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Mr.~Cllntro9?.::X!rane occupied the chair.
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ihe. Chairman Brought to the attention nT the Committee a
letter cf Movafiber V9 1935 from Mr. Eeorge X. Berry, giving details
Cf a Mashlngton conference scheduled lor December B, from which it
appeared that the conference would Be arena acted in a manner different -
JEronthat wrt glnally indicated By Mr. Berry''s letter offhrtDberj9, and
-i-smlMD that the pachfnjocy pet cp'for conducting the conference wasisuch
a^s bs cpssiidy to place' theHead industry in a position vrhereby ftsmight
-'sponsor,s movement to which it Pas opposed. Helegrans snd letters
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Tt also developed that the United States Copper J^soclation
Bad taken in Strong stamdln. opposition to -the cxafferenCT and had de-
cllned the invitation to attend. ,
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^fter discussion, it was "regularly moved, seconded Pnd m-|
animously carried that the following -resolution Be Jorwarded to Mr.
.Berrys
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MHE3EAS, the lead IndnstrlegTisBociatidn was invited, rmder date cl* iv? Dctober 9, 1935, to attend s conference in Sffashington, called By Mr. . Eeorge ~L. Berry, Coordinator ior Industrial Xopperatitjn, *i*or the ~nur-pose of conferring upon the .advisability of develoolnr a permanent structure contemplating the furtherance cf:prosperity sand stability ' in our industrial life'*1, and *lTor ermsideration oT tg* Best means -of ~ eccelerating industrial recovery, eUmln-ting nMmrdrymentSanc main- i taining business and labor standards^ and
15HEKEAB, the Xead Industries ifessbeiation in-reply declsreri itself
.opposed to the aforesaid governmental conference at this time astena-r-
ing to confuse and disturb industry, although indicating a willii^ness
to send a representative if desirad? and
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59HFHKAB, M-V BerryTs letter .bf Movember T,* 13S5, living retails of .. the conference, undisclosed by the invitation df October B, froc which it arnpenTS thet the'weeting will be *o -conducted thr-t repre sentatives wf the lead industries Association wight be held "to have cnsanlited -the industry and its sneakers, to a program adooteb at the conference because t>r participation in itj andyi.j
S7HEFF/S, majority action apian natters placed before the conference night by inrplication bind an ;mnr1Tling wincrily; . and
TPHFFRAB, the Xead Industries Association basically represents a na
tural resource industry, producing jcUwejnifiad lead products iron
nine to finished naterlal ,with winlpgind smelling operations gen
erally conducted in remote localities tinder operating renditions ,
olssimHer to those usually found in father industries, end with -prob
lems -peculiarlyits own; and
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BHEHES, the lead industry ttas asade greater nrogress out of the he- -1
'pressinn iCroni the standpoint oT both employer md emplty^e since the
^texmiaudtion of JLiL.*. than^thldheforej
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'ibw/ i'flKHEFDfrF, 1EF XT XFSoTED,iimt It is undesirable Sor the lead in-
adustryas^aamit to sends representstiveto the seeting railed by. Up. Xeorge !X;;3terxy,' to be held liba Wa^iingtan onDecember B, 1335.
The Chairman then nailed noon the Uommittee to consider the budget Tor 1B36, and xrpon arplanntioin of the Xerretarv, the -following bndgettsrasrresented amdijnanisnDUsiy adopted:
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.Fdrniinre, Fixtures and Equipment
3 500
Salaries
3E5,DDD
F^ent and light ; ^
"35,550"
Telephone and Telegraph /. :i -
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Soaks annSuhscrlptlnns
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-.Hailing ..
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Traveling 3Expenses
i.,500
Medical Research
iE,500
Office "Expense Mlscellaneous
' 1V50D'
Technical Research
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1,500
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The Secretary stated that soring "to the expected wash bsl-
tonce which the lead Industries Associatinn would base at the end of
IStteyear 1935, it would not be necessary tto rdrsaarpon thejaffindjer-
ahlp Tor the iiiH amount of the gnxpoasfl bndgert but thHt MlT)^DDD-T)D .
would be appropriated Tran the
-iwime* WemiTilog jranunry
,1,1536 of about 520,500*50.
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It was snored, seconded an^ sserxiafl^3he Seireta-Ty^s nut be restored, `effective ss erAtaeBadb