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LIA23927 ; v. ? *. January 6, 19^ OCTOBER 1 to DECEMBER 31, 19^3 The following report cover* the highlight* of Association activltie* for the fourth quarter of 19^3< More detailed infcrcatloc 00 these activ ities or other* not emmerated vill he supplied on request. Bo attempt ha* been made to cover routine activities, and research 1* covered in a separate report of the research director. 1. Information Bulletin, during the quarter. CEKSRAJ. Tvo of these Bulletin* vere sent to members 2. Brdret. Two meeting* of the Industry Development Cocsslttee and one of the Board of Directors vere held to consider end approve the L.I.A. budget for 19&*. The result is the largest budget and cost ccoprehenaive program for L.I.A. in its history. Details vill be provided members separately. 3. Annual P.eriev Article. The Executive Vice President's annual reviev of the lead situation vae prepared for publication in the February, 1961, issue of "Engineering and Klnlng Journal." it. European Lead Developcent Cocrdttcc. The Executive Vice President attended a three-day meeting of this group in Madrid In late November. It vaa attended by the administrative heads of the lead associations in Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy and representatives of the lead Industry frera these countries as veil as Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Sveden, end a representative of I.L.Z.R.O. Progress in the development of lead markets vas discussed as veil as future plans end research. 5. "The Position of Lead in a Changing Technology." A paper vith this title vas prepared by L.I.A.'s Executive Vice President and its Secretary and has been accepted for presentation before the annual Deeting of A.I.H.E. In Kcv York In February. HEAITH AMD SAFETY 6. Annual Meetings Attended. American Association of Poison Control Centers; Industrial Hygiene foundation; American Public Health Association; American Association of Battery Manufacturers; and the U. 8. Potter* Asso- i' if -- i. wL^K-uit^a^. estBn**** LIA23928 Vv-, A.~fL i >a>3*warJi Quarterly Report of the Executive Vice President October 1 to December 3i 1963 -2- 7. Chicago Section, Rational Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association. The Health and Safety Director vas a member of a panel vhlcb discussed the childhood lead poisoning situation In Chicago. Dr. Samuel L. Ahdelnan, Health Coroleeloner of the City of Chicago, and Daniel S. Ring of NPVIA vere also members of the panel. 8. Childhood Lead Poisoning In Rev York City. In cooperation vlth the Rev York Section of the Rational Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association, the Health and Safety Director baa cooperated in a program designed to publicize the necessity for care and cleanliness In alleviating this problem In slum duellings. A meeting was held fa the office of the Assistant Can* mlssloner of the Department of Health and vas attended by representatives of the Rev York City NPVLA, the HPVLA, as veil as your Health and Safety Director and representatives of various divisions of the Rev York City Health Department. Our industry vas commended for its cooperation In theS3 efforts end the Health Department pointed out that deaths froa childhood lead poison ing In Rev York City arc at an all-time lov and that the trend Is dovnvard. 9. Department of Air Pollution Control, Chicago. Since It had ccee to our attention that Hr. Fitzpatrick, the Cocsiosloner of the Department of Air Pollution Control, has directed his efforts tovords analyses of the lead con tent of the atmosphere, it vas decided to approach him and Inform him of our cvn efforts in this area. We discussed the problems vlth Hr. Fitzpatrick and distributed to him copies of cony of our reports and data sheets covering atmospheric analyses of lead. We also laid the ground-vork for his coopera tion In our planned studies of atmospheric lead In Chicago vhlcb studies vill take place vlthln a month or tvo. 10. Information Program. A nev expanded Information program designed to get factual Information about lead In the hands of key people, like public health authorities, medical societies. Industrial physicians, hygienists and toxicologists, vac developed and presented to the Board of Directors. It has been approved for Initiation In 19<Sk. