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. mi, , " ' ^p ffs w w p w w w m w w w nin9 .1W>>iw w w w p--yi n ww ^pqwwwwww'i m ju> n ;wM wi i ^ * n^957 v* 6 LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION GrsyW kiting, 420 InkfM Avvnu* Nrw YoA, H V. r r -2 April 1, 19JA. *" Vs IWbn of Um I--i IautrlH iMeeUtUu ScrUjy Ml frrrri iwn* - Attsohad ?!* find a copy at (h (oer*taz7 ad trHRrtr'i Baport* tar tha 7mr 1937, te b aubalttad at Vxa Anaa*l lUatiac * tb* 1m4 ladaetria* Association to U M a Hoy 2, 193d. M7 tnlf root, focroUry-TroMoror. r rwgtw W" \ ,' Ji e i A ) : * H % j 9 c 9 OCECIET g tiPQgf Bie following la * brief reaoae of the activities of the bead Industries Association ootsrlst the oalender year 1937, the ninth yrr alasa lta orfaalaatlOB. KBcatsny Meafeera of the hood Indistrlss Association oot^rlaed 64 ooopanles at tha btlnsl&e of 1937 and 67 ooqpa&les ftt the and of 1937, the lexfett auafear la lta Malory, with m resiccetlon twin* the roar, Ml increase of thras Baccara. gmsnct Jba collection and dletrlbutlon of trada atfttlatlca ralat)nd to onmsrtma load product a oos tinned without Inton uptlon durlny tha yeer, the snal awnal raporl appearlsc It March, 1938. m---r-a-i-x _Ls_o_is_un_ca_r HI - In Vovesber, tha State Srpvtaoot announced lta Intention Jto negotiate a r eciorocal trade treaty with the Cnlted tlngdao, Pewfoundland end the British Ooloslol tcplre, and, aa the procedure ef tha State Department now a days la to publish a llrt af those commodities which will be considered In the treaty negotiations, Industry baa as opportunity to know whether er not lta own product* are to be Included. The lead pi counta, bottle cep*. leadoovered oable^and lead orea being Involved In the Irltltii treaty, a brief wee propered and flla with tho Comlttee for Eeclprocity Information In opposition to a reduction In the rate* on commoditise In which we were Interested. Coplea of the brlafe were subultted to all eabera. Dubeoquestl., tha Dwpartaoil ef State announced that a revision was con templated in the trade treaty wits the Oovcrvaent of Canada and that lead ore* ad plf lo^d were to be anong the commoditise Included In the negotiations. Bmerefore, aaothm- brief me prepared to stale our opposition to a redocties la tha rates on thee* ooonoditlaa Is the Oanadlas negotiations, copy ef tfcioh was trasaadtted to all aaobora. <2^ Inventory Valuation for . Purposes - Tha Association pieced Itself as record as favoring the optional use of the "la*t-ln flrst-out* ^staa ef Is antory waluatlen for tax purposes by tha hurras of Internal Xowasuo. A buU chases In tha revenue law la necessary Vo permit this practloe and la being vg*d upon Correas by suaerwu industries. FOTUttAgQW tl^ 'load* - Six lawuet of our bl-oonthlr aegadne, MAD, appeared dar ing 1937, but an important chaoge was nade lu the dietnbutlcc of copies beoeruea a sew publication, knows as the PUM3331 7QK0M, designed exclusively for the plxablng trade, was begun in June. The list of Better and Jeumeynan pluebsra, jobbers, and wooatlonal schools was rauoved to fora tho nuclei* of a nailing Hot for mVBilS' JOE'Jli. 103 continued to print aIra at exclusively original lani-P' gn w y -pi 'v OPT >11 w. ufaij"a.' pWAi'T^ *v N 1777.01 it* -1 < 3 Searotary'a Irpoa-i -I- article# aad It oootlmoa sot oaly to Valid vp fo&'lll for tumorous load prodwta but, at tin*, thoro loo direct connection b.tvoon th* tala of load on oortala arch! tec turd joba aad th* appearance