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........ ............. ........... - ""-rr Q aUUL LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 4t0 LXXINOTOM AVCNUK NEW vomc 17, K. Y. April 12, 1955 SUBJECTi REPORT OF SECRETAKT AND TREASURER To Meobers of the lead Industrie* Associations Enclosed please find Report of Un Secretary and Treasurer, for th* year 1951, to be presented at the Annual Meeting to be held on 'todnesday, April 27, 1955, at The Drake Hotel, Chicago, 111, Very truly your*. Secretary, ' 0 m im u- m-W - [' ' y .P^wi)ju^,,^p!iw>pwjpf LIA22881 . --^'ri'f-nT i'iiTl^ : i :C^. --- - - - - . : 8 1 j Annual Heating RKPOHT OF THE SECRETART Suaparlilng the Activities 2Li*a Lead Industries Association April 27-28, 19SS For the Tew 195b ; :. V CTBERAL SfflflftRT ' >.. In sy report to you a year ago Z pointed out that aince Uorld Bar IX the courae of erenta in our industry had demonstrated an inability to consume, without stockpiling, all tha lead that can be produced* In fact, supplies haws exceeded actual consumption in that period by aooc 1,000,000 tons* This situa tion still exists despite better consumption abroad and consumption at a rate of 1,100,000 tons in the United States in 195b* Another significant fact is that average annual per capita consumption of lead in the U* S* in the five years ended in 1929 was 15.1 lb., end in the firs years ended in 1951t was 11*.5 lb., a reduction equivalent to about 50,000 tons a year on present population* (See table attached) A substantial change in tha pattern of lead consumption can also be noted* I raised the question last year whether our Industry was talcing full advantage of its opportunities to expand tha markets for lead and its products and cited some fields to which more attention might be devoted, for example radiation shielding, ceramics and cable sheathing* (It is interesting to note that the use of lead in ceramics increased 12 per cent In 1951* over 1953 while overall lead consumption fell about eight per cent.) I an hapjy to report ; that during 195b the Association laid a substantial foundation for iKre con ;i structive action in this direction by the establishment ty pig lead sellers of a new Industry Developewnt Fund and the creation of a Technical Steering Com mittee composed of top technical personnel of both producers and consumers* Detail* of these two actions are given in the body of this report* In addition, we have continued to promote the use cf lead in building 3 arid as a material of chemical construction through the Metallic Lead Product* Division, and of red lead as a metal protective paint through the Pigments and Chemicals Division. Our health and safety work has continued to be e major activity and one requiring more and mere attention with tha publicity given to childhood lead poisoning and the mass of regulations involving lead which many communities ore promulgating* Our Solder Committee has also continued its work on the Soldering Handbook. A large amount of effort has gone into tha preparation of techrdc&l and publicity articles and other material designed to disseminate more widely information about lead* Regular services liko sta tistical and Information Bulletins have continued* A pension plan for employoes of the Association was act up effective January 1, 1955* It was financed from Ordinary Fund rosenrea and cost Just under $60,000 to tho end of 1955* This substantially rsdueed Ordinary Fund reserves but still left them in the neighborhood of $50,000 at the beginning of 1955. i .'..y 11*111 a i,m. ''ipgaiyiejJV N 1854.01 yl y i wswuimr iw niwiM ^ J J iwaWHsgi^FwwfweTefWiii i i f d f PWHWJWPfJli iJUJUfe IJPIIhP1 P.l 4 JLljJ1 l .* L LIA22882 IL IJIIPW attfc* . . fSt . tfnViii friiini'ntTi J~ rt i " iiefk.uartn* liAl ArVi ire hBgViTiiwiiA. Annual Matting -2- April 27-28, 1955 Incidentally, Pa are proud of our able staff and the low rata of turn* 0 orer we have enjoyed. The pension plan la a fins recognition of this etrvlce and placoa the Association In a such better position to assure a capable, permanent staff in the future* In the face of rising costs we here tried to sake all possible economies consistent with affective operation* In that connection tha possibility of occurr ing Joint office space tilth tha Amoricsn Zinc institute which could affect Monocles in oertaln departments vaa thoroughly explored, as our lease expiree April 30, 1555 and a substantial rental increase was requested* Since the A*Z*I* Isaac did not expire for another year and since there appeared to be opposition to the Move tgr s o bs in A.Z.I. for various reasons, we havo extended our lease for another year at an lnereaaa. Arrangements were made, however, with tha Metal Powder Association to increase their payments to L.Ul. starting with January 1, 1555* Substantial economies were nada in salarlos by a reduction in tha six* of the staff. Careful scrutiry of such items aa travel expense, entertclnBont, tolephone and others also effected econocies* Details of our various activities are reported on the following pages end it is hoped that menDors will toko tho tine to read than. At the conclusion of the report will be found the dotallod audited statement of our accounts* The secretary-treasurer wishes to thanic the entire Baoberahip for its loyal support and cooperation and to call attention to the valuable guidance and direction of the officers and directors who have devoted so such tine and thought 9 to the Association's affairs* IKJJSTKT DEgg-OPMBnr TOO The sellers of primary pig load sold in the United States, regerdosa of the country of origin, have established a fund to be used solely for industry deve lopment. Each such seller will subscribe to this Fund at a uniform rate per ton of load sold, storting with January, 1955* Part of this money has been earmnrxad for tha two promotional divisions of tho Association - Metallic lead Products and Pig ments and Chomicals - where, combined with smaller amounts subscrlbod by manufacture of these products, it will be usod to continue the work of these Divisions* Retain ing monay in this Fund will be usod at the discretion of tha subscribing companies for other industry development purposos* Establishment of this Fund will undoubted!