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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1931 Oct DOC#: NSC435 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Transactions of the NSC - 20th Annual Safety Congress TRANSACTIONS National Safety Council Incorporated 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago Papers mani- HONORARY MEMBERS A ssociation of I ron and S teel E lectrical E ngineers R obert W . Campbell Officers (1931-1932) C. W. Bergquist, President. J. I. B a n a sh , Vice-President for Finance. J. E. Culliney, Vice-President for Engineering. E dward D ana, Vice-President for Public Safety. H oward B. F onda, Vice-President for Membership. G. T. H ellmuth, Vice-President for Business Administration. John E. Long, Vice-President for Division of Safety Councils. A rthur M. T ode, Vice-President for Industrial Safety. A. W . W hitney, Vice-President for Education. Dr. C.-E. A. W inslow, Vice-President for Health. W ill Cooper, Treasurer. W. H. Cameron, Managing Director and Secretary. EX EC U TIV E COMMITTEE (1931-1932) M. S. A ckerman, Jr., Lehigh Valley Safety Council. W m. F. A rdern, Safety Division, Milwaukee Association of Commerce. C. B. A uel, Past President. J. I. B a .tash, Consulting Engineer. Ernest W. B eck, United States Rubber Company. C. W. Bergquist, W estern Electric Company. W. H. Cameron, National Safety Council. R. W . Campbell, P ast President. Robert I. Catlin, Aetna Life Insurance Company. .C. L. Close, United States Steel Corporation. W ill Cooper, Stevens Hotel. G. E. Cress, Mason City Safety Council. J. E. Culliney, Bethlehem Steel Corporation. E dward D a n a , Boston Elevated Railway. Lewis A. D eB lois, P ast President. G. A. D oeller, Public Utilities Section. 1^4 P M arcus A. Dow, Past President. H oward B. F onda, Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (U . S. A. ) Inc. H arry Guilbert, The Pullman Company. G. T. H ellmuth, Chicago, N orth Shore & Milwaukee R. R. Co. m .W alter E if; G. K ing, Past President. F rank J. La n a h a n , F ort P itt Malleable Iron Company. Frank A. L auerman, Metals Section. S t ? ' l l p "'- D r. M. G. L loyd, ASSE-Engineering Section. J. E. Long, The Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corp. H. W. Lormor, Cleveland Safety Council. A rthur T. M orey, P ast President. / 4 Twentieth Congress--National Safety Council Lew R. P almer, P ast President. C. E. P ettibone, P ast President. H enry A. Reninger, P ast President. John R ussell, Jr., Construction Section. G. E. S anford, General Electric Company. Charles B. S cott, P ast President. Zenos E. S cott, Superintendent of Public Schools, Springfield, Mass, Lester D. S eymour, United A ir Lines. John S. S haw , Chemical Section. E rnest L. S imonds, New Haven Safety Council. J ohn H . T aylor, Birmingham Safety Council. A rthur M. T ode, Consulting Marine Engineer. C. P. T olman, Past President. M erle E. T owner, Baltimore Safety Council. V incent W akefield, Refrigeration Section. George H. W arfel, Steam Railroad Section. Dr. C. H. W atson, American Telephone & Telegraph Company. A. W. W hitney, National Bureau of Casualty & Surety Underwriters. D r. C.-E. A. W inslow, Yale Medical School. A rthur H. Y oung, Past President. DIRECTORS (1931-1932) M. S. A ckerman, J r., Lehigh Valley Safety Council. R obert C. A nderson, Safety Division, Dayton Chamber of Commerce. W m . F. A rdern, Safety Division, Milwaukee Association of Commerce. Ernest A ugustus, Chillicothe Safety Council. J ames H . B aker, Hudson County Safety Council. J. I. B a n a sh , Consulting Engineer.. R. C. B arr, Woodworking & Lumber M anufacturing Section. E rnest W. B eck, United States Rubber Company. C. W . B ergquist, Western Electric Company. D avid S. Beyer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. D r. R. C. B itterman, Eastbay Safety Council. E. F. B lank , Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. W. R. Boyd, Jr., American Petroleum Institute. N orman Call, Richmond Safety Council. W. H . Cameron, National Safety Council. R obert I. Catlin, Aetna Life Insurance Company. T. P. Ch a pm a n , St. Louis Safety Council. H arry J. Clark, Safety Division, Syracuse Chamber of Commerce. C. L. Close, United States Steel Corporation. W. H. Com ins, Mining Section. D r. R andall Condon, Child Education Section. W ill Cooper, Stevens Hotel. G. E. Cress, Mason City Safety Council. J. E. Culliney, Bethlehem Steel Corporation. E dward D a n a , Boston Elevated Railway. F. A. D avidson, General Scaffolding Engineers, Inc. Clifford D avis, Street & Highway Traffic Section. C harles D . D awson, Grand Rapids Safety Council. A. K. D ean, Rochester Safety Council. L ewis A. D eBlois, Consulting Engineer. L awrence E. D ickson, Accident Prevention Equipment Manufacturers' G. A. D oeller, Public Utilities Section. R. E. D onovan, Petroleum Section. Section. rfK - Officers and Directors C. M. D otterrer, Automotive & Machine Shop Section. J ames B. D ouglas, The Philadelphia Gas Works Company. M arcus A. Dow, Delivery, Taxicab & Bus Section. Dr. Louis I. D ublin, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. F. L. D uggan, Western Pennsylvania Safety Council. Frederic W. Easton, Blackstone Valley Safety Council. Edward R. E gger, Employees' Publication Section. H arvey E llerd, Armour & Company. I. B. F inkelstein, Delaware Safety Council. H oward B. F onda, Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (U . S. A.) Inc. R ichard R. F oster, New Orleans Safety Council. S am Ganz, Kansas City Safety Council. J ames Gill, Hazelton Safety Council. P. H. Glatfelter, York County Safety Council. Ernest P. Goodrich, Consulting Engineer. W. J. Graves, Power Press Section. J. F. G reen, Madison County Safety Council. H arry G uilbert, The Pullman Company. I saiah H ale, The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. D. T. H arrington, U. S. Bureau of Mines. E. M. H einselm an, Safety Bureau, Duluth Chamber of Commerce. G. T. H ellmuth, Chicago, N orth Shore & Milwaukee R. R. Co. Chas. E. H ill, New York Central Lines. C. L. H ungerford, Rubber Section. Joh n S. H unter, Marine Section. H arry D. I mmel, Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry. J. B rook Jackson, General Motors Corporation. Joh