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International Smelting and Refining Company East Chicago. Indiana ftn-isn-n 3A >reh *3, 19*5 Nr. 0. S. Jobaiw, Plant NtM((r, last Chicago Office Onr Nr. Johnsoni Qa March 15th I attested a aeetlag of the Lead Plgaoat Manufacturer* Industry Advise*X-CBalttee_ vkldl u ird b} VTI. The aeatlag was b*Id~lA roea *3*6, Seelal 8wrtty Building, Washington, C. C. The presiding officer wee Charles I. Leva ef tha Protective Coating Section, Cbealcal kmv, w?|. la vaa aaalatad by mm. Benjaaln M. Belcher, lead af tba Protective Coating Bastion ef VPB. Acting la aa advisory capacity was MM. A1 Meats ef tha Bagla Pleber Lead Coapaay who le a dollar-par-year aaa aad dw divided hla tlaa batveaa Faglo Pleber aad VPB. There vaa alee aaa other rapraaaatatlva af VPB praaaat. belovt Theaa praaaat aad tba oapaalca they rapreaaat are listed Cooledge y* larlaas Knight MaCarthy Sprague Vlldaar vtifca Shervla-Vlll leas Bagla-Plshar International huts Lead Batleant Lead NaOreger Lead bwtea Lead atloaal a--sad Lead Mr. Palls Verasar, Secretary af tha Lead Industries Association vas aadaaverlag to register vtasa I arrived, la vaa aet permittad to register alaoe ba was aet a asaber ef tha esaalttaa. Tba setter vas Utoa up vltb Nr. Joslah O. Part, head af tha VPB ladaatry Advisory Cooadttaas vba raled that Nr. Voraser would aet ba permitted to attead tha aaat lag. Tba uaaaaed rapraaaatatlva af VPB ladlaatad that darlag tba first quarter tha overall smewoptica ef pig lead weald be 257,000 teas. It weald be abeat the seas la tha aaaead qwarter. At tha aad ef tha first quarter total stsefcs la this aaaatry aheald ba dews to abeat 66,000 teas. They were sadearer lag to gat predaetlaa to balaasa eoasaaptloa bwt it was ladlaatad that It weald ha accessary te go lata tha steak pile la arch aad April te tha arteat ef abeat 25,000 tiara. Total steaks la this aaaatry aay go dewa te 25,000 teas by tha aad af April. It was requested ll Lai f MS ut sad p ISR007783 >84 N 3598 0. S. Johns y *3. lf*3 30etlanal said that they would sat pnU flss plants tot ml< asks their 1 queta. Suetea will operate daring tto ccvaad snrtw tot vlll ipmd out prodnetlca. They did set kaoo itotbw or sst they voald operate la tto third quarter. tollw Mail operate daring tto necsd partw. I ladlsatsd that so asaid spsaata la June la tbs second quarter sad plan as operating la July off tbs third quarter, sklag s 60<toy continuous operation. It ass than polatsd eat by tbs rsprsssatatlvss of vn that ttosrs ass a backlog of sboat 12,000 taas of dry load la tbs bands of prodaesps sad la procsss. Os tbs prossst basis this voald bo sboat a six sooths' supply. Tbs question as vhstbor to oars this backlog for cootLagsaelea or to psrmlt It to bo asod ap. Vlldnr of lotions! polatsd out that s carts la suouat voald olvayo ba la process, dapaadlag upon tha satbod of produet loo used, unless a plant aaa eeuplstoly vfcut dona sad cleaned oat. If tbs pleats vara shat dean, than tbs aaspsver situation voald ba aggravated as tbs labor ssald ast bo rataload. 8 lass totlonel baa asst of tbs dry lead la process, It use Mainly their orgaaaot sad It van decided ts leave tha setter slabs. Tha next Question vas vbethsr sr not tbs eteafca af dry vblts lead la tha heads of tha coasunsrs, sad ublsb vara asaaldarad to ba rather axtaaslvs, should reosla frosea. It vas atotad that tha reason they vers frossa la tha first pleas vas hesaves it vas thought that no sore vhlte load would be produced dstrlag tbs saargaaoy. Psv that It appears tbst a carts la sasust of vblts lead vlll ha permitted to ba produced, sane had taken the position that those having stock should bo perultted to use It. Tho vre rcproooafestlvoo strongly seas--dad that no agitation along this lias be nads. They stated that if an Issue vas aads of It tbs lead eonalttaa voald wry llksly rule that slaao as anah dry lead vas on hand vltb onususers that It voald not ho aooosaary to produeo soy aora dry vhlte lead. They vara vary pooltlve abeat this aad tha representatives of all prodaesrs decided to tabs tha rscoanandetloo of tho representatives of vn. Ctoe reprasantstlva of a producer asbsd vbethsr or sot tha aad of tha Oeraea ear voald ease tha pressure on tha progaeers of dry-vbite lead. Tha unaanad raprasaatatlvs of VF statad that It voald not. Aay pig load aot Deeded for tha ear affort voald vary llksly ba first diverted Into the aaaafaetura of batteries far etvlllaas. Sons ana raised the question as to bow wash pig lead vs vers giving sway on lead-lease aad tha earner vas that It vas only 850 tans for tbs seeand quarter. Thera vara so figures available for febrleated prodseta. There is ts be a revision of ft-36* vfclab probably vlll ba issued prior to April 1st. Tha changes era not of laportanas as far as vs are oonearasd. Far sxaapls, there will ba definitions of certain products snob as frits. Also, tbs quotas for sons conseras such as tha asaafastarsrs of glaso mad Insecticides vlll ba changed to sans extent 1SR007785