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PHILIP DRINKER H ARV A RD SCHQOL OF PUBLI C H EA LT H BOSTON, MASS. President-Elect H. H. SCHRENK. PH. 0. U. S. B U RE A U O F MI NES PI T TS B U RGH , PA. Past President DONALD E. CUMMI NGS UN I V ERS I TY OF COLORADO MED. SCH OOL D EN VER. CO LO , Secretary EDGAR C. BARNES W ES T I N G H O US E ELECT RI C ft MFG. CO. EAS T PI T T S B U RG H . PA. Treasurer THEODORE F, HATCH 3 3 6 OAK TERRACE W AYN E. PA, AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION May 7, 1943 J, J, 8 L 0 0 M FI ELD NATI ON* * . I N STI TU TE OF H EA LTH M. BOWDI TCH MAS S. 0 EFT. OF L A I O R A N D I NOUSTI W. A. COOK Z U RI CH S E N , ACC. * LI A S I NS. CQ.. K. L DUNN CO RK I N S SLASS WORKS J W. FEHNEL M ETRCROUt TAN L I FE I N S U RA N CE CD G. C. HARROLD. PH. D. CHRTSl ER c o r p o r a t i o n D. D. I RI SH. PH. D. D OW CH EM I C A L CO. R. A. KEHOE. M. D. K ET T ERI N O LA E, OF A PPL I ED PHTSI OLi C. W. MUEHLBERGER. PH. 0. MI CH . STATE DEPT. OF H EALTH CAPT. R. C. STRATTON, C. W. 5 C- 0 T RA V E L E R S I N S U RA N C E CO. TO THE BOAED OF DIBECTOfiS AUD OFFICERS : On T uesday e v e n in g , May 4 , 1943, I re c e iv e d a te le p h o n e c a l l from Major Johns and C aptain A rth u rs, lo c a te d in th e P ittsb u rg h Q ffioe o f th e O ffio er Procurement S erv ioe. A djutant G e n era l's O ffio e. They explained t h a t i t was n e c e s s a ry t o r e c r u i t a p p ro x im a te ly 50 tr a in e d i n d u s t r i a l hygiene en g in eers f o r th e armed s e rv ic e s and th a t th e y had been a ssig n ed th e d u ty o f c o n tac tin g th e American I n d u s tr ia l Hygiene A sso c ia tio n in oonneotion w ith t h i s m a t t e r . They re q u e s te d t h a t I m eet w ith them on W ednesday, May 5 , t o fu rn ish them w ith a l i s t o f our membership and t o d iscu ss th is g e n eral prob lem , I contaoted D r, H, H, Schrenk and arranged fo r us to meet w ith them as re q u e s te d , I a ttem p ted to c o n ta c t o th e r members o f th e E xecutive Committee and o b ta in e d th e a p p ro v a l o f W, A, Cook on t h i s p ro c e d u re , Ted H atch c o u ld n o t be reached by telep h o n e and P h ilip D rinker is on th e West Coast a t the present tim e. During th e m eeting w ith M ajor Johns and C aptain A rth u rs, th e y e x p la in e d to us th e A rm y's need f o r many t e c h n i c a l men a t th e p r e s e n t tim e . They in d ic a te d th a t th e in d u s tr ia l hygiene engineers were needed fo r serv ice i n army e s ta b lis h m e n ts i n t h i s o o u n try , and a l s o i n d ic a te d t h a t some o f th e s e men w ould no doubt be a s s ig n e d t o t h e sc h o o l w hich i s b e in g co n d u cted f o r t r a i n ing personnel to take over the d u tie s of operating in d u s tria l establishm ents in oooupied t e r r i t o r y . A fte r much d is c u s s io n o f th e extrem e sh o rtag e o f w e ll t r a i n ed in d u s tria l hygiene e n g in eers, th ey were fu rn ish ed th e m ailing l i s t of the membership o f th e A sso c ia tio n , They p lan to send a very m ild l e t t e r to eaoh o f th e members s ta t in g th a t th e r e i s a need f o r o f f i c e r s , as covered on th e a tta c h e d Memorandum #11-F R -108, and s t a t i n g t h a t any p e rso n s i n t e r e s t e d in ap plying f o r one o f th e se Commissions should com plete a q u e stio n n a ire which th e y w ill att& eh to th e l e t t e r . The l e t t e r s are so worded th a t th e y w ill not re q u ire a r e p ly from any o f our m embers, I f e e l th a t our members sh o u ld have no o b je c tio n to re c eiv in g such a l e t t e r since i t does not req u ire a d e fin ite r e p l y . The l e t t e r s w i l l be a d d re sse d o n ly t o th e n o n -m ed ical members o f th e A ssociation, The r e q u e s t f o r 50 men who m eet t h e q u a l i f i c a t i o n s o u tlin e d on the. a tta c h e d Memorandum # ll- F R -1 0 8 , can p ro b a b ly n o t be met s in o e th e number o f man w ith th e s e q u a l i f i c a t i o n s i s v e ry lim ite d i n num ber. A fte r d is c u s s in g t h i s problem a t stoma le n g th w ith D r, S ch ren k , i t was o ur f e e lin g t h a t t h i s N35542 To The Board o f D ire c to rs and O ffic e rs -2 - May 7, 1943 approach by th e O ffic