* give the Association greater flexibility in its development activities* TECHNICAL STCTIM3 COMMITTEE During tho 19SU annual mooting of tho Association, a group of top techni cal non from somo of the member companies mot informally to discuss the industry's technical and research probirds. It came up with a recoomondatloa to the Board that a permanent Technical S tooring Coed ttee be established to guide and advise tho Board and the secretory in technical and research matters and to develop means of Bore widely disseminating accurate information about the properties of lead* In this latter w^y it was felt that others might be encouraged to dovalop new applica tions for lead by loomin'* that its properties would help solve tholr problems. In 0 Deceobor, this Cocmittoe vns formally ostabllshod by the Board and la now function ing. w.ysp*Ml-' etB-sj^jw- i ijpiiimeij ' rnniw "$r " ' r- '"v^ l -U>* *j( rSL^rFr'if nififtiltfr1 ^22883 ui -ijljlTi'-iiliIII ' Tm'frii if nilill'iirifiMTf-^ - - Anndal Meeting 3 April 27-28, 15SS An immediate Job before this Committee la to genre u an editorial board 0 for an A.C,S, Monograph on Lead which tbo American Chonical Society haa asked the Asaociation to prepare, and which will be printed and published at no expense to the L.I.A. This appears to be an ideal way to accomplish one of the prise pur poses of the Criad*"V*e - wide dissemination of technical information about lead and its products which will encourage others to nak* use of lead and lead products in the solution of their own problems, l e a s in mnemo - The promotional work on lead piunbin* is carried out under the Metallic Lead Products Division, At the start of 195U the international pluabers union askod us to loon then one of our field Ben, Robert A* Camp, to help thea set up and prepare for the first International apprentice contest it sponsored, which included an appreciable eaount of lead work. Pealing that he could do us Bach good in that capacity, at no cost to us, we compiled. After the contest in August, he was offered a permanent position as educational coordinator for the union at a figure beyond our ability to most. He, thoreforo, remained with the union and our field work was conducted through the year by one man. Honor S. Xetman, However, in Hr. Comp's new position ha is still proving of groat value to us. Vs further cooperated in the contest, which has now become on annual affair, by sup plying the necessary lead far the apprentices to work with and a Judge for the lead work, David K* Borcina, of our staff. A major development in the plumbing field has been tbs rapid growth in tho use of prewiped and machine-wiped Joints on load connections. This apparently has reached its fullest development in the southoastorn end southwestern ports of the United States. In general, these Joints are being node by independent firms who purchase the lead material from lead manufacturers and whose business is en tirely devoted to making prewiped Joints for sale through tho usual channels. A recent survey by us indicates an absolute irtntmm of 10,000 such pre wiped Joints per month being sold by Just two companies in the southern pert of the United States, with one nonufocturar using about 100 tons of lead pipe fittings per year for this purpose and another using two or three times that amount* To cur knowledge there are at least ten companies now engaged in this work on various scales. The advantage to us of the growth in popularity of this product is that prowlpel Joints are considerably less expansive than hand-wiped Joints, particularly those hand-wiped cn tho Job, the contractor knows his overt cost without a labor variable, end they eliminate the need for a largo number of skilled lead workers. Thus le&d plumbing becomes noro competitive with other materials. The use of this product la growing rapidly and it is our belief that this trend will continue despite the opposition in some quarters by union plumbers. Also we believe that the Association should encourage this development particularly in those areas whoro littlo or no lead is now being usod and in such a manner as would not Jeopardise our good relations with skilled lead working plumbers. 0 Insofar as can be determined the uso of this development will not have to evercoco ary restrictive plumbing coda provisions such as is encountered in intro ducing new competing materials and was encountered by tho load and cast-iron drive ferrules some years ago. *in .... vwayi->mpw-w<emifriwwiwwism-iEa>^ m i i i --im w i m jWM '5 I" U"mI'WTV'IWV"T* 1'eqneu.i ^ 1 JW I'.'