n P rice Jackson, New Y ork Edison Company. A. B. Jennings, Newark Safety Council. D ana E. Jones, Manufacturers Association of Erie. Ira V. K epner, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. jfcyV* F rank J. L a n a h a n , F ort Pitt Malleable Iron Company. F. A. Lauerman, Metals Section. R. M. L ittle, N ew York Department o f Education. :D r, M. G- Lloyd, ASSE-Engineering Section. J. E. Long, The Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corporation. H . W. Lormor, Cleveland Safety Council. H. T. M artin, Fisk Rubber Company. P axton M endelssohn, Detroit. US R. B. M orley, Industrial Accident Prevention Associations. D r. T. F. M urphy, Statistics Section. C. E. M cBride, Fort Wayne Safety Council. M iller M cClintock, H arvard University. T. H. M cKenney, Illinois Steel Company. .R oy M cKenzie, Chattanooga Safety Council. W W - A . D. M cW horter, Safety Division, Memphis Chamber, c f Commerce. t 0 J ohn A . O artel, Carnegie Steel Company. E . J. O 'Brien, Louisville Safety Council. George C. A . O pp, T he Detroit Edison Company. Lew R. P almer, Equitable .Life Assurance Society. W . E. P atterson, Etowah County Safety Council. C. E. P ettibone, American Mutual Liability Insurance Company. E. E. P lace, Textile Section. J. J. P lzak, Paper and Pulp Section. John P rince, Quarry Section. 5 f\ "Jf'-- 6 Twentieth Congress--National Safety Council C h a s. E. R edfern, Providence Safety Council. S amuel H. Reid, Electric Railway Section. H enry A. R eninger, Lehigh Portland Cement Company. Ch a s. L. R ice, Chicago S afety Council. D r. A . D . R isteen, The Travelers Insurance Company. Joh n R ussell, Jr., Construction Section. G. E. S anford, General Electric Company. Charles L. S awyer, Toledo Safety Council. H enry G. S chaffner, Erie Safety Council. O tto S ch en k , Wheeling S afety Council. Charles B. S cott, Bureau o f Safety. Zenos E. S cott, Superintendent of Public Schools, Springfield, Mass. Lester D. S eymour, United A ir Lines. John S. S haw , Chemical Section. Ge n . John H . S herburne, Massachusetts Safety Council. D r. L. A . S houdy, Bethlehem Steel Corporation. John D. S huart, Springfield Safety Council. E rnest L. S imonds, New Haven Safety Council. Oliver T. S kellet, Safety Division, St. Paul Association. M atthew S. S loan, Brooklyn Safety Council. E. S. S pring, Lehigh Valley T ransit Company. H . J. S poerer, Evanston Safety Council. George R. S tephens, The Safety Bureau, Buffalo Chamber of Commerce. E thelbert S tewart, U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. L ucius S. S torrs, United Railways & Electric Company. W . A. S ullivan, Food Section. A lfred H. S wayne, General Motors Corporation. John H . T aylor, Birmingham Safety Council. H enry D. T efft, Meat Packing, Tanning and Leather Industries Section. T. R. T en na n t, Hammond Safety Council. A rthur M. T ode, Consulting Marine Engineer. M erle E. T owner, Baltimore Safety Council. W . D. T urbeville, San Antonio Safety Council. W illiam F. V eech, Rahway Safety Council. 'Richard F. W agner, Lynchburg Safety Council. V incent W akefield, Refrigeration Section. R obert R. W allace, Worcester Safety Council. George H . W arfel, Steam Railroad Section. D r. C. H . W atson, American Telephone & Telegraph Company. H arry M. W ebber, Illinois Bell Telephone Company. W . L. W hite, J r., Cement Section. S. E. W hiting, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. A. W. W hitney, National Bureau of Casualty & Surety Underwriters. W . H. W in a n s, Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation. C. T. W inegas, Detroit Industrial Safety Council. D r. C.-E. A. W inslow, Yale Medical School. J. M. W oltz, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company. w ..-J.'"i I I 03 `Pply oam toam with Tage asses risk solid high at is pose it of tw entieth annual safety congress NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Industrial Health Section Officers 1930-31 i General Chairman--D r. W . A. S awyer, Medical Division, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. f Vice-Chairman--D r. W . A. Colcord, Chief Surgeon, Carnegie Steel Co., Clairton Works, Clairton, Pa. Secretary--C. O. S appington, m . d., National Safety Council, Chicago, 111. f'-_ Monday Afternoon Session i October 12, 1931 DR. C.-E. A. WINSLOW, Chairman Vice-President for Health, National Safety Council; Professor of Public Health, !U;t Yale University, New Haven, Conn. The first session of the Industrial Health Section convened with Dr. C.-E. A. -Winslow presiding. ~ Chairm an W inslo w : I am so sorry it is not possible for Dr. Sawyer, general " chairman, to be here. A t the last moment he was detained, and as Dr. Colcord, the "vice chairman, is also absent, I was asked, as Vice President for Health, to call the :meeting to order and preside this afternoon. It is a special pleasure and an interesting experience for me to introduce the first speaker. I think that Dr. Evans and I first became acquainted about twenty years jgt.- ago when he was Health Commissioner of Chicago, and at that time I was tremen'.dously impressed with his vigor and enthusiasm and efficiency. One particular address that he made out in the steel district on, "W hat is the M atter with Southside ''Chicago?" always lingered in my mind as one of the most effective public health talks I ever heard. The Significance of Industrial Health By Dr. W. A. EVANS H ealth.Editor, "The Chicago Daily Tribune," Chicago T he industrial health program--of all health programs--is one of the latest and, at the same time, one of the most promising. It is never possible to set a time at which any movement began and have complete agreement, because urges and trends are always "in the air" for some time before they begin. The yearning, or urge, or whatever one chooses to call it, breaks out in different places and in different 151 "T W E N T I E T H a n n u a l s a f e t y c o n g r e s s NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL da Industrial Nursing Section Officers 1930-31 Chairman, M iss Grace M. H eidel, R. N., Supervisory Nurse, New York Central Railroad Company, Albany, N. Y. Vice-Chairman and Secretary, M iss A. M. L undine, R. N., Charge Nurse, Cheney Brothers, South Manchester, Conn. Thursday Afternoon Session October 15, 1931 MISS GRACE M. HEIDEL, R. N,, Chairman New York Central Railway Company, Albany, N. Y. The meeting of the Industrial Nursing Section convened with Miss Grace M. Heidel, R. N., New York Central Railway Company, Albany, N. Y., presiding. Chairm an H eidel: Most chairmen, when they introduce D r. Winslow, say "how fortunate we are to have him with us this afternoon." You all know how fortunate you are, so I will leave that. Indeed, we look to Dr. Winslow for the inspiring finish as well as the inspiring beginning of most of our nursing efforts. I t gives me great pleasure to introduce Dr. Winslow, Professor of H ealth Education at Yale University, as our first speaker. . ' Educational Qualifications of the Industrial Nurse By DR. C.