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FILE NAME: PPG (PPG) DATE: 1938 DOC#: PPG007 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article - Industry to Widen Plant Health Aids JNOI i v IJ! SJ J JJ AIDS INDUSTRY TO WIDEN PLANT HEALTH AIDS M a n u fa ctu re rs A ssociation Ap p o in ts C om m ittee on W o rk in g C onditions BIG U N ITS TO H E L P S M A L L P urnell H eads C am paign, W ith D r. H eiser, A u th o r o f ` D o cto r's O dyssey,' a s C o n su ltan t S p ecia l to T b e Mew Yo rk T h is *. W A SH IN G TO N , F eb. 2 7.--Big in d u stry h as m oved to extend the h ealth benefits developed for w ork ers in large m anufacturing estab lish m e n ts to sm a lle r p la n ts w hich have not had the tim e or m oney to in stall them , the N atio n al A ssocia tion of M anufacturers announced to d a y . C harles R . H ook, p resid en t of th e N ational A ssociation of M anufac tu rers, reported th e appointm ent of a nation-w ide com m ittee on h e alth ful w o rk in g conditions. S tan d ard s approved by such agencies as th e A m e ric an College of S urgeons, th e N ational B ureau of S tandards and th e N a tio n a l S a fe ty C ouncil will help guide th e w ork of th e com m ittee. "O ne of the prim e objectives of th is new com m ittee," he declared, "w ill be to m ake available to th e sm all a n d m edium -sized m anufactu ie r the benefit of the experience a n d study o f o th e rs in th is im p o r t a n t f ie ld '' T he com m ittee h as F ra n k P u inell, p re sid en t of th e Y oungstow n Sheet and Tube Company, as chair m an, an d H . C. B eaver, p re sid en t of the W orthington P um p and M achinery C orporation, H arriso n , N . J ., as vice ch airm an . D r. H eiser Is C onsultant D r. V ictor G H eiser, a u th o r of " A n A m e r ic a n D o c to r 's O d y s s e y ," is consultant. A general advisory com m ittee to be selected from experts w ill be headed by D r. W , Irving C lark, personnel director of the N orton C om pany, W orcester. M ass. "D u rin g th e p a st tw enty-five y ears," said M r. H ook, "theze have been m any developm ents w hich im pioved facto ry w o rk in g conditions. A ccom plishm ents in th is directio n s t a n d a m o n g i n d u s t r y 's f o r e m o s t achievem ents. N atuially, the m ost zapid advance has been achieved m the la rg e r com panies w hich could affo rd to devote tim e an d m oney to th e intensive stu d y of w orking conditions an d th e developm ent of m edical services." Those w ho have accepted m em ber ship on th e m am com m ittee include W . A. Andez*son, p r e s id e n t Jo h n A. R o e b lm g 's S o n s C o m p a n y , T r e n to n , R o b e rt H . Cabell, p resid en t A rm our & Co ; S. B ay ard C olgate, p r e s i d e n t C o lg a te - P a lm o liv e - Peefc C om pany, Je rse y C ity; P . O. G eiei, c h a n m an th e C incinnati M illing M achinery C om pany, C arl C. G ibbs, p re sid en t N ational M alleable a n d Steel C astings Com pany, Cleveland, A. B. H ansen, executive vice p res id e n t N o rth e rn P a p e r M ills, G iecn B ay, W is ; A ldus C. H iggins, presi dent N orton Company. O thers on C om m ittee Also W . G M arshall, vice p re si dent W estinghouse E le ctric and M anufacturing Com pany, P itts b u rg h ; E rn e st M uehleck, president K eashey & M attison Com pany, A m bler, P a .; C harles B. N olte, p resi dent C iane C om pany, Chicago; L ouis R u th en b u rg , p iesid e n t Servel, Inc., E vansville, Ind ; W . L Sot- tlem u e, assistan t to the president. M ount V ernon C ar M anufacturing C o m p a n y , M o u n t V e r n o n , 111.; H S. W hei rett, pi esident P ittsb u rg h P late G la s s Co ,* J a m e s C S e lf, p r e s i d e n t M a tth e w s C otton M ill, G reenw ood, S. C . ; F , 13. D a v is J r , , p r e s i d e n t ,U nited S tates R ubber Com pany, N ew Y ork C ity; A ugust K ochs, p resid en t V ictor C hem ical W orks, Chicago; W alter J . K ohler, ch air m an of the board, K ohler Com pany, K o h lei, W is ; A lvan M acauley, p resident P a c k ard M otor C ar Com p a n y , H iia m S. R iv itz, p re sid en t In d u stn a l Rayon C orpoiation, C leveland, and B laine S Sm ith, p iesid en t U nivcisal A tlas C em ent C om pany, N ew Y ork City.