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-1 i i I \\ I >i -;4 I; -i * <.? -1 i Jt rcsentative said, like there is a solu tion to this problem in the near . future. Crane said that his committee, submitted' the. proposed ordinance to the city's building commissioner . in April, , but that it has not yet come before the Gty Council for' consideration. "In making the pro posal,*' be said, "we asked for a ux or nine-month period of grace to allow for conversion to the new equipment -- since it wiS take time to get delivery of approved equip ment, and to terminate projects where old equipment is already^ in use." Crane also said that although there have been accidents, there have been no fatalities on temporary hoists in Chicago for nearly. 20 years. Asked about the relative cost of holsta that would meet the proposed ordinance, he said he thought the "15 to 20 per cent'' more than for material hoists suggested by. o supplier of hoisting equipment was "" very conservative, and that the per centage increase, would be "con siderably'' more than that The unions * In .addition to the concern of the Operating. Engineers, who run all temporary boists in Chicago, some construction trade unions recog- mzed the hazards Inherent in exist ing- material hoists by urging their members.-not-to ride the material hoists, with .varying degrees of sue1 cess.- '. Tha dfy buftrftop' commission Chicago's building commission authorities recognize -that men ac tually ride the material hoists built under permits stipulating men shall not do so. They say that to police the ordinance prohibiting men from using material .hoists would require more staff than they-have, and that even if they could, such enforce ment would virtually halt high-rise construction. Prior to 1962 the city . ordinances made no provision for such a thing as a temporary mancarrying hoist or elevator. In July, ' .1962, an existing Municipal Code was amended to state "An elevator being installed Tor permanent use, or a temporary use elevator, may ' be used before completion, during construction of the building for car- T*ng workmen or other authorized -- To page 68 * 'I * Seven corporation president, and board chairmen named New NSC Trustees Sevenf iEXECUTIVES of major industrial companies have been elected trustees of the National Safe ty Council.. They are: John T. Connor, presi- . dent of Merck-A Co^ Inc.; Kempton Duns, chairman of American Brake Shoe Co.; Joseph A. Martino, presi dent of National Lead. Co.; Bimy Mason Jr., president of Union Car bide Corp.; Carl E. Relstie Jr., chairman of Humble OU and ReflnIhg Co.; Robert S. Stevenson, presi dent of AUivChalmen Manufactur-. lag Co.; and Lynn A. Townsend, president of Chrysler Corp. Made up of 45 of the topbusiness executives of the nation,; the NSC trustees concern themselves with the major problem in accident preven tion today -- nonoccupational acci dents. Created in 1940, the Board of Trustees is officially charged in the NSC constitution with raising-funds . and controlling their disbursement to prevent accidents on the high ways, in the home, on the farm, in school and colleges, and In public recreation places. In these suras oc cur 86 per cent of the nation's acci dental deaths. The Council's industrial safety programs are largely self-supporting, financed through memberships. Fi nancing of nonoccupational safety programs' U through the Trustees Fund, which accepts tax-deductible contributions. Since the start of their effort, the Trustees of the Council have raised almost *10 uullioo. NSC President Howard Pyle Is. chairman of the Trustees. William. White, chairman of The Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corp., is vicechairman. Joseph A. Mortino Kempton Dunn Burry Mason Jr. r,; [; . V.i n Natisni) Safety Nnrs. Ant IBM Robert $, Stevenson Lynn A. Townsend 27