.'AI JjJ' jjjji rowr h m fl L H lg^|y"' 1 ^BgBagiWpM^B Ti LIa22884 i i 5 i' 1 0 Annual Meeting -b- Ifril 27-26, .'955 Ur. Totoan continuod the fiold work throughout 1951i, speaking to mazy state and local nootlngs of plumbing contractors and Jounxymon plumbers, and to the national convention of the American Socloty of Sanitary Engineers. At that mooting he first called public attontion to the availability of wiped joints through the usual channels, a statoaont which was singled out for attention la the report of the meeting. PLOMBESS* rORVH Two issuos of *Plumber's forum" wore published during the year sad mailed to our list of 30,000 plumbing contractors, journeyman, inspectors, iz>- etructors and wholesalers. One of the articles in the forum describing load plumbing in two large housing projects was rsprlntod in the "Journal of ths Rational Association of Homo Builders,1 piclcod up by tbo United frees, and re printed elsewhere. LEAD V/OBK TECT BOOT We hare continued our offorte to lncroase the number of apprentice and journeyman classes in lead work and have enjcyed tho support of our members who have supplied materials to those classes at low cost* Our text book, "Lead Work for Modern Plumbing" continued to sell well, nearly 1,000 additional copies being sold during the year. Since it first appeared about 5,500 copies have been distributed at a cost of only about $2,000 to tho Association. He are in formed that the international plumbers union will make this text a part of its cwn training program which should create a demand for mazy more thousands of copies. MISCELLANEOUS PLPMBIMO ACTIVITIES More than 1,000 additional copies of our brochure, "Lead in Modern Plumbing" were distributed in 1951** bringing the total distribution since pub lication in 1951 to ovor 26,000 copies. Mr. Tetoan has continued to serve an the Plumbing Conmittoe of the Building Rosaarch Advisory Board of the National Research Council and was a member of tha Committee which prepared the recently issued American Standard numbing Code by the American Standards Association. Specifications for Chemical Laboratory Drainage Systems wore com pleted, approved by members and nlnoographed. Kundrods of roquosts for copies hero already been received. At tho invitation of tho international plwabara union and in space provided by thorn, ue had an exhibit of load plumbing at tho annual Business Managers Cenferunce of that union in Washington in January, 195iu This was most important group for us to coos before. He also cooporatod with tho Murray Kill Trade School, New Xork, in preparation of o C.E.S. Tolovislon Show in Docembor on which students st that school demonstrated wiping joints on lead sorvloe pipo at usod in New Tork* `  naiams*mmMaun^^upM1*^ '^ Jgjitppw uw^g|)giBMg|jjia^r '-' ; J' -- *,i,.ygn, L1a22885 .: < ! i r1 i iiflflrifcSfeni ii^Tiilfctffi rrrnliFffirftBria *-"*- ^ *- Annual Moating 5- April 27-28, 1555 SEAL or APTROTAL All Liconsing Agreements for tbo use of the Load Industries Ssal of Ap proval woro cancellod bocause of the possiblo financial liability that night be placed on the Association in the evont of danage, and in view of the Association's inability to Inspect all or even a largo ample of notorial bearing the Seal* Son# dissatisfaction with this step has boon expressed and consideration of seas alternative course nay be warranted* CHEMICAL COKSTHUCTIOR Kcapton H* Roll of the Association staff has devoted a large pert of his tine to the use oi load in chemical construction and related corrosion prob lems. As chairman of tbo Northoost Region of the Rational Association of Corro sion Rnginoars he has boon in a good position for this work* Ms bos boon ap pointed general chairman for the next annual nesting and exposition of that na tional organisation* During 195U, four now Chemical Bullotins woro prepared and circulated to members. Three additional Chemical Construction Bullotins were sent to our list of some 1,300 chemical construction companies, professors and students of chomical engineering, chonieal manufacturers, and chonied enginoen* The annual review cf lead and lead alleys as materiels of chemical construction was again prepared at the request of the American Chemical Society for publication in the October, 1951* issue of "Industrial naa Engineering Che mistry.' Also, on article ou bonded load linings was supplied to "Quadrangle," publication of tbo Collogo of Enginoorlng, New fork University* Material for on orticlo on "Load Linings-fas ter, Bottor, Cheaper," was supplied to "Chonlcnl Engineering" and appeared in the February, 1951* issue. Ho assisted tho oditors of the samo magazine in prropviratlon of on article "More Than Bolding Its Own* Lead* which nppeorod in the "Materials of Construction," 16th Biennial Ropurt section of that magazine* SOLDER The Association's Soldor Cocnltteo, composed of ropresontativos of four member solder manufacturers, undor the chairmanship of DJI. Borcina of tbo staff, mot several times during tho yoor. Its work of preparing a Soldoring Handbook to bo publlshod by the American i'oldlng Socloty is nearing completion. Some of the nonbors of this Conmlttoe* with Mr* Borcina as moderator* presented a penal dis cussion on soldor before a mooting of the Hew Tork Section of the American Society for Motels. MISCELLAHEQPS METAL fSODTCTS \CTXVITH3 The soction on "Load Boso Materials* for on "Engineering Mstorisir Hand book" to be published by tho KcQraw-m.il Book Co., has boon prepared by the Associ ation* It will sot forth in do toil the pjropwrtios, ferns, use* and othor pertinent data of use to englnoors about load and its allays* i SJ 'SW T-S.'F 'III'! U'l.fj IU* IIJJI. s "P> 'i^ iJiiwi i f iji | i i i i ^ ( > iiiiiHiwwiB^wpi>i^i<ii>ii i mp;ip m *fH!iP!MWPBSW'f!^N,,*,w*5(N^*"w." uwwwswfp**' t1 u i.ac^|Bpi^ani|pgpw*a9<r LlA22886 -.:-"3*l > -. fru'.X-,r Annual Meeting -6 April 27-28, 1955 Wo assisted tha editors of "Materials & Mothodi* in preparation of tho physical end mochanical properties of load, fabricating properties, corrosion re sistance), and sr.