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-c.aiCut-1 F Qiif 1* I'f ~~ Vl' ' T~ ' ' ' .esasarr**!. | r * J LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION Groyfeof Building, 430 Lexington Avenue New York, N. Y. * y0ro.aber SO, 1935. To deaoert of the Lead laluatrli* -UaoclatloM Attached pl&M flad a rea-'lutloa adopted by your xscntlv* Corrdttee, on behalf of the Soerd of Director*, ith reforeace to tba forthcooin^ conference la Taahingtoa, called by Ur. Oeorge L. Sorry, Coordinator for Indnetrlal Co operation, oa December 9, 1935. Terr tnly your*. Secretary. P.S. Tor yoor Information # are enclosing eony of Xr. terry1 a .*..coeramlcation of 7or*aber 7th. r !A* y -. ............ -- ------- -- in-' <---"w^. - M^Pqpwws? ISc-S-XS, the Lead Industrie! *f*ociatlon was invited, tinder dote of October 9, 1935, to attend a corfounce in feehlngton, called by Ur. George L. Bj it v , Coordinator for laiuetrlal Cooperation, for the purpore of conferring upon the advisability of developing a psrnanont etructure contemplating the furtherance of proeperty erd etabillty In our induetrlal life", and *for conelduratlon of t'.ia beet meant of accelerating induetrlal racorerr. eliminating uneng>loycect and maintaining business and labor standards'; and tho Lead Induetrlee Association in reply de r clared lteelf at opoctad to the afore add governmental s inference at thli line ae tending to confute and disturb Industry, although In * dicating a willingness to tend a repretentative If desired; and a Mr. Berry's letter of Jovenser ?, 1935, giv ing details of the conference, undisclosed hr the Invitation of October 9, froa which it appears that the mooting will be so con ducted that repre tentative of the Lead Industries Association night be held to have coailtted the Industry and Its neabers to program adopted at the conference because of participation in it; and * ? ri * r < t l > l i BSiS/AS, majority action upon natters plaoed before tbs conference eight tar implication talsd as unwilling ednorltyj and dEifULS, the Lead Industrie* Association baelcallr represents a natural resource Industry, producing diversified lead products froa cine to finished material, rlth mining and smelting operations generally coniuctod In remote localities under operat ing conditions dleelndlar to those usually found in other laiuetrles sM with problem* peculiarly Its own; and tEiliAS, the lead industry has onde greater progress out of the drpreteloa froa the standpoint of both esploywr and e> ployw* aloe* the termination of I.8.A. them it did before; *01, TScHJOa*, Ji IT SiSOLTJ), that it is undesir able for the leal industry at a unit to tend a representative to the meeting celled by Xr. George L. Berry, to be held in fashlngton on December *, 1935, miiiir ,AiiijpiLP< !/ iv y>imr rr."ypjpwiy i m 4v ry^T' N 1863.01 iAW_ 5: COfT COORDINATOR TOE ik d u s t r u i cocrts_Tio* tlepartiaent of Cocnsrc* Bldg. Washington, D. 0. fovonbsr 7, 1955. Oentlsmat la ny letter to you of earlr October, I enclosed a copy of President RooeeTelt'e letter to the Chalnaaa of the linance Cnaxnlttes of the Senate and the Cb-lrenn of the Way* end Kean* Coualtts# of the House, I inquired alf you or your associate# or eooeone designated by you wo'ild be willing to engage In round-table discretion* looking to the furtherance of the beet Man* of accelerating induetrial re covery, sllalnating unoerployaent and maintaining bualnail and labor standards." I 1nil cited that rpon roeelving a reply, you would be advl rod of tli* date of the srggostod Mating, Of court*, the charac ter and amber of tha replies to ay Inquiry eere to ileteradn# whether or not conferoncet ehnuld p, held. A letter identical to th* on* ad dressed to you ra* aant to d o re than 5,000 representatives of Industry, whoso tame* were shown by the record! to have been active la code Batters. The response hat been ^ilt* ovwrwhelatng and has far exceeded my expectations. Seventy-three por oent of th* replies are unqualified acceptance* of th* Invitation to attend th* discussion. Twenty-three per oent have been classified as noa-cousdttal -- the writer either wanted to know nor* about th* proexM or res obliged to delay Ms reply until th* proposel could be disc used with Ms associates. Only four per cent can be regarded as expressing opposition to tbs plan. The response Justifies tatting n date for the opening of the conferences. 