of aoa# Itaa rolatlnc to th* awtal la th* aocaalao. (21 'Plunhoro* Tong* - Bollovine that It *** ooeoBtlal to cl** Bore i natlosal wpport to th* aetlvitioa of our thro* pluwblnf flold roproomstatlvoo than th# Aoaoclatlon had horotofora provided, *# b#cea tho publication of a acatlno for Journoyma and motor planter* thrcocbout tho United Scat#* la Juno, oadoavorln* to nehs oach lorua helpful to tho craft hr fwulahlac praotleal lnfomatlon on tho #**T7-dy variinc of load product* and their lnatellatloa and to a*h It a aeotlnc plao# for a dlacuaaloB of tho plunbor** load probr lon*. Th# ouccooo of thla mcualne baa far ozooodod c u t expectation*. Bio firft fov larua* ho^nnc T---^r exhausted aad thoro la ao doubt bat hat tho aaall coot of tho pohlloatlon of thla aafatlao baa boom haadsoaaly rooald la publicity for our product* and aocfcars. 1 (3) leaflet an 1.1.1. gPtadarda - Ovine to a daaaad for Inflation aa to tb* Standard of tho Lead Induatrioa Aoaodatlos for lead pipe, trope aad bond*, aa attractive four-pac* leaflet *ti pecperod for distribution to tho trade hjr tho Loaoclatlea end lateroatad nonbors. It) Contribute! Article* - Sarinc the >-uar *o prorldod th* trod* prooa orlth aa article, 'imory of To tea on Load Xocflaf*. la addition, ---- y of tb* iton* that appeared in ow publlcatlona *ra roprlnted la fall or Is port hr th* trade prooa. rranonaai tcnrmt* tD Phatblnr Orntvit; p- > a detailed report a* forallhod mV. ocriWnc smber * at tho *nl of th* year oa cur Plucblae aad taler Barca Pt o bb tloa activities. The procraa baa boon misread to latroduoo oororal nr* foo ter* a; (a) Publication of tho nap fine, fUMlatS' FOEX, (b) Adept loo of a aodeot *d*irtl<lc{ proera* la the pMbl*( trad* Journal* aad rotor orha aijaflM, aad (c) Adoption of a Aral of Approval os land pip*, trap*, boada aad oaUd&d load, aeotlsc tho Load Induetrio* Aaooclatlo* Standard. Aa uaaal, a Croat aasy Plucbor* Conventions **r* *ttended, tofothor vl th th* An-pal CoavoBtloa of th* Xatlonal Aocelot loo of Matter floaters at Atlantic City, tfcere a opaoial oAiblt bad boon proper*d. Th- display *aa of nch croat intoroot that It attracted vld* att.itlon aad n* lator ohtppod to Utah and the Padflo Ooert, *h*r# It to otlll boln* utad for educational*purpoooa. There It ao doubt that, dooplto tb* eoeparativoly nod#at ran which la bolac apoot oa pltaabd&c aad vatr worfct proaotloa throuebout the Usltad Stataa bj our Association, th* werfc ha* already roitorod lead to plushlsc cod** aboro mam - ;. >1- il;'.,_ c* * Secretary's Xepert -1 - LU2lqfc0 ....... .. ... ........ . It had baan displaced aad that the plumber 1* a^lm turning to the matal lftataad of substitute*, Ib addition, we not* that trada aohools ara eoghaalalng tha laportanoa of leed work, V* foil that It will only taka a faa Bora 7MTI to remedy la large maerure the lack of properly trained ajprentloe* la tha plumbing buslnea*. Sha trada literature reoognltea the return to load yellowing tha adoption of tha u*e of tha Baal ef Approval of tha Aaeoclatloc for laad pipe, trap* and benda, tha Aeeoclatloa, aa of Bovambar lot, adopted a Standard for CaUdag I*ed and tha uee of tha Saal of Approval on Calking laad Mating that Standard. Already we bora hoan InfonaoA that tha American latar fcrka Aaaociation la contemplating tha adoption of thla Stan dard aa Ita own and that tarlona eontractcra ara uaing tha Standard lm their specifications, together with tha Saal, aa an aaruranoa of procuring tha flnaat