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BOARD OF OPERATORS - 1105th MEETING July "'P.9, 1940 Present: ii[ A. If. Steudel II. J. Plain U. E. Van Stone V. Mills S. B. Coolidge C. 11. Griffiths j. S. Prescott C. Baldwin __ 1 \ \ fVA \i ^ Nv N. Absent: F. E. Davis E. E. Ware W. R. Sieplein F. A, Stanton T. J. ricDowoll Conies To: G. A. Martin H. D. Whittlesey L. TT. Wolcott K. H. Wood C. A. Campbell Z. E. Martin W. n. Stuart D. A. Kohr VI. A. Gorrcll . P. C. Grigsby D. xi. Whittaker L. C. deliorrall F. Allen 9051 - REPORT ur) FACTORY OPERATIONS: Total II. V. sales for the week were 52 ahead of last year with gains in all cap *.tions except insecticides and District P.C.& 0. Trade Sales gains amounted to 15 Orders for heavy liquids amounted to 160,000 g,,.llons as compared r/ith production c.f 141,000 gallons and shipments of 161,000 gallons. Font of the plants continued to operate on a forty hour week 9052 - REPORT ON NUMBER OF HOURS PLANTS HAVE OPERATED: Chicago P&V !! owark P&V Cleveland P&V Oakland P&V Los Angeles P&V Dallas . P&V Chicago Lacquer Dry Color Flushed Color iicmu Lowe Brothers Company Luces r'.artin-Senour Company Chicago White Lead Tin Can Coffeyvilie Lithepono Leaded Zinc -- Operated 0.t 4C hour week -- It 11 40 IT tt -- tt tl 35 IT It -- it It 40 f! tl -- n It 40 It 11 - ii H 42 tt 11 - I! !! 42 M II - tf It 40 TT tr - 11 It 40 Tt ti -- IT 11 40 tl tt - II It 40 ft tt -- II 11 32 It 1! -- tr 11 40 t! If - it tl 502 cans city -- m rr 802 Tt - n ti 1002 I! _ *-- n n 662 tt Cleveland Linseed Gil -- it ii 1002 It C-istor Oil 02- it Tt 11 N 5234 0007-SWP-000022135 9053 - 5ASTEK1I STORE REQUIREMENTS: The Board requested Lir. Griffiths to make a choc.. of the probable September, October requirements for our eastern retail stores. 9054 - FACTORY OUTPUT-NINE MONTHS ENDING MAY 51: Ur. Uills reported that factory output for the first nine months of the year showed the following increases: SViP SAVELITE FLAT-TONE PAINTERCRAFT VARNISHES ENAMELOID 12% 29% 19% 19% 12% (3) Increase in the production of Kern finishes accounted for 26% of the total increase in output. 9055 - LEAD PRICES: Ur. Mills advised the Board that a letter from St. Joseph Lead stated that in snito of load sales last week of throe times the volume of the previous week, no change in price is expected. Mr. Stcudcl pointed out that copper prices are up slightly. 9056 - CHINA WOOD OIL: Mr. Uills reported that the current supply of China Wood oil indicates that the stock in August 31st will be about seven or eight tanks. 9057 - DEHYDRATED CASTCR OIL: Consumption of Dchydrol amounted to about 60,000 pounds as compeared with production of 161,00C pounds. All raw castor has been used and the plant has been shut down. By august 31st, the current stock will be used up. Mr. Stcudcl advisod the Board that lower prices arc expected on raw castor so that for the present wo will stay out of the market. 9053 - DEVQE AND RAYNOLDS: Mr. Steudcl advised the Board that Devoo and Reynolds are expanding their plant capacity at Malden with the plan of producing there most of the goods sold*in the eastern market. 0059 - OUTPUT OF C P AND DRY COLOR PLANTS: Dr. Von Stone reported that output of the C P plant is 29% ahead of last year. Production cf the now 300 line .amounts to 30% of the total production of lithols. Dry color shipments during July arc 23% ahead of July a year age. 0060'- SYNTHETIC RESIN SALES: Dr. Van Stone advised the Board that to April 50th, sales of synthetic resins 0007-SWP-000022136 amounted to nearly half million pounds. Of this quantity 350,000 pounds were alkyds and 72,000 pounds phenolics. 