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> LIA23302 The following report cover* the highlight* of Association actlvltl** for the flret quarter of 1965. More detailed Information on the** activ ities or other* not enumerated vlll he supplied on request. Vo attempt ha* been made to cover routine activities, and research Is covered In a separate report of the research director. GEKERAL 1, Information Bulletin. One bulletin In this series vas Issued and circulated to members during the quarter. g. A.S.T.H. The Secretary of L.I.A. attended an Advisory Cocmlttee meetlDg of Committee B-g on Hon-ferrous Metals In his capacity of secretary of Subcommittee 3 on White Metal Alloys. At that time he vas appointed chairman of Subcommittee 2 on lead, etc. to take effect In June and vas replaced aa secretary of Subcommittee 3 by Jerome F. Smith of the L.I.A. staff. 3. Annual Meeting. All arrangements for the L.I.A. 1965 Annual Meeting vere completed and a preliminary announcement and tentative pro gram vere circulated. It. A.B.H.S. The Introduction to the lead section of the American Bureau of Metal Statistics vss prepared. 5. Statistics. The L.I.A. Annual Statistical Review vas prepared and is at the printer* at this vritlng. 6. Mexico. A visit vas made to Mexico In part to try to interest one large Mexican lead producer, Penoles, to resume Its memberships In L.I.A. and t.L.Z.R.O. which vere discontinued several years ago. At ths seme time a number of Mexican lead manufacturers vere visited revealing that Mexican lead consumption in the manufacture of anti-knocks, cable, ceramic frit and solder Is Increasing rather substantially and should con tinue to do so In the next fev years. 7. Solder. Statistics on solder consumption by end-uses vas supplied to the American Metal Market for U6e In their yearly Metal Statistics publi cation. i o J, * o . I II|U^I & LIA23303 Quarterly Report of the Executive Vice President January 1 to March 31/ 19^5 HEALTH AJO SAFETY 8. Facte Bulletin. Publication and distribution of the first bulletin Issued under our Lead Information Program entitled "Facts About Lead and Industrial Hygiene" vas made and distributed to 6,000 professional people vbo are members of the Industrial Medical Association, the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the Air Pollution Control Association.In addition the bulletin vas sent to all state and local Health Department* and Air Pollution Control Agencies. The reception accorded this bulletin has been most gratifying as evidenced by the fact that over 2,000 additional copies have been mailed as a result of requests received from those vbo bad seen either the announcement of the publication or a copy elsewhere. 9. Kettering Abstracts on Lead Toxicology. Printing of these ab stracts, also being issued under our Lead Information Program, la now being made end the first Issue will be mailed abcxit April 15* The re action to the publication of these abstracts on the part of the medical profession will be reported to you In our next report. 10. Talkc by Health and Safety Director. A tall vas given at the Engineers' Club in Philadelphia before the Delaware Sectlcn of the AIHA on the eubject of lead exposure control In European automobile plants. A graduate seminar at the University of Michigan School of Public Health vas conducted cm the general subject of air pollution. A lecture on In dustrial Hygiene was given to the class at the Occupational Health Training Facility at the U. S. Public Health Service In Cincinnati. 11. ILZRO Project on Toxicity Study of Ingested Paint Film. In co operation vitb the Rational Point, Varnish and Lacquer Association ve visited the Commissioner of the Chicago Health Department, the Assistant Commissioner of the New York City Health Department and the Camissloner of the Revark City Health Department. In each case ve discussed with then the details of our II310 project and enlisted their cooperation In the study. All of these Health Departments expressed an interest In our work and made suggestions to us. 12. Key York Port Authority. Consultation with the Authority's Director of Environmental Sanitation van given on their general program relating to the control of lead and employee health. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - GENERAL 13. LEAD. The first 1965 Issue of this quarterly vas prepared, printed and mailed during this quarter. I1*. I.I.C. Show. L.I.A. exhibited a variety of lead products at the first Industrial, Institutional and Ccraercial Building Conference and Show, held la Detroit. 1?. lead Abstracts. These abstracts, published by L.D.A. in London and partially financed by L.I.A., were given tbelr regular monthly dis tribution to a special list of some 1,500 people interested in technical aspects and research on lead. T'*' LIA23304 H ---- ------------------- Quarterly Report of the Executive Vice President January 1 to March 31# 1965 -3- INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - BATTERIES . l6. "Electric Muscles on Wheels" vaa the theme of another battery* powered Industrial vetlcle shov, this one aponaored by Manitoba Power during Canadian Rational Electric Week. In -10 deg. veatber 271 Indus* trlallata turned out for It. Thla la another result of L.I.A.'a promotion - and L.I.A. literature vaa used for distribution a* the show. 17- Pacific Gas and Electric. Working vlth L.I.A. and using Its literature, this utility will sponsor tvo sore Industrial truck shows on April 28 in Oakland and April 29 In San Francisco. It Is also launching an advertising campaign on thla subject In western trade papers Including the vest coast edition of WALL STREET JOURNAL. 18. Advertising. Co* 2/3-page ad on electric personnel carriers appeared in BUSINESS WEEK. 19. Industrial Truck Association. A progress report on L.I.A.'s electric truck promotion vaa cade before the annual neetlng of I.T.A. 20. Edison Electric Institute. A meeting of the Industrial Sales Coralttee and the annual Sales Conference of E.E.I. were attended to give public utilities a better understanding of cur Industrial battery program and encourage industry wide support by the Institute Itself. 