-E. A. W INSLOW Professor of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. The health program in industry began, as most programs do, with the attempt to meet a concrete emergency. This emergency presented itself in the form of an in jured employee. When our states began to pass Workmen's Compensation Acts twenty years ago it became clear that it was cheaper to employ a physician and a nurse to render first aid than to pay the heavy costs of infected wounds and im properly set fractures. As soon as the physician and the nurse entered the industrial plant the field for their activities began to widen. I t was found th at the prompt treatment of minor noncompensable illnesses often paid for itself in reduction of absenteeism in increased working efficiency. In many industries medical examination of new employees and their assignment to the tasks for which they were physically and mentally best fitted, proved its value. Both physician and nurse came to play a part in the study of the 215 TWENTIETH ANNUAL SAFETY CONGRESS NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Accident Prevention lipment Manufacturers' Section Officers 1930-31 eral Chairman--H oward B. F onda, Burroughs Welcome & Co. (U. S. A.) Inc., V:New York City. "-Chairman--L. E. D ickson, Standard Safety Fquipment Co., Chicago, 111. Wasurer--C. A. P arthenheimer, American Optical Co., Chicago, 111. I 'cretary-- A . C. Carruthers, "Safety Engineering", New York City. #position Committee Chairman--B uell W . N utt, Safety Equipment Service Co., ^Cleveland, O. Market Research Committee Chairman--I. W. M illard, Industrial Gloves Corp., .D anville, 111. Membership Committee Chairman--F rederick W ahlert, Pulmosan Safety Equipgr ment Corp., Brooklyn, N. Y. lews Letter Committee Chairman--R. T. S olensten, Elliott Service Co., New York City. digram Committee Chairman--E. L. W heeler, F. H . Wheeler Manufacturing Co., Chicago, 111. ublicity Committee Chairman--R. T. S olensten, Elliott Service Co., New York City. 'afe Practices and Codes Committee Chairman--J. M. L ewis, Mine Safety Appli ances Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. jecutive Committee: Members at Large-- E dward H. S ykes, Mine Safety Appliances Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. ; George S. S hull, Safety F irst Supply Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Cr- E . W . B ullard, E. D. Bullard Company, San Francisco, Cal. E. F red S h ipm a n , Industrial Products Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Business Session October 11, 1931 H O W A RD B. FONDA, Chairman Burroughs W elcome & Co. (U. S. A.) Inc., New Y ork City * The annual business meeting of the Accident Prevention Equipment Manufacturers' tion of the National Safety Council was held in The Hotel Stevens on the evening of October 11, prior to the Twentieth Annual Safety Congress, General Chairman `Howard B. Fonda, presiding. 298 Twentieth Congress--National Safety Council Committee reports were presented by R. T. Solensten, Elliott Service Company, New York City, chairman of the Publicity Committee; by F. Rutledge Davis, Davis Emergency Equipment Company, New York City, chairman of the Better Business Relations Committee; by E. L. Wheeler, F. H. Wheel*r Manufacturing Company, Chicago, chairman of the Program Committee; and by C. A. Parthenheimer, Ameri can Optical Company, Chicago, treasurer. I. W. Millard, Industrial Gloves Corporation, Danville, 111., presented the report of the Nominating Committee, naming the following officers for the coming year: Chairman--Lawrence E. D ickson, Standard Safety Equipment Company, Chicago. Vice-Chairman--R. T. S olensten, Elliott Service Company, New York, N. Y. Treasurer--F rederick W ahlert, Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp., Brooklyn, N. Y. Secretary--E. L. W heeler, F. H . Wheeler Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111. Upon proper motion, made, and carried, these officers were duly declared elected. At a later meeting held Friday, October 16. General Chairman L. E. Dickson announced the appointment of chairmen of committees and members of the execu tive committee, as follows: Better Business Relations Committee--F. R utledge D avis, Chairman, Davis Emer gency Equipment Co., New York, N. Y. Membership Committee--George S. S hull, Chairman, Safety First Supply Co., Pitts burgh, Pa. Exposition Committee--I. W . M illard, Chairman, Industrial Gloves Corp., Danville,- HI. News Letter Committee--J. H . Reid, Chairman, Chicago Eye Shield Co., Chicago, IllJ3 Publicity Committee--R. T. S olensten, Chairman, Elliott Service Co., New York,' N. Y. Executive Committee: Members at Large-- H. W. Mowery, American Abrasive Metals Co., New York, N. Y. H oward B. F onda, Burroughs-Welcome & Co. (U. S. A .), Inc., New York N. Y. E d. H. S ykes, Mine Safety Appliances Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. B uell W . N utt, Safety Equipment Service Company, Cleveland, Ohio. C. A. P arthenheimer, American Optical Company, Chicago, 111. F red H. K lein, Wilson Products, Inc., Reading, Pa. Accident Prevention Equipment Manufacturers Who Made Exhibits at the Twentieth Annual Safety Congress, The Stevens, Hotel, Chicago, October 12-16, 1931 Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago, 111. Pharmaceutical products and first aid specialties. American Abrasive Metals Company, New York City. Safe walkway materials. American Ladder Company, Chicago, 111. All