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Eat ii 1956 Honorable Franklin C Floete Administrator General Services Adaiirtstration VaqhinRtaa 25, C C . '. . fear Sfr* TlotfUi v * fnelosed 1* a oeoarr* revision of the Stockpile Procarerjgrt Tirective -or tho Fiscal Yea? 1955* This revision raorro-ies the revised directive dated Ucrv'mber 2, JS55 cad eserdoants thereto* * Tea ulil sot# that authorization Tor farther coKdtaexr&s Tor the purchase of foreign nrsali'ur^ieal fluorspar has been e&ssenfed* Leeaoae deliveries of this saterlal have beea mall and the ainlnsx stockpile objective if Tar frao lulTUncat, I *4oald vy* to obtain the recsoaendazions of the Gemml Services Attelnistrstlca Tor prweluta-orice doaestie purchase progrs thro xonld accelerate deliveries to tho stocioilo and help to saintain the doneStic mobilisation base* ' i uoald also like to as*? the 0*3*A* to ascertain the price that scold have to be paid In order to sales neaningfol the instruction- that preference be given to antinomy obtained from doccctio v sources* Sincerely justs, . * 0 * (Signed) tottm S. nramtoS T'bb'oQIBISi T CCs Hr* Firming Hr* Walsh, EPS Hr* Ogden a * V Hr* Frits WBFrltsshas U/n/56 Bevrittan WGFritxihair $-7-$6 rHtS DOCUMENT WAS NOT A RECORD OF PPG INDUSTRIES! INC. DID NOT COME FROM . T'S FJL&S AND CANNOT PE AUTHENTICATED BY FrO INDUSTRIES, *!NC. Arthur S. rLrrrlng director - V ttttachatnts-are r^4iilSS vmca the at***~Tutter teconas , u / gu-jcurivg ones cp t pbssxdest office cp nsnts mhTLTZAXiogM p; t - ' ST0CSFH2 PSOCtmSgiT DIBECTI7E (SECCUD ffifgHCH) FISCAL 1EAS 1S56 NOibU.:^.'............ ---.iiLt Pursuant to Section 3 of tho Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling let u csended by tbo Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 2SU9 and Reorganization Plan Ho* 3 of 1553* and Title HI of the Defense Production Act as amended, the General Serrices Administration is hereby authorised and directed to purchase far the national Stockpile the kinds and quantities of strategic and critical materials set forth la the attached Table I and t approve canaitoents for barter tosard strategic and critical arterial n stockpile bjactives and for procurement toward a supplemental stockpile as abova. in the attached Table XX* The programs authorised under this directive shall be carried out in accordance with the following proiisicns and procedures* A* -OSaSSAL PT.croiCTSf 1* AH materials purchased for the stockpile shall meet stockpile purchase specifications* Procurement Is authorised to replace materials under approved rotation programs* 3* Prior to open market purchases toward ldnlmam objectives, con sideration and preference shall he given to the availability of supply frem any Govexnmaxt^mned surplus or purchase program for that material under the Defense Production Act* 2u ftrocurenent of the materials authorised In this directive shall be additional to say free acquisitions of the same materials which may occur prior to June 30, 196, provided the stockpile objectives for such materials are not exceeded* $* Xn carrying out the program for achieving wlTrimai stockpile objectives, the attention of the General Services Administration Is directed to the following policy objectives of the Office of Defease ^ * +-< ** ^ a< zmi ^3" CO2 25tSZWjS9 Pg83 ~2*o o COH2 H ^ |88 IH8 iai >3 SD Si -n <*> stockpile objectives will be achieved in the shortest possible period of time, keeping in Bind the considerations Mt forth la (b) through () twlmi rBBjjoTjn52" 0) Tho Procurement Mcrity Levels shell be ccspletea an a priority basis* (o) Tbs rwaainder of the . J. 0153 objectives shall be achieved on a lover priority basis;to avoid undue hardship to the civilian economy*. (d) Procarmsent toward the --stockpile objectives shall i* the ecntrlbutioa to strengthening our damestio sources of supply end, at the same time, keep the United States in a position where we can continue t turn to foreign sources of supply in those areas where we