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LIA09573 tmatUQ UM WKKiJCffQ ' : V'--' \-j *&> US'.. . ' r* MMl Ksev*?sa{ 17, nr, -ros *a*p 2g im ~ ?' " '! r : SSs 3?'^ 8. t. 83? S3, S!>1 A tKtt'i?" ti KStsXlis li2*i pTtt-'vrid fiv^.-a of tl ^ taa teid oa ffcjr H5, i;,,i, e. l&itscr* Hotel, SS-* B. T. 'Present tear*.rrrMsg B. P. Kra*<brf Usuries c. B**4 X. M. Sjaood* Julian S. Ear* ;. 8. BiTtotr David OOOM J. A* StOB* P. 8. Prlck*tt V. P, Murdock Arthur a. Knlfcht John J. flex* WUliaa Wilke, Jr. wiiit*a niJo in John L. &jyle, Sr. John R. Ur-cOregor fwSclpii CpiU*r Palter P. Carroll Bar7 J. PrcUwrr J. A. O'JUr* V. J. Valch B*r.r7 J. Vhitsoa CMrlaa a. Ino* Felix 5. tfonae*r tallica R. Ctrwt Oaorjo Klxtor Re-^ri Wc t imX feauuon Vln*r fbs A~ ri---, tert-cl Co. Ltd. CLa. si.-.rro do F*lA*, S.A, (TtM Assricaa ltot*l Co. Ltd.) do 8r A Co. Ire. BurJnr J;:U.l & Sullivaa taring A Coows-.vrstia^ Co. Caaferlda Switing Co. CiTi*ian U*d Co. S. I. du?=r.t 4* Seaovra 4 Co. Inc, Tbo Eagle-Plebar Co. Itutor. Lead Co, (The Qllddon Co.) The flcm load Co. Lac. Suncnd Laal Produst* Id o , 6s Jchr.rtoc Poll Manufacturing Co. John P, XaoGreg^r Load Oo. Motro Swltir.j Co. latloeal Load Co . <*> do da da St. Jocc^t Lasd Co, do GBitod Aar-rlran ISrtAla Cc?W* felted Stataa rraiUng raLieiag A Mih-tag Co, IrtT, Victory vhit* tL '. 5.1 Cc, Rpsan Tlrer A Jorj LIA09574 i Btillie tftd Product# i Division Beetla* Kinutea -2 - 11*7IB, 15>Sl (WESTS Lean 3. Epateia Robert K. Qaasell Bacover Vetal Co, Vertem Lead Producta ooregsgar Rzwsszmnrg. R. B. JJcComlek R* E. Mot* _ Kunltlocs Board 0. 5. Bares* or Klam grip? or l e o pswsrara Agccunoa Robert L. flag?eld, Secretary David K. Bor-dna * gespton E* Ball Bmr 3* Irtata fw nertlAt ni called to order by the HCitUry, Robert L* fleffald, aetin* as chalrxna, at 11100 A.K. The secretary asnovneed tha rerisnrtloa of jteadolph Charrlfigton as cfcalraen of this Division aad stated the first order of built*as vas the election of new chalrnan to aerrt dur-lc* the easulnc year. Xr. Howard LePevre na placed la nomination and there beinf bo further noBinctlcns, it *as recularly coved, aeoondad end unanlaoualy earriad that neninstiona ba closed. The secretary thereupon east one ballot for the noadsea who without any dissenting votes >u declared elected, la the absence of the newly-elected chairman, the secretary continued ia the chair. The leorrtary stated that la hie opinion the aanifold activities of this Eivision had resulted in (Increased acceptance of the preduct* of neaber* of this Division. Considerable projrvt* haa bean ard* ia the incorporation of lead in aany plunbln* codes aad la the chectical field* lead waa receiving **ore attention as a result af publicity and other activities of the Association ia this direction. .1 The secretary then called on ambers of the staff for a nore i detailed report of this Division'a activities. i 5 goner Tetaaa reported on the plowing aad water works field work. (iaMblt *A* attacned). fW|*LidWJ* J LIA09575 \ j tfttellie teed froduot* J Dirlslots Meeting Minot** -3 - r Ibjr 18, 1?51 I Derid H. Borcln* reported on the aiscelleneous eotlTitle*, (exhibit *a* attached). i Kospiots 8, Roll reported on the chosdcel coastru:tion ectlrltie*. (Exhibit *C attached). The secret-M^r eskod for eny ros,,eetlona or criticla** of this Dirlsloni* ertirltlea and requested tha neabere to writ* or wir* u* when they f*el tfa* Association eon b* of **sl*tenc la holding or laor*Mlaf the u n of land la th* plunking, wUr work* and cheaicel field*. The weetlng adjourned et UiU> l.X. j fZr-U^t t,. 