types genuine Miller-Built safety ladders. American Optical Company, New York City. Industrial head and eye protection. Automatic Signal Corporation, New Haven, Conn. Traffic actuated signal controls, traffic counters. Bauer & Black, Chicago, 111. Surgical dressings and first aid kits. Robert A. Bernhard, Rochester, N. Y. Saf-T-top applicator bottles and Saf-fast liquid adhesive. Bradley Washfountain Company, Milwaukee, Wis. Group washing equipment. Stewart R. Browne Manufacturing Company, Inc., New York City. Portable safety lamps. rt of ! >rk, :ns Accident Prevention Equipment Manufacturers' Section 299 if H. Buhrke Company, Chicago, 111. It- Safety belts, straps, buckets, tool guards. , D. Bullard Company, San Francisco, Calif. Everything in safety. Burroughs-Welcome & Co., (U . S. A.) Inc., New York City. First aid, medical equipment and surgical dressings, ucago Eye Shield Company, Chicago, 111. H ead and eye protection equipm ent. , Childs & Company, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. Safety shoes. bippewa Shoe Manufacturing Company, Chippewa Falls, Wise. Work shoes, boots, safety shoes and Gardtoes. anliness Institue, New York City. Cleanliness--Personal and Industrial--Its effect upon the worker and dements Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Jll. Clements Cadillac portable blowers, bos. E. Collins & Company, St. Louis, Mo. Waterproof fabrics. , avis Emergency Equipment Company, Inc., New-York City. First aid and safety equipment, dley Lock Corporation, Chicago, 111. **? Dudley pick-proof keyless padlocks and locker locks. Li A. Ebinger Sanitary Manufacturing Company, Inc., Columbus, Ohio. Sanitary equipment for offices and factories, employer, lliott Service Company, New York City. Bulletin board display services. Finnell System, Inc., Elkhart, Ind. Electric floor scrubbing, waxing, polishing and water absorbing machines and auxiliary clean floor equipment and supplies, lanovia Chemical & Manufacturing Company, Chicago, 111. Ultra-Violet Ray equipment, scientific research for hospitals and arley-Davidson Motor Company, Milwaukee, Wise. Police motorcycles, sidecars, radio and other police equipment, lolcomb Safety Garment Company, Chicago, 111. U! Industrial safety clothing, lynson, Westcott & Dunning, Inc., Baltimore, Md. Mercurochrome, a universal first aid antiseptic. Industrial Products Company, Philadelphia, Pa. Industrial accident prevention and first aid equipment, homes. ne Educational Bureau, Inc., New York City. Iodine, and its relation to first aid. Jewel Emblem Manufacturing Company, Inc., Chicago, 111. Badges, buttons and trophies. Jphnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, N. J. . g&r Surgical dressings and first aid kits, jnstrite Manufacturing Company, Chicago, 111. Oily waste and safety cans. Palter Kidde & Company, Inc., New York City. Lux carbon dioxide fire extinguishing equipment. IM athias Klein & Sons, Chicago, 111. Linemen's and electricians' tools, high Safety Shoe Company, Allentown, Pa. Safety shoes. Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, Toledo, Ohio. Safety glass for all forms of transportation. issr;.. The material on this page was copied from the collection of the National Library of Medicine by a third party and may be protei The material on this page was copied from the collection of the National Library of Medicine by a third party and may be protected by U.S. Copyright law. 300 Twentieth Congress--National Safety Council Lima Cord Sole & Heel Company, Lima, Ohio. Non-slip GRO-CORD soles and heels. Lincoln-Schlueter Floor Machinery Company, Chicago, 111 . Floor scrubbing, cleaning and polishing equipment. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York City. Life Insurance. Mine Safety Appliances Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. Everything for mine and industrial safety. Morin Manufacturing Company, Holyoke, Mass. Safety attachment for washing machine wringers. Morton Manufacturing Company, Chicago, 111. Kass safety treads and Sani-Gard cabinets. National Signal Device Corporation, Newark, N. J. Automobile safety signal. Patent Scaffolding Company, Chicago, 111. Safety ladders and scaffolding for all purposes. Protectoseal Company, Chicago, 111. Safety cans, miscellaneous operating cans, flame arrestors, Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corporation, Brooklyn, N. Y. Respirators, hoods* helmets and general safety appliances. Pyrene Manufacturing Company, Newark, N. J. Fire extinguishers and tire chains. Reece Wooden Sole Shoe Company, Columbus, Nebr. E. Z. Walking wooden sole safety shoes. Ruse Manufacturing Company, Hartville, Ohio. Everplumb ladder base Safety Engineering, New York City. Publishers "Safety Engineering." Safety Equipment Service Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Super-Drednaut goggles, personal protection and general Safety First Shoe Company, Framingham, Mass. Industrial safety shoes. W . H. Salisbury & Company, Inc., Chicago, 111. Linemen's rubber protective devices. Leon Schiff & Company, Chicago, 111. Industrial safety shoes. Schwenk Safety Device Corporation, New York City. Handlers for barrels, drums and carboys. F. J. Stahmer Shoe Company, Davenport, Iowa. Davenport wood soled footwear. Standard Safety Equipment Company, Chicago, 111. Industrial safety devices. Stonehouse Signs, Inc., Denver, Colo. Accident prevention signs. Surety Rubber Company, Carrollton, Ohio. Linemen's safety equipment. Surty Manufacturing Company, Chicago. Point of operation guards. Thompson Products, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. . Permanent road markers. Weaver Manufacturing Company, Springfield, 111. Garage and safety testing equipment. W est Disinfecting Company, Long Island City, N. Y. Products for promotion of sanitation. F. H. Wheeler Manufacturing Company, Chicago, 111. Asbestos, fireproofed, duck and leather protective apparel. Willson Products, Inc., Reading, Pa. Goggles, respirators and welding equipment. tanks safety and fittings. equipment. rr U [C ol. ( going |m etb wentieth annual safety congress NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Aeronautical Section Program Committee -i.. H arry H. B lee, (Chairman), Aeronautics Branch, U. S. Department of Com