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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF
DATE 1935 DOC IHF070 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letters RE The Industrial Dust Problem
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problem problem industrial industrial industries
engaging
attention attention
of large number research been
companies
companies and,
places
and is being done done
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planning
future as to all the many
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many different
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phases quest
Through
193i6nterested quest several
the courtesy of the Mellon
Institute industries there was held
intersted Symposium on the Industrial Dust
and Pittsburgh Pittsburgh on
problem problem on
problem
instructions with i At that misting & Temporary Organization
instructions
opinion instructions instructions
misting develop a
and
Committee in its
oil plan best be made
report back establishment establishment of a its
start opinion
of toward the industrial industrial
organization Permanent Permanent organization
some kind for a
dust
study of the industrial dust
appeared ap eared 7 first first
try first formulate
formulate soms try might
formulate what necessary necesary find necessary
already
dore determined
determined should of activity activity activity +
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formation toward toward
the Temporary Organization
of of
organization would to
general
permanent
idea as
should
how
it to
done
what would
to what seemed seemed that will be
that
cost It also many places where where
has been done the problem
things
been
many phases Therefore Therefore
problem before can be
done organisation
Therefore seemed that program program
for Peramont
should be " thet w
organisation should be
progrem
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gather
together
ie
sempt facts concerning the
the existing
subject subject of the
Dust MeL
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Industrial { Fat: them them
of fac Pt rosblem the subject evaluate evaluate study those facts and
ar recommendation to recommendation
report i Fe. A
, lost hy The
recommendation
the future activities activities . a
lost activities
recommendation
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discussing
Organliation Temporary t Temporary
Committee Committee
Organliation
of the opinion that
probably TemPitpsbourghrary Pittsburgh
probably best prepared prepared toto act Central Central Clearing
probably House House House
Institute
therefore therefore asked asked for
definite proposal
foregoiInngstitute the foregoing
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Institute dated ae
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1935 was ary ary
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from
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Temporary
Janu.
sent the letter from the Tenporary Orgariza-
21stse.
Committee
dated
available
overall available available
raport afnacdts definite
February 6th 1935. Briefly it was
sum of 25,000.00 Mellon
to the effect
and b
Institute will a gather
study and evaluate them and
recommendation
c submit
everyone everyone
hineterestedxendid and any
interested
interested
problem in the
operation of
monies can
accomplishment of its objective
future program
can be used in carry-
enstas
Se rty
PS
Cn ee 000 000 000 -3wc2.8
Invitaons
Invitations to the Symposium on the
Hearly
one hundred
Industrial Dust Trade Associations
Problem
and Code Authorities
persons attended the Symposium at
Pittsburgh
The Februay
February 8th
othecropTireadse attended and number
, atended , and
of repbit
the Temporary Organization
1938 to all those
Committee was sent on
copiesof
originally
the report have
invited
and
to
all
those
who
since been sent to a
v ve
Associations
and
individual
considerable
Ww
companies
25,000.00
25,000.00 the 25,000.00 if the
25,000.00
thought of the Temporary Organization
to be
Committee
were Associations
or Associations
individual individual individual
underwritten
that
pro rata by fifty or more Trade
not exceed would
companies the amount of each
510.00 and it would be less
subscription
should exceed
fifty exceed
| i Thus would be
as the number of subscribers
tions or
and iwndievidual individual blem
companies
companies
could
form
who who
provided a nucleus of Trade Associa-
would be
actively interested in the
which
themselves into a
pro-
htahveen already would
the
permanent organization
tae
assurance of a definite amount of
se
available
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Len
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number
contributire contributire full
pe
With
Tempority Organization Committee has
:
fifty contributors has
planned as soon as the
contributire asking each of
been assured - to call a meet-
of
them to designate one individual
power representation in the formation of a permanent
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permanent
formation 2 formation
Organization Committeformation Organization
With the formation
Committe
of a
will have Permanent Organization
completed its duties
~ the Temporary
Permanait
The uOlarncdgearinstization poowlnicies activities will select
- when formed by the contributors
program and
or committees and will determine its
is logical to assume that
own
its
will of
activties
be placed in the hands of
the direction of
directing along
lines of
those who are best capable
the problems and PublicityPublicity problems problempsroblems the
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by the Temporary
permanent
organisation if
policies or program of a
organisation arranged
and when one is is formed except that it has
that so
contributions and and
unknown
may be elected by membership can become known or
by the individual contributor
sme
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number have of people
said that they believe that
a theral clearing house - or
in
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11 industry connection with the industrial industrial dust problem
Symposius plan and
recomendation recomendatiornecomendation 1935
has been held in Pittsburgh on January January 15th
Temporay 1935 Temporary
Organization Committee Committee was elected to
recommenredcomamentdatiionornecomendationrecomendation as to a permanent organization
prepare a
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of organization shall be formed and how it
now shall be its program program is is
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and ground sand and
Organisation Organisation Committee
President
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of this
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associations
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the reactions of
to the
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the project There has been some misunderstanding
function of the CommitteeCommittee
of March 12
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although the the Nerrutive "
Temporary
Committee has for matter by stating that the
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trade
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companies into a permanent
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a preliminary survey of the
organization organization which dust field
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MILLON is INSTITUTE CF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
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January 21 1935
Refritories Institute
Walnut Street
Mr.
