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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING New York, N. Y May 3, 1938 A meeting of the Board of Directors of the ^ead Industries Association was held on Tuesday, May 3, 1938, at 1:15 P.M., at the Waldorf-Astoria notel, New York City. Present Representing Clinton H. Crane, Chairman St. Joseph Lead Co. F. H. Brownell American Smelting & Refining Co, K. C. Brownell American Smelting & Refining Co, W. R. Dice Eagle-Picher Lead Co. P. E. Sprague Metals Refining Co. F. W. Rockwell National Lead Co. C. M. Chapin, Jr. St. Joseph Lead Co. I. H. Cornell St. Joseph Lead Co. F. F. Colcord United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co. Inc. F. E. Wormser, Secretary-Treasurer R. L. Ziegfeld, Assistant Secretary The meeting was called to order with Mr,, Clinton H. Crane in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting of December 21, 1937, were approved. REPORT OF THE TREASURER The report of the Treasurer was approved as Ex hibit "An attached. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY lows: The report of the Secretary was approved as fol The following is a brief resume of the Lead Indus tries Association activities for the first quarter of 1938: Membership panies . Membership in the Association remains at 57 com Federal Legislation (1) Tariff - The Executive Committee and Board of Directors have been kept closely posted as to our interest in the trade treaty negotiations with the United Kingdom, Newfoundland and Meeting Board of Directors: -2- May 3, 1938 and the British Colonial Empire, and with the Dominion of Canada, and have helped in the preparation of briefs sub mitted to the Committee for Reciprocity Information in de fense of our present tariff protection. Mining company members in the West, apprehensive over the situation, have helped greatly in expressing their local views to the authorities in Washington. Copies of the Lead Industries association briefs were distributed to our representatives in Congress and to all members. Publications Our new publication, PLUMBERS' FORUM, has been making excellent headway. Five issues have been published and distributed to some 20,000 plumbers. The correspondence we continue to receive indicates that the publication of the magazine is actually creating new business. Sheet Lead Booklet - Our sheet lead booklet for the promotion of sheet lead in building construction is nearing completion and should appear some time this year. Plumbing Promotion Program The Plumbing Promotion Program has been continued with only two men in the field for most of the quarter, ow ing to the death in April of Mr. Henry A. Clauson, our rep resentative in the middle west, who had been ill for many weeks. By doubling up with the work, we managed to cover practically all the conventions we had originally planned to attend during the winter. An innovation this year will be our participation in the Annual Convention of the American Water Works Associa tion in New Orleans, and the plans we have on foot for the encouragment of craftsmanship in lead work in connection with our exhibit at the Cleveland Convention of the National Association of Master Plumbers. We expect to reward the best junior lead craftsmen of four nearby apprentice schools in the State of Ohio with a trip to the Convention and a dis play of their lead craftsmanship. The cost will be small and is offset by the fact that these men will be available at the booth to help explain the lead work. Seal of Approval - Our calking lead standard is being adopted by the American Water Works Association as its official stan dard. Some water works' contractors are insisting on Seal of Approval Calking Lead in their purchases of water works' ma terial. The idea seems to be taking hold excellently, but it will be some time yet before the trade is educated to the Seal of Approval idea generally in the plumbing and water works' field. Meeting Board of Directors! -3- May 3, 1938 Cooperation with Government Bureaus - We are cooperating with the Bureau of Standards in the investigation it is making on plumbing and roofing materials for low-cost housing. We are also surveying the varities of drum traps made by our manufacturers to cooperate with the Bureau of Standards, at its suggestion, in simplifying the line. Lumber Products-Better Paint Campaign The Lead Industries Association has benefited from the work of the Campaign in directions other than the stimulation given to the use of high-grade paint on lumber. For example, we were invited by the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau to help in the specifications for the con struction of their model low-cost home, which is being publicized on a national scale and costs about |4,000 to erect, and which will be duplicated widely. We supplied the painting, plumbing and flashing specifications. White lead was used throughout and, what is even more significant, we had an excellent opportunity to introduce the use of sheet lead flashing in low-cost housing, an opportunity that' would not have been available to us if the Campaign had not paved the way. The Association has also worked with the National Lumber Manufacturers Association in the preparation of specifications for paint, plumbing and sheet metal work, for its own building program known as National Small domes Demonstration. The Campaign continued to participate in numerous conventions of retail lumber dealers throughout the United States during the winter, and field work has