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - CEKERAL 11. "Lead." The third and fourth 19^3 Issues of this magazine vere printed, the fourth for nailing Just after the first of the year. 12. Rational Chemical Exposition. L.I.A. hod s 20-ft. display booth at this obov held In liev York's Coliseum In December. Both metal products for chemical construction and lead chemicals vere on exhibit. 13. Dveet's Catalogs. Preprints of our catalogs to appear in the 196k Svect's flies vere obtained and circulated to our mailing lists of architects and design engineer*. INDUSTRY DEVELOP 2OT - BATTERIES lli. A.A.B.H. The annual meeting of the Association of American Battery Manufacturers In Chicago vas attended by the Secretary. LIA23929 iAu rfiftnfcdiri ' n*1^ S i 'i rv l-->- * ~i ^ 'v^-Ti-' ' -------- ;^t Quarterly Report of the Executive Vice President October 1 to Decedbcr 31> 19^3 0 -3- 15. Rodeo. L.I.A. representatives attended an electric Industrial truck rodeo sponsored by Union Electric Co. of St. Louie. The purpose voa to acquaint nearly 800 of Union Electric1a lnductrlal customers vith the capabllltlea of electric trucks for solving their materials handling problems, L. I.A. vi11 use Information gathered to encourage other utilities to stage similar promotions. 16. "Picture Book of Fewer Batteries." This new brochure, vhlch takes the place of last year's "Fever vith no Strings Attached," Is at tho printers T and vUl bo ready for distribution In January. Ws expect to merchandise It aggressively through industrial truck and battery manufacturers and electric utilities and thus get vldest and most effective distribution at lovest coat to L.I.A. 17. Advertising. Two ads each 00 lead batteries for motive power ap peared in "factory,""Materials Handling Engineering," and "Business Week" during the quarter. i IKDU3TKT DEVELOPHEOT - METALLIC PRODUCTS 18. ff.A.C.E. Two members of the L.I.A. staff presented a lengthy Illustrated talk before the Pittsburgh section of the national Associa m tion of Corrosion Engineers on lead's behavior In various corrosive environ ments end methods of construction and application. 19- Advertising. One ad on lead-lined architectural pools appeared in "Progressive Architecture." Two ads on terne plate appeared In "Metal Product Manufacturing." Cue ad on lead-lined gutters appeared In "Roofing, Elding, Insulation." One ad cm lead weights appeared In "Product Engineer ing." 20. Solder. Reprints of the "Machine Design" article on solder, prepared by the L.I.A. secretary and mentioned In our last report, were obtained, sent to members and many orders for quantities have been received. 21. Lead Roof. Tho finished lead roof on the M.I.T. Auditorium, in stalled by a completely nev and unique method, van Inspected and all material obtained for publicity. It vlll be publicized after it has gone through a cocplete cycle of winter and Burner weather exposure. M.I.T. engineers vho developed the method and consulted with L.I.A. have agreed to by-line an article on tho subject. 22. Lead-Lined Plaza. As a rerult of work vith engineers of the Ameri can Electric Povcr Co., bids are now out for lead-lining a plaza at a new building of this company In Canton, Ohio. The open plaza Is- lnnedlately over a computer room and leaks that might cause damage to the expensive equipment would be disastrous. L Quarterly Report of the Executive Vice President October 1 to Decenber 31j l',^ -1- 23. Waterproofing. Much tine hoe been spent working vlth architects vlth similar waterproofing problems, tbelr Interest apparently sparked by our recent advertising. Among Jobs on vhlch L.I.A. has vorked and on vhlch lead has been specified or Installed are a fountain In Central Park, If. Y., Fordyce and Hamby, architects; lead-covered balcony floor on the restored Philadelphia Merchant's Exchange (1820) by the National Park Service; lead safe under kitchen and bar areas of Restaurant Associates restaurant In the Pan Am Building, N. Y., lead-lined reflecting pool In the nev Poctchartroln Hotel, Detroit, Curtis end Davis, architects; lead waterproofing at grade line for a nev country cluh, Crosa & Son, architects. 