loo? it will be impossible for us to rely completely on. domestic rWgrcas of supply* ^V vjp? it be made to procure the materials In the nest emnmlral possible* 6* teviaticns fro* this directive aha.Il be made only after prior approval, of tbe Office of Defense Mobilisation* provisions CUTCTSSIHO PBOCTHggTTT F5CM T5Z CCMMOPITT CSCTIT C05POKgI0g AHD FOa A SU??U1S7IAL STOCglLSi The following provisions and procedures shall govern procurement by the General Services Administration of stockpile materials acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation* the kinds and quantities of the a1 * authorised exclusively for procurement from the Commodity Credit Corporation toward strategic and critical materials stockpile objectives and for the supplemental stockpile are shown la Tahla IX* 1* 111 materials purchased from the Commodity Credit Corporation meet the stockpile specifications that are la effect at the time the materials are acquired by the Csaodity Credit Corporation* All materials purchased for the supplemental stockpile shall meet stockpile specifications* 2* Selabursement of the Commodity Credit Corporation for stockpile materials shall occur only after receipt of the materials and shall not exceed the value of the same materials In the open market at the e*TM of purchase by the Commodity Credit Corp ration* 3* Reimbursement of the Commodity Credit Corporation by the General Services Adsinistration for materials acquired under the authorisa tions In Table XX -for the stockpile program shall be made only from funds appropriated for the purpose of such reiafcureoaent* hm The General Services Adainistration shall infora the Coosodlty Credit Corporation of the kinds, quantities, and specification of the materials authorised In this directive far open market procurement toward minima objectives and Insofar as feasible, . consideration shall be glvei to the procurement of soeh materials through barter as provided for In Section 303 of Title HI of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1352* $9 Procurement towards completion of unfulfilled long-term stockpile objectives for materials of foreign origin, and towards these objectives that are large enough to permit barter procurement without impairing the domestic mobilisation base, will be made m-- **-------- Credit Corporation inventories to tha extent of stockpile grade are available* 0154 c 6. The General Services AArfairtratim shall Infant the Ccemodlty Credit Corporation of tha Idads, qualities and specifications of the materials authorized for procurement in Table H and nhall accept custody when *r& each materials ere released to the stockpile by the Commodity Credit Corporation* 7. The n'fchan'4 inclnded In Table U do not preclude considers* tloa by the Commodity Credit Corporation of proposals for eddlticssl barter or exchange of agricultural oommodltiee nor Unit the Cosaodlty Credit Corpcratlcn In barter or exchange for lta own account under Title XU.' 8, In no event, will the General Services Jlddni stratlon acquire Materials of foreign origin free the Commodity Credit Corporation for either nrfw-tma or long-term objectivea when the ease amounts of each materials are available from dosestlo production* uu protoicts ccncebrito specific katvriais Antimony#* So antimery of foreign origin shall be purchaaed other ^EajftEat already procured by barter of surplne agricultural ecn- modltiee# Acquisitions ahall be to Grade A except for 60 short tons of Grade Asbestos, Aaoslte#* Procurement authorised on Table H nay be used to expand production capacity# j. Bauxite, Jraaica Type** Procurement authorised on Table 2 may be used to expand production capacity# Acquisition toward the stock* pile objeotlves shall be In lieu of authorized Defense Production Act trpansicn contract authorization* Beryl#* Table I include! J7h short tons of beryl ore in the fora of ]T,OoO,000 of- It percent bexyllina-copper master alloy* This alloy ahall ha purchased from the two domestic producers