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ingthe year, the staff RiiMwro In planning new plants tfr.-ln'fiurg the conditions. ' ' ' 4', '* .ThC rtf' ' *'***\ tF#r,#:'''''* *`j followin^(^^^trUsio&^fl^Me$l^iV^<i' **' the Poundntion Shard: / : $&$'''> ' $*'" (: ',* ' v.n=i i ' mM*t.. Hh.. lGi.. BHaaU^:JhteeHtefJrM'b^eessidIe^nt;'^le^eri^;LmiruM:'Sle.el Corp, ''V'..; 'Mr. Arft0r%r.;|(`dtt8,vPt^l4?l^'^j^tt'<fi^^i'nuii'in;;Co. 'Mr.' M.,>V. Thompsoh^Sj^asUrer and China Co. /;.Besides the Transactions of the la^ii^^a)~rmwtinir>`'whrat:.''wei>e pub- dished In'.fpur parts, the. bulletin ini the engineering Series oh Measurement =-' of .Alir Plow in Industrial Ventilatidn diad; totally, revised hrid.vc-publlshed. . ;ljleyir4ul]etins are in th&process of- preparatiap'ln; th MedichlfjErigineering . ..endt/egalSeries. We announce the publiea^on'^h ftfe^hi^jifetlon clrcu.::jhr, `*Prqductioi* Comes frb'hV; People," which" has. juetd>ew;isstfed.f5,.'D)is clr- v'tSUlair; giv'es an u'p-to-date account of th^EdUrfilRtjon.'s fll.nU.-an^hcilvitles. Nlh^te'pn Companies joined;'.the PjHfridiiVjdn^lui^i^tltc ;i They 'are: '*- AmabjVWM'VfMinilou RnnirimW* ^dS*,1 ^.j jchiM'MrtlCiiitns Company'.. rfcpmpi'ijy'"- - V&.d mar(n#'Comp*ny . products, .ft&rgM*,.'. ...ecrpdseid *>?! gfiln'lh.'hhemliprfthlp;;' ^'* *vJf't?MM^ifciilrntany, fhur of tlie'ijl):new! h^mniibberjB. wero..*flrms '; i;WcH^i^yitlif^JyNlrt-.'mCinltcrRhlp. in the. Foiihilatibo drfthwwiithdrew; A> of addition to tHiii figure .there xar,e;)',ilnmel(r^>piunjjoyaiy^qhn<^^^^pjhr^trs>i.Srq>^f-''*-'hlliWdis;^.^l^jjp^hhlfcn)>.^'.d4<f'i'p'dp<oicru|tj;itiiflitt'elV'nwaol,rhkeaalhthdv . i)enii$:&h$!^^ tfiose gues&^ijb^ fromvh6b-metnib0r dbmpan!e8;We Va^i/We 'hdVbi invited you' that your com-. pahlea may;'becbme''better acqualnted 'With'tbe;.'Poundation, ;Whlch is not a ';'-eofiiiij^Kiiii'!tiCi^ride Mganized service. ' initbqP.otindatlon we have.industry.at Worh through its'ownataff and commltteee.and through. wholly voluntary manner, to.advance health In ind:U8t^',-thiM>ugn;..i`esearch, . If .our services! oiiil activities lactf something whichl yqW/mhy'want, that is'prohni)ly |ocnusc.:Wo lack your support. ' A Tool of Economy .. Industrial hygiene, applied by experienced specialists, is a tool of economy; it is not a fancy frill. It la an economy because it helps main tain a healthy working force at maximum physical and mental efficiency. Without such efficiency, how can we have maximum production? Where health hazards exist we usually find that costly products, like solvents, are needlessly wasted. Where there is too much dust or fume for a man, whether 4 it be a hazard or a nuisance,t there Is probably too much dust or fume for the good of machinery and products. We recently saw an interesting new process in the development stage. The success of that development, which would save huge sums of money, hinges largely upon the control of smoke. Welders have been shown to increase their output after the installation of fume control. In New York State in 1944, the cost of compensation for. occupational diseases was $1,376,000. In Ohio, in the same year, occupa tional diseases claimed 864,194 work days. A reduction in labor productivity has been alleged since the war. If that is true, how much of it may be traceable to working conditions? That introduces the human phase of the subject and the benefits to management from this source are wholly beyond the economies resulting from intclligent'industrial hygiene. In strike votes in certain large organizations during the past year workers in plants with good physical working conditions were less prone to favor walkouts. "How long can I work here and live?" we have been asked. Another statement is: "I don't suppose we'li ever know what you found here." ' These comments illustrate the intensely human fnctors involved in occupational health, which can be made assets or liabilities, depending upon company policy. (In at least three cases we know of, the management of member companies have posted the results of Foundation surveys on plnni bulletin bqards.). People - produce--not machines. Increased production, more goods, that is the need .of the hour. Therefore, attention to people is the key. And yet management, which has developed proven procedures for dealing with virtually ail of its problems, has yet to And the formula for dealing successfully with its human resources, with the worker who is the main spring of production. . We submit that industrial health, the well-being of people at work, affords one of the keys to unlock the potentialities of pro duction and also offers a clear-ent approach to greater harmony between employer and employee. 6