quality laad far tha purpose. lusher Prohigta-Brttar Paint (hnoalre - Ihe Campaign complete! tha third year of ita activity la 1837. ra lumbar and other aaaodotlesa eoopcrotlrg arlth tha work grew to 44 and letaraat In tha objectives of tha Campaign haa, if anything, baan lntanaiflad. A datallad report of tha actlvltlaa waa provided subscribing msmbera at tha and of tha year. &a Omcpelgn utilised. in part, tha sadltn of State retail lumber daalara ooBvantlona to further ita message. Oar two field rwproaantailvaa appeared at aa many of that# eoavantlona a* poadbla and moke on tha Isportanee of using only whita load In oil or tha hlghaat grade prepared paint to protact 1tabor. Thla work aaa followwd 1p vlalta to tha Important national lumbar manufacturera* association headquarters, ouch aa, the Veatem lad Oadar, Bad Cadar Shingle Bureau, California Bedwoow la itam Pina, and other*, to acquaint thorn fully with our method* and to receive their aaalatence. lha Campaign aloo uaad a trailer, donated t7 tha Douglas Hr Plywood Aaaociation, which carrlad an eteoatlonal exhibit on paint and painting throughout parta of tha middle watt Aw ing tha lata Spring, teosmr and Tall* Millions of painting lnotructlona leaflet* have been dlatrlbated at tha expense of tha isportant cooparatlig national lmobw associations, aad. In ad dition painting Inhale ware devleed for uaa on drop aiding, which will probably be pet In h * in 1131, fiia lumbar induatry appear* to be keenly lntarartad in tha oomtleuatlom of tha program aad It haa tmdoubtedly foca*aad more attention on paint problem* by the limber producera them ever before, &* entire paint lndnctry, aa wall aa the lumber Induatry, facet aarieoa ooqpatltlon thaaa daya from tha uaa of co**poaition thing!** la lov-prlcad hem* construction. tha shingle oanufactur*r treitlng tha point that they do not require painting. Bile trend, of coctree, 1* tee la large part to the dlaeetlofactloa of paint unera with tha painting aervioa they have received. Ihe Ca^atpi haa brought about oleaa copperat Ion between cur rm Association and tLe ltebrr Industry of tha United Stataa. (3) Hie-attenxma - It haa been dlaturblng to ebaerra maw roue attacks made upon white lead by a fra competitive paint product*, llluatretlog tha di vergent potato of vire exlttlng batman eoaa prepared paint nasifaeturers and 111 in jim --uf y HUH Hwanr?WPlpmw^tj^W^T,|Tw^WWWpWjmwm/ ^- A-:--.~u .-:*9*.-: =aaa^.-xrr^ LIA21961 i . ' n ^ -- ew B 'w e'w einw ew ^w eeew nsfiW B ijwnBepe^pwwn-- >)yeTiil ......... ...........n | flecretary.^ Erocrt the producers of whits lwi. f -i Trtn oar early ejqperlraee with th* Lumber Products-Settsr Point Cam paign, w* know tf-at at least one manufacturer of low-grade paint, *ko bad foe* ao far at to oako bitter attacks on oar product, quickly changed hla V> fcrania and lnoorporatod white load la hla paint, after the Campaign was launched, and the attach! coated abruptly, Perhaps there la a letaos la this J seised*. i Boo* of ear sctbori producing lltharg* are worried over a trend easy froa lwed-bearing enamel* In (tore and pottery aanufactore, A prsllsdnary 1- vestlgetlon by thli office Indicate! that acne litharge or leaded-frlt veers are Influenced by the health hasard to enemal workers In the one cl leaded eneoeli. One store nasufecturer has Indicated that he can net obtain the delicate paetel tint* desired with a leaded frit. In agr event. It dote aeon a* If the litharge producer! in the Association