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Lead Industries Association, Inc. 292 Madison Avenue New York. N. Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 679-6020 MINUTES Meeting of Board of Directors Lead Industries Association. Inc. April 14, 1969 By direction of the Chairman, and in accordance with notice of March 27, 1969, a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Lead Industries Association, Inc. was held on April 14, 1969, in Parlor H, Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Directors Present Representing Aubrey M. Callis, Chairman Julian Bers John R. Englehorn R. J. Hopkins Robert A. Kenkel J. G. McCullough George A. Larson (Representing W. G. Hewitt) Philip Lindstrom (Representing L. J. Randall) C. F. McGraw John F. Rittenhouse T. M. Smylie Simon D. Strauss W. Allen Taft, Jr. Ivor Thompson W. G. Veenis (Representing Herbert M. Weed) Henry J. Whitson W. P. Wilke, III Federated Metals Division of American Smelting & Refining Co. Bers & Co. St. Joseph Lead Co. Broken Hill Associated Smelters, Proprietary Ltd. Federated Metals Division of American Smelting & Refining Co. Amax Lead & Zinc, Inc., American Metal Climax, Inc. The Bunker Hill Co. Hecla Mining Co. The Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. C & D Batteries, Inc. The Ethyl Corp. American Smelting & Refining Co. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Cerro Sales Corp. Anaconda Sales Co. National Lead Co. Hammond Lead Products, Inc. GUESTS R. A. Gardiner J. S. Smart, Jr Carl Thompson Gardiner Metal American Smelt Hill & Kno'.l LIA STAFF St Refining Co. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes -2- April 14, 1969 Chairman Callis, retired member of the Board, presided and Mr. Borcina served as Secretary. (1) CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 4:30 P.M. (2) ATTENDANCE The presence of 13 Directors and 3 representatives of Directors constituted a quorum for the transaction of business. The Secretary presented a copy of the notice of meeting and agenda which had been mailed to each Director, as provided in Section 4.03 of the Corporation's By-Laws. The copy was ordered filed with the minutes as Exhibit "A" (Sent tb Directors on March 27, 1969) (3) MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING In the absence of comments, the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors held on December 3, 1968, in New York, were ordered approved as circulated. (4) REPORT OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR OFFICERS Mr. Ivor Thompson, Chairman The Nominating Committee for Officers, composed of Ivor Thompson as chairman, Julian Bers and William P. Wilke III, reported that under the By-Laws of the Association, all of the present officers, having served just one year, are eligible for reelection this year. However, the Committee was informed that Aubrey Callis, the current President and Chairman of the Board is retiring from active duty with his Company in the near future and has requested that his name not be placed in nomination, a request accepted with regret. The Committee therefore, placed in nomination the following slate to serve until the next annual meeting: Simon D. Strauss - President and Chairman of the Board John R. Englehorn - Vice President J. Gordon McCullough - Vice President H. J. Whitson - Vice President l i *c ip e7 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes -3- April 14, 1969 The Committee also nominates the following staff officers of the Association: J. L. Kimberley - Executive Vice President David M. Borcina - Secretary, Treasurer Dorothy L. Moore - Assistant Treasurer There being no further nominations, it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that nominations be closed and that the Secretary be instructed to cast one ballot for the slate recom mended by the Nominating Committee. At this point, the new President and Chairman of the Board, Simon D. Strauss, assumed the chair. The new Chairman, with the Board's approval, extended a vote of sincere appreciation to the retiring President and Chairman of the Board, Aubrey-M. Callis, for his untiring efforts in behalf of the Lead Industries Association, Inc. A similar vote of appreciation was extended to the retiring Board member, Don R. Carter. (5) APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Chairman, with the approval of the Board, appointed the following members to serve on the Executive Committee. Simon