1 ac, therefore, fixing DeCwnber 9, 1935, as th* dy upon which th* first aewtlng will be held la Paardiigton. Permit ue briefly to ratlins the arrangement* contemplated, sub ject, of course, to rtinh changes as the Mating nay rscomsad: 1. Industry, comprising both naaagwmnt and labor, together with repreocntctlwe* of consmaer interests, will convene at 10 AJf,, on that date, >it the federal Auditories on Constitution Avenue between 13th Bad 14:h Streets, F.T. TMa Meting will be held exclusively for th* purpose of subudttlng to those present a suggested procedure. There will be no speeches, Th* Meting rill be as brief as possible and should con clude It* business before noon. In no sons* should this meting be re tardod as a aaes Meting, 3, T3v* representatives gathered la this meting will be advised whatever facilities (including stenographer* and clerks) are required t* expedite tha proceedings will be provided, but only upon request* 3. It will be suggested that th* representative* of th# directly related Industries meet together. Representative* of aanageaent and labor In each Industry will bo askod to Beet separately and discuss their problems aoong tbeaselrss, Each Ovpmrat* group will be aelcwd to reach determinations and to select on* of thoir nacbor to act for the group and express th* group point of view. ,iecsipWSWSB^we^rmwsgmi^r-W' -I'-e-i tfew-- N 1863.02 ,jipipgiyjyi,<ijpiijju,* * nm*e*^y LI A21711 L. r O -2- lora^r 7, 1938, 4. Theee croup repre tentative* then rill be aiked to fom a coua:ll of lnduatrlal profxeie, rhlch they b v *ih to ettablleh aa k Durnunect lnatltutlon. Tide council <411 roealv* oil propotala of i i Tiiotorir charactor rhlch tho ronp nay hare Initiated their repreeontativea to protest. Tho council of lnduatrlal progrtaa -*111 than. It It hoped, prooaod to proper* k pro^run and detarsdn* upon k cotu-M of action. I (hall act ai tenpora_--y Chalraan and will bo tho only ropro tontat1 rt of Oovurment In attendance. T - ' 5. It lo tho lntontloa that tho croup nee tine* of ropraaon- tatlroo and tho council of lnduotrlal proerott thall haro cooplet* froo- doQ of action. r- ****** It lo ay conviction that If nanaeeuent and labor, cocprlsl^t industry, confer and aro abla to decile *hat action rill noat effective ly promote ant atxbllls* tho ell-belne of lnduatry Ln tho United Statoo, lnitlnc and comtructlro rooulto rill bo achlarod, Roprotentative* of both aana^noont oal labor are lnrltod to confer rlth a* durlne Jlcrvuber, If ther to ehooeo. It rill be noit helpful ln promoting thlo procraa If I can eoeuro a conplete under*tendA Inc of the nany rlerpolnt* rhlch oxlat. I ehould like to aako It very clear that ay ecpolntaent ao Coordinator for Induetrial Cooperation contonplate* exactly the lino of notion rhlch the title laollee and It belny follo-od. I au contrlbutlnc ny eerrlcoa rlth no coet vbateoevor to tho Oorormct. I aa actuated by o caooolllnc belief la the principle of cooperation. I aa eatleflod lte application *111 Utuln tho b*et renlte for all thoeo drponrteat upon lndnatry and for the future procrett and proeperlty of the 1-atlon. Sincerely - cure, S10. L. B_32T (SIBbO) Coordinator for Induetrial Cooperation. lead Industrie .cl*tlo* 423 lexl npton a venue. See fork, f.T. V yc* .VJPWWP