already begun in North Carolina and will cover another part of the New England area this summer. Lead Poisoning The Secretary made a trip to Baltimore to confer with the health authorities on the general question of lead poisoning among Infants, resulting from their chewing painted cribs and toys, which had received much local publicity. The outcome of the conference was mutually beneficial. Dr. Aub has advised us that he would like to have 500.00 to continue the work on lead at the Harvard Medical School, the funds providing the salary of two assistants for LIA002Q5 Meeting Board of Directors: -4- May 3, 1938 one year. Inasmuch as our budget has already allotted $000. for the purpose, the main part of his requirements have been covered. RespectfuTly submitted, ^"'Secretary. The treasurer reported that the only open account at the end of the year 1937 was that of the Rochester Lead Works, Inc., which was delinquent at that time for one year, and asked the Directors' direction as to how he should proceed. It was decided to leave this matter in the hands of the Treasurer, to see if he could not collect something on account and to report at the next Board meeting the status of this member's account. APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Chairman stated it was in order to appoint an Executive Committee to act for the Directors. Whereupon, with the consent of the Board, the Chair man appointed the following as members of the Executive Committee: Clinton H. Crane, Chairman F. H. Brownell F. F. Colcord J. F. McCarthy F. W. Rockwell ELECTION OF OFFICERS The Chairman stated it was in order to elect officers of the Lead Industries Association Whereupon the following nominations were made, and there being no further nominations, the Secretary was instruc ted to cast one ballot for the election of these nominees and they were declared elected: Clinton H. Crane F. H. Brownell F. W. Rockwell F. E. Wormser President Vice President Vice President Secretary-Treasurer LIA00206 Meeting Board of Directors: -5- May 3, 1938 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION - CONSOLIDATED MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY OF CANADA* LTD. Application of the Consolidated Mining and Smelt ing Company of Canada, Ltd., for special membership was considered Whereupon it was agreed that this Company be in vited to become an associate member on a trial basis for one year at an annual subscription rate of $500.00, and that if it was found subsequently that they used the ser vices of the Association to a large extent, there should be a readjustment of their membership subscription to the same tonnage basis as domestic producers, proportionate to their Canadian sales, LABOR DATA FOR SENATE COMMITTEE ON UN EMPLOYMENT AND RELIEF The Secretary reported progress in the collection of the labor data for the United States Senate Committee for Unemployment and Relief. DISTRIBUTION OF LEAD POISONING SYMPOSIUM REPORTS The Chairman explained that there had been numerous requests for copies of the report on the Lead Poisoning Symposium held in April, 1937, which to date the President and Secretary had weeded out and copies had been forwarded only to those whom they considered advisable. The Secretary asked the Board's direction for future handling of such requests. It was the sense of the meeting that the Presi dent and Secretary be given authority to distribute the lead poisoning reports at their discretion. Mr. Brownell expressed his gratification at the leadership and direction given the Association's affairs by Mr. Crane assisted by the Secretary. Meeting adjourned at 1:40 P.M. aC^(^CZ~-_ Secretary. LIA00207 u Exhibit *A*-Board of Directors Meeting - May Z, 19Z8 LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION TREASURER'S RIP OBI January 1 to March 31.1938 Cash on Band and in Bank, January 1, 1938 $30,722.95 RECEIPTS Membership Subscriptions: Ordinary Fund $10,269.75 Less Refund on Members' 1937 over-assessment 378.00 $9,891.75 Plumbing Promotion Fund 7,595.00 Lumber Products - Better Paint Campaign 6,430.25 Sale of Lead Poisoning Books 12.50 TOTAL RECEIPTS 23.929.50 TOTAL $54,S52.45 PI S3 UR SEME UTS Ordinary Fund: Furniture,Fixtures & Equipment 43.40 Salaries 6,385.02 Rent and Light 699.00 Social Security Taxes 43.73 Office Supplies 118.47 Miscellaneous 135.74 Traveling Expenses 261.60 Association Dues 91.80 Entertainment & Lunches 59,80 Telephone and Telegraph 106.49 3ooks and Subscriptions 83.52 Mailing 233.83 LEAD * 1,810.29 Illustration 75.51 Advances 40.00 10,188.20 Plumbing Promotion: Salaries $2,000.00 Traveling Expenses 1,092.66 Printing 46,32 Mailing 60.38 PTIMBERS1 FORUM * 884.79 Association Dues 140,00 Entertainment & Lunches 81.45 Conventions & Exhibits ** 758.95 Advertising 1,577.19 Mi seellaneous 179.44 6,821.18 Lumber Products-Better Paint Campaign Salaries $2,561.53 Traveling Expenses 1,905.36 Printing .77 Mailing 63.53 Entertainment & Lunches 124.98 Conventions and Exhibits ** 1,575.08 Mi sce1laneous 215.62 6,446.87 Unemployment Insurance accrued Jan.1,1938 762.70 TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS Cash on Band and in Bank Mar. 31, 1938 TOTAL * Includes editing, printing, mailing and miscellaneous expenses. $24,218.95 30.433.50 $54,652.45 ** Includes ex penses incurred at conventions and exhibits, excluding field representatives' ex penses. NOTE: The following subscriptions were outstanding as of March 31, 1938. Ordinary Fund ................... $ 478.75 Plumbing Promotion Fund $1,060.00 LIA00206