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with your request as
of the Organiza-
accordance which was formed at the conference on dust problems held
Committer
on which
January 15
we are giving you our ideas
regarding the
involved and the type of organization that should be
protams !
enclosing plan for the study of dust problems and
ye.
work were to be centralized in Mellon Institute it
this research out as a part our air hygiene
The director
f could be would carried to handle the Investigation
also be the head of the
appointeindstitutioorn *
institution
} organization which the industries would set up In this
the work could be carried out a most confidential manner as to
* * institution thewas the research and no one would know what Industries or
supporting supporting
This would enable organ-
indiquaire
indiquaire
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soundly
contributing
soundly established
established established
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so that later on
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there
be some of tthere here organization representing industries for the
and financial that assurance
only
continiity continiity
support Such assurance
by some body
had authority to speak for
could be given
companies dustries of
companies and might
a sufficient number of in-
to such called The Industriel Institute inadvisable it seemisnadvisable inadvisable
might
effect
If
may be sound industries
it is
suggested
such separate organization that a group of individuals be
for
Institute
reasons
chosen
that
companies or
such a group to be
from
Advisory Board BoaBoarrd d for the Study of Dust
called Froblems
for
example
Industries
companies individual ;
could contribute
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to this Board which in turn could
contracts and
contracts
andNe
.
the monies
make
disburile
disburile sr
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for > The other primary primary
of the
boions agency to tral
administer administer the
Institute or Board would be to select the cen-
for convenience
activities later referred
the roboarul
to
in some detail
called
it advise withit
agency to keep in touch with that central
suci the agency ways
Obviously
Obviously
program of work and aid it in other obvious legitimate
must
central agency must or group it
suci have
be independent of any any specific
sympathetic understanding
industry
and have broad outlook of problem of the
contacts with all cooperating
it must have
-- | industries and of the the confidence agencies and industries physicians physicians physicians
who institutions all or individuals
individuals might cooperate to
engineers
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of institutions advantage II The work the
[ of primary importance importance in the initial stage is the
and published
importance
far possible unpublished
collection of available data
d fo
td
bust These data bust then be
and
willevaluated it is assumed that
be
correlated and in this phase of the work
the recognized
specialists possible to secure the advice and
in the fields
cooperation of
Evaluation and engineering
specialst Evaluation
Evaluation
should
of medicine
include
law
chemistry
physics
be considered considered as authoritative authoritaive authoritative
the weeding out of data that cannot
We
It will
then the industries oT
possible
concerne
a posible
possible prepare a comprehensive
tt
legitimate
program designed to provide
In preparing to
protection
protection a protection protection protection Oe,
provide
specialists list of
specialists
specialists
in
investigationraelssoinnavleestigational special CAROLL to have determined
among
determined any among them who
results might therefore not be
may not be properly qualified and whose
feasible to have
entirely acceptable to attempt as far as
work correlated and
ressonale problems make position to make
study
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synchronized to be in
grants to qualified individuals or agencies
CAROL
of problems
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that
to mind are
pathological and psychological effects of dusts of
combination combination for this a classificatioonf
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legal standpoints is the preparation both from
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also
industrial industrial dusts and fumes
plant
hygiene
of insofar as it is
*
of sampling b
study A developing
sampling devices and
conditionsstandards standard conditions developdievelopinng g developing simple
and
also
sampling methods
to
with
the
idea of
further
simple simple
portable apparatus which
attempt
while
to provide provide plant officials with
as thestandard
quipment will
neither as delicate nor as accurate
to
enable thea to keep keep a regular check
and know when the danger line is
on
sh; 4BN
approached
designed Study
ments
tive measures
workmen i existing existing methods and cooperation in the development of improve-
for hinimize hinimize dust and fumes in the
measures for
plant as well as protec-
Dissemination through d
Disemination Disemination
Dissemination
Dissemination
through
proper channels of authoritative information
Maintaining Maintainingcontait agano 3
research 3
cooperating cooperating program of such
as closely as possible with independent agencies and
engaged in studies of phases of the problem and a experimentation as may be indicated
f Study and
synopsis of tion and
assistance place The
to
place
must preceds the which
start is a
existing pertinent legislation
in the the preparation of
including compensa-
safety codes and fair laws
in the colection collection and evaluation of available
formulation of the longer
program
data
post Estimate of post te:
a The cost
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b Cost of research
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surveying the field field and formulating a work not loss loss than 25,000 should
The
time necessary for tainty
but it a year
this
is estimated
required
initial
that at
phase least
cannot be predicted with cersix months and not more than
will be required Pook:
conclusion
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developed and gram can be
would require a certain that an effective pro-
developed and
substantially larger budget
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