-JJ.abio forms and usos for tho "Materials Engineering filo Poets" which apposrod in tho October, 1951* issue of the magazine* Por tho fifth succossivo pear, the locturo on "Lead os an Engineering Material" sras presented boforo 200 graduate engineering students at the Newark College of Enginooring* Mr. Boll senrod os chairman and Mr* Borcina os o moebor of the program committee of the Now York Soction of the Amoricon Socioty for Motols, sad os such wore ablo to eoo that load received proper attention ot tho mootings of that or ganisation* At the request of tho author, tho material on load work for "Architec tural Graphic Standards* was again roricwod and brought up to date by the Associa tion for o 5th edition soon to bo published* The Association suppllod tbo magc2ine, "National Roofor" with nstorial for on article on tho 3,COO lb. of load flashing usod on a model houso in Vermont In accordance with specifications proparod tgr tho L.IJU j RED lEuD Our work in the promotion of red load as a motal protoetire point pig ment has boon carried on undor tho Figments and Chemicals bivision. The technical director of that Division loft our onploy at tbo boginninr of 1951** Hotrovor, tho Rod Load Technical Coonitton contlnuod to function with Dr. I- L. Carrick of ths University of Michigan as consultant, and Charles Chorry of our staff assigned half-time to tha rod lead work and serving as secretary to the Comsittoe* -> In 195U two additional Rod Load Technical Loiters, Nos. 8 and 9, ware Issued. They dealt rospoctivoly with "Primers for Railroad Structures and Rolling Stock" and "Rod Load Paints for Galvanised Steel, Rusted, Weathered or Treated New," The first was distributed to a mailing list of 9,500 and the second to 13,000. An article basod on tho latter has boon proparod end accepted for publication by "Paint and Varnish Production" magazine. Work was also bojun on another Technical Letter, to be published xn 1955, which will includo case histories of red load applications instead of formulations. r Tho Rod Lead Technical Committee mot four times during 1952*, one of these mootings being devotod to an inspection of tho Cosnittoe's exposure tests* Two new oxposuro projects wore initiated, one dealing with the addition of litharge to \ primers for galvanlzod rurfacos, end the other to evaluating the merits of additions i of flaked metallic lead to rod load primers* An inspection of the continuing Joint Navy-L.I.A. exposure teste was mad* by Navy and L.T.A. representatives in June, While no report has yot beon made on those tests, indications are very favorable to rod lead* rc f- *)`JW ., . 4 ;.r______ III t TWWgi'. i 11.., Ijp....^jpi! tilt tpgl.y;W 1 -----------------------------------* LIA22887 tlH U SWiWl . ........H'JM'W 11'P f ^ DSHli. ! ) ,mJ m i i i w w i ' .......i -aw^ j f i iup yn. yafiifAttaKj Snttfihfcc Annual Masting ? April 87-28, 1?5S Support of ths Stool Structures Pointing Council \.*oa continued nnd meet- 0 Inga of tho Council and ita Reaearch Committoe wro regularly attended* Red lead formulations hove boon vidoly adopted in the Council's Painting Manual* Of particu lar significance-in the second volume of the Manual, about to be issued, is the adoption of e red load primer, suggested by an L.X.A. representative, as the stan dard one-coct shop primer for onclosed structural steel* This is said to be the most uidoly used primer in tho steel Industry and formerly contained no lead* The Association is represented in tho Signal Section of the Association of Anorican Railroads and has submitted to It a quick drying rod load fomulstioc as a substitute for a slower (hying paint now in their specifications. Xt Is tho S6Q0 as Navy Formula No* 116* Our ropros .ntativo also attondod tho annual sooting of tho Federation of Paint and Tarnish Production Clubs to koop abreast of dovolopnonts and maintain liaison with that industry* Monthly lists of persons requesting rod load lltoraturo havo boon sup plied to our mombors who make rod load* REVISION OF ATMOSPHERIC LEAD STANDARD An activity that should bo of groat interest to mombors is tho work of tho Subcocnittoo on Lead of tho Comlttoo on Toxic IXists and Oases of tho American Standards Association, of i*ilch cur director of health and safoty, Manfrod Bowditch, is chairman. The allcrwablo limit for nir contamination by load and its more im portant inorganic compounds has for years stood at 0*1$ mg* por cubic motor. Tbs subcommittee Is proposing an upward revision of this Standard which, if adopted, would afford relief to members from often onerous regulations. As two mombors of this subcommittee sro also members of tho governmental comaitt-oo a*iich promulgates similar standards (ono os chairman) tho boliof is warrruitod that thore will bo uni formity in the figures ultimately adopted by both committees. CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONIW This problem has boon a major "hoadacho" end sourco of considerable advorso publicity, Mr* Bowditch served as secretary to tho American Standards Associ ation's Subcommittee on Hazards to Children from Hosidual Surface Coating Materials of tho Committoo to Minimize Hooj Hazards to Children* A standard was dovelopod and adopted by A.S.A. for toxic ingredients of paints for surfacot which nay bs chowod by children. The basic part of tho standard has boon accepted by Now fork City and Chicago health authorities, a stop towards uniformity among municipalities unalterably determined to attack this problem by tho seemingly futile means of warm ing labals