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Present: A. >7. Steudel H. J. Hc_in F. 2. Davis v. mis S. S. Coolidge W. Sieplein G. ;-i. Griffiths J. 3. Prescott C..C. Baldwin E. E. Ware N. E. Van Stone F. to. Stanton T. a . McDowell G. . A.. H. D. Whit* L. t; Wolco'. K.. H. Wocd'^ C. ' A. Caapb^j Z. E. Martin^ W. m. Stuart^ D. a. Kohr \~W W. A, GorraJJ. 'rj', ?. Grigsby D. A. Whit L. C. dolforrall F Allen 0126 - REPORT OS FACTORY OPERATIONS: In spite of a loss of 7% in trade, uotal sales for the week were 9% ahead year and included a gain of 1C$ in sales of paint, varnish and lacquer sod in retail stores.- Ordars for heavy liquids amounted to 136,000 gallons as capered with product!^, of 156,000 gallons. Shipments of 176,000 gallons result*4 .:>* & reduction in"''"" of 31,000 gallons. Witn the exception of Cleveland and Gibbsboro, factories continued to opertto '' a forty hour week.- 9127 - REPORT OH NUMBER OF HOURS PLANTS HAVE OPFRA^SB: Chicago F&V - Operated -at 40 hour* - (J-. kla Newark P&V - *f> B Cleveland Oakland Los Angeles P&V F&v mv - jr . * J? * 40 " 4<r:= -i Dallas Chicago Lacqx Dry Tit lor Acme Lowe Brothers Compeny Lucas Mart in-Seriour Company m >_ - - - i.;: . - .. " #1 41 * v. 40 * - r * 40 8 * 32 t vv .* * 40 -w .36 V w ' 4o n ' '-i Chicago White Lead' Tin Can C-offeyvilln Lithopoae m5QS6 oapacity.' Leaded Zinc Cleveland Linseed Oil Castor Oil s*.: r<- N 5236 912S - JULY 31st SHERl7IH-i;iLLlAMS INVENTORIES: iJlr. LIills reported that toU.1 inventories at July 51st snowed a reduction froiJune 30th of 0565,000 but that they are 0612,000 over July 31st, 1939, and ill,335,000 over last August 31st. '.-hr. Davis reported that orders for raw materials are being very carefully con trolled with a view toward reducing stocks to a minimum on august 31st but having new supplies available immediately after the end of the year. i.ir. Mills advised the Board that any linseed oil an transit from supplier's plants would have to be considered in the inventory at August 31st. Further con sideration will be given to this point. 9129 - TOLER.!;Cd ON LEAS AND ARSENIC ON FRUIT: Mr. Mills reported that the government has revised tolerances on lead and arsenic on fruit as follows: Former Revised Lead ,025>i .05/j Arsenic .01 .025 913C - wnLLRAPBR STANDARDS: Mr. Mills reported that aha Federal Trade Commission has set up standards on "washable" and "non-fading" wallpaper. I.ir. Steudol pointed out that it would be necessary for United to meet the new i..overument standards on all papers sold as "washable" and "non-fading". 9131 - DURABILITY TESTS--GOLDS! GATE BRIDGE: Mr. Mills reported that on competitive tests for durability on the Golden Gate Bridge, Kromik Primer #74 has been shown superior to the other brands used. effort will be made to obtain a statement froa the bridge commission which can be used, for publicity.- 9132 - DEHYDRQL: i-actory consumption of Dehydrol amounted tc approximately 62,000 pounds as com pares with production of 74,000 pounds. Mr. Davis reported that an arrango-mc.nt is being worked nut with 5 hear Castor assur-.; us of a supply of rav/ caster ..t a rec.son-.foio cost. ..r. ...alls auvisca. the- Board that our own factory* r Ivdt-al wiia amour** tc about 75 tanks o-f the prose: requirement:: ill probably oc 85 ranks if a satis:, produced. uirouents for D-.hycirol during , standards but that total-ory iow-viscceity old is itm. s :..aa-. .orie or. contract at ?. price- 0007-SWP-000022151 -e>- of 12>`. Mr. Coolidgc reported that t.;o tank cars -./ere sold to the trade during the '-'eel:. 