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Manufacturer Co-operation -- Life Blood of a Vigorous Industry The firms listed are ASSOCIATE MEMBERS of the iaWCC and support the industry's best interests in every respect, adding Technical Activity, Product-Development, Knowledgeable Sales Skill and Friendship on every level. * Know iaWCC Associate Members! WALLS AND CEILINCS cr 0 Associate Members of the iaWCC Alabama Metal Industries Corp. Birmingham, Alabama 35208 Asbestospray Carp. Newark, N.J. 07102 Baruch Slaal Carp. New York. N.Y. 10022 The Bostwick Steal lath Co. Niles. Ohio Harry R. Burson.-Monufocturers' Rpf. Gadsden. Alabama 35903 , California Products Corporation Cambridge. Mats. 02139 Philip Carey Corp. Cincinnati. Ohio 45215 Casings, Incorporated West Middlesex, Pe. 16159 The Ceco Corporation Broadview, III. 60153 Cement Enamel Development, Inc. Oeiroil. Michigan 48239 Church and Clark of Dallas Dallas. Texas Ceram-Trax Corporation Minneapolis, Minnesota OESA Industries, Inc. Park Forest, Illinois Domtor Construction Materials ltd. Caledonia, Ontario. Canada The Oow Chemical Co. Midland, Michigan 48640 Essick Manufacturing Company lot Angeies. California Exponded Metal Engineering Co. long Island City, New York 11101 Finettone Corporation Detroit, Mich. 46234 The Flintkote Company East Rutherford, NJ. 07073 H. B. Fuller Co. Sr. Paul, Mmnesoti 55108 Cantral Portland Comont Co. Dallas. Texas 75221 Georgia-Pacific Corp. Portland^ Oregon 97207 Geldblatt Tool Co. Kansas City, Kansas 66110 W. R. Grace and Company Camondge. Mats. GREFCO, Inc. los Angeles. Calif. 9000S Hallmark Chemical Corporation Irving, Texas Inland-Ryerson Const. Products Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201 Kaiser Gypsum Co., Inc. Oakland. Calif. 94612 Keene Corporation Sound Control Div. Trenton. New Jersey Keene Corporation Parkersburg. West Virginia K-lath Corporation Monrovia. Calif. 91016 Nathan Kimmel, Inc. los Angeles. Calif. 90021 Larsen Products Corp. Rockville. Md. 2C652 Manufacturers Sales Company, Inc. Baltimore. Maryland Marino Industries Corp. Westoury. New York 11590 Bob Martin Corporation lendover. Maryland Medusa Portland Cement Co. Cleveland. Ohio National Chemsearch Corp. Irvmg. Texes 75060 National Gypsum Co. Buffalo, New York 14202 Norton Company Kansas City, Missouri Ohio lime Company Woodvillc. Ohio 43469 Pennsylvania Perlite Corp. Allentown, Penn. 18001 l. D. Peters A Sons, Inc. New York 10010. N Y. * Chas. Pfizer A Co., Inc. Toledo, Ohio 43604 Premix Products, Inc. Miami, Florida . Ramset Fattening Systems New Haven, Conn. Fry Reglet Corporation los Angeles. Calif Rollform Inc. Ann Arbor. Michigan Special Sections. Inc. Bronx, New York 10469 Sprayon Research Corp. Miami, Florida 33161 Stondard Dry Wall Products, Inc. Miami. Florida 33166 Star Expansion Co. Mounteinville. N.Y. 10953 Star Sales A Distributing Corp. Boston, Mass. 02118 John Steiner, Mfg. Rep. Atlanta, Georgia Terrozzo A Marble Supply Co. Chicago. Illinois Thomsen Division-Royal Industries Gardena. Calif. 90247 United States Gypsum Co. Chicago, Illinois 60606. United States Mineral Products C Stanhope. N J. 07874 Universal Fire Bar, Inc. Arlington, Virginia The Universal Insulating Machine Winter Haven. Florida 3388Q H. Verby Co., Inc. Jamaica, N.Y. 11423 Western Metol lath Co. la Mirada. Cal.f. 90638 -Wheeling Corrugoting Co. Wheeling. West. Va. 26003 s OCTOBER 1970 LETTERS from the readers Technical Information I'm listing some of the Technical Information I'd like to receive. I enjoy your magazine and wish it were published weekly. Joseph L. Hudson. Detroit Michigan. Perish the thought, Mr. Hudson. W* can hardly keep up uiith it now. --Thanks. Veneer Idea Thank you for the fine coverage you gave Plasterer's Local 8 in the August issue. I thought you might be interest ed in a little household hint we use on our veneer plaster jobs in this area. As you know, after the labor er mixes and dumps the material onto the board, the mixing contain er (either plastic or metal trash can) must be washed out with wa ter from hoses. This water gels all over the job area, making it ex tremely sloppy and dangerous. To eliminate this hazard, we use the large plastic trash can liner bags. The bags are inserted in the trash cans and the laborers mix the ma PLASTIC THE NEW NON-RUSTING CORNER BEAD & ARCH BEAD For full information on complete line of Quality Galvanized Lathing Products write or phone: PAT.N0.3.m.jjo STOCKTON WIRE PRODUCTS 941 AIR WAY. GLENDALE. CALIFORNIA 91201 (213) 245-5193 terial with the electric drill, right in the liner. After the material is mixed and dumped on the board, the bag is then used for trash and then discarded and the need for washing out the trash can has, been eliminated. Thomas J. McCormick, business manager, local 8_. _P_h_i_ladetlphia. Non-Asbestos Coating In your New Products section in the July issue you indicate the availability of a product which is claimed (at that time) to be the "only commercially available directlo-steel spray fireproofing which does not contain asbestos." AlbiClad Intumescent Mastic contains no asbestos and has been commercially available for 8 years. Seymour L Kawaller, Albi Manufacturing Co., Rockville, Connecticut. Protests News Release On behalf of my company and the other member companies of the Sprayed Mineral Fiber Manufactur ers Association, I am writing in pro test to the article pertaining to sprayed fireproofing, which appears on Page 15 of the August. 