e r Procurem ent S e rv ic e i s o n ly a p r e l i m ina ry g e s tu r e and t h a t more f o r c e f u l m ethods may he u t i l i z e d in th e n e a r f u tu r e i n an a tte m p t tc f i l l th is quota This m atter should be given c a re fu l co n sid e ra tio n by each member o f our Board o f D ire c to rs so th a t a f u l l d is c u s s io n and a p p ro p ria te a c t i o n can bo had a t o u r Board o f D ir e c to r s m eetin g on May 2 4 . I n th e m ean- ` tim e , I f e l t t h a t i t m ight b e h e l p f u l to members o f t h e A s s o c ia tio n i f we woul re q u e s t a p e rso n from th e O f f ic e r Procurem ent S e rv ic e t o sp eak t o th e members p r e s e n t a t o u r .Annual M eeting i n R o c h e s te r on T uesday, May 2 5 , f o r a b o u t 10 o r 15 m inutes on t h i s s u b je c t. T his would c l a r i f y th e s i t u a t i o n i n th e minds o f a l l th e members and would a ls o in d ic a te our w illin g n e s s to c o o p e ra te w ith th e O ffic e r Procurem ent S e rv ic e . At th a t tim e, I would a ls o ask them to repor th e r e s u l t s o b ta in e d from the l e t t e r w hich w i l l b e s e n t t o th e members o f our A ssociation. May I have y o u r prom pt a p p ro v a l o r d is p r o v a l f o r r e q u e s tin g a person from th e O ffic e r Procurement S erv ice to speak to our group v ery b r i e f l y on May 25 i n R o ch e ster? Very tr u ly yo u rs, ECB:y ET C. Barnes, S e c re ta ry . nU 7o. C' QO COPT UEMORAKDUH #11 - FS - 108 OFFICER PROCESS;JENT SERVICB 1710 Clark B ldg*, Pgh* Ferma* D u ties a* To serv e as a s s is t a n t i n th e e v a lu a tio n o f in d u s t r ia l h e a lth h a sa rd s, b* To male r eg u la r in s p e c tio n s o f a r s e n a ls , d e p o ts, p la n t s , in v e s t ig a t e con d it io n s , determ ine rem edies or d e sir a b le changes, report fin d in g s and fo llo w throug on new ly adopted p o l i c i e s , procedures and irecommendations c* To su p e r v ise su b o rd in a tes and a s s is t a n t s engaged in p la n t hygiene su rveys. Q ualifications a* M ust'have com pleted a fo u r year oourse and reo eiv ed a B ach elor's Degree preferab le in chem ical or m echanical engineering or chem istry from a o o lle g e or . u n iv e r s ity o f r eo o g n issd stand ing* The r e o e ip t o f a M a ster's Degree in o h e o io a l or meohanical engineering or a n a ly tic a l chem istry, w ith p articu lar reference to ap p rop riate in d u s t r ia l h ygien e en g in e e rin g m ajor, may be s u b s tit u te d f o r one and on e-h a lf years o f th e experience q u a lific a tio n o u tlin ed below* b* Must have a t l e a s t fo u r y e a rs a c tu a l ex p e rie n c e in in d u s t r ia l h ygien e e n g in e e r in g , in c lu d in g one or more of th e fo llo w in g a c t i v i t i e s ! (1 ) Study o f th e in teg r a te d in d u s tr ia l environment from th e poin t o f vie o f r ec o g n isin g and ap p raisin g h e a lth hasards* (2 ) C hoice, c a lib r a tio n end maintenance o f sp e o ia l apparatus fo r th e stu o f in d u str ia l environmentj (3 ) Sampling and a n a ly ses o f d u sts, m is ts , vapors, g a ses and oth er mater fo r th e e v a lu a tio n and oon trol of in d u s tr ia l h e a lth hasards; ( 4 ) D eterm ination o f g e n e r a l and l o c a l v e n t il a t io n adequacy and r e q u ir e m ents; (5 ) Recommendation o f o h o io e, procurement and maintenance o f person al p r o te c tiv e d e v ic es such as r e s p ir a to r s , masks, g o g g le s, and clo th in g (6) Preparation o f rep orts on the engineering aspects o f in d u str ia l hygiene su rveys, in clu d in g recommendations fo r co rr e ctio n of h ea lth hasards* o* T his exp erisn os s h a ll have been acquired w h ile in th e employ o f one or more o f th e fo llo w in g t 1 A fe d e r a l, s ta te , oounty or o ity governmental se r v ioej 2 * Am approved c o lle g e or u n iv e r s ity ; 8* A firm having an e ffe c tiv e in d u str ia l hygiene program, an organ isati or in d iv id u a l performing in d u str ia l h ygiene, or a manufacturing or engineering firm s p e c ia lisin g in th e d esign , manufacture or in s t a lla t io n o f equipment or su p p lie s fo r o o n tro l o f in d u s tr ia l h ea lth hasar d . Age betw een 35 and 45 y e a r s N35542.01