on paints* Whilo that part of tho Baltimore study of this preblom for tdilch our $10,000 grant was cade, was conplotod a yonr ago, tho fact that it has boon comtinuod with funds from other sources has lod to deity In tbo published report* Howovor, four papers based on the work ere being prepared and two should bo ready for publication soon* A rearrangement of the laboratory work on load at Children's Modlcal Centor, Boston, supported ty us at an annual cost of about $2,500 for mazy yoart, has uffoctud a major saving and will cost us practically nothing during tho current yoor. Mornwhllo, Dr. R.K, y,rs, who has conducted this work, published two papors basod on it in 1951* They are "Urinary Excretion of Load in Children1 Diagnostic Application" in tho "American Journal of Diseases in Children," and "Edathamil Cal cium-Dliodiua (Vcrsonato) in TroaUiont of Load Poisoning in Children* in tho same Journal* a' 11. w. Mil m ijaiw* -w *w iwsiw zw.wiH^iii.ani wniws 0 m n n i~ m h r....... iww ^ II1UWI1U i'siiunpiwy um i "'--H-^ *--hw \ Vv S> ' -" LIA22888 ' " :- - Win I'-Mih'a.u.-r-irtA.Fl.. ., . -------------- -. ,, , i.^ ., . , . - ..................................... Annual Ifaoting 0 Aja-11 27-23, 19S5 Ho havo informally supported a program of tho American Academy of Pediat 0 ries for establishment of 'poisoning control contort* in major cities to aid physicinna in diagnosis and txuatoor.t of childhood poisonings. Statistics gathorod bjr tho Acadory show that such agents as koroseno and aspirin arc responsible for naiy ooro child poisonings than load* LABELIDO OF LEAD COMPOUNDS Oovoronontal roqulrcoonts for warning lsbols on potentially toxic sub stances aro rapidly on tho lncroaso. In addition to paint labeling regulations, at loast sovon jurisdictions (California, Hawaii, Illinois, Now Jorscy, How Tork City, Now lork State and Oregon) now roquiro warnings on various load compounds shipped by sxuobors, Wo have boon ablo to socuro accoptanco of unifoni wording in all those Jurisdictions and will nako ovory offort to oxtond this uniformity as roquirod to avoid nultiplo loboling which night oasily become intolorablo. As s natter of fact, now similar legislation is now ponding in Connecticut, Massachu setts and tho City of Chicago and is receiving our attention* This illustrates tho growing trend toward labelling legislation* 7T7E IT PUNT Tho Investigation undor tho guidance of Dr* H* B* Elkins of Massachu setts, icltlatod as a moans of refuting tho contention by a chemist of tho Fe deral Oovornaant that tho use of this paint on tho interiors of potable water supply tanks would invclvo a load poisoning hazard, is bolng cent.Innod for tho life of tho paints suppliod by us for tho purposes of this study. Tho noarly 0 200 analyses mado of tho waters exposed to tho paint continuo quite uniformly favorable and a satisfactory termination of tho work soons now a forogono con clusion* LAID THKRAiT Tho relatively new drug knevn as calcium othylonedianlnetotraacetate, or 'Ca E3TA,'' has continued to show itself of 'yoat value in the troataont of both adult and childhood load poisoning. Its davolopoont is being carefully watchod, and Mr. Bow ditch speko briefly on this subjoct at a session of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation in Pittsburgh lest year* PAirrm s t e e l rsLDiwo s t u d t The study of fumo gonoration from welding and flame cutting of red lead painted stool has apparently been completed. Wo havo not ns yot roceivod a report but merely a copy of a lottor to thi Navy Bureau of Uodlcine briefly outlining the results. Tho recoption of the results received by the Navy and future developments are not yet clear* PUBLIC HEALTH S-XVICE LABORATORY SUB7ET As tho rosult of our suggestion to them last fall, tho U. S. Publio Health Service is undortakirg o survay of sooe 100 laboratories throughout the country to datormina their compotonco in tho analysis of biological materials (blood and urino), and probably also paints, for the porcontage of oontainod lead. This should be cxtreaoly vsluablo to our industries in (1) tolling thaa where they say sofoly turn for such sorvlco, (2) roducirw tho incidence of misdiagnosis of plumblaa by physicians, and (3) bringing about improvement in tho nuabor and quality of such sorvlces available to industry and to tho modicnl profession* -i A i- F. )  W8W1'"V '. !^"8W *' 'L " ."" '' LIA22889 V' >tfi.im Annual Meeting 9 - April 27-28, 1?S5 LE1P IN MODERN IKDU5TRT I The book, jxibllshod by the Association In 1952, he* sold error 3,000 copies to date. In addition about 1,100 oonpliaontary copies havo boon distri buted whore, In our opinion, it would bo particularly valuable to the industry to have thee. For example, in l?5k a eompllaontaiy nailing of about U50 copies was nado to the hoads of stotallurgical, chemical, civil, Mechanical and architec tural onglnooring dopartoonts in 95 colleges and universities, This ]>. colvod an onthusiastic response and naty complinantary lettors were rooelved fron the rocipiont*. "LEAD" KlQAZUg This publication was issued twice during 1951 and nailed to our list of some 35,000 architects, construction companies, utilitios, railroads, choaical conpanica and other potential usors of load. Each issue contains a variety of articles on the use of lead, including piunbing, paint, chemical construction, cable, radiation protection and maty othors* Following each lssuo tho Associa tion receivos a largo nuabar of in)uirioa for our other literature and for as sistance involving the uso of lead and its products* BOOKS ATO KTICLES An important part of the staff