9061 - SKERDYE: Dr. Van Stone reported that Mr. Hehl is developing a promising volume of sales of Sherdyes under the trade name of "Awntex". Cooley Manufacturing Company, leading awning striper, has 3hovn a great deal of interest. 9062 - CROSS-LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH duPONT: Dr. Vail Stone reported that a cross-license agreement has boon reached with dul'ont giving us a free license on ponta orythritol and giving them a free license on kangaroo oil. 9065 - KENSINGTON AVENUE--CHICAGO: 1 Dr. Van Stone advised the Board that the committee of the Chicago City Council has giver, us permission to close off Kensington Avenue in front of the main plant from Champlain Avenue to Doty Avenue. 9064 - LIQUID CAUSTIC: A report from Mr. May indicated that vie could save >7,000 a year by installing equipment to use liquid instead of solid caustic. The change will'not bo made at present because of the contemplated moving of the plant. 9065 - STOCKING SYNTHETIC RESIHS AT hlRSHOUSES: Ur. Coolidgc called to the Board's attention a request from Lir. Everett to carry a stock of synthetic resin at the Kansas City warehouse for the account of the Davis Paint Company. The Board decided that stocks are to bo maintained at' Chicago only. 906C - \fHITE LEAD PLANT: Mr. Coolidgc reported that within two weeks the changes at the white lead plant will have progressed to a point where production will be in full swing. The quality of the H.T.S. load being produced scums to be satisfactory and tturc is ever;' reason to believe that wc will be able to sell Pittsburgh Plate Glass and Dcvoe and Raynolds their requirements. 9067 - WF.ITE-OFF--LINSEED OIL MILL? Ur. Hain reported that write-offs at the linseed oil mill will amount to 2705. 9065 - STOCK OF DRY COLORS FOR DEVOE & RATNOLDS; Ur. Baldwin reported that stock of special dry colors carried in Brooklyn for Dovoc and P.aynolds is relatively small but that, it is not moving due to the shut-down of their Brooklyn and Newark plants. A further check will be made of the specific items in stock and also of stocks of loaded sine and lithopono end an effort made to have thorn,shipped to the Dovoc Maiden plant. 9065 - GUMS FOR SPIRIT LABEL VARNISH CONTRACT: Mr. Baldwin reported that the gum carried in stock at Newark for the Nevins Church Press spirit label varnish contract could not be substantially reduced before 0007-SWP-000022137 August 51st since the stock was purchased to cover the entire contract which ex pires December 31st and since season of heaviest withdrawals is the fall of the year. 9070 - PUBLIC BID: Since September 1, 1939, 2167 invitations to bid have been received. A total of 1820 amounting to 5,155,984 have been placed and of this total no have received awards on 229 amounting to 662,305.00. 9071 - HEV; GOODS: Kem Aero Clear 06022--to be dropped from the Airplane price list. Miscellaneous items and package sizes to be droppod from the trade sales price list. 0007-SWP-000022138 9040 - FACTORY OPERATIONS, week ending July 2', 1940. HEAVY LIQUIDS - 3-W PLANTS Total orders received - 160,310 Toted production - 141,104 Total factory stocks - 694,009 Inventory Dec. - 14,164 CHICAGO - Orders reed. 71,856 Production 69,111 Stocks 309,157 gals. I1ENARK - Orders reed. 41,473 Production 28,008 Stocks 161,473 " CLEVELAND - Orders reed. 32,012 Production 31,179 Stocks 154,170 " OAKLAND - Orders reed. 14,969 Production 12,806 Stocks 69,299 n TOTAL PLANT OUTPUT CHICAGO iMEJWARK CLEVELAND OAKLAND P&V P&V P&V P&V - 119,547 gals. - 51,451 It - 44,894 tt - 22,096 11 Operated w t 80% ir n 65% ti it 71% it n 131% LOS ANGELES P&V - DALLAS P&V - CHICAGO LACQUER DRY COLOR -- FLUSHED COLOR -- CH2M . PRODUCTS - 14,951 tl 15,946 !f 47,676 1! 