in approod* nately equal shares with deliveries prorated throughout the contract periods at an apprwdaately even rata* Contracts shall be limited to six months periods* the elloy shall be credited to the stockpile of beryl ore and refined copper in equivalent anoints* Table U Includes 8930 short tons of beryl ore in the fora of 12*500,000 pounds of It percent beryllima-copper master alloy Deliveries under this authorization shall be United to five years and may be used to expand production capacity* The alloy ahall be credited to the stooj^dle of beryl ore and refined copper in equivalent The master-alloy under this* authorization shall be produced in the fltaited States* A portion of any imported ores required to meet this program shall he obtained from TrrH* souroea. If available at market prices* <_BB_0 181S4 j THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT A RECORD OF $ PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. DID NOT COME-FROM IT'S FILES AND CANNOT BE AUTHENTICATED r| BY PPG INDUSTRIES. INC 5# Chrcdte. Katallandcal** The quantity authorised for apm~ market purchase <2ahle I) shall ba procured only from the Commodity Credit Corporation* The material may be in the form of ore or the equivalent amount la the farm of ftaro- chraae, bat not ferro-chrcme frilleon* The quantity authorized for barter procurement toward the long-term objective (Table U) includes 500,000 long dry tons that may be purchased In the form of ore or the equivalent amount in the form of ferro-chroma, bat not ferro-chrcme Killeen* * 6m Cocner, 07SC.- It,000 tons to be processed into oxygen free high conductivity (CFHC) copper using copper In stockpile or scheduled far delivery* 7* Diamonds, Industrial*- The quantity of bort In Tables X and XX authorised for procurement on3y If obtainable without obliga tion to take industrial stones* The quantity of Sort os Table XX to be procured only If apeeiflsally authorised by the General Servloee ldalrri,stratioa, and stones only If bort is also acquired* * fluorspart Metallurgical Grade*** So additional cqrmrltrconta shall be made for the purchase of iorelgn. metallurgical fluorspar* 9m lead and Zinc** The quantities shews Is the market purchase eftirtrm X are the amounts purchased or to be purchssed from July 1, 1555. to May 1, 1956* Purchases shell be confined to metal produced from newly mined ores of domestis origin and shall be mads at market prices based on common grade. Hew Tork, for lead and prim* wasters grads. East St* Xcois, for sins* 0 Ors of domestic origin shall be defined as (1) Ores (including concentrates derived therefrom) mined la the United States subsequent to December 31, 1551*1 id (2} A mixture of doeestio ores with other ores and/or scrip, provided the quantity of lead or dno sold by a supplier to the Government under the long-term program does not sxseed the lead or sine contained In ores of domestic origin (including concentrates derived therefrom) that have been mined subsequent to December 31# 1552* and acquired by the supplier _, \A j -. ili ooiaTil" THIS DOCUMENT WAS.NOT A RECORD OF PPG'INDUSTRIES, INC* DID NOT COME FROM IT'S FILES AND CANNOT BE. AUTHENTICATED BY PPG INDUSTR'ES. fNC * * T-- - 'T ` ^. ~ 0^56 ^.0 -' m 10, Manganese, v^rtr^jeal Grade*- The quantity authorised for * proCTrg*o 1 Table yi say ua 1a fora of ortf ferrOHaaaganeee or electrolytic manganese* 11* Mice* Mnscovite Solittiaga*- The quantity authorised on Table H to be procured only if auacoeite hloclc Is also acquired* 12* Platinum.- May be acquired in the fora of platinna or pall rilfla* The quantity authorised tor market purchase (Table I) shall be procured only from the Coanodlty Credit Corporation* 33. Tale, Steatite.- May be procured la hloclc or laap fora* Procure ment is liaiied to the grade produced 'la the southern part of India# llu Tin.