3 54crtt**x j ir : i I LIA09576 *--- i i 1 \ 't A* 1 i i , i Bstallio Lead Producte Division Mtla( JCiaute* Exhibit A* Jtey 13/ 1551 KET015? BY JOEB BTUUI KfOrS TS I-tiUJC LEAD reODXTS PmSTOS |i you krasr, cne of the fht.tta of ey vcric is plashing ood*s. It is up to us to Voftl-fy ar/i issihtaia section* lo those oodss requiring that load bs used. This activity is constantly facing us et lcoal, Stott ad Notional levels. In soot instances, it la long drevn-out battle to hart our gaterial included la nee ec&* and to salstolo or Inprcve cer position ia revised codes. for CASC.rin, th* proscat Oregon Stott Plusting Its require* that load clottt ecsasetlco* bt used. At present, hwwj foroat art at wortc to opts up this requirement to at to parail other Materials as sail as load. Seas of the background loading up to this present situation la necessary to girt you son* indication of the tiaa and sffort involved in tha toactaant of planting cods changes* Bros about 1920 to 1930 this cod* ns in its organisation stags* Although not wand*tory, it was state-wide predict to use lead waste pipe* trips and bends in all fraas building* and in ooncealsd positions onier bathrocn floors. t&fortunetely, as it turned out, this code did not certain Blniavs weight lead requlraacnts. It Bust be rsneaberwd that standards such as our own and Gorercaeet Sp*cificstlocs did not exist at that tins. As s result, sons piloting contractor* be gan to use light weight nets rial which did not provide the senrioe that was expected of lead, failures began to appear and this of course led to other awterlal* being ssed. In the aiddle 19>0s, lead of inferior quality was no longer available in large quantities as a result of nanufacturers curtailing tbs product: on of three light weight aatsrisls, The higher quality we'.*rial available at this tine be.an to offset soot of the bad effeots of earlier years. Beginning about 1933. tbs chief state pinching inspector, id coops ration with the State Deparbsect of Health fslt it advisable to revlse tha State Plissbvr.g Le* because of the aany failures of the nstrials that replaced lead, particularly the water closet and similar fixture connections. in 191t9, sloven years after this soveamt ea* started, an aaendnent requiring that lead alona bs used for water closet and stellar fixture connections was adopted. During 191*9 and into 19$3, this anendatnt was enforced by the Stats Chief flushing Inspector with apparently very little difficulty and all the tensors seaaed well pleased. N 2961.01 \ LIA09577 4 Efst-allie Lead Product# Division Meeting Minute* *l" txMbifc *A* K*7 18* 1551 Tbta suddenly protest* nn aide by a cdnority group of pinch 1/ ing contractors. Tb** people wanted thie section sst aside or dlsocn- tinged oo that all astorial would be optional, to oitsrr to treat everyone fairly, the Director of the State DeparUseet of Health called Basting of the State Flveling Advisory Ceastttee ccnceming thie Batter. Tbo Cosasittea egrced to trait until after the aaeting of the Oregon State Master Firshsm Aerostation on Mty 13 en4 19, 1551, before rendering a final decision. re State Health xapartssst fztvrt tfeo pre sent wording of the eaendacnt and the State Gcitid Aeaodatiea of Jooroaysan pluBbera hat elao voted favorably. Bob caop ie at this Keating today in Portland and will do every-' thing he possibly can to retain this aasendaent aa it now appear* in the code. I have used this Oregon situation as a glaring exsnele of the year* of work icoetiwaa necessary to have codes changed, fleaae reoeober that representatives of the Association were constantly in touch with this situation sine* its beginning. During the past year, the Rational Flushing Code has been com piled end is now in the procoao of being printed in Washington, Xt should be ready for distribution about July 1, X aa a naaber of this Code Ccoslttee as s representative of the Antrioan Society of Sanitary Engineering. This work entailed con siderable tiao and effort cut it includes sore sections favorable to the us* of lead than any of the previous codes `t this type. As It is a oode Intended for national