21. Sales Manual. Steps have been initiated to get cooperative sup port of all interested parties - truck manufacturers, battery manufacturers, electric utilities, electrical manufacturers and L.I.A. - in preparation ar.i distribution of an electric Industrial, truck sales manual for power company salesmen. 22. Battery Booster. L.I.A. has started a modtst little neve letter about industrial batteries and their promotion for nailing from time to time to utilities, battery and truck people, and Interested L.I.A. members. The first nailing was cade March 1 to about 000 names. Since then requests to add about y>Q new names have been received. The reaction baa been far more favorable than we had hoped. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - METAL PRODUCTS 23. Terne Plate. In addition to two that previously appeared, articles prepared by L.I.A. and its agency 00 this subject appeared in INDUSTRIAL WORLD, KATERIALS IN DESIGN ENGINEERING and METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING during the quarter. The MATERIALS IN DESIGN ENGINEERING article has been reprinted for circulation to members and for use in answering inquiries and distribution at trade shows. 2U, U.S. Steel. Largely enthused by L.I.A.'s promotion of terne plate and inquiries received from it, U. S. Steel for the first time at least In cany years has Issued a nev 12-page booklet on Long Temes setting forth specifications, advantages and uses. They have supplied L.I.A. with 1,000 copies for answering inquiries and mailing to members. "NF*' . w ---------' LI&23305 --^*-- ^- -f `MfririiJnM-igwi < i sii ni i g i^r r o o Quarterly Report of the Executive Vice President January 1 to March 31j 1965 2$. Advertising. One 2/3-page ad on the lead-roofed M. I.T. done appeared Id BUSINESS WEEK, a one-page ad on the soae subject In PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE and tvo pages .in RCCFINC, SIDING, INSULATION. An ad on lead lined pools also appeared In the latter magarine. One ad each on solder appeared In MACHINE DESIGN, PRODUCT ENGINEERING, MATERIALS Hi DESIGH EH- ' CHEERING and METAL PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING. One ad on cable sheathing appeared In ELECTRICAL WORLD. ' 26. Roofing end Flashing. A l6-pege handbook on these applications of lead vas Issued and Bailed to our list of architects and contractors. It vill also be advertised to roofing contractors In particular and used at certain trade shovs. It contains Installation details and complete cpeclflcatlons. 27. Chemical Construction. An L.I.A. article on the use of epoxy adhesives In bonding lead tank linings vas picked up by CHEMICAL ENGINEER ING, MILL AND FACTOR! and by CORROSION TECHNOLOGY In England. The CEEMICAL ENGINEERING article Is being reprinted for circulation to neebere, in answer ing Inquiries and at the Chemical Show next fall. 28. Calked Joints. An article which reported the I.L.Z.R.O.-sponsored research on the performance of lead calked Joints, which bad been placed In the December, 196b, Issue of PLUMBING, HEATING, COOLING BUSINESS was re printed for use at the L.I.A. booth at the numbing Contractors Convention In June. 29. Lead in Modern Chemical Construction. This article, mentioned In the previous quarterly report, was reprinted and mailed to over 1,600 chemical companies sr.d engineers. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - CERAMICS 30. Supplement. The four-page supplement to LEAD IN THE CERAMIC DtDUSTRIES on Solder Glass was mailed to 7,CK)0 people who have the manual and a press release on its availability vas Issued. 31. Porcelain Enameled Aluminum. L.I.A. arranged a Deeting with three leading producers of this product and representatives of the Porcelain Enamel Institute staff to discuss L.I.A. promotional and advertising plans for 1965. Much valuable data with respect to ease histories, specifications and problems to be overcome were developed for L.I.A. guidance. A subsequent visit to Alcoa supplemented and confirmed the findings of the meeting. 32. Seminar. Arrangements are being made for a seminar on porcelain enameled aluminum next fall under the sponsorship of the N. Y. Section of the Construction Specifications Institute which would Include alunlnua producers, enacelers and architects on the program. Efforts are also In progress for a discussion of this product at the BulldlLg Research Institute meeting In the fall. 33- P-Trltes. A cocplete article on lead ferrites, based on the paper given at the 196b L.I.A. annual meeting, appeared In the March Issue of CERAMIC AGE. It Is being reprinted for use In answering inquiries. LIA23306 Quarterly Report of tbe Executive Vice President January 1 to March 31, 19^5 -5- 3l*. Ceoeral Motor*. O.M.' lntereat In the high lead ferrite* for small electric motors in automobile*, mentioned In our last report, haa been pursued further. They now definitely favor tbe high lead ferrite* and are presently concerned vith sources of supply or manufacturing them themselves. " IMXJSTKT DEVELOPMENT - BOISE AND VIBRATICM 35. Advertising. A 2/3-page ad cn lead-asbestos pad* to protect against sufcvay vibration appeared In BUSINESS WEDC, one full-page ad on the same subject In PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE and two full-pages In ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD. A one-page ad on tbe PrankIln Institute lead sound Insulation appeared In FACTOKI. 36. Potomac Electric Rover Co. A visit to this company 00 request revealed that It haa cade rather extensive use of lead for soundproofing, particularly transformers, aa a result of Interest created by L.I.A. publicity and advertising. Some results have been excellent, others mediocre, and sore Information and assistance vas desired. 37- Brochure on Sound Proofing vlth Lead. A draft for such a brochure containing ali information learned to date from research and experience was circulated to the Sound and Vibration Subcommittee of the I.D.C. for comment. Most coementt have been received and a final draft for publication Is being prepared. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - PIGMENTS 38. Advertising. One-page ad* on cetal protective lead primers appeared, one each In ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD and AMERICAN PAINTING CONTRACTOR.