113.192 Lbs. 62,280 tl tr it 55% ii ti 180% tt tt 95% it tt 82% it ti 82% it ii 72% BOUND BROOK INSECTICIDES Arsenic Acid Calcium Arsenate Lead Arsenate C.P.G. Paris Green Basi-Cop 120 tons 178 40 22 15 7 OAKLAND INSECTICIDES 7 days - 3 eight hour shifts. ACME LOV.'Z BROTHERS COMPANY LUCAS Produced 76,368 gals. Paint Dept, operated at 615?, Enamel &. Lacauer at 27%, raid Varnish & Thinner at 21%. Monufacturcd 59,491 gals, with Paint Depts. operat ing at 72%, Enamel Dept, at 72%, and Vamis'n Dapt. at 27%. Manufactured 33,072 gals. Oper-.tcd at 60^. HARTIN-SENGUR C0I.4PANY Manufactured 15,645 gals. Paint Dept, oocrated at 49%. 0007-SWP-000022139 6- - #9049 - PLANT RECUISITIONC APPROVED: 7-29-40. RETAIL STORES: #1502 - Knoxville 2 registers for MF tickets 13.00 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIST. #371 - New Orleans Whse. Build bins, shipping tables, etc. WESTERN DIST: #5808 - Indianapolis 1 typewriter desk 742.00 25.00 CLEVELAND ADMIN.OFFICES #1507 Check protectograph machine for Treas. Office. 155.00 #1514 1 oak desk and swivel chair for Gen.Acctg.Dept. 67.50 CHICAGO FACTORY #428 Permanent circuit and safety switch for 2 blowers-Beta 98.92 #463 Explosionproof 110 volt receptable for laboratory equipment - Lacquer 35.25 #484 2 portable benches for steamfitters - Mechanical 102.30 #498 250 new dryer trays - D.C. 425.00 #501 Fire guard at floor opening and gravity conveyor-Lac. 125.60 #515 Extension of Fuchsine Dept.-Req. 9715 - C.P. 4,778.00 #514 Install special trucking sill on platform of freight elevator. - Cancels reqn. 467 161.90 #516 Protectoseal spray booth safety can-P&V 7.00 #517 Protectoseal spray booth safety can - Lac. 7.00 #519 Pressure relief valves on 2 ice boxes - Lunchrooms 62.54 #520 2 desk lamps and circuits - Gen.Stock 54.50 #526 Experimental work on accelerated settling machine Overrun on Rean. 9277 -Allied Res. 67.60 #528 Install circuit indicating light-Oil Research 26.00 #529 Install 3 steel sash - D.C. 349.40 #536 Water sprays^ for 18" wood vent stack - Beta 289.70 #539 36' dia. exhaust fan on roof with vent stack-C.P. 572.10 0007-SWP-000022140 -7- #540 Install White Lead Dept, office #641 Overrun on J.O. 312 for now carbonator in C.P. #545 New labeling machine for Varn. Filling (trial) LUPUS. MO. #757 80 ft. 10 ply elevator belt with cups TOTAL PLANT REQUISITIONS APPROVED---------------------------------- $ # 9050 LARGE EXPENSE REQUISITIONS APPROVED: 184.80 5,586.00 2,015.60 85.00 16,036.711 MISS. VALLEY DIST: #370 - New Orleans Whse. Moving expense to new location, 509 N.Carrollton Ave. 585.00 #372 - New Orleans Whse. Rebuilding and installing dormant scale 80.00 CHICAGO #371 Repair insulation on Crude Naphthalene storage tank CT. 304.33 #444 Repair lead lining on agirator in #7 salt tub-Bcta 85.40 #534 Rebotton 3 - 38" copper varnish kettles - Varn. TOTAL LARGE EXPENSE REQUISITIONS APPROVED - -------- --------- $ 195.00 1,249.73 Total Plant Requisitions approved to date $ 1,441.963.68 Total Expense ACME " DETROIT " " " " $ 200,536.20 . BE #409 ES 1085 ES 1086 ES lf)88 ES 1090 . Tires and tubes for Ford truck at Wichita Replace 150 ft. gutter and 50 ft. conductor pipe Repair roof around 2 monitor skylights Repair roof over Varnish tanks 1 Dictaphone, complete with stand, less trade-in JOHN LUCAS. & CO. - Gibbsboro 56.10 60.00 55.00 60.00 178.43 #44 1 portable Lightnin agitator - Paint Dept. #45 Overrun on reqn. #19 - Completion of Gibbsboro power job. 216.00 904.86 0007-SWP-000022141