure in the past, Hr* Tiener emphasized the important influence on the secondary enalters operating position of stabilizing the price of lead at a reasonable level la line with its economic value. Those attending the meeting of the lead Industries Association vers honored by an address by the Honorable Richard M. Slr.peon, Congressman Aren Pennsylvania and Hruber of the House of Representatives Coanlttee on Vf,ys and Kerns. Reviewing the national legislative picture Congressman Sinpeon felt that the relations - between the t-hite House and the House of Representatives were particularly good with respect to a cooperative attitude toward the President's requests mads earlier in the session, t/hile only two of the 1? recommendations have been enacted on# the ground work has been well laid and action should proceed rajidly on legislation 0 dealing with (1) Cutting appropriations, (2) An approach to balancing the budget, (3) possible tax relief, (li) appropriate amendments to the Taft-Hartley Lav, aid so on. I anticipate that cooperation with the President will increase as specific remedies to Nov Deal ills are suggested and as New Deal ednlnls trators are discharged, thus making p-osslble their replacement by men pledged to carryir^ out President Eisenhower's program.* This is being accc.Tpliahed Congressman Simpson vent on to say through the President's recent executive order permitting removal of "policy makers" who believe themselves to be frozen in permanent Civil Service status by the previous administration. "All in all I believe thst the record of tho first session of tho 83rd Congress will Justify the continuing confidence of the peoplo. Finally I anticipate that this record will lead to increased support for the President as will bu evldencod in 193* by the election of an 9 Republican Congress with a substantially inert ased majority in both the House and the Senate * ( ore) Limi \'t hO I"! mm. i raltoteM* -5Referring to the Silver Anniversary of the Lead Industrie* A** octetion Congressman SImp*on declared that auch an Association representing, a* it docs, the public's Interest as veil as that of the lead producer and consumer conpaniea has demonstrated its basic interest in sound business principles both in and out of Coverment. In a final analysis, he vent on to say, this is exactly vhat President Eisenhower and Congress tro trying to accomplish while at tbo sans tine maintaining a sound international policy and aocure military defenses for ourselves end friendly people everywhere. On the second and concluding day of the meeting R. A. Qardiner, Jr., Vice-President, Gardiner Metal Co.pany, Chicago,Illinois, acted as Chatman of the General Session. J. A. Costello, Vice-President, Ethyl Corporation, Rev lock, K.T., discussed load from the point of view of one of the largest consumers. *There is sufficient potential productive capacity,* ho insisted, "to moet cny reasonable increase in the demand for lead. ue believe that this potential not only exists but ve are confident that adequate supplies will be forthcoming in the future to meet all essential needs." Houcvor, ho added the indicated increase in consumption depends upon the continued availability of foreign lead without restriction. "While all you P. S. oonsumors,* he said, "hove a full appreciation of tho doalrability of keeping the American mining industry strong, they must also accept the responsi bility for encouraging and supporting the foreign production of lead upon which they must now in part depend. It, therefore, follows that any Government action thst will have tho effect of dlscnuragir^ imports and reducing the expansion of foreign mining properties Is undesirable from a consumer's standpoint.* v. J. Volch, Manager, Hotal Department, Hatloncl Load Corparjy* Roy fork, H.T., as chairman of a panel of muthoritives, reprosontluug tho major consumers of lead introduced Mr. R. L, Soranorville, President, Association of Ausorlcan Battery Manufacturers and Assistant Genoral Sales Manager, Hectrlo Storage Battery (more)  umajismi fWWWWW^WJW'W .1 <m* iw p** LlA227/il , cmmfx * 0 Coo^tiy, Rilllel)hia, Penns.f who (poke on the outlook for storage batteries. Industrial battery producers hors estimated, according to Mr. Somerville, a 1953 consumption approximately oqual to that of 195?, or U7,800 tons of lead* Ooverrocnt requirements for automotive typo batteries will involve 9300 tons of load in 1953, a alight inercaao of 1*32 over 1952 requirements. Original equipnent batteries will show probably the greatest increase,totaling 83,050 tons or an increase of 26.5J. Export replacement battery requirements are expected to be 5,150 tonsj an increase of about 55 All told, Mr. Somerville estimated that 1*15,200 tons of lead will be consumed by the battery industry in 1953, an increase of 7.5f over 1952. Tho question of whether lead would be replaced by aluminum as a cable sheathing waa taken up by K. 5. 