merce, Washington, D. C. j^pp B eecroft, Aeronautical Chamfipr of Commerce of America, New York City- G eorge W. L ewis, National Adyj^ory Committee for Aeronautics, Washington, , p. c. t. A. B. M cD aniel, W ar Department, Washington, D . C. IV M. T. -Seligman, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. Arl B. W adsworth, Post Office Department, Washington, D. C. Thursday Morning Session October 15, 1931 DAVID BEECROFT, Chairman i Chairman of Safety Committee, Aeronautical Chamber of Cpmmerce of America, New York Cjly he meeting of the Aeronautical Section convened with David Beecroft, chairim, Safety Committee, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America, New ork City, presiding. >pHairman B eecroft: The meeting this morning of the Aeronautical Section has cej; drafted more in the character of an educational meeting. The papers were Tecteii by the Program Comm>ttee fo cover as comprehensively as possible the air. ane field, with the thought of showing the unusual extent to which the industry - the Department of Cpmmerce, the regulatory body, have worked to bring about ety, since they felt that safety is the primary consideration in the success of the inustry.'and that without safety it would simply not be possible for the industry to plaice that economic success of which it is capable. _First, our program covers the factory; then the airport; then the operation of vehicle in the air; and finally, thanks to the Department of Commerce, we are omg to have a most comprehensive review of the provisions covering safety, the ethods of securing safety, and the methods of enforcement to carry out safety as ed by the Department of Commerce. >The first paper is by Ralph Damon, Vice President and General Manager of the Curtiss Airplane Company, Robertson, Missouri. Mr. Damon could not be here but "s paper will be read by Mr. Price. 301 A. S. S. E.--Engineering Section Officers 1930-31 eneral Chairman--R. F. T halner, Buick Motor Company, Flint, Mich. ice-Chairman--D r. M. G. Lloyd, U. S. Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. ice-Chairman--H. S. Sm ith, Union Carbide and Carbon Cbrp., New York City. '(cretary--W . D ean Keefer, National Safety Council, Chicago, 111. ssistant Secretary--Gene S. W ood, 29 W . 39th Street, New York City. eeutwe Committee-- T he Officers and A. L. A rmstrong, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y. (Chemical Sec tion.) C. B. Auel, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., East Pittsburgh, Pa. ?J. I. B a n a sh , Consulting Engineer, Chicago, 111. E. W. B eck, United States Rubber Co., Passaic, N. J. R. A. B loomsburg, New York Power and Light Company, Albany, N. Y. (Pub lic Utilities Section.) ' J ohn L. B oardman, Anaconda Copper' Mining Co., Butte, Mont. (Mining Section.) i-E. A. Brandt, Middle W est Utilities Co., Chicago, 111. (Refrigeration Section.) Frank H . Cogan, The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Co., Ho- _ bpken, N. J. (Marine .Section.) TG. W. Cook, Travelers Insurance Co., H artford, Conn. (Textile Section.) -,'*J. E. Culliney, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Bethlehem, Pa. (Metals Section.) v L. A. D eBlois, Consulting Engineer, New York City. {J. W. F ollin, Philadelphia Federation of The Construction Industry, Philadel phia, Pa. (Construction Section.) D r. J ames H . Greene, The Studebaker Corp., South Bend, Ind. '.S. H. H arrison, Vulcanite Portland Cement Co., Phillipsburg, N. J. (Cement Section.) E rnest H artford, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York City. .R. A. H artzell, Standard Oil Co. (In d .), Chicago, 111. (Petroleum Section.) ?"5. V. James, Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., Chicago, 111. , A. S. Johnson, American Mutual Liability Insurance Co., Boston, Mass. R. McA. K eown, Industrial Commission of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. , J. M. Lew is, Mine Safety Appliances Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Accident Prevention Equipment Manufacturers' Section.) D. F rank Lord, M. J. W hittall Associates, Ltd., Worcester, Mass. (Worcester Chapter.) " D. M. Loughman, General Outdoor Advertising Co., New York City (Delivery, Taxicab and Bus Section.) , : B. B. M cCulloch, Bureau of Safety, Chicago, 111. 334 Twentieth Congress--National Safety Council H enry J. M ineur, The Borden Company, New York City. C. B. M itchella, Republic Rubber Company, Youngstown, Ohio. (Rubber Section.) H. W. MowerY, American Abrasive Metals Co., New York City. A rthur M urray, Chicago Mill and Lumber Corp., Chicago, 111. (W oodwork ing and Lumber Manufacturing Section.) A. A. Oldfield, Wisconsin Power and Light Co., Madison, Wis. (Electric Railway Section.) G. A. Orth, American Car and Foundry Co., New York City. (Metropolitan Chapter.) (Deceased.) E. E. P lace, American Mutual Liability Ins. Co., Boston, Mass. (Boston Chapter.) J. J. P lzak, Consolidated W ater Power and Paper Co., Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (Paper and Pulp Section.) R. E. P routy, Aetna Life Insurance Co., New York City. (Food Section.) A. S. Regula, Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc., New York City. A. D. R isteen, The Travelers Insurance Co., Hartford, Conn. G. E. S anford, General Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y. W. R. S m ith, United Engineers and Constructors Inc., Newark, N. J. (N orth ern New Jersey Chapter.) G. S. T hompson, Gnau & Co., Detroit, Mich. (Power Press Section.) H arold M. T oombs, Armour and Company, Chicago, 111. (Packers and Tanners . ' Section.) A. E. W illahan, Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Kansas City, Mo. (Steam Railroad Section.) Tuesday Luncheon Session October 13, 1931 R. F. THALNER, Chairman Buick Motor Company, Flint, Mich. The annual meeting of the American Society of Safety Engineers--Engineering! Section of the National Safety Council followed luncheon at the Stevens Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, and convened at 1 p. m., Tuesday, October 13, 1931, R. F. Thalner,, General Chairman, presiding. ` Report of the General Chairman By R. F. THALNER Buick Motor Company, Flint, Mich. As in the past years, each member present has before him a preprint of the