work is the preparation of promotional and educational artlclos about load for nagsxinos and books published by others and to keop an eye on naiy publications that refer to load to see that the subA joct Is handled properly. Sons of these havo already been mentioned in sections of this roport dealing with specific usos of load* In addition, lir, Borci.oa wrote tho chapter on load for an economic geo graphy being edited by Prof, Albert S. Carlson, Department of Geography, Dartmouth College. Pfc also checked and revised the soetlona dealing with load In "New World of Chemistry* published ty tho Silver Burdett Co* Also roviewod and extensively revised was tho section cn load for an encyclopedia sot to bo published ty the Katlcr.al Lexicographic Board* Ar. artlclo about what tha Association la and does was written fer publication in the Encyclopedia of Chonistry, editod ty Prof, Georgs Clark of tho University cf Illinois, to bo published by Rcinhold Publishing Co* A Juries of two articles cn load was written for "Railway Purchases and Storos" magazine and appeared in tho Dc-cesbor, 195k, and Fobruary, 1955 issues* Tho secretary of tho Association, ns usual, wrote the load soctlon for the "Bngineorlng 4 Wining Journal" annual iwlew issue, and also shorter articles on recont developments in lead for "Iron Age,* and "Steel." He also again prepared the introductory toxt and summary for the load section of tho "Tear Book" of the Ar.orlc.an Bureau of Metal Statistics* Tho Association supplied photographs and drawings fer tho section cn selection and application of pwint in "Modern Farm 5hop" rocontly published by the Stack Co,, Austin, Tax., which contains excellent recommendations for white lead paint* It Is one of the ".lorktaxt" surlet for vocational agriculture students* 8 * 1W "g" gray MWII^WPlfWgiipi^ i^JCPP.T^.^l^^ippBWiWWww"" '1 '--------- 1JWS '' LIA22890 .'--Ci-- - J--^- . . v-., rw.-4.^--^Av-- ylu^lSulii uftoirUda**--jut Annual Moating - 10 April 27-28, 1955 PACKAOIMO The Association's Packaging Committee did not soot durii^ 195b bocaus* there seemod to be llttlo nood, As an indirect result of this Committee's earlier deliberations, however, individual lend producers worked with individual consumer* and suceedod in solving some of the problems brought out in Committee by producing one-ton blocks now being supplied conzaarcially for some consumers, reportedly at a considerable saving to consumers who aro equipped to use them* - STATISTICS Mo changes in the statistical services of the Association occurred during the past year. However, several steps wore taken to improve the statistics by get ting greater cooperation from certain non-member consumers resulting in groater ac curacy, particularly in tho lead consumption and stock reports. Members wero provided with a convenient eoaprehensivo report of C. S. lead production, imports, consumption and everago yearly prices for the years 19255k, conpilod by tbs Association from rooognizod published sources. To answer requests from several members we issued a complete report of the changes in the tariff on load and lead products since 1930, as provided by the U. S. Tariff Cotasission, and supplied it to all members in March, 195U, The secretary servos cn several committees in 'Washington dealing with 8 statistics, such as Industry or Sovormsnt Advisory Committee on Schedule B Revi sion, Purosu of Census] and Advisory Council on Foioral Reports, Standard Industrial Classification Code, Committee or. Primary Metal Industries and Mining, He attended a meeting in March at which certain interests attempted greatly to curtail the load statistical Services of, tho Bureau of Minos, Wo modo every effort to see that no curtailment would be made that would reduce tho value of these services to our mem bers, and with the help given us by nonbers, we bcliavo we were successful. In fact, tho timeliness cf Buroau reports has improved. MEMBSSHIP Mo changes in ooeuborship took placo during 195b, Slnco tho first of this year, however, throo now members havo boon addod - Pond Oreille Mines and Metals Co,, a relatively now, important and growing lead mining company in the State cf 'Washington, and two secondary smelters, Dixlo Lead Co,, of Dallas', and Aaron Feral and Sons Co,, of Omaha, MISCELLANEOUS This report can not tell in detail of tho hundrods of Individual problems that como to tho staff by mall, phone and porsonal visit, from both mambara and nontoobors. Many of theso aro tino-consuming, but an offrrt ia elw^ys made to assist the inquirer to tho fullest of our ability. Much tlrao Is also devoted to maintain ing liaison with the various technical and trade organisations and. <c-eraDont agenclos that have any boaring whatsoever on our produets, Tho Asssclntl on is rtpresontod on tho National Technical Task Commlttoo on Industrial Wcstos of the U. S, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, which mot once during the year. 1 yv^VBnwvw*CTirTV^*^^pT"aWjiiLHMu.'