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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1937 Mar 25 DOC#: NSC383 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo from Donald Tulloch, Jr. to All Licensees RE Meeting about Low Pressure Covering //7 " ^ DONALD TULLOCH, jR. 16th Floor, Inquirer Building Philadelphia, Penna. l^POi^XLuid er Klf.TIJiG Low Pressure Covs-rlng 3/E&/37 New Tork C it y , K .t . L'.s.i c, Y/ 1 lN ll) WTiR r r- ' f c dati - t / S ./ H y WITNESS. Reporter .'.\j.V is.S j(jy f'liif 0. 1Mi TO A ll LICKSi&St The follow ing iter. were discussed but l e f t for fin a l d ie - ] position la te r. I (1) iquip&ect Accounts. D efin ition end recent rulin g cle a rly indicate that an account buying E^-terlale to be incorporated aa an integral part of equipment whether the work is done at factory or on the job should be considered equipment accounts for the product so handled, *"here other insu lation m atrials are handled by en equipment cumufnaturer for other purposes, d is tin c tio n should be made. Example* A furnace manufacturer incorporating m aterials In fcis furnace would be an equipment account even though work is dene on the job. ^hen th is same manufacturer takes e job to in s t a ll a system and puts insu lation on pipes, duota, e tc , he becomes a shania*l contractor. (} Copper Tubing. In order to e ls r lf y th is su b ject, i t is s.y b e lie f the follow ing should be inserted in e l l Lchedules: "For pricing purpose on Co-per Tubing, use the l i s t price fo r the nominal iron pipe size which corresponds to the nominal pipe sixe o f the copper tube, regardl."* o f actual outside diameter o f tubing or the aotual sixe of covering furciafced.'* for example* I f size sp e cified fo r eop^er tubing is 8/4", 1 ", 1-1/4* use Iron pipe l i s t fo r 3/4", 1 ", 1-1/4* e t c . I t ! recognized that in some esses i t might be possible to furnish standard covering for the ext low^r iron pipe l i s t . For priolng purposes, however, the above should hold. (5) Prioe P r o te c tio n . #e are fAOing a period o f in f la t i o n s im ila r to th a t o f the war era ra th e r than the 1920*a . I t behooves a l l b u sin ess men to take only reasonable r is k s ag a in st long term cosiEitEientz, I f any p ro te ctio n i s o ffe re d on con t r a c t j o t s . I t oeerts reaecnalb e to p ro te c t them fe r the l i f e o f the 'o b . T h is i s done now on L a g n e sie . On the otb r hand, i t should be p o ssib le to sr.M cip & i* r is in g c o sts on at le c s t c ?-0 dey b a s is , in which Cssc i t i s u n lik e ly th a t r a d ic a l i.hgu._. oreesaa w ill cors suddenly, re q u irin g any fu tu re pr^e* o -In excess o f a t one tijp e. ' ^xjXh~> - jot> ^ DONALD TULLOCH, JR. 16th Floor, Inquirer Building Philadelphia, Penna. <n Th. dai t..! *spY\ / f The fu n c tio n o f c o n tra c t o rg a n iza tio n s la to assume the r is k s in cid e n t to c o n tra c t work, and lo o t temt p ro te ctio n s eias-ly s h if t a jxsrt o f th at burden tc nanuf'ieturera. 2t has been su ^ e ste d th at a l l protection to a l l clashes of trs,iJa be e lim in a te d , aid th/*.t fu tu re in c r e a s e s , ooe-eiened by r is in g oats ba made as fre q u e n tly a required but in r r a l1 anounta. I t i s ny u nd eratard in f th a t the erarelw & re, bruos and other In d u stries have elim inated p ro tectio n s, (4) Carload Q u a r tJt7 . On co verin gs rep orts hate been f i l t d to the a freo t th at a $6 , 000.00 l i s t value is cot s u ffic ie n tly hlb and th a t buyers soretim es i n s is t on purchasing t h is R in ir u s wfciofe o c c a s io n a lly does co t f i l l s oar end n e c e s s ita te s aaoess fr a ip h t ch arg es. On th e eth er band axamole* have been o it - d where a $5,000.00 l i s t oercot be loaded in a o a r, n e c e s s ita tin g bach ordering o f the b alan ce. D iscu ssio n or. t h is s u b je c t in d ic a te d th a t n est o rg a n iz a tio n s ap p a re n tly do n rt have tro u b le in secu rin g an order s u f f lo J m .t ly la rg e to c o n s titu te a f u l l o r . I t is obvious th a t u n less era se t up separate q u a n titie s f o r eaob product and fo r d iff e r e n t s iz e s o f the products th a t co y a rd a tick would be a v a ila b le to your salesm en. A weight b a sis c a rro t be used beocuse w eights vary and could co t be sta n d a rd ize d . The con clu sio n see* to be to leave the q u a n tity b v s is as i t i s and in s tr u c t aalesrien on the n eeeeslty fo r ta k in g o rd e ra jsu ffie ie n t to f i l l a ear COEpletely regardless o f the k I k Iku l i s t . (5) i'x tra charges fo r Canvas: On t h is s u b l e t i t appear* t i n t although r a d ic a l in creases in eots have occured th a t in creases in ooveric* have been s u ffic ie n t to cover these then S li d on the c o v e rin g . That l i t t l e i s so ld sep arately and th a t when fu tu re p rice s charges are made t b i t item can be taken o^re of. Your ecssrecta on the p o lic ie s o u tlin e s c t-v c would be eppr&ci&ted. T . 4/1/5?