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WPi wiamw! 1 m IgWIXI mmmmmm " LIA16251 >. *,. -- v. 3 * l fEVTTT car HO CJTLDCS a EW3Ui * Siegfried Chn, OLrecrior f, Associated Lead Hanufacturcrs Ltd* f London, England i Pint of til I ould 111a to toll you bow glad I so to bo with poo and bar vi/ such I appreciate pour kind invitation to attend pour i*?r*asirc gathering. ( t ho* boon suggested to me that pos^ or Mm* of you, eight bo Interested is ths load situation In Creat Britain and X am onlp too pleased to glv* * brlof I*V. To understand tho British situation a short historical replica la neocssaxy. [ In 1553, whan tha dark wsr olouda case upon ths horlson, tho tapir* producers were approached and an agreement m roaohod as to *het should bo dona in case of sa m i crgency. r antaabar 1919 proved tho wisdom of these preparations and baforo tha poar MS out, wo* hod a full-blooded oontrol, voatod In a spielsi Klnlstry or soppily agan^ which wont under tho naao of Rugly. tho wmy, this is tho very Bughy whsro as pou know one of our old tmoaa schools Is situstad, tha school wbaro Rugby fbotbsll i u first played. All ths cotal brought to England was under Rugby's Jurisdiction. Tba Importance of ths ordsrs of tho eoapeting military sections war* dsoldsd at a raw material cer-ftrenoe where all branches of Rla Majesty's Porooa Mro represented. Tba ohalr was taken by a Cabinet or Senior Klnlatar and k an aoap ruling for pd- orltp could bo established. This la tha history and osplaaation of tho roasoc why thsrw is only ooa boyar for virgin load In ttigland. Too load ooaaiwptlao In 1953 van 330,000 toss. This na supplied bp tho taped of about 170,000 tens; tha production of English refined laad of 75,000 tons (Eagn*h refined Is laud clrlsed froa secondaries and lead produced frea doacetic ores). The balance was sole up cut of scrap lead and rtneltei lead sncur.tlng to about ! 95,300 tons, *a ssv just now that ths mostly averags oonsuaptloc was equal to 27,53 tons In 1553. In January and February of this pear the u^vard trend of ths lost quarter of 1553 accelerated and tha consumption was about 32,000 tons; l.,, ; w> additional demand plus the shipping difficulties fres Australis and ths lower ing of ths ooverrmeat stocks to s dangerous level were tha reasons that on February 16, 1551 the Ministry introduced a rationing scheme retroactive to ths first of fobruaxy. This schano cut all supplies of virgin laad down to 50JC of tha monthly aver age Intaka for 1550. At tha very saa* tine tha supply of seoondarlms dried up oonaidarahly, S*ooj- daties and refined ecoounted In 1550 tor roughly $0% of tha supply* 8o pen will sea that the situation for ths British naoufacturers was not a too aoap one. Ind uss control la not pvt established in England, military demands bav* first -1.4- and tbs further sharing out Is left to the Judgment of the manufacturer wtdell la mt particularly helpful to maintain or widen hla good will with his ustemer*. 4 In tha beginring of 1951 a margin price order for scrap lead, rsmaltad and eafcla sheathing was established and this order had several amendmacta. It la toe early to give final Judyaant bat it appears to me that tha order la, la reapeet of i laad, not ui*uoeaseful. *Pr*s*nted at tha 23rd Annual Heating of tba Lead Industrial Association, Hay IT and IB, 1951, Bern Ibrk, |. I. $ Htfaktisu mmmm F t f l rii i t mm mm mmm / LIA162 5 2 .. [-- - iriiVirflii mn iiglu -- ' f, Tm- i^rr'ltma I aiMfitasiPffj-.A a tre' Q -2- i la respect of prices a short w>rd. The Ministry of Supply prioea were through the hola of UJO tha USA pries* converted Into starling. Only in March of this | yr tha principle m changed and this happened after a purohaee of lead was aede | at tha Oulf price. | I nentioned earlier, lead produced out of English eined ora la bulked with this | figure for Lrgiish rfined. To avoid a wrong ixpressiou I should say that this sdne i production is very aaall and I hare bars, aa well aa with all the figuree given, to rely on ay 080017, hut Z would call tha production about 6,500 to 7,000 tone. It la of interest that, encouraged through tha high prices, quite soaa proapeo. ting la going on at hone. Important South African financing house# have taken aa interest in lead siring in England and so tha old Park Mina in South Malta will be p<n production in tha mutual. Beside# this Bins two or three swillsr ones are oaa to ocas into proauetion end i would not be If If eMwe Uuii the Wr^gHeh production would be in the neighborhood of 10,000 tons. Z sc afraid, Mr. Chairoaa, this took wore of your tine than Z intended, but in faimsss Z should eay in respect of the Ministry of Supply that tha officials hava tried to understand tha problass of tha industry and were helpful In seating tha Vw^re.. uni] point of view. You sight have heard that at tha beginning of this aonth tha nonferrous aetala control was transferred froa tha Ministry of Supply to da new department presided over by tha Lord Privy Sad , Mr. Stckes. Mr, Stoksa hlaeelf being on lndustrlaliat has tha help of all those who were hitherto ooaaeetad with aetala sad I hop# that things will not gat wares. In conclusion, Mr. Chairman and gantlaaan, I aa aura ay fc-gliah oollaagnea will aort heartily eniursa ay wiahaa for a successful oonelusioa of your convention, linked with the hope that when you will aort in 1952 that you will aert In a lees j disturbed world, that you nil will enjoy tha heat of personal health and ay personal wish is that in 1/52 you will have no other prohlaa but to couaider what to do to increase the lead oonauaptlun. ||. Iif jWm If ! W HI in m y !f W| ?PH"e W^ iadiiafea a- - - - 11 n Ijlf I * H^IL