reports | | of all of our standing committees. Under the circumstances, we therefore will not,! ask the chairmen of these committees to present these reports in detail. Nevertheless,! as the retiring chairman of the ASSE-Engineering Section, I find it my duty andC distinct pleasure to comment briefly on these reports and emphasize some of the|J outstanding facts contained therein. Executive Committee Meetings. Your Executive Committee has held two meetings; during the past year at which all of the Society's activities were discussed in detail.,|| We had an average attendance of nine members at each meeting. Membership. Our Membership Committee has been active under the capablelSj leadership of its chairman, B. B. McCulloch. We now have 9S6 members. T hisfl represents a gross gain of 117, but a net loss of 72. gran , T1 says, "Howl : than to auyj You can't g o | or whatever! inter, only n| y do doctors! s. shed and the! crushing. Ifl crushing," l `| -.dent. WhatI; now whether^ dng accident^ nation as to'i .end that in." I don't think'] id policemen, lgle all these:| this was, wel je of correct--! W hat hurt*J jet people to'J ver that just ] from it, you , tions but we'i 1 well afford] be discussed M 'WENTIE TH A N N U A L S A F E T Y CONGRESS NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Automotive and Machine Shop Section Officers 1930-31 Gfperal Chairman--H. L. F racher, Detroit Steel Products Co., Detroit, Mich. Vice-Chairman--M. J. M cC ^ th y , Fisher Body Corporation, Detroit, Mich. Secretary--C. M. D otterrer, Graham-Paige Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich. utairman Poster Committee--George . S anford, General Electric Co., ScheTj, nctady, N. Y. iirman Program Committee--Carl S torck, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, | | | `Mich. trnian Membership Committee.--fc. A. Callam, Ketsey-Hayes Wheel Corp., Detroit, Mich. airman Publicity Cofnmittee--C. W. R ishop, Lycoming Manufacturing Co., WilIp . liamsport, Pa. chairman Statistics Committee--P aul J. Brand, Pullman Car and Manufacturing ' Corp., Pullm an Chicago, III. airman Engineering Committee--D r. J ames H . Greene, T he Studebaker Cor''-poration, South Bend, Ind. [kirtnan Committee on Slides and S afety Kinks--R. . Shaw, The M urray Cor7? poration o f America, Detroit, Mich. fews-Letter Editor--E. C. W alker, Dodge Brothers Corporation, Detroit, Mich. Hfalth Committee--Dr. A. F. Lecklider, Fisher Body Corporation, Detroit, Mich. Tuesday Morning Session October 13, 1931 HOYT L. FRACHER, Chairihan Director of Personnel, Detroit Steel Products Co., Detroit, Mich. KThe first session of the Automotive and Machine Shop Section convened with general Chairman Hoyt L. Fracher presiding. |C h airman F racher: It is with pleasure that I call to order the meeting of the Automotive and Machine Shop Section at this Twentieth Annual Safety Congress. .wish to thank all Committee Chairmen for the loyal support that they have given pe this year. This has been a trying year for all of us. W e have had problems at we never thought were going to come Up, but we faced them and here we are. ?The first speaker is one for whom we in Detroit have a high regard, a gentleman who deals in materials--not the same kind that you and I deal with, but with the Hfanan element. It is with a great deal of pleasure that I introduce to you Mrr f.ircy Angove. 365 The material on this page was copied from the collection of the National Library of Medicine by a third party and may be protected by U.S. Copyright law. e n t i e t h a n n u a l s a f e t y c o n g r e s s NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Cement Section Officers 1930-31 ral Chairman-- R. B. F ortuin, Pennsylvania Dixie Cement Corp., Nazareth, Pa. Chairman--W . L. W hite, Jr., Medusa Portland Cement Co., Cleveland, Ohio. ftary--A. J. R. Curtis, Portland Cement Association, Chicago, 111. 'rman Membership Committee--H . A. R eninger, Lehigh Portland Cement Co., 'llentown, Pa. rman Program Committee--F rank H . S ass, Universal Atlas Cement Company, Buffington, Ind. *irman Engineering Committee--S. H . H arrison, Vulcanite Portland Cement Co., Phillipsburg, N. J. -jrman Poster Committee--D avid A dam, Lawrence Portland Cement Co., North"ampton, Pa. s-Lcttcr Editor--Jack D empster, Canada Cement Co.,' Ltd., Port Colborne, `Ont. Can. Tuesday Afternoon Session October 13, 1931 R. B. FORTUIN, Chairman Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corporation, Nazareth, Pa. first session of the Cement Section convened with General Chairman R. B. uin, Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corporation, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, presiding. hairman F ortuin : The first order of business this afternoon is the annual rej o f your Chairman. Annual Report of the General Chairman By R. B. FORTUIN Pennsylvania-Dixie Cement Corporation, Nazareth, Pa. .f is a privilege and an honor to welcome you to this 20th Annual Safety Congress ,?ch, if present indications are any criterion, will be the best of all time. ch year the National Safety Council has grown better and broader and this been accomplished only through the work and interest of all the members, f is an equal privilege to welcome you to the sessions of the Cement Section, ^ greatest benefit and pleasure of the Cement Section sessions is the personal 409 'WEN T I ET H A N N U A L S A F E T Y CONGRESS NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Chemical Section Officers 1930-31 Onerai Chairman--John S. S haw , Hercules Powder Co., Wilmington, Del. ce-Chairman in Charge o f Program--John R oach, Deputy Commissioner of Laj bor, State of New Jersey, Trenton, N. J. itce-Chairman--A. L. A rmstrong, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N. Y. cretary--H. C. M ougey, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich. 