adoption, it is rather broad in its require-- cent* and will roquir* a*endaents to ccrrtepcad with local practice* wherever it is adopted. Such anendaenis have been prepared by us and are sent to code cosittees considering the adoption of this code. This past year v* have assisted Code Ccussitteee In easy locali ties, and in see* Instances with very successful results, Ths following sre tone of threi Poughkeepsie, B. T. - Entire new oode passed June, 1950, con taining the Lead Industries Aaecolatloo lead sections, Decatur, 111, - Discouraged the passing of cod* sections detriaentel to the use of lead, Stanford, Conn, - Wrote new eeotlons for the Town Code CoMdttee, f LI A 095 7$ i t~ KtUlllo Lead Product* Division Heating Klnute* *) * Exhibit "A* U*y 1> WS1 Albwjoerqw, *. H. - 'Trot* a eat of sjoendaont* for the a m State and the City Cod*, Kaocm, oa, - suhadttod the Load Ifcdastries twdttltn #cetloat , which will bo included In tfca new coda, Americas, (to, - Cuicdtted the Lend Inductr1m Association **o- ' tloo to th* Coda Ccasittoo, which ma adeptad recently. Vroto the ld Toqulraaent eeetiona for the (fetlcn&l Pltblaf i Code which 1 to be adopted in th* near future by the Stato of Flort4a and Orange County, IU, Tho **ae applie* for th* State* of Virgini* and i i At Dayton, Ohio, had a *oee***ful Mtin^ with tho Coaedttoo on tha retention of load vster service pipe a* a n*ndatoi7 coda require* ant. To are rtill actively working with tha following pluafcdng coda cocelttees who have not entirely coupletad their works City of Oaaha, Feb, Town of Ea*tch#*ter, V. T, City cf Grweneboror, K, C. City of tint*too, v, T. San Diego, Cal, Houston, fat, haw Orleana, La. Bocbester, K. T. Der.vor, Colo. Trenton, X. J. Savannah, Ga. Springfield, Ohio Salt Laic* City, Utah Fleaaantvilla, K, f, Tula*, Okl*. Stato of Loulaiana Stato of Wisconsin Florida Tennessee OUahcata Iowa " jtlnneecU Colorado S fexloe Missouri Vest Virginia Sew Aarway Sew fork Our work with pluabert apprentice olasses has shown very fine results in a*ny localities. v* have worked successfully with tha Federal Apprenticeehlp Suraaa, State Vocation*! Education lepartnents and Local Joint Apprantleo Comittees, To sees classes n have furnished course cutlinos for laad work, Joint wlpin. and lead-burning, Keny ,ersctvftl calls hare been asdo, with th# fin* ooopvraUon extended by isany of our neabert, it has been possible for classes of both apprentices end Joameywen to receive suite rial at tha lowest possible ooet. LI A09579 Eetallic Lead Fredwcta Division Meeting Minutes -a Exhibit ! U*y 1, 1951 This /Mr ** *w a^slo participating la tha Ksaa Ip^lt&xa and Caofort Shew being h*14 in Chicago tha liet wtei of this sooth by the national AaaoclsUon c? itostar Flutters. Vs fuel * have a nrjr interest* An* lc-id exhibit and ve msit all tha L*a4 Industries Association aasbero to faal release to visit tts at our booth, X hopa this ratter brief sutsary of ovr aotlvltiee has gives you tone Idea of the progress re are trying to safes, Tn closing X rant to thtrdc you for tha fine cooperation re hare received and letfa all hope that those who hare not availed theeselres of tha usa of the lead Industries Association Seal of Approval will again aaa fit to do so on all their prodocta complying with the Load Industrie# Association standards. \ t i l ( i LIA09580 lfetallAo Lead Product* Division Kreting gtfiibit "5* Bay IB, 1951 r epo r t bt nmo u. mem mpom i ns Errm.rg l ead mowers cynsjo* ; I - i '' 1 `' | i ' 1 i* In eating tr oral prtOfKUUra of tbs slaoelleaeotts sotivitlcs cf thin Ed vision to tbssc prerwi at tbs isseilfsg, va prepared a display board on which eu exhibited tha literature, photographs ead other tan gible evidence of our corf* referred to in thin report. In lieu of this display board, the subject reported will bo indicated bj subhsad. ' LSAD