1790 is sue of "Walls and Ceilings." It is realized the information reached you by an indirect means: ` OCTOBER 1970 95 < PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 1633 MINUTES SEMIANNUAL MEETING THE HOnESTEAD HOT SPRINGS. VIRGINIA October 10-12, 1973 The meeting was called to order by President T. E. Armstrong, Sr., at 9:00 a.m. on October 10 , 1973. Those in attendance were: W. 0. Herbert The Celotex Corporation E. R. Kiehl The Celotex Corporation ' D. W. Miller The Celotex Corporation C. E. Abbey The Flintkote Company M. C. Carpenter The Flintkote Company E. R. Stainback The Flintkote Company J. 0. Friediein Georgia-Pacific Corporation G. E. WiIson Georgia-Pacific Corporation G. 1. Fischer Grand Rapids Gypsum Company J. Maddox Grand Rapids Gypsum Company J. H. Via 1 ton Kaiser Cement &> Gypsum Corporation E. J. Ki Ilian National Gypsum Company . J. 0. Shull National Gypsum Company T. E. Armstrong, Sr. Temple Gypsum Company ' T. E. Armstrong, Jr. Texas Gypsum Company . W. W. Hoiloway ' United States Gypsum Company A. J. Watt United States Gypsum Company R. Baker - Legal Counsel R. B. Cartwright Legal Counsel 0. R. Macdonald Legal Counsel A. V. Abnee, Jr. ' Gypsum Association D. E. Brackett Gypsum Association J. L. Houser Gypsum Association F. J. Rogers Gypsum Association OPENING REMARKS President Armstrong opened the meeting with brief welcoming remarks and invited all present to introduce themselves and their com pany affiliation to the membership. Upon motion duly made, seconded and carried, the minutes of the last meeting of the membership were approved as distributed by the Secretary. : REPORT OF THE SECRETARY Mr. A. V. Abnee, Jr., Secretary of the Association, welcomed the membership on behalf of the staff. He briefly reviewed some of the more recent staff activities and some of the more important duties for the near future. He reported in detail the assigned duties of members of legal counsel. Baker C- McKenzie, and the major areas of responsibilities for their legal work of the Association. He then cal led'the membership's attention to the agenda and stressed that each committee's report would ....... : .. .- i i cr ?. ty nc-. O ( < J: J /- '<CcT~ / -/ contain items which hopefully could be thoroughly discussed in the membership meeting so that the Directors would have as much informa tion as possible in order to take appropriate action at their meeting later in the week. The Secretary previewed the various committee chairmen's reports and highlighted those areas which were felt to need explicit action on the part of the membership and the Board of Directors, as follows: Safety Committee - Uniformity in accident reporting, asbestos dust in plants, and need for additional assistance in legislative activ ities. Manufacturing and Mining- Committee - Paper shortage and air emission study. Building Code Committee - Continued analysis of third party inspection, label service and Association representation on the East Coast and in Washington, D.C. in particular. Technical Committee - Industry conversion to the metric system, effect of smaller lumber sizes, more industry asbestos testing programs, continuation of the Research Associate program at the National Bureau of Standards. Pro motional Committee - Support in the use of Gypsum Association code numbers from the Fire Resistance manual by member company salesmen, building officials and architects. Materials Handling Committee - Request for a reorganization and name change to better fit the activ ities. Traffic Committee - New AAR test program. ' Mr. Abnee then reviewed the agenda scheduled for the ensuing two-day meeting. TREASURER'S REPORT Mr. G. E. Wilson, Treasurer, presented the financial posi tion of the'Association. Income during the first five months of the present budget year was approximately $213,300 from assessments, $5,600 from literature sales, $3,300 from interest on savings and $480 print ing royalty. Expenditures during this period were approximately $142,200 against an approved budget of $134,600. Our cash position as of September 30, 1973 was approximately $74,000. Mr. Wilson reported that, in his opinion, The Association was in a sound financial position. The Treasurer's report was accepted with thanks. REPORT OF LEGAL COUNSEL Mr. Russell Baker, senior partner of Baker & McKenzie, gave the legal counsel report. He briefly reviewed his concept of the re sponsibilities and activities of such a firm being retained by a na tional trade association. He traced the history of anti-trust laws since the enactment of the Sherman Anti-trust Act and the various changes that American business has endured during the ensuing 83 years. /*- j y j X) U 11 - /ZiV-AX__ r roHfi Based on Mr. Benjamin's report, Hr. Houser's findings and the Technical Committee's general evaluation of the merits of our research activities within the Bureau of Standards, Mr. Shull requested that the Board consider approval of the continua tion of the Research program for at least two more years. In addition to the above request, the Technical Committee also stands in support of an Association staff man being headquartered in V/ashington, as