'irman Posters, Slides and Safety Kinks Committee--George H . M iller, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. innati Membership Committee--J. M. M cV ey, Hercules Powder Co., Wilming;'ton, Del. irman Publicity Committee--S. D. K irkpatrick, Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, New York City. irman Statistics Committee--Ira V. K epner, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 1irman Engineering Committee--W m. E. H elmstaedter, Celluloid Corp., New a rk , N. J. ' irman Health Committee--D r. Leonard Greenburg, U. S. Public Health Service, "c/o Yale Medical School, New Haven, Conn. s Letter Editor--R. O. K eefer, Aluminum Co. of America, Massena, N. Y. icutive Committee--T h e O fficers and IX. A. D eBlois, Consulting Engineer,,New York City. C, F. W hittemore, W estern Electric Co., Chicago, 111. -IF. E. Clancy, Jr., Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc., Niagara Falls, N. Y. ill. L. M iner, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. . S. E. W hiting, Liberty Mutai Insurance Co., Boston, Mass. - Fred M. R osseland, Newark Safety Council, Newark, N. J. ..E. J. S m ith, Underwriters Laboratories, Chicago, 111. ,:Dr. H. E. H owe, American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C. Tuesday Morning Session October 13, 1931 >v; pint Meeting of the Chemical and Refrigeration Sections JOHN ROACH, Chairman .'f Deputy Commissioner of Labor, State of-New Jersey, Trenton, N. J. e joint meeting of the Chemical and Refrigeration Sections was called to order Mr. John Roach, vice-chairman of the Chemical Section. 473 ^^mVENTIETH ANNUAL SAFETY CONGRESS end the v e r j ^ ^ H into g aseo u jl^ ^ H NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL to employees^^^H year instruc^^^H .tructor. coming t h e r ^ ^ H H r ng, and a fte tj^ ^ H of necessityl^^^B hate to h av e^ ^^ H ius and in Construction Section building; nnd we come. If '-five or f i f t o ^ H here we h av p j^^ H We use th ^ ^ ^ ^ H housand c. lan drilled , Mr. G rim e s^ ^ H we could d tg ^ ^ H m in a s h o r ^ ^ ^ H i the process^^^H er one m o n tln ^ ^ H mutes, c h a n g 'J^ ^ H itting on thing to tra it^ ^ ^ H nachine. W e |^ ^ H into the ta n k ^ ^ ^ H ian you ide being p r e ^ ^ ^ H ou do not o blow Officers 1930-31 ^ ^ ^ R e r a l Chairman--George W idua, Woods Brothers Construction Co., Lincoln, ^^^^Hfe-Chairman--W. G. W heeler, Building Trades Employers' Association, New ^ ^ ^ K p f o r k City. mgretary-- Charles H . B lack, Stone and W ebster Engineering Corporation, Boston, ^^H eM ass. ^ ^ ^ B jn r m a n Poster Committee--R obert M cK inley, General Accident Fire and Life ^ ^ ^ S A ssu ran ce Corp., Ltd., Detroit, Mich. Program Committee--W . F. T ubesing, W. F. Tubesing Co., Milwaukee, ^^H & W is. ^ ^ ^ B a ir m a n Membership Committee--J oseph S. R uble, H . K. Ferguson Co., Cleve^ ^ ^ H L la n d , Ohio. Publicity Committee--F. A. D avidson, Chesebro, Whitman Co. Inc., Long Wws-Letter Editor and Chairman Statistics Committee--John R ussell, Jr., Engineers and Constructors Inc., Newark, N. J. Engineering Committee--J. W. F ollin, Philadelphia Federation ^^HBgConstruction Industry, Philadelphia, Pa. ^ ^ ^ E v c u tiv e Committee--T he O fficers and ^ K v . F. A u stin, W. E. Wood Company, Detroit, Mich. ^ ^ ^ K 'W. R. R ichards, The Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., ington, D. C. W. Cowper, The John W. Cowper Co. Inc., Buffalo, N. Y. United of the Wash- rgh, P en n sy t-^^^H h a gas m asK ^^^H md ask many of th e se ^ ^ ^ H quipment. ting the ion re g a rd in ^ ^ ^ ^ H lave on t h e n ^ ^ ^ H merit; we 1 not think paratus. T h e J^ ^ ^ B T uesday M orning Session GEORGE W ID U A , Chairm an Woods B rothers Construction Company, Lincoln, Neb. H H E 'h e first session of the Construction Section convened with General Chairman ^ ^ H |6 rg e Widua presiding. ^ ^ ^ K hairman W id u a ; It is a great pleasure to see this large assembly and I bid ^ ^H g tL 'w elco m e. ^^M ST w ant to say that I think the chairman of our Program Committee, Mr. ^^ffibesing, has arranged a fine program , one of the finest th at I can rem em ber M M g jh e Section, and I think we will all learn considerable from the speakers who ^^HB&to deliver the papers. mH fc-. | | I H || 1 I H -fl H fl 1 I fl 1 .1 1 1 fl fl I fl fl I 1 1 1 I fl 1 1 jfl - -1 . jfl 1 I The material on this page was copied from the collection of the National Library of Medicine by a third party and may be protected by U S. Copyright law. \ n ie way wtl s1 mgayinbeody*31 I'M ?&HtfiC''C* v ' `-pit *stsb& *T W E N T I E T H a n n u a l s a f e t y c o n g r e s s NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Delivery, Taxicab and Bus Section Officers 1930-31 general Chairman--T. A. H orrocks, Minnesota Truck Owners Assn., Minneapolis, Minn. 'Sice-Chairman, Delivery Fleets--T. R. Johnson, United Parcel Service of N. Y. New York City. gice-Chairman, Taxicab Fleets--B arney Graves, Yellow Cab Co. of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa. Sice-Chairman, Bus Fleets--Marcus A. Dow, Greyhound Management Co., Cleve land, Ohio. Secretary and News-Letter Editor--H . A. I n ness Brown, The Taxi Weekly, New York City, IChairman Engineering Committee--D. M. Loughman, General Outdoor Advertising Co., New York City. Chairman Membership Committee--N. R. H oover, New York World, New York City. Chairman Committee on Posters, Slides and Safety Kinks--Carl C. Clements, Sheffield Farms Co. Inc., New York City. Chairman Program Committee--J. J. Zeitner, Continental Baking Co., New York - City. Chairman Publicity Committee--G. F. C. T aylor, Shell Eastern Petroleum Products, Inc.. New York City. hairtnan Statistics Committee--A. E. L undsteadt, Bowman Dairy Co., Chicago, 111. reattive Committee--T he O fficers and R obert Clair, Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., Boston, Mass. A . A . Clarke, General Baking Co., New York City. H . L. Cum m ings, Yellow Cab Co., Richmond, Va. D ale H arman, Yellow Cab Co., Kansas City, Mo. A. F. W aite, The Green Cab Co., Cleveland, Ohio. J. G. W illiams, National Assn. Taxicab Owners, Chicago, 111. Tuesday Morning Session October 13, 1931 T. A. HORROCKS, Chairman Minnesota Truck Owners Association, Minneapolis, Minn. The first session of the Delivery, Taxicab and Bus Section convened with General "hairman T. A. Horrocks presiding. |rC hairm an H orrocks: It is with great pleasure that I greet you at this, the 601 twentieth a n n u a l safety congress NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Electric Railway Section Officers 1930-31 'encral Chairman--Glenn H. S h a w , Ohio Edison Co., Akron, Ohio. ;irst Vice-Chairman--S amuel H. R eid, Bureau of Safety, Chicago, 111. *cond Vice-Chairman--T. G. B rabston, Birmingham Electric Co., Birmingham, Ala. 