Ifl 8SE2SJ PWaBWO * .................... ... This 22i pegs booklet afaos In aoea detail the various uses of lead in a nodem plucbicg installation. la Roreafcer, 1?50, 2$,000 ooplea of thia publication vara printed. To date apprcxisiately 21,000 copies have been distributed* Of thia total, 1503 were purchased at coat by atoabare, Re have distri buted 11,000 copies to arcidtecta, pl-uah.ng inspectors and pinablag apprentice training teachers. r la a result of individual requests which were received through ffciblicity and press re leases, approxiaataly 5,000 additional copies hare been distributed. These requests re believe are very significant, Inas much as thsse people were lets rested enough in the subject to write to us directly or to trade aagaainaa for copies of this booklet. ginomx issociiTToi or tousiwi omems The Metallic Usd Products Division of the Assoc1stIon, in con junction with the Red lead Division, exhibited last year at the annual eetlng of the Rational Association of Bousing Offidsis. The exhibit at this convention was an expo risentil one and one re do not expect to appear at again. It is our opinion that the none/ could be spent elsewhere to better advantage. This fane exhibit with aodlflcatlon will be used at the forthcoming nesting of the Rational Association of Raster Plunders. KETAIXIC LEAD PHDDUCTT DmSIOR BDLLETDO Kino tdseograpbed bulletins which re believe to be of interest to our erebers were circulated during 1950, One exaeple wsa tho GoVermont order covering copper on whioh re undareocred those itooa for which lead could be substituted, Returally, this bulletin was circulated to aoabers before lead Itself becaaa a scarce Bate rial. wp - * 2961 02 BetalHe lead Product* Division lanute# -t- Exhibit B* *aj 16, 1S51 Sm of tbs boll*tis* covered non publications or lsaflet* which vo hod available. One bc&letln eovarod eerrespcndssM with tbs Kusllsr Brats Coe* pejgr on dsrejctcry BtstSKsrcts arln9t loti which appeared in their booklot Pluaiiftg'! and wfcioh tboy ,ivalid Vo daleto is my fatwo reprinting. Another ball*tin covered vh* work dona on Rational Plashing codoay Vo nr^sd is saotbsr bulletin cooperation tgr our asnhcra to use the s*ol of Appperal on B3Picdics on vkich they in llosasad to too It ad to assphasiaa ebst ths Sad stands for to thalr castoaaro is tolling, advertising and proeoticeal effort*. iiS> ntstwrma A&sxunoa c o u l e o e p c s t t Thio exhibit mi on display et tbs neatlng and ha* boon dis played at arcidtoctural scho. 1* of a rusber of edveraltlsa, an004 thaa being Colwhle, Ids, Esaseelae r, Syracuse and Cornell. IsaodieUly after this setting, IV will go to Pratt Institute at Brooklyn and nd tho school tarn at Princeton. (Those sanbere of tbo Division who woro not present at tbo seetlr^ and oho haw not yot had an opportunity to h i thio exhibit, will bo kwpt infomod as to tbs whereabouts of tbo exhibit.) mn TtLonw Tbit lseflot la primarily o praetloel ortlela on boo to wold load. It was prepared by a Coeedttee besdod by a representative of 000 of our neabor cooperies end a oasber of tha oteff, Thio laaflot has bean offered free of charge in oar cgtines Lead* end "Pliabeni forja, and ao a result of only these two armcunceseuto, over 2,000 personal requarts for this panphlst have beoo received, LEAD Tbs Metailie Lead Products Division continues to receive with* out any oost to it, publicity through the publication of this sagaxins which is su.yorted by the Ordinary DivUicn of the Association, This booklet is distributed to over 30,000 individuals, t large part of whoa are architects, building contractors, and others in the construction is* dustry. ptmtas* po mj m Vs have continued publishing plunbersi Portas* and at present it Is being sent four Uses a year to a nailing list of over 25,000. Each lssu* of our publication includes a practical