recommended by the Building Code Committee. , Mr. Shull then reported on the asbestos dust test program relating to joint compounds. Mr. Shull read a written report from Mr. J. Volk, Chairman of the special committee to conduct this pro gram (attached) and expanded on the request for an additional $2000 to move into Phase II of the program. Mr. Shull felt that this work was extremely important and that a complete and comprehensive, report to the membership could be made by the end of January 197** with the approval of the additional expenditure requested above. He further cautioned that following the completed analysis of Phase I and Phase II of this program, it might be found that additional testing would be required, and additional fiinds requested. . ' ... A third area of major concern is the inevitable transition from English measure to the metric system. Mr. Shull pointed out that this is an extremely complex problem and that the Technical Committee has established a basic task group to explore the ramifi cations which might be found in converting to metric numbers. This problem is so large that other association committees will have to be involved in any final determinations relating to converting to the metric system. He explained that converting from 5/8" thick gypsum board would leave a measurement of 15.875 mm; an extremely difficult number to work with. When the Technical Committee task force on metric conversion completes its work, Mr. Shull will rec- cmmend that an over-all task group made up of members from the Technical Committee, Building Code Committee, Promotional Committee and Manufacturing and Mining Committee, be established to work out the final recommendations. ---- . Mr. Shull then described the recent fire test program. Two of the original tests slated to be conducted under the original program were donated to the Association by Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, thus relieving the Association of the expense of these tests. A successful sound test was run on the "lot line" assembly which is constructed of two separate walls spaced 1" apart with 1/2" type X gypsum wallboard on each side of both walls and an additional face layer on the expected fire side. The fire test on this con struction resulted in a two hour rating and the sound test resulted In a 57 STC without mineral fiber and a 59 STC with mineral fiber in the stud cavity. . (Cct / rz / REPORT OF SPECIAL TASK FORCE ON JOINT TREATMENT COMPOUND This Is the first report on the proceedings and status of the work being done by the Special Committee on Asbestos in Joint Compound. As you will recall, a recommendation was made to the Gypsum Association that it involve itself in the assessment of release of asbestos fibers during the use of the joint treat ment products by the customer. This recommendation was based on the stringent regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. At the annual meeting, all committees and the Board supported a basic program and funds were appropriated to conduct a field test program to determine what level of asbestos fibers are re leased in mixing and sanding operations when using joint compound products. It was further stipulated that an independent laboratory would serve to monitor this type of program in order to minimize v cost due to duplicate individual efforts by the membership. In Hay of this year, representatives from the Gypsum Association met with OSHA representatives in Washington to discuss regulations pertaining to asbestos. The two purposes for this meeting were (1) a hope to obtain an interpretation of the law which would } preclude the need for placing labels on containers of joint : compound if the asbestos fiber environment generated during its ^normal use would not exceed the OSHA limits, and (2) a variance :v.: from the regulations which would eliminate the need for the con- 'tractor to provide monitoring at each job site. Although OSHA . ...was impressed with our interest In our consumers use of the pro ; duct, they verbally denied any general relief from either the - : labeling or the monitoring requirement. . - - ' ' v.. * Subsequent to the meeting with OSHA, a special Association committee was formed from member designates who were skilled in air sampling techniques and evaluations. This committee formulated a test pro gram and selected George 0. Clayton and Associates as the independ- ; ent laboratory to do the monitoring for the test. The actual test . work was conducted-by.Gardineer Crywall Company, Aurora, Colorado, and they provided excel lent cooperation in order that the monitoring of dust and asbestos fibers could be evaluated. Ten dry powder and ready mix topping grade joint compounds from five manufacturers were delivered to the site by the Association . members. Containers were unmarked except for a code number assigned by the Association's confidential depository. Ten test houses, in close proximity to each other and of relatively comparable size were designated for the test program. One product was assigned for each house for the mixing and sanding procedures. The mixing tests required about 15 minutes per product and the sanding required an average of one hour per house; sanding was . accomplished in a manner typical of flat work. i c:. it`., or_?~_W S'7 jj/i