2h, Soundproofing. Consulted vlth I.M. Pel, architects for Federal Aeronautics Agency, on possible soundproof lead roof design for prototype control tower to be used at airports under their Jurisdiction. 25. Sparkproof Floors. Consulted vlth Hercules Powder Co. representative on Installation of sparkproof lead floor for a nev povder plant. 26. B.R.I. Our architect attended the Fall Conference in Washington of the Building Research Institute. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - CABLE SHEATHING 27. "Lead Sheathlns for Power Cable." Thla nev booklet vas mailed to a special list of engineers and others Interested In power distribution ob tained from "Electrical World" magazine. 23. Survey of Cable Sheathlr.g Practices in the U.S. and Canada, llr. Sidney Hlscock of the Lead Development Association, London, spent several weeks In the U.S. and Canada caking this survey. L.I.A. assisted by establish ing contacts for him with utilities and cable manufacturers. Els report vlU be forthcoming soon. He had previously made similar surveys in Creat Britain and Europe. 29. Advertising. Three ads on lead cable sheathing appeared In "Electri cal World" during the quarter. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - NOISE AND VIBPATIOH 30. Lead Asbectoo Pads for Street Traffic Vibration Control. Specifica tion of these pads for a new building In l.'cw York City to protect against vibration from heavy street traffic vas the subject of a press release Issued by L.I.A. It lead to an article In the Nev York Times, as veil as being picked up by other publications. 31. Subcommittee. Several meetings of the I.D.C. Subcommittee on Uoiso and Vibration vere attended. Several drafts of a publication based on the Coodfrlend report of his work on lead for noise control have been prepared but no final draft for publication has been reached. 32. Advertising. Cce sd on controlling transformer noise appeared In "Electrical World" and two ads on anti-vibration pads appeared In "Biglneerlng Neva-Record." iMiMEMTOT1* L IA23931 ( ;>; .li.'.'il. -m.'. ..1.,^ .. 'w.. , .LLl a j . . I \I o Quarterly Report of the Executive Vice President October 1 to December 31> 19^3 -9* 33. Removable Wall Panel. Several meetlngs vere held vlth Hr. Kilgore of Kilgore Removable Wall Co., Toronto, vhlch Is marketing a nev panel lined vlth 1-lb. dkeet lead for dividing large banquet and meeting rooms Into amall rooms. A number of installations have already been made In Canada and it vaa vritten up in ''Canadian Kotel/M otor Hotel Kngotlne." Reprints of the article vere purchased and sent to members and our architectural calling list, vhlch Is resulting In a number of Inquiries. 31*. Thin Walls. An inspection vaa made of 2^-ln. thick panels vlth h-lb. lead linings used in conjunction vlth h~ln, thick conventional vails at the nev Hotel America In Hartford, Conn., as suggested previously by L.I.A. A report vaa submitted to the architects to correct certain Instal lation . deficiencies and the valla vill be instrument tested upon completion and used for publicity if satisfactory. IKD'-'STRr DEVELOPI-TOT - CERA'gCS 35. Supplement. Approval of the nev supplement to "Lead In the Ceramic Industries,"mentioned In the last report, vaa received from the American Ceramic Society and Is nov on the press. Distribution In early January la expected. 36. Committee r.cctlng. A meeting of the Ceramics Technical Cocnittee vos held at vhlch current activities were revieved and 1J>64 plans approved. 37. Advertising. Tvo ads each on porcelain enamels appeared In "Ceramic Industry," "Ceramic Ace" and "Bulletin of the American Ceramic Society." riXTSTRY DT/ZLOPVEOT - PICT ENTS 38. Committee Meeting. A meeting of the Lead Pigments Technical Com mittee vos held at vhlch current activities vere revieved and plans for 1964 approved. 39. Alvcrtlclng. Three ads each appeared in "American Paint Journal" and "Official Digest." Cnc of each of these dealt vlth nev organolcod com pounds for paints and the others vlth lead pigmented primers for structural steel. Also one ad each on vater-thlnnable lead primers for metal appeared in "Machine Design," "Product Engineering" ond "Materials In Design Engineer-