D. Strauss, Chairman John R. Englehorn Robert Hendricks W. G. Hewitt W. Allen Taft, Jr. Henry J. Whitson (6) REPORT ON COMBINING PUBLIC RELATIONS AND FILM DISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS OF LIA AND ZINC INSTITUTE The Secretary, reporting for the Executive Vice President, stated that insofar as the general public relations programs of LIA and the Zinc Institute are concerned no change is suggested. This recommendation is based on the facts that expenditures made are primarily for personnel and time, that no savings would result in combining the operations, and that at a meeting of a joint Adver tising and Promotion Committee in February, no recommendation for combination was made. LIACiese Board of Directors Meeting Minutes -4- April 14, 1969 As for the film distribution programs, he reported that no decision had as yet been made in combining these programs, but promised a flat recommendation on this point in time for 1970's budget meetings. (7) DISCUSSION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY ACTIVITIES The Secretary reported that the Executive Vice President had, along with the staff, discussed with Hill & Knowlton (LIA's health and safety public relations consultants) how best to cope with the increasing attention that the childhood lead poisoning problem is receiving in major cities and in major news media. The resultant recommendations follow: a) It should be a primary objective of any LIA program, or LIA participation in other programs, aimed at resolving the childhood lead poisoning problem to keep attention focused on old, leaded paint as its primary source and to make clear that other sources of lead are not significantly involved. b) The LIA bulletin. Facts about Lead and Pediatrics, essentially ready for printing will be a major contribution in this direction. It will be widely distributed among medical, public health, and other groups coping with the childhood poison problem. LIA's Health and Safety Director has been in contact with authorities in various cities dealing with the problem. Two major projects are being explored: c) First, an inexpensive educational film directed partic ularly to families in the slum areas of communities and intended to show how family members (especially mothers) can keep children from eating leaded paints. There are at present three possibilities for such a film, although none is certain. These are 1) a pilot film produced in Chicago, 2) one planned at Columbia University, and 3) one contemplated by New York City's health department. The Board was requested to authorize an expenditure of up to $10,000 for LIA participation in making and/or helping in distribution of such a film. If an acceptable film project is developed, the specific proposal will be submitted to and approved by the Board's Health and Safety Public Relations Committee comprised of Messrs. Strauss, Englehorn, and Unwin before any expenditure is authorized. !_j ?,( ^ ac Board of Directors Meeting Minutes -5- April 14, 1969 d) Second, the New York City Department of Health is develop ing a plan for epidemiological study of all factors involved in a number (about 200) of proven lead poisoning cases among children. This would seek to determine the importance of all factors contributing to these cases -- the exact source of lead, the degree of parental neglect, the extent of unusual family or child characterestics leading to pica (or eating of non-food substances) and other social, economic and environ mental factors. The expected gain for LIA would be to establish more clearly that old leaded paint is the major, if not the sole, source of the problem. Such a project could cost up to $50,000 or more, total. It was proposed that LIA authorize up to $25,000 for its possible contribution to this study, if the project is acceptable to the LIA Health and Safety Committee and the Board's Health and Safety Public Relations Committee. The Secretary also reported that other projects concern ing the childhood lead poisoning problems are being undertaken, but these are expected to be within the existing funds available for such work. Authorization of these funds was requested at the meeting to enable the staff to participate in further discussions of such projects. After some discussion a motion was made, seconded and unanimously carried that a special assessment of $35,000 be levied for the purposes outlined, contingent on approval of the proposals