article that Is of oon* silerable use to planting apprenticeship training classea. It la not LIA09582 BetalUe Lead Products Division Boating Minutes -J Inhibit & Mgy It, 19$1 ' i- i'- uneowea to receive r*<jtts fro* instructor* of thea* classes for oapleta tot of all theca ltiwi containing practical articles for mm i In their tluiNoo. -` ' '- - . -> - ' v-^' ? vmm wmxzm . to w* have distributed ^ hotodi^ bulletlae Vo Beaker* Of this divte'.ca. In tfcoc* bulletins * lift the Steto, City and Local Bowing authority uhlsb baa Jurisdiction, and tba masher of units planned. Vo baoo roeolwd no towirti ttm oor ao*ar* as to tbs wlaa of this eeyvioo and w would appreciate therefor* your comeota aa to wbotbar or not theca Bowing Bulletins should bo continued. Our m ataff baa fooad tbao useful la mm lnatanooo* l r *:. mass mmm custxrt c o t o pl tews Tbae# Cltaate Control Bows" located in w -o u j aactlooa of tba countrybovo bean sponsored by the ffaatwa *Boua Beautiful." Katarial for tbaaa bows haa been sods orallabia to tb< individual builders txw of charpa oo tba baala that publicity would ba forthcoslng froa tha aagatin* *Soaa Beautiful* when thaaa various bows art described in tint : 1. * i Tba Ketalllo Load Products Division In o m lnttanc* has ooopojv atad In this vantur* and baa *up?lied lead for a boos located In Rudolph, U: i :t r ft. This base, vhieh la of tha oodern ranch type style, baa boon sup* pllod with sufficient sheet leed to flash the entire structure* To oaa i 1 that cer naterial waa properly installed required several naita to tha project by ncmbero of 0or staff. &, The Association plana to oaa this structure in as aany ways aa possible to further the uso of lead as a flashing naterial, Qnfortunstely, wa camct use this project in our own bulletins until *Hcuse Beautiful* has reported on it In their own publication. (Included on the display board were three photographs 0 f the load flashing beleg installed 00 this boa*.) ooKPASATm coraosiow srror or sort, wan a k d run p i re iur&uts Tbla study was inaugurated by tha fort forth Water Dspertaent at the instigation of one of the aeObers of our staff, Tha results of i this study war* pressMed In a paper given at the 19U9 annual nesting of tha gaarlcan Soolety for Sanitary Engineering, and later appeared In their yearbook, Reprints were purchased and to data over 2,000 copies have been distributed aalnly ts a reeult of individual requests. It > LIA09584 Metallic lead frodacta OMsioa Besting Knots* - Ssfclbli "C* Nay 1*, 1951 *mr a naanat h . s o u . xaron t bs ' T:~ - C^.. isaumc l eid KsaDocts rsnsrar ' '" Educating potential user* of asotallio lead to the foot that despite lod* antiquity, it is still Boat wsefol ted valashle Betel for handling , _ industrial oorrosive* m the keynote of the Precraa for the post year, Chaoi- ' eol Bulletins describing ia detail, the tssee of lead in aodsm ladOstiy and tlso pointing out adrasfc&sa* of lead oear thet of eertdn eaepetitlve netarlol* were prepared for its esclasiv* oae of esabert of the Dlviaioa, Ss&8&ers, ... thst is, ebesicai engineers and others is industry and ia ofttvsesltlM tho or* eoneorned with oateriale of construction ware reached by Maas of ssgsxins articles, reprint* of tho mm, sad through illustrated lecturee. for arsaplo, at the request of Paper trade Jburnsl* tha Association prepared, with the assistance of a recognised consultant ia tho field, a stcgoalne article ^titled Load In the Palp end Paper Industry,* 'Mle under tho by-lino of the consol* tent, tho article itself m written in large neeeore by the Association ia order to assort proper interpretsties. Reprint# of this orticls were obtained and sent to the aethers os a Cheaical Bulletin and os a load Cheeieal Constrootlon Bulletin to a aoloctod list of Cheaical Engineering CepsrtBonta at accred ited college* in the Baited