'yatt, Enginoor of Cables, Fholps Dodge Copper Product* Corporation, New fork, N.T. "Both technically and economically aluminum is la a 0 favorable position as a competitor of lead in cable sheathing," declcred Mr. Vyatt* In telephone cable lo^d la gradually being replaced by atalpath, a steol-clunins-*plastlc shoeth. In aerial cables, aluminum because of its lighter weight and resistance to fatlguo nay be expected to gradually replace lead. In duct cable, which ecrprlscs the great bulk of lead sheath power cable in the V. S. the use of aluminum ehc-th is prohlematic.-l said Mr. 'yatt, owing to its greater stiffness end the necessity for training tho cable around manholes to take c;re of expansion. T. B.Prickett of tho F,. I. duPont de Nemours !l Co . Inc., Petroleum Chemicals Division, llmington, Delaware, discussed the outlook for tetraethyl lord. The trend of eonjrossian ratios in `meriem bajlit automobile engines 1s continuing upward with no sign of abatement. As long as this basic tnfluenoo prevails," Mr. Prickctt maint'ins, "highor and hlghor octano lumbers must be provided, while Jot engines aro partially replacing piston engines for aircraft, this development is not expected to reduce aviation gasoline consumption during the next fivo years." "Further," Mr. Prlekctt indicated, "tho low octane gasolines (more) TV* 1 wer w svysys* > mFrywimm m.* m*sp IIMJMIMIB1 f LU227^2 r.mSadb'dr t proaontly used outside the Ul 61 and Canada will soon be unaocoptable,* During 1952 sore 160,000 tons of metallic load were consumed ly the world's tetraethyl produeors. If It Is assumed that expanded facilities will operate at 85jf of capacity in the reasonably now future, Hr. Prlckett predicted an annual lead consumption of 185,000 tons by the tetraethyl lead Industry. Metallic load products wero covorad by E. I, Newhouso,IH, Sales Coordinator of federated Hotels Division, American Smelting & Refining Company, Mow York, H.T, Hr. Uevhouso said that "now materials hove often displaced load in e flash of glory, only to find that lead regains its former stature in whit ere apparently natural" applications." As an exai^le he cited, sulphuric acid hmdling equipment where it is apparent that load will continue to hold its own against an onslaught of new materials, many of which aftor a relatively short period of service are replaced by lead, the formerly used material that had given satisfactory service 6 for a long porlod of timo. Hr. Kewhouse also described other metallic lead applications that were growing in use, such as lead radiation shielding material and as an alloying constituent in Bolder and babbits. "I believe we cm expect a suatained demend for Bolder as long as automobil and industrial production continues at presont, or near present, levels," he said. Discussing tho babbit bearing field in particular he declared that the use of roller bearings ly t number of railroads has mode inroads on the use of babbit in this field. "However," Hr. Rovhouse reported, "a number of roads are convinced that roller boorlngs ARE TOT the tnsvor to bo.-rlng failures. Many of thorn havo discovered they have just as many failures with roller bearing and at a higher coai as they have had with babbited bearings." The outlook for lead pigments and chemicalc was presented by Milee K. Zeller, Vlca-Prcsidont, Tho Eoglc-Richcr Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. Total load pigments 0 ahlppod in 1952 amounted to 210,987 tone, a loss of over 1951, hut Mr. Zeller was optimistic for an improvement in this situation for 1953. Tho reason! (more) 'V*t" urw markka 11tyA ntvw.wiw 1 ip> wwaw ~mra - HEWJTO LIA22743 - n,.,,, -- - -8during the past several years the storago battery industry has consumed approxi mately 60J{ of the total lithcrgc and red lead shippod and continues to bo tha "bell vorthcr" of the lord oxide business and tho battery business looks promising for next yonr. Speaking of specific load chemical applications Hr. Zolltr pointed out that the use of white le ad in house paint should most likely continue at its present rate without such growth or recession. Tho position of lead products in the ceramic industry remains fairly constant. The uso of lead oxides In the manufacture of colors contln-es to improve gradually. Tho vinyl plastic industry continues to grow and along with it the market for lead stablitcrs. Tho Lead Industries Association's, Rod lord Technical Coicvittee, declared Hr. Zollcr, "continues to operate ns it has in tho past with Increasing efficiency aid favorable results. The trend rway from red lead in metal 0 protected paints has been stopped in its tracks, particularly in Government specifientions. In fact, the tonnage of red lead in paints has been increasing." Concluding the Technical Sessions Dr. Robert A.Kchoe, Director, Department of Preventive i'cdicine and Industrial. Health, College of Hcdicino, University of Cincinnati, and HcdicaJ. Director, Ethyl Corpor.-tion, addressed the meeting on "The Lead Industries and Human Health." Dr. Echoc emphaslted particularly the importance cf increasing knowledge about lead poisoning incidence among improvement children and tho need for continucd/ln industrial hygiene, particularly where lead is involved.