9133 - CHINA UOOD OIL; 15r. Davie reported that' -tie would have about eight tank cars of China Wood oil in stock on August 31st. 9134 - PSRILLA OIL: i.ir. Davis reported that the stock of perilla oil at all plants amounts to three and one quarter tank cars. Some of the stock at Dallas ".<'ill be disposed of before the end of the month. 9135 - PIG LEAD: Mr. Davis reported that our stock of pig lead will be entirely used up by August 31st 9136 - LITHARGE FOR OAKLAND: Ir. view of the uncertain lead market, it was decided to buy in the next thirty days only the litharge, needed for immediate production v Oakland on the basis of the average market price of pig lead. 9137 - c a t a l o g o r d e r --h a l l p r in t in g - c o mp a n y ? Mr. Davis reported that as a result of placing an order for catalogs with the Hall Printing Company, wc will be given all of their business on yellow which has boor, going to a competitor during the .last year. 9138 - REV,1 BUiLDINGS--CHICAGO: Mr. Prescott shov/ea the Board the tile block that will be used in new C p and warehouse buildings at Chicago. The contract for the C P building has boon lot _.nd the contract for the warehouse './ill bo lot about the fifteenth of September with the- expectation th..t it -will be rsOdy for occupancy by the first of the year. 9139 - ARGENTINE PLANT: i.ir. Prescott reported that the Argentine plant will be turned over to us early iq -- check '..ill be- made to see new Ford pl..ns to continue yetting lacquer ir.tc ..rgvntino. ir. vie-'.' of the now quote restrictions. 140 - Raw MATERIAL COSTS: a - iepicar. reported tiiet costa of ,''.ir. s ; nd v-.rsis.1 re... .7' .over the average 0f -j.} last y^tr ar.l t.; t yer.r-t v. r. last veer. u . .cr - w x,,st y-. Inventory costs will b^ very close wo market a aakod to work up replacement coats on tr..d- ; \ ugu: j>C C i.-UiCC" oi" August 3irt 0007-SWP-000022152 compared with a year -go. The government index of raw ..u.tori.ai pricer. h. the y>ast seven month period. r.vn a rather steady decline over 9141 - COST FIGURING SYSTEM: ... -i.-. Cioplein reported .that revisions ere being made in our system of cost figuria:; which will reflect changes in manufacturing mo thods end which will make possible better cost control. The changes will probably result in lower costs on indus trial materials manufactured in large batches. 9U2 - TRANSPORTMION RA.TES--DALLAS TO HOUSTON: f.'r. SMdwin reported that the Texas Railroad Commission has approved the folIoY.-iny; real r..tes bo two an Dallas and Houston: to 3Q>000 pounds 20,000 10,000 " " 35p 40e These lower rates will result in a saving of some four or five thousand dollars on shipments from Dallas to Houston only and should result in a much larger saving when r..tes to other Texas points have been revised in line with the above. 9143 - JULY SALES: Mr. Steudcl advised the Board that sales for July showed thv following gains over i..st year: Trade Retail Store 20Jt 30% Open Jobber 11% Industrial 19% Transportation U% Insecticides (13) 914- - PIE..SEE1 CRAFT FINISHES: The Hoard decidea the.t no noi\. Mo ,.:ur_ Craft f.ini sues would be produced ;nd that th-- I in. would ba discontinued. 9145^- S,LZS Of LEAD IK GIL: Cooiidga rrport-.d that ship/t-nt:; o' 1i in. months of IvM ..jr.. 51%^ b-Mcw ah . 00. ir. oil by all producers for the first '.onai.ij perioa oi 1939. Our can a .las nor a ,,ha saw- as last year. 0007-SWP-0000221 S3 -5- 9146 - COPPER SULPHATE: l.lr. Hills reported, that purchases of copper sulphate at Bound Brook have been nc.de only for immediate requirements end that no further commitments will be made. 9117 - GIFT SHOPS IN RETAIL STORES; The board approved in'. Stcudel