.V'vvi'j*Lii 1 a ml u j j .;m ......................... iiiw .ii .jus j. -vVivfc'-. --nwwwwi ,'i uwm* w. a ,^1 ^ 11,1 j ^j i, ipm .ijuamm I-IA2 2891 WHJKSm 9 -rn it* sfajStotStMfcifcl. Annual Meeting -n- April 27-26, 1955 t Wo wore again lnvltod to attend, and accepted, tbo Annual Battery Con ference aponaorol tgr the Signal Corpa Engineering Laboratories at Fort Monmouth, N. J. Members woro provided with a report of papora of intereat to the leal in dustry. A load ponol was prepared by tho Association as a port of a permanent periodic table exhibit at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. It includes a numbor of samples of lead products and an information carl file giving more de tails of the properties of lead. INFORHiTIOa BULLETHS Those have boon issued approximately monthly and roquiro careful peru sal of scores of publications. They are eleo a moons of hooping members Informed of important Association activities. RADIATION SHD-LDIHO In recognition of the growing potential market for load as a nuclear shielding notorial, your Association has attempted to keep abreast of developments. Wo have taJced with a number of exports in the field to determine our position end what the industry can do to improve it. Our talks with tho editor of Nucloonics* magazine so interested him that he has informed us of his intention to have a study of shielding materials msdo for the magazine. Ho also told us of a book now in 0 preparation on this subject for tho McGraw-Hill Book Co. Yio have contacted the author and he is on our annual mooting program. He has boen invited to rolats soars of the shielding problems to our Technical Steering Comedtteo. Wo have also sodo plans to attend sovorol nucloar conferences during tho coning yoar, and attondod an international nuclear conference sponsored by tho American Institute of Chemical Engineers at Ann Arbor, Rich., during 195U* CERAMICS Tho potentialities of high load content pwrcolain cnanolod aluminum were reported to tho membership at tho l$5lt annual mooting by B. C. Bricker of the duFont Co. Indications arc that during the yoar this product has mado substantial commercial progross. This has led us to work closely with loading producors of the product and material is being gathorod for publicity purposes. It has furihor led us to irwostigato other possibilities of oxpanding the uso of load in ceramics and it seems likely that efforts in this direction could meet with succoss. As mentioned earlier tho uso of load in ceramics mado a substantial gain (12 percent) in 195lt over 1953, when load consumption was falling about 8 porcent. It might bo wise to east our lot with a growing market and not dolsy until something olso has made inroads on it, as this industry has so ofton dono. CABLE SHEATHING Discussions with one of our cable manufacturing mambers havo resulted in a suggestion from them that rosoarch bo undertaken to find bettor cable cheath alloys. @ It is their fooling that such a program might protoct the atill sizablo market for load in their industry. The mattor has been referred to the Technical Steering Com mittee for study and rocomoondntions. We are activo on -the Ccblo Sheath Corrosion Coenittoo of the National Association of Corrosion Englnoera. wut*n "WW 'Sgu^l^y?? . '^kv. ;'7":......................., **-*1! V: "^ .... -. gpp' LI A22892 f v- -;;v-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Wetlng - 12 - April 27-28/1955 1 Wilts lead Red lead A litharge Storage battories Cable covering Building Calking Tetraethyl 99 .`munition Poll -1 Bearing netel Solder lyponetal 3 Other usos >; Total PEt CAPITA COHSOTtPTIOW OF LEA!) a Average yearly Consunption (a} (In abort tons) 1925-29 1950-51 Avarago Yearly Consunptioo for Capita (b) (In pounds) 1925-29 1950-5b 123,900 35,1*00 195,000 180,1*00 92,1*00 31,100 (c) 35,600 3b,500 33,200 36,200 16,bOO 66,ino 900,200 23,800 68,500 35U.50C 139,700 58,U00 b7,300 11*1,100 31,700 3,600 29,900 69,600 26,300 lbb.000 1,138,bOO 2,08b 0.596 3.280 3.03b 1.55b 0.52b (e) 0.600 0.580 0.558 0.608 0.276 l.bb6 15.11*2 0.3Q3 0.973 b.520 1.781 0.71*5 0.603 1.799 o.bob 0.0b6 0.381 0.887 0.335 1.637 lb.5lb (a) A.B.k.S. (b) 118,906,000} 1950-51*, 156,866,000. (e) Included with "Other Uses* :i i 9 WJAil I " HWasaMWSJ pw I-1"'{-?! i -SEtr- k m LIAE2893 * i > 3 i i ) j y e V *"""' Mating tgrll iJ-J*, (Ht Dm TrMxjrvr r**p*etfully tutnlt* tit* report of the audit of t*i* account* *f th* auoclatlpn u of 0c*ne*r ji, Its*, to M**ln* * Sell*, u follateti *<! g SOU Certified rutile accountant* ... tf ro*d nntt m ton ,.j" tctourraiT** cumriOTt l*t* irduitrl** tiuclitltni e hav* tianlntd tit* ttldtci ii*et of lead indvtrt* ataoclttltn a* *f tm*o*r i l ttti and tit* relat** ttatuxnt of Incona, *xp*n*, and r**erve* for tha y*ar than n*ii. Our eanlntlon n* MO* In accordance irlth generally accepted auditing stendarda, *a* accordingly Included tuck tett* Of tit* accounting record* and tuck 0th*r auditing pro cedure* ** ee con*Id*red necettery In th* clrcuwtane**. |r our opinion, th* acconpaiylng balance meet and atatauant of liter***, rtpetMt, an* re*erve pr*t*nt fair)/ th* financial potltlon of tha ***acl*tlen *t Pecoaoar jt, to** an* th* r**u1ti of It* op*rat Ion* for th* year then ended, In conforalty altn generally accept** accounting prlnelpla* applla* on a b*lo con*lat*nt altn that ef th* preceding year. (llgnad) aunt} * StUJ pfl< i, ms satMCt wen. ctctuau >1, lf fmu. CAW (tnctudW^ iMlftgi tmk tffpotltt, tM.Ul.n).................................... ac q u it s ttc w a*u .........................-......................................................... . ao v mc u rot rnrti .......................................................................................... 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UU,)4.M unuyx 2*m.oo Itt.eo tlTlrMS.ST 9 9t.U UTMOST OTUl (1) Tht eoft of fyrtiltttrt* flvtwrtfp A*to***>l1 t. to itpAM* Aqw1pmt hit b*9* rrltti* oft (2) G* 9v^r ys. tsc 1 tttIrwM v>d f *a s 1o a Maa mi idottotf for tnployttf tf tK AtACC I At IO** TTSf ?Mt MfVlCf COtt At of JAM*A<> 1, ItU* tM tfffCtlvt dAlt of tht f) AA, Ml OStlMAlAd VA N AppTOzlmUl JT 472*100. r t V k . 'jwww 11m ti.ilw iu t b ^j w j ij pi**i J' * h i* tgpanrwyp,p4iiiyg^;yMPwrr=g; - *"' ' ;'* ' O N 1854.02 ^- IW . .