sdgfct properly surrey the Sbolt field and decide #iat, If anything, can v* Sene .jointly by lku to V^'d or ex pand their existing Barhat In tha enaael a. tottery field* 1AB poiBonya lho most Important ectlwlty of the Association on the subject of lead poisoning sae the conference of physicians and surgeons of anb oo^amlea, held In Chicago on April 6, 1337, at which par guests were Ere, Anb and fairhall, who here long ween associated with the fmdeBsctal Bedlcal research oa lead at Earvard Onivarsity, Bile confereon# was perhaps the aost helcfol fros a Bedlcal standpoint on lead ever held In the tJultjl Etato*. It reviewed oar existing kio*ledge of l.-ed poisoning and enabled the doctors sbo faced the problea tvsry doy to exchan-* helpful n*w*. A treescript of th* awsting was preparad and circulated to all our awbers. i An investigation of the lead contact of evaporated adIk* sponsored Jointly by tha Evaporated Milk Association, tha International Tin E*search and Development Council, and the Lead Industries Association, was concluded in 1937 by Sr. falrhall and hie finding* published la the Eoreaber, 1S37 Issue of the Journal of Industrial Eygiono and Toxicology*. Th* Investigation gav* Solder, as need la sealing evaporated silk cans, a clean bill of hoalth, greatly ra il eving th* anxls^r of th* evuperated alii producers and helping to dispel for all tlse th efforts which are oad* periodically to discredit the use of ooe drop of solder for the purpose. V* also assisted In a revision of th* paper prepared by Sr, Sidney Segue of the Culvarslty of Virginia, for uee by the Anarler-a Vt<r Vorka Association, oa the `Physiological Aspects of mineral Salts In Public Veter BuppUas*. Oar contribution oonslsted in providing the author with up-to-the si nuts data oa lead so that the accuracy of his presentation, as It affected our metal, was lj^roved, Troa our own uxpericnoe, * know how Important It Is to see that health consents about lead products ar* within the facta. 5 L H --BBUISI ISP'.'I in* uno M,'WieJ* s .j 'il i .y es*1 w .im u....... I IP ' i f f i w . ^ j i | ;j hiiimj i iq)' * lrftirj''l liptrt nstucx a haro toppliad lead dlooa for tha Aaarloan Laathar Chadata iiioel*tloa, oho art nalrlnc a atndy of tha eorralo&-r*aiitlac qualltlaa of oariooa aaWrlali aanrlnc tha tannli^ indsutr/. >a axpaot to raoalra a raport of tbolr lnvaatlatloa for dl ataribatlea to oor Mabara d tar it haa baa a eoa^latod* ocarcnrarcar ill tha aetlrltlaa of tha load Indnatria* Aaaodatles raaain fob* aotal ta aoopa. tha/ daal with vital oobjacta of trada Information, laflo* latloa, trada promotion and haalth, that can act ha jaalntalnad aa aooaonLoaUy or afrtctanU/ b/ individual noobara aa thay can coUaetlvaly, Olth tha (ro*lr* eonpladty of boalnaaa and tha amltlplicatlon of problana ovary owyaqy haa to naat, not to nantloa lntar-lndaatry coqpotltlon, It dooo appaar aa If tha trada aaaoclatlon haa baooaa an lndlapanaabla aganegr of lnteatx7, parfanalnf a function that It "'1 can haat Hacharga. ' r t ,u i j | 11j w t w ^ ih ^ i p.a^ fP!f53WP ^ pp 1 JO Ih* Tmvr r**p*etfnlljr eabslta the report on th* audit ef th* count* of th# Aaeoolatlon e* of DoCsbr Cl, 193?, tgr laet-la* A olio, followat Vetkin* * (olio OortIf1*4 Publlo Accountant* oCOQWtUW* CP.TITICXTX S3 Soot 40th >trot Ior fork 14 Indnetrl** Attodetloat T* her* and* on osand&otlca of th* helaac* ahoet of Lead Industrie* Aaaoelatlon oo of D*e#ab*r 31, 1937, and of It* I tatenant of lnoeo* end