States, ctxnical construction ccepenici, ooooul* tonte sad lead construction contractors. Contributions to tho "Cotroalen forua* of "Cheaical Engineer!rq? ware eontimed and reprints obtained of the articles doecriUng the use of lead ea a raterial of chamical construction with various Industrial eorroilvae. Reprints were aont to ocsbars ea Checdcol Bulletins and tho entire series, going back to 19L6, was coddled and aont to tho collsjee and industry ac a lead Cheaical Con*truetion Bulletin and also soda available to ell interested parties. Cheeical foglnoering* sagtaint this year initiated a new series of articles describing the us* of various Daterial* of construction in m entire Industry, The first industry chosen was the paper Industry and the Association supplied detailed article* describing tho use of lead in stock handling, sold pulping and bleaching which were publishod in three soporat* issues of the Mgoslna. Once again reprints were obtained and foot to the neebers. Collage Looters* Initiated Tho coed for acquainting young engineer* still in college with a knowledge of where load is used, how It ia Mod end the feet thst it is still an Important eaterial of c hasleal construction (do*pi to atolnloaa steel, pies* tics and synthetic rubbers) has boon realised for scnctlso. To help seat this need a terioo of lecture* wsro delivered before such groups. On April 16, 1951, s tw hour, illustrated locture was dsllrored before s group of 125 graduate engineering students st tho Newark College of Engineering, The title of tho lecture woe "Load ss an foglnserlng liatorial,* This woe s repeat ! | ; j ; s t i( \ ^^gEgBfayt/n1 uyw, ***** .1ms> ?j*6g3&g'*f* v>:- N 2961.03 LIA09585 ':' -4J ' KrttUio lead Fre4Mti Division tbeting UlmtM Vs *?* .riJ Wew^*", > t -> tshiblt *c ltejrlB, 1951 imitation at tha ttwmrk Callage of Engiaaering, tha first lecture having beea given a year earlier on the ee* subject. On April 21, 1951, a group of greducte and ecderjTadhate rfcwdonta at Tale University sere lectured. the subject t^a tine was *51r Dgrelojite in the totallurgy of toad.* In both of the above * ?- 0*3ee a sdfieeercpiwsd version of the lecture see prepared and distributed to all present, this l^opsa, Just beginning to got underway, sill be srpandad to cover aora eoUagea beginning with the neat school ter*. . ^ ^, _ ^tetcrisls and listhodc* Article to shew that inprovensets in laad fabrication and inatallstion wethods continue to keep pace lth developsenta in the chaalcel and process irKfcatries, aedara laad coostrsetion nethoda ware reviewed and brought tot'other for the first tine in an article entitled ee* Develosnants Depend Utc of leed Construction* which aa published in the ley, 1951, issue of eiUt*rils and Uathods* nafiasine, the five-pete illustrated article is being reprinted for distribution to the aeateri as a Cbesical Bulletin and to the collate# and industry as a lead Chemical Construction Bulletin aa vail as being Bade available for all interested parties. Arrangcnents have been cade for the purchase of extra reprints by o em of the Mobere of the Division for their own distribution. Other Activities Election as viee-ehalneaa of the )'atropollten Section of the Hstional Association of Corrosion Engineers presented the opportunity to set up e fro-* graa for forthcoslng Rovtlngs of that society. Tfo sene applies ea a ueaher of the Progras Coacittee of the Hew Tort Suction of the Averioan Society for totals, a progree on nev development* in brealne end soldering being arranged. Tm articles vers written on the subject of leaded lubricants, which were published in *Steel* foveeber 13, 1950, entitled Special Icadod lubricants tost Severe Service Dwaends,* and in the April, 1951 issue of *V111 and factory* entitled Leaded lubricants for Heavy Duty Service.* Reprints of the latter are available. *. 9