- " '-' VS <'~~k -' J' '!.'jf^WWJ '"l * . * ^ k ~ . 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QMtPQl----* at. 192. 22 0 1.9*9*10 IK,0*0.61 mi <2*^*--ll SA 1L= tlS.Tlr.M 177*97 US.07 i*m.$7 1.SC 071. <1 92.99 19**99 I99.* 1*1.97 IH. 1* 1,92*. 00 100.00 U.1S tM.m.n S 907,2V 29.9*9*1* 17. <70.49 . SlO.tOO.OO 199* so 169.99 S.799,01 1*1.23 *32.07 079.9* 192.0* 137.99 223.91 279.99 . t t.in.H 191*92 90*.19 1.07*.H 100.00 3.90 1*7.90 92.9* 72.00 2.S21.H 1,<91.<* J.o*.* 1*.*1 9V.01 Ho 20 9.972.79 12,916*21 ut.2M.eo i.* 1.C>.00 ttt.tr ___*rU.22fiS- Mio. 220.*9) U.0*4.0) 1.730.00 4.J77.M yflg ||II"14IH-|^.. jqoMBJWujM' ^ ." ruumjwitwunw :}C ' >* .^!g'wwg.i>^Lgiiyqi. LIA22895 ^pw rVin ifyartMlgit Wke^iTaaMtnfr'itfffffri irskafcieifiiiwiwisinrwfiaM LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION MO LXXMOTOM AVENUE NEW YOM t7, N. T. April, 1955 MBBERS or THE LEAD IMDUSTRIES ASSOCLVriOX 6 Allied Smelting Corp, $116 V* Lincoln Are. Milwaukee lit. Vis* Alpha Metals, Inc Box 3b, Bergen Station Jersqr City b, V. J. The Anerican Metal Co*, Ltd, 61 Broadway Row Tort 6, * T. American Smolting k Refining Co* 120 Broadway Hew Tort 5, M. I. Anaconda Copper Mining Co* The 0. A. Avril Co., 25 Broadway Langdon Farm RA. 4 Mew Tort b, * I, Load Products Dirtsion Seymour Are* Cincinnati 12, Ohio Sera k Conpary, Inc* Ashland k Lewis Sts. fhiladelphia 2b, Pa* Broken RU1 Associated Saoltor* Proprietary Ltd* Broken MU South, Ltd* Collins Hsuse Box 19b-C, G.P.O. Molbourne Cl, Australi Melbourne, Australia Bunker Rill & Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Co* Box 29 Kellogg, Idaho Cambridge Snelting Co* 100 Pacific St* Cambridge, Mass* Cerro do Pasco Corp* 1(0 Wall St. Row lork 5, R. T* The Consolidated Mining k Sooltlng Co* of Canada, Ltd* Box 300, Hoc# D*Arnes Montreal 1, Canada Mines, Inc* Wallace, Idaho Dickson Weatherproof Kail Co* Box 590 Evanston b. 111* Division Lead Co* 77b2 W. 6l Place Summit, HI* Dlxlo Load Co, E*0* Box 9131 . Dellas, Texas- E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co*, Inc. Wilmington 96, Del* The Eagle-Picbor Co* American Building Cincinnati 1, Ohio The Electric Storage Battery Co* Box 6109 Philadelphia 1, Pa* Ethyl Corp, 100 Park Ave* Mew Tork 17, I. I. Bus ton Load Co* (The didden Co*) 500 Penn Ave* Scranton 3, Pa* Evans Lead Division (Rational Lead Co.) Box 1167 Charleston 25, V. 7a. Evans Metal Co* Sox 97, Ro* Side Br* Atlanta, 0a* Federated Metals Division of Amo-ican Soeltlng k Rafining Co* 120 Brovhny Mew Vork 5, V. T. Aaron Ferer and Sons Co* 1C1-19 S* 6 St, Omaha 8, Mebr. The Firoston Tiro & Rubber Co* Box F, Firestone Park Akron 17, Ohio The Floaa Lead Co,, Inc* 52-00. 31 Place Long Island City 1, X. v,p. Fuller k Co* 3CO. Mission St* San Francisco 19, Cal* Gardiner Metal Co* 1(620 S. Campbell Ave. Qilcogo 32, Cl* Glaaer Load Co., Inc* 31 tyekoff Avo. Brooklyn 27, M. I. Goldsmith Bros. Soeltlng & Refining Co* 56 E. Washington St* Chicago 2, 111* Raanond Lead Products, Inc. 5231 Hohman Ave* Hammond, Ind* Hocla Mining Co* Hudson Sooltlng k Refining Co* Imperial Typ* petal Co, Tr.tomatlonal Sneltirg k Refining Cc 85-95 Ifratt Ave, 31.00 Araaingo Ave. Wallace, Idaho Howark 5, R. J. Philadelphia 3b, Pa* (Anaconda Sales Co., Agents) The Johnston Foil Manufacturlr^ Co. Knapp Mills, Inc. Lead Products Co* Inc* 25 Broadway 60X6-6120 S. Broadway 23-15 Borden Ave, P.0. Box 13U Row Tork b, V. I. St, Louis U, Mo* Long Island City 1, I. Houston 1, Texas Associate Moaber N 1854.03 mgg*imi*9My *m9r*yMUBrm.. ',B|pp>!|D".' 0 ' .................... - ... .. ly'WHl -.r..;3^,.-^ -i^.^ ,? : April, 1555 -2- MEMBERS Of THE LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION Jcxrn R. MacQregor Lead Co* Metro Soel ting Co. Mike ferae Mining 4 Milling Co. The Murdock Lead Products Co. Rational Lead Co. New Park Mining Cc. North Broken HU1( Ltd. Northwest Lead Co. The Ckonite Co. Pend Oreille Mines ft Metals Co. Pennsylvania Snelting 4 Refining Co. {helps Dodge Corp. River Smelting 4 Refining Co. Rochester Lead Works, Inc. St. Joseph Lead Co. Shattuck Denn Mining Oorp* Sipi Metals Corp. Standard Rolling Mills, Division of Revere Copper 4 Brass Inc. Sunshine Mining Co. United American Metals Corp. United Park City Mines Co. United States Smelting Refining and Mining Co. The Victory White Metal Co. fysan Vienor 4 Sons Vulcan Load Products Co. The Tiensley Metal Products Co. listens Electric Co. Inc. Western Lead Products Cc. tkilte Metal Rolling 4 Stepping Corp. Winchester Repeating Iras FI ant, Olln Mathiosoc Cheeical Corp. Tht Zinc Corp. Ltd. b520 W. 15 St. Ontario 4 Bath Sts. 620 Power Bldg. P. 0. Box 5298 111 Broadway Box 19Q3-R, O.P.O. 2700-16 Ave., . V. Old Natl. Bk. Bldg. 3100 E. Ontario St. 10 Mall St. bl9S Bradley Road 380 Exchengs St, 250 Park Av. 120 Broadway 1708-1720 Elston Avs. Chicago 23, HI* Philadelphia 3b, Pa. Helena., Mont. Dallas.2, Texas Row fork 6, R. T. Kaetlsy, Utah Melbourne, Australia Seattle b, Wash. Passaic, H. J. Spokane 8, Wash. Philadelphia 3b, Fa. New fork 5, R. Z. Clsvaland 1, Chio Rochester 8, X. T. Raw Tork 17, R. Z. New fork 5, M. I. Chicago 22, HI* 196 Diamond St. Brooklyn 22, X. Z* 115 N. Second St. Zakina, Wash. 193 Diamond St. Brooklyn 22, V, Z. Continental Bank Eldg. Salt Lake City 1, Utal 57 Million St, 6100 Roland Ave. 5300 Hatcher St. I5b5 >.' Pierce St. Ibb5 Osage St. 195 Broadwiy b530 E. Pacific Way 80 Moultrie St. Kew Tork 5, R. Z. Cleveland 27, Ohio Ricbnond 5, Va. Milwaukee b, his. Denver b, Colo. New Tork 7, M. Z. Los Angeles 22, Cal. Brooklyn 22, R. Z. Box 38t-D, O.P.O. Row Baron-b Conn* Melbourne, Australis Associate Member.