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L I a 1 9370 LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 0 CAST 4 S T S f tT MXW T O I T , H. T. q w rttrit n *? y n nr the 3?rj>?r:Kr t i to Ktacy n . 19?9 A p ril 7, 19*9 during the Th# fir fo st llow ing quarte r rep ef e1r9l 5c9e. reMrsorethed h ig h lig etailed hts info rm Asso ation ciat on ion a these c t iv sct it lr ie s ltle a c r other not enunrrated v l l l be suppliod on requost. Ho atte!T>i :* been made 111to c o rcr routine a c t iv it ie s c r research. A separate report <ni research be forthcoadmg fro a the Research D ire c to r q u arte rly in th* fu tu re . crrrp.M l t Addresses - The Secretary Addressed the r a m i U s t l^ rjil 1Ccnfcrcnco, sponsored by the Colorado Mining A sso ciatio n In on whet the L . I . A . doing to eap*nd lead u r k t t s . Western Dcrrrcr InMiTnitnbgr u try ? , Lectures - D. M, Borelna And d , V . Turner 11le c tu re s on 'Lead as An Engineering M aterial* o f the Hovsrk Co cgo of Engineering, d e liv e r before esdemotvo15900-goralndcutaete lllu s tr* te student d 3. Meetlnrs - Among lrp o rta n t meetings attended by ra rlo u s t a f f menbers were the annualm eetlngs of tho A .I.M .E . and R atio nal A sso ciatio n of Corrosion Engineer*. L. and 11A r t ic le s - Annual review a r t ic le s K in iiig Jo u rn a l f o r Tcbrunry, and b*5y1t0h0e1,*S ecretary January a5p, p1e9a5re9d. In A Engineering general a rtic le on lead by tho S e cre ta ry and h r . Bercina appeared In the January Issue c f *Kcv f o r k Purchasing Review.* R eprints e f t n is and the l M J a r t ic le were d istrib u te d to member. Another a r t ic le on new developments In lead was prepared by tho S e cre ta ry and appeared In a s p e c ia l lc * d -* ln e issu e of "American Hotel Market* ec. March l l i , f o r which we a ls o gjplled a natber of photographs and tho M a te ria l. 5, 31Annual Meeting - Tho program fo r the s t Annual Meeting of L . I . A , was pre pared, ho tel arr-ingcoients c o rs e te d and amovxicemcnts and advance re g is t r a t io n fo m s sent to nenbers and guests. g*\LTH AHT) S'JTTT ACTIVITIES 6 , L e g is la t io n - The 1959 lc g ls la t lr o season has brought the expected g r is t c f re g u la to ry p ro p o sals, mi In ly re la t iv e to warning la b e lin g , which hare required w atching, and In one cases a c t lro In te rve n tio n , B i l l s Introduced In tho le g is la t u r e s o f C a lif o r n ia , In d ian a, Montana, Hew Jerse y, How Torlc and Washington a l l appear to bo In s a tis fa c t o ry sta tu s. In tho b a sic s s s e n t ia l e f u n ifo rm ity , an adjustment between the p a in t la b e lin g reg u latio n s c f the Health Departments e f Baltim ore and Hew fo rk C it y Is bolng sought. Tr 7 ^ w:--^ ---*prg Ik& M A LIA193 W ir te r ly Report * A pril 7, 1??? 7 , Q -.lldhiod le ad P loonlnff - Through * c o n fid e n tia l re p o rt subm itted to u* by a phyalcian frU r.J, H m ltim e d Into la s t year th a t tho health a u th o ritie s of * m a jo r-c ity wore c la is ify in g as lead poisoning case* of childhood H ire s # w arranting no such d ia g n o s is , Seeking to c o rre c t th l# and s im ila r s it u a ti o n s , c c rm ltte e c f e ig h t p h y sic ia n s was brought to g e th e r to draw up d ia g n o stic c r i t e r i a f o r c h ild hood p lin b l s a vhleh I t 1# hoped w ill bo adopted cn n o