expeaee* for tho ror *od*4 that dot*. la connection therewith, we cod* a review of th* wMOttntii< aothodo end examined or tooted eoeountlac record* of th# JUooeletloa ad other rupnortla,' evidence la o Banner oad to th* extoat rfilch w* coa*ldared opproprlot# la Tie* of tho aprtea of latoraol accounting eoatrol, Za otr opinioa, ho*od upon roch exaolaatloa, th* oaoaqpaaTlBC bnleaoo ah*ut, olth th* footnote thereon, oad atateaaat of lacoo# oad expeaeoe, fairly prevent, la accordance with accepted principle* of oocowattac, the financial coadltloa of the Aetoclatlon ot December 31, 1937, oad the roeolt* of It* opera, tloa* for the jroer ended that dote, Vow Thrk, htnary 38, 1938. (tlCited) K*Via A Sell* ' l JI' '| v p . .......... iJfBW BiM \ LaJ gPPSTBI 58 ASS3CUTI0F itjjszi saza, pjsjpia 31, 1937 f 8.1 478 CUB.................................................................. ...................................................I30.733.K IKK 7S>0M KcXPXVS................................................................................................... 1,625,00 a d t a v c is io s ainnrt avaea.................................................................. 950.00 tOIAL 8o3.497.95 timnmi a a a mm ,1 x j x v c j ) tacixt uanan tun.......................................................I 7r .t o IXSIXTtSl Ordinary Vend .............................................................. . . . 8 16,847.13 Unbar Prodncte-Satter Paint C*npal*n ...... * 846.46 PlootIn* Promotion Pond ................................. .... 13,239.64 Sheet Xwed Promotion Toad ............. 3,003,00 Totalre*arr* .... ........ 32,735,25 TOTAL................................................t2L Vot*i tho oo*t of furniture, fixture*, oad equipment ho* been written off to expea**. i ' ew9pn^^yi^WWBP^5Pp8ll!P4JI.' ..i i.'*]|-- w b t 1,' . m y lii'-vuLH^pwryiw --** LI k * I N 1777.02  l e a d zyjxrsnik-3 as s o c h i icar rataKaff nr nrcouc mp ignrsr5 *v xaffixS y nooocss- SSTTitK ion OSDDUB? BADT? f l c io d d l eas t o t al t od CAietiar raoumov PBOtOTIOV IBCOKC - Unbar (Mata......... 1110,001.00 $50,000,00 $26,721.00 g36.19ff.00 <3.003,00 cmszat Salarla*.......... .............. 1 4S.dU.16 $34,609.16 $10,660.00 $ 8,278.00 1 Traral axpaaM............. 17,803.87 Xadloal r*MUeh 1,309.06 8,733,30 7,861.23 pajmaat to Etmri Msdleal School......... 4,000.00 4,000.00 1 Adrwtidoff ul la- duatrlal axhlVlta.. Prlntli* and illn*- tratios....................... Malllac axpanaai..... 8.074.73 7,827.13 6,168.20 6,077.58 4,023.63 3,633.74 461.62 351.49 4,540.88 2,298.01 79*.ie A 9 Talaphaa* aad tala- 2,780.43 3,780.43 dXCP...................... .. 663.81 663.81 1 Aaioclatlea dnat..... 301.20 187.30 Stationary aad cffloa 114.00 663.08 650 .08 I Social Mcvlt/ taxaa 1,114.09 1,114.08 Books aad rohaartp- ' Uoni......................... 404.38 404.36 trtwtalMwl, loachaoca, rtc......... 898.34 112.66 73.10 712.58 ProfatcloMl aarrlcaa txpc.M of araual 118.00 116.00 ting..................... . 33.43 33.43 .a Burnt tu.- aad flxturai 218.07 218.07 Brtelua on tr*aaw*r'a - bond.............. .............. 28.00 25.00 Klaoallaaaoua............... 3.120.18 658.36 1,640.64 824.28 i total axp*n..... 886,636.48 $45,665.80 $25,242.69 $25,510.26 m nootaro* s et mi............................. 118,363.86 9 4,154.60 $ 478.31 $10,687.74 $3,003.00 < ixsnru A? BADOIM or rui......................... 14,372.70 12,462.63 368.17 1,651.80 USXSU3 A? 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