by LIA's Health and Safety Committee and the Board's Health and Safety Public Relations Committee, Messrs. Strauss, Englehorn and Unwin. (8) REPORT FROM GENERAL TRAFFIC COMMITTEE The Secretary reported that the Board had previously approved by letter ballot the proposed extension of the Zinc Institute General Traffic Committee to include LIA. As a result the General Traffic Committee had presented the industry case on Ex Parte 259 on behalf of both lead and zinc, unfortunately unsuccessfully. The expenses involved, $5,916.37, were (on the authorization of the Presidents of LIA and Zl) divided 60 percent for zinc ($3,549.82) and 40 percent for lead($2,366.55). The Secretary pointed out that formal authoriza tion to include lead in the Zinc Institue General Traffic Committee activities had not yet been apprpved by the Zinc Institute Board. (Note: Approval was authorized at the following day's meeting of the Zinc Board) LI AT if 9P Board of Directors Meeting Minutes -6- April 14, 1969 (9) DISCUSSION ON ANNUAL MEETING REGISTRATION FEES The Secretary reported that uniform registration fees at Annual Meeting are charged members and non-members alike and that it had been suggested that there were some inequities in such a pro cedure. He further reported that many organizations charge higher fees for non-members. The Chairman thereupon, with the approval of the Board, appointed the Board's Executive Committee to review the situation and recommended that the Zinc Institute appoint a similar committee to meet jointly with LIA's Executive Committee for discussions on this point. He further suggested that the joint Committee's report be prepared and discussed at the year-end meetings of the Lead Industries Association and Zinc Institute Boards, which will permit action to influence the situation in time for 1970's annual meeting. (Note? The Zinc Institute board took the same step the following day.) (10) REPORT ON MEMBERSHIP The Secretary reported that there were no changes in membership during the past year. (11) TIME AND PLACE OF FUTURE ANNUAL MEETINGS The Secretary reported that the 1970 Annual Meeting is definitely scheduled for the Chase Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, jointly with the Zinc Institute on April 8-10, 1970, Zinc Institute preceding. Also that tentative arrangements had been made for the 1971 Annual Meeting in Chicago. A motion was thereupon made, seconded and unanimously carried to hold the 1971 meeting jointly with the Zinc Institute, Inc., at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, 111., on April 5-7, 1971. It was further suggested that tentative arrangements be made to hold the 1972 meeting in St. Louis and that the Lead Industries Association investigate the possibilities of holding the 1973 meeting in Chicago, Montreal or Toronto. li Board of Directors Meeting Minutes -7- April 14, 1969 (12) ADJOURNMENT In the absence of other business to cone before the Meeting, it thereupon duly adjourned at 5:40 P.M. Respectfully submitted. DKB: so Approved Simon D. Strauss, Chairman LTK1P3? Appendix "A" LIA Annua] Meeting - 1969 Chicago, Illinois Ste.-' April 14-15, 1969 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, INC. Members Present Representing Max Adler Ernest T. Rose John Towers Gene Frawley Charles T. McCullough J.C. McCullough Robert J. O'Hara J.F. Pierce John A. RathJen Jack Caldwell E.R. Bergin Francis G. Boylan Aubrey M. Callis R.L. Hennebach Robert A. Kenkel R.M. McGeorge H.L. Montague R.D. Mushlitz Paul S. Randazzo J.S. Smart, Jr. Simon D. Strauss C.W. Ambler Carl H. Cotterill Howard L. Young R.A. Young E.A. Custer David P. Holt F.K. Schwarz Charles F. DeArmond B.L. Meredith David J. Rowland William J. Veenis Lott L. Taylor Frank P. Barton Julian S. Bers George B. Oliphant L.M. Rose R.J. Hopkins Sidney E. Sweet Dennis Taylor Don J. Del Dotto M.E. Elmore William G. Hewitt George A. Larson Allied Smelting Corporation American Meted Climax, Inc. n Amax Lead & Zinc Division, American Meted Climax, Inc. II Amax Aluminum Foil Products American Smelting & Refining Company it 11 If n if M 11 11 n American Zinc Company ft II If American Zinc Sales Compemy It The Anaconda Company Anaconda Sales Company II Asarco Mexicans, S.A. G.A. Avril Company Bers & Company } Inc. Broken Hill Associated Smelters (C. Tennant, Sons & Co., of N.Y.) It The Bunker Hill Company It II LliOl?s,c^ N 757.01 Members Present John H. Belay J. Jennings R.W. McKittrick