'rd Vice-Chairman--P aul H odson, East St. Louis & Suburban Ry. Co., East ;St. Louis, 111. -cretary--W. A. B rown, Nashville Ry. & Light Co., Nashville, Tenn. airman Poster and Slide Committee-- H . V. S chreiber, The Capital Traction Co., Washington, D. C. 'hftirman Program Committee-- R alph C. B u s h , Transit Mutual Ins. Co., Boston, ; Mass. airman Membership Committee-- E. C. S pring, Lehigh Valley Transit Co., Allen town, Pa. "hairman Publicity Committee and News-Letter Editoi-- R. S. T om pkins, The United Railways and Electric Co., Baltimore, Md. hairman Statistics and Engineering Committee-- A. A. Oldfield, Wisconsin Power and Light Co., Madison, Wis. ;hairman Health Committee--M elvin W . B ridges, Chicago Rapid Transit Co., Chicago, Illinois. ccutive Committee--T he O fficers and , ' * G. 111 T. H ellm uth, . Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Co., Chicago, E. K. E astham , St. Louis Public Service Co., St. Louis, Mo. Tuesday Afternoon Session October 13, 1931 GLENN H. SHAW, Chairman Ohio Edison Company, Akron, O. \'T he first session of the Electric Railway Section convened with General Chairman lenn H. Shaw, presiding. Chairm an S haw : Our program is supposed to open with remarks by the Chairan. Gentlemen, I have no prepared speech, but we are fortunate to have the privi lege of attending this Congress. I think if there ever was a time when safety work should be followed consistently, it is in 1931. The companies represented here recog nize that fact. We can probably accomplish more to meet decreased revenue through afety work than through any other medium. 645 twentieth annual safety congress NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL Employees' Publication Section Officers 1930-31 General Chairman--V. H. K upferer, The Studebaker Corporation, South Bend, Ind. Vice1-1C1.hairman, Middle West--John N . N olan, Jewel Tea Company, Barrington, Vice-Chairman, East--W alter E. P ingree, Charles H. Tenney & Co., Boston, Mass. Secretary--R uth E. Cade, A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co., Decatur, 111. :Program Committee--E ugene T. W ilk in s, General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. Membership Committee--C. T. F is h , National Safety Council, Chicago, 111. Service Committee--Grady B. Bell, Standard Oil Co. (Ohio), Cleveland, Ohio. Executive Committee-- T he O fficers and Charles A. W ard, Pure Oil Co., Columbus, Ohio. Gilbert F. Close, General Steel Castings Corp., Granite City, 111. C. E. Kane, Illinois Central System, Chicago, 111. Tuesday Afternoon Session October 13, 1931 V. H. KUPFERER, Chairman The Studebaker Corporation, South Bend, Ind. The first session of the Employees' Publication Section convened with General Chairman V. H . Kupferer, The Studebaker Corporation, South Bend, Indiana, presiding. Chairm an K upferer: The meeting of the Employees' Publication Section will be opened this afternoon with a few remarks from J. W. Hicks, president of the Chicago Industrial Relations Editors' Association, who brings you greetings. Joseph W. H icks (President, Chicago Industrial Relations Editors' Association, Chicago) : It is not necessary for you people to be welcomed to Chicago. A t our last, regional meeting, they got me up here for the purpose of welcoming the Employees' Magazine editors to Chicago. I tried to tell them we had an A rt Institute and the Field Museum, A rt Galleries and Stock Yards and places of interest that they should see. Before the. evening was over some of them took me to places that I did not know existed in Chicago. They knew the town much better than I did. Nevertheless, it is a pleasure to have you here and on behalf of the Industrial 701 The material on this page was copied from the collection of the National Library of Medicine by a third party and may be protected by U.S. Copyright law. TWENTIETH ANNUAL SAFETY CONGRESS NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL FBBj oS Laundry and Dry Cleaners Section Officers 1930-31 General Chairman--H oward F. B axter, Baxter Laundries, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. Vice-Chairmen-- E. Ross Reno, United Laundries, Pittsburgh, Pa. G. E arl S m ith, National Association of Dyers and Cleaners of United States and Canada, Silver Springs, Md. F rank H uebsch, Metropolitan Laundry Co., San Francisco, Calif. W . J. H enning, Toronto W et W ash Laundry Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont., Canada. A braham P app, Linen Supply Association of America, Boston, Mass. Secretary--R obert C. H aven, Baxter Laundries, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. Thursday Afternoon Session October 15, 1931 HOWARD F. BAXTER, Chairman Baxter Laundries, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. The session of the Laundry and D ry Cleaners Section convened with General 'Chairm an Howard F. Baxter presiding. Chairman B axter: This is the second annual meeting o f the Laundry and Dry Cleaners Section. We are going to have a most interesting meeting. These are very serious times. They are troublesome times, times that try the souls of executives in business. I t is our problem to see that we give employment to as many employees as we can to help tide them through this next winter. To do that it is essential that we decrease our costs in order to keep our profits at a point that will permit us to pay interest on securities, pay necessary obligatory dividends,' and meet other expenses. Those of us in our particular industries, laundry and dry cleaners, towel and linen supply, realize the loss in sales that has hit our particular activities. In looking through our costs to attempt to locate ways in which they can be decreased I believe most of us have gone right over the question of the premium that we pay for fire insurance, for employees liability, and automobile insurance of different kinds. W e have jumped right over costs that we have been forced to pay because of absenteeism and because of low production rates due to lack of good health on the part of our employees. We have felt that most of these / costs were constant. 797