tio n a l b a s is , The I n i t i a l d r i f t o f thoo c r i t e r i a , now under d isc u ssio n , ha# been subm itted to e ig h t a d d itio n a l iv d ie a l a u th o r itie s on lead p oisoning, o r s ix te e n p h y sic ia n s in a l l , and I t la believed th a t a condition quite unfairly inim ical to our In terests w ill p re s e n tly have been in largo measure r e c tif ie d , 8 , C erfer^neo r ro c o -d ln rs - The p iper# d e liv e r 'd a t our Lead Hygiene C o rf.ren c# In .oremoCr, w ith r.uoK. o f" the n c llla ry d ls c u s s ic n , were p u b lish ed in th e Karch is s u e o f 'I n d u s t r i a l Medicine and Surgery,* A svore com plete and nor accu rate arersion o f th e se proceedings w ill be issued fro * tho A s s o c ia tio n 's headquarter# and made a v a ila b le to members. 9 , TV - f o r the f i r s t t i n e , i t ha# been found n e c e isa ry to p r o te c t tho u n f a ln of1 a- te le v i s io n pregram to our ln te r c ts . Such a p r o te s t has been lodged with th e p roducers of "Highway P e tr o l,* p o in tin g out th a t a lle g a tio n s r e la tiv e to 1 p o iso n in g In an episode o f th is c rie s were q u ito c o n tra ry to f a c t . I t is hope t h a t th e i n s t i t u t i o n o f le g a l proceedings to prev en t fu tu re such hewing# nay 1 avoided. 10, C o m ltte e Work - Cur H ealth ar.-d S afety d ir e c to r continue* as chairman c f a c o o r.l.te e c f th e American Standards A sso ciatio n and as s e c re ta ry o f a n o th e r. Both group# Involve th e p rcr.u lg a tlo n of s a fe ty stan d ard s f o r 1 ad compounds, and each t a s been a c tiv e during th e q u a r te r. A d d itio n a lly , an I n v ita tio n to sorvo on a C crsaittec on Lead P oisoning advisory to the P h ila d e lp h ia H ealth Department ha# been accepted. 11, Meetings - Meetings attended slr.ee the f i r s t o f tho y ear have ln c l'd e d the an n u al Congress on I n d u s tr ia l H ealth c f the American M edical A sso c ia tio n , tho i n i t i a l faceting o f the I n d u s tr ia l ^ g ie n e Round T ab le, a p ro fe s s io n a l group U n i t e d to t h i r t y - f i v e members, and tho 19*59 n a tio n a l H ealth F e n * , deveted tc The H ealth o f People *h Wcrk.* 1 ? . V i s i t - A v i s i t an# paid to th e Rouge P la n t o f th e fo rd Motor Comparer, where ik e o p e ra tio n s in v o lv in g th e a p p lic a tio n and g rin d in g o f le ad body o ld e r were Inspected. Dmr,S?RT D'YEI-CPKECT - C ^ h T m 1 3 . "Lead* " The f i r s t 19?? i#suc o f th l# q u a r te rly was p r in te d f e r d l* tr ib u tlo n v s our H a t of over ?0,OCO peo p le. 1L. M atlen.il Hone B uild ers Shew - L .I.A , e x h ib ite d a v a r ie ty o f le ad product# a t t h i s show in Chicago in January, Included were le a d plirablng and #heet n e ta l w ork, loaded p o rc e la in enameled aluminum and s t e e l , le ad -g laz ed t i l e , g la s s blocks sod p l a t e g la s s , and lo a d p a in ts fo r wood and m o tal. 1? , A d v ertisin g - The f i r s t ads f e r a new campaign cov erin g tho broad f i e l d o f Iwad usago, w ith p a r t i c u l a r r e f e r e r r o to new developm ents, and d ir e c te d p rim a rily toward design engineers, were prepared. This enrpalgn co n sists o, six ono-page black and w hite ads saeh in "M aterials fo r Design Engineering* end "Product Engineering,* beginning in A pril, T" ^-AraCi