Robert A. Putney E.A. Torney Warren T. Trask Henry J. Whitson Morris P. Kirk II Robert L. Oatey T.D. Hay, Jr. Harold A. Krueger Edwin Odendall Otto F. Bauer Gerson M. Levyns Harold M. Davis Frank E. Haas D.H. Beilstein Rupert C. Bing Francis Cameron John R. Englehom Charles D. Henderson William F. Hoffmann R. Jordan Dr. Carleton C. Long William F. McCullough James F. Menke R.E. Peppers M.A. Pickard Lavrason Riggs III Philip F. Robinson Michael V. Rose Joseph G. Sevlck J.W. Sherman Verne W. Simkins William Tunney, Jr. D.E. Warnes L.K. Wheelock Edward J. Brennick Vincent E. Dorman J.H. Menk R.S. P. Pinguet R.T. Torro Warren H. Vogelstein J.G. Gange, Jr. Robert Smuda Robert M. Pulliam F.C. Smyers Howard Novasel Reuben Viener B.F. McKinney Robert N. Quenell -3- Appendix'""A" LIA Annual Meeting - 1969 "Representing Rational Lead Company n M (Morris P. Kirk & Son, Inc.) Oatey Company Olin Mathiftson Chemical Corp. Ozark Lead Company Penarroya (international Selling Corp.) ft Revere Copper & Brass, Inc. ft St. Joseph Lead Company ft ft ft It ft ff ft ft ff It ft tt Tsumeb Corporation Ltd. (Ametalco Inc.) It ff ft U.S. Smelting Refining & Mining Co. ft (U.S.S. Lead Refinery, Inc.) ft The Victory White Metal Company Hyman Viener & Sons Western Lead Products Company tl f Bernard E. Kavanagh Russel G. Mason J.V. Tierney, Jr. Herman Becker-Fluegel Charles A. Bradford Rolf Kantorowicz Oscar Burchard Harvey C. Hatch Tom Brown Carl Thompson George H. Eddleman R.J. Gatehouse G.P. Holloway P.G. Taylor John LeRoy Thomas M. Whiston David Rice E.J.L. Budd Jim Beizer R.L. Stubbs Elmer A. Jones Edward Schuller Leo Spector Lloyd H. Herthneck John Vaccari Mary Jo Kelley Robert E. Lee Dragan Obradovic Dimitrije Totic Harald Meinberg Wolf Schlichtermann Hans Wich Lane White Edward Grkin E.B. Schuler Dan Friedlander Roger Edme M. Kawamura Yazaburo Hashimoto Seinosuke Kunimatsu Atsushi Kurayama Nobukazu Namko Masao Sugino Takenori Tomita Samuel L. Blumenfeld Louis A. Cassara Frederick R. Jeffrey J.R. Alexander D.L. Bumstead M.R. Davidson Gary E , .uan K.C. He?"- lek -5- GUESTS Appendix "A" LXA Annual Meeting - 1969 Globe-Union Inc. Globe-Union Inc. Globe-Union Inc. The Goldfield Corp. Goodbody & Company Grace y Cia Grace Ore & Mining Company W.R. Grace & Company Hercules Inc. Hill and Knowlton, Inc. Imperial Metal & Chemical Co. Imperial Smelting Corp. Ltd. Imperial Smelting Corp. Ltd. Imperial Smelting Corp. Ltd. Indussa Carp. Indussa Corp. Inland Metals Ref. Intsel of Canada, Ltd. The Iron Age Lead 8c Zinc Development Assns. Lead-Zinc Producers Comm. Lithoplate, Inc. Machine Design Master Metals Materials Engineering McGraw Hill Chemical Week McGraw Hill News Metalchemical Commercial Corp. Metalchemical Commercial Corp. Metallgesellschaft MetalIgesellBchaft Metallgesellschaft AG Metals Week Metal Traders, Inc. Metal Traders,Inc. Metalworking News Minerals Vieille Montagne Mitsubishi International Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. Modern Materials Handling National Zinc Company National Zinc Company The New Jersey Zinc Company Noranda Sales Corp., Ltd. Noranda Sales Corp., Ltd. Noranda Sales Corp., Ltd. Noranda Sales Corp., Ltd. LI AC 1 S07 Lead Industries Association, Inc. 292 Madison Avenue New York, N. Y. 10017 Telephone: (212) 679-6020 March 27, 1969 SUBJECT; NOTICE OF MEETING and AGENDA To the Board of Directors of the Lead Industries Association, Inc. Dear Sir; There will be a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Lead Industries Association, Inc., at 4;30 P.M. on Monday, April 14, 1969 in Parlor H, Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. An agenda follows; 1. Approval of minutes of previous meeting (December 3, 1968) 2. Report of Nominating Committee for Officers. 3. Election of Officers. 4. Appointment of Executive Committee. 5. Report on combining public relations and film distribution programs of LIA and the Zinc Institute. 6. Discussion of Health and Safety activities. 7. Report from General Traffic Committee a) General considerations b) Exparte 259 N 757.02 To the Board of Directors of the Lead Industries Association, Inc. -2- 8. Other Programs (if appropriate) 9. Report on memberships. 10. Fixing time and place of 1971 annual meeting. 1970 - St. Louis, Mo., Chase Park. Plaza, April 8-10 1971 - Chicago, 111., Drake Hotel April 5-7 11. Announcements. 12. Adjournment. Sincerely yours. March 27, 1969 DMB:so David M. Borcina Secretary, Treasurer LltOnC?