- Procurement la limited to material produced at the Taxae City * This directive shall taka effect oa MAY 21 135$, (Signed) Arthur S#. Titering irtfanr S# Fleming Director THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT A RECORD OF PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. DID NOr COME FROM IITI 'uS iFiIuLEuSv nAnNwD vCnAiNTMNOvii wBE AUTHENTICA'i ED . *BY PPG INDUSTR'ES. INC iJ^OO 18156**J l roiSfc? axogpiLg psocisxes? nsOLL TEAS 1956 TABS I (3X03D W ;10 '; ^ .I s V . i l o riLhS Ohlt BAZrmiS AU'lIHUHIZSD FOB FSSCSEFK3ZT OS THS? KA55FT ASD vmxsF. Htocscncs act isvfszqszes ira f.i. 3956 Material HmWM PRSOMMI Purchases P?A Inventories Total Frouireiflent F.T. 1956 sr Antiaccy sr Asbestos, Amosite LOT Bauxite, Met., beryl Ors Master Alloy Type Sg 2*500 -- 1,876 rfe 77k ,JJJf Chreelte, KstsHansiesl. 360,000 13 Cobalt (Ketal Contest) rr Claaaods, Inttastrlal Bert 2 500,000 SET Fluorspar, MetaUorglcal 120,000 Graphite, Ceylon 770 50,000 851 351 160,000 6,000 2.500 50.000 2,727 Ii&s 77k 360.000 160.000 2400.000 120,000 770 13 Iodine 550,000 sr 6,000 Manganese, Battery, Synthetic 3,000 ws Manganese, Chou, Type A 6489 IBS Manganese, Cbea., Type 3 5,000 550.000 6,000 3.000 6489 5.000 23 Hlea, Msec. Block .000 13 Good, Stained 4 Better ,000 13 750,000 13 Mica, Mnseorltc Tile 250,000 13 Mica, Phlogoplte Splitting! 80,000 767.000 75,ooS 692.000 Wctel (Metal Costeat) -- 30,000,000 ,X3 Opine (Morphine Contest) 35.000 GZ 80.000 13 10,000 IB Shellac 1 000,000 1.717.000 ' 275.006' 1462.000 ,250.000 80400 30 000,000 , 35ooo 80.000 30.000 1 000,000 ST Carbide, Crude ST Talc, Steatite Block 10HMTTW PBCGBAH 20,000 700 20.000 * 700 l CI5S | BB 0018157" 13 Cols&dblte (Petal Content) SMT lre--t-f 1ST Manganese, Battery, natural HI Manganese, KstaUaxgical a Tin pro 1^TM^^ N0T * RK0RD CF yTj *^DlJoTR!ES, INC. DID NOT COME F'-'m By"pp!^ AUTHENTICATED 25,800 5.000 15.000 63,6oo 352477 180,000 9,350 36463 352477 25,800 I 5,000 180,000 ! 26450 57,863 : 'to ~ -y STCC2EH3 rT.OCuT^SJX fSOCTJLM -- -- ST" iiscit =ja 1756 _ j TABU H( Second Bsvisicn) qrmrrftj.'fcj Authorised for C^aiteeist July 3555, timugh Juno 30# 2557, Xar Sorter Reward strater^e Criticrl i-htcrlnlv Stockpile Objectives and for i'rocureoant with bgrelga Currencies ^^^jiuppieiasatal Stockpile* Obit fhtcrlal Taesrd Stsete^e Stockpile Objectives ] i 1 * m \n -t ST Abrasives# Crude AX* Qdde SI ArrM-'Wiy 51 Asbestos# Aaaoita ST Asbestos# CLrysotile LOT ar.cd.to, Jaasiea L3T Bauxite# eurlnaa 1ST iktcdte, He&actcsx ST Beryl Vaster Miry LB BLgsnth 'B ST Chnxdte# tigtallnrsical 1ST Chrodte, Eciractcry LB Cobalt (Ijctal Content) SC Bjaaenrio, Bert ST Biaaocda, Stones ST Graphite, Ceylon LB ST Lead ST IfeCpesitn LOT finyaoese, Bat*, natural LOT Iho^ancao, Let., Synthetic UT Manganese, Checa*, Type A UT tieo^nese, Chou, Typo B UT Kansanesc, tiotallarcLeal LB ilca,.iicovto Hock LB Ilea, iuaccvito i'ila LB ' Ilea, iiaacovito Salittiac 13 Mca, *hlo<^pito Splittines TrOs KLatlnm (xSUedisa) LB Quarts Crystals SDI Bars barths 13 ST Silieen Carbide, Crude I Tale, Steatite sleek ST 22,310 20# 000 1,000,000 2#000,000 'j-xm 3#bbO 5,$J0 750.000 1,220,235 100.000 5,ooo, ocx) 500,000 250,000 2,100 -- 5,ooo 1U,5C0 7,000 -- 1,000,000 500,000 6,270,000. 1,500,000 ko,ooo 60,000 3,000,000 50,000 1,000 -- . - .{THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT A RECORD OF .?=v fPG INDUSTRIES, INC. DID NOT COME FROM . ': -ITS FILES AND CANNOT BE AUTHENTICATED BY PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. NOT u,-... Authorised far a Supplemental Stockpile Ihadam Beried-' After Cor rltefgrt Delivery of Total wasstity Authorised 200,000 -1,720 . l#250,ooo 2,1X0,000 ' 50,000 jJB 3,350 356,323 It,232,531; ^ 230,000 3,seo,ooo 200,000 20,000 12,210 mmm 2,020 -- 1,500,000 . --. 3,730,000 ---- 60,130 -- 5,ooo -- -- -- 200,000 2 Tears 2 Tears 5 Tears 2 Tears. 5 Tears 2 Tears 2 Tears 2 5 Tears 3 Tears 2 Tears 2 Tears 2 Tears 2 Tears IV 6/30/57 IV 6/30/57 2 Tears 23 Months IV 22/3V56 IV 12/3V56 3 Tears 3 Tears 2 Tears 2 Tears 3 Tears 2 Tears 2 Tears 2 Tears 2 Years C<x=dttcd 2 Tears CcBCittOd 23 Ikaths 30 nrnthfl 2 Tears IV 22/32/56 I BB 0018158 | r-O