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FILE NAME: Crane Company (CRC) DATE: 1938 Feb 28 DOC#: CRC063 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article - Industry to Widen Plant Health Aids 'INDUSTRY TO WIDEN PLANT HEALTH AIDS M an u factu rers Association Ap points C om m ittee on W o rk ing Conditions BIG U N IT S TO H E L P S M A LL Purnell Heads Cam paign, W ith Dr. Heiser, Author of `Doctor's Odyssey,' a s C onsultant Sp e cial to T h e N ew Yo rk T im s* . W A SH IN G T O N , F eb. 2 7.-- B ig in dustry h as m oved to extend the health ben efits developed fo r w ork ers in large m an u factu rin g estab lish m en ts to sm aller p lan ts w hich have not had the tim e or m oney to in stall them , the N ation al A ssocia tion o f M an u fa ctu rers an nounced today. C harles R . H ook, presiden t of the N ation al A ssociation of M an ufac tu rers, reported the appointm ent of a nation-w ide com m ittee on health fu l w orkin g conditions. Stan d ard s approved by such agen cies a s the A m erican College o f Su rgeon s, the N ation al B u reau of Stan d ards and the N atio n al S a fe ty C ouncil w ill help gu id e the w oik of the com m ittee. "O n e o f the prim e ob jectives o f th is new com m ittee," he declared, " w ill be to m ake av ailab le to the sm all an d m edium -sized m an u fac tu re r the benefit o f the experience an d stu d y of o th ers in th is im por tan t field ." T h e com m ittee h as F ran k P u inell, p resid en t o f th e Y ou n gstow n Sheet and Tube Com pany, as ch air m an , an d H . C. B eaver, presiden t of the W orthington P um p and M achinery C orporation, H arrison , N , J ., a s vice ch airm an . D r. H eiser Is C onsultant D r. V ictor G H eiser, au th or of "A n A m erican D o cto r's O dyssey ," is consultant. A gen eral ad v iso ry com m ittee to be sele cted fro m e x p erts w ill be headed by D r. W . Irv in g C lark, personnel director of the N orton Com pany, W orcester, M ass. "D u u n g the p ast tw enty-five y e ars," said M r. H ook, "th e ie have been m an y developm en ts w hich im proved facto ry w orkin g conditions. A cco m plish m en ts in th is direction stan d am ong in du stry's forem ost ach ievem en ts. N atu rally, the m ost lap id advance h as been achieved m the larg ei com p an ies w hich could a ffo rd to devote tim e an d m oney to the intensive stu dy of w orkin g conditions an d the developm ent of m edical se rv ic e s." Th ose who have accepted m em ber sh ip on the m ain com m ittee include W. A. A nderson, presiden t Jo h n A. R o e b lin g 's S o n s C o m p an y , T re n to n ; R o b ert H . C abell, presiden t A im ou r & Co ; S. B ay ard C olgate, p residen t C olgate - P alm olive - P eet C om pany, Je rse y C ity; P O. G eJei, ch an m an the C in cin n ati M illing M achinery C om pan y, C ai 1 C. G ibbs, presiden t N ation al M alleable an d Steel C astin g s C om pany, C leveland, A B . H an sen , executive vice p res iden t N orth ern P a p e r M ills, G reen B ay , W is ; A ldus C. H iggin s, p resi dent N orton Com pany. O th ers on C om m ittee A lso W . G M arsh all, vice p resi dent W estm ghouse E lectric and M an ufacturin g C om pany, P itts b u rg h ; E rn e st M uehleck, p resid en t K eash ey & M attison C om pany, A m bler, P a ; C h ailes B . N olle, p resi dent C ian e C om pany, C hicago; L o u is R uthenburg, presiden t Serve!, In c., E v an sv ille, Ind ; W . L Sottlem n e , a ssista n t to the p residen t. M ount Vernon C ar M an u factu rin g C o m p a n y , M o u n t V e r n o n , 111.; H . S . W h eirett, presiden t P ittsb u ig h P late G lass Co ; Ja m e s C Self, presiden t M atth ew s Cotton M ill, G reenw ood, S. C .; F . B D avis Jr ., presiden t U nited S ta te s R u b b er C om pany, N ew Y ork C ity; A u gu st K och s, p residen t V ictor C hem ical W orks, C h icago; W alter J K ohler, ch air m an of the board, K oh ler C om pany, K o h le i, W is ; A lvan M acaulcy. presiden t P ack ard M otor C ar Com p an y , H iram S. R ivitz, president In d u sti lal R ay on C orpoiation , C leveland, an d B lain e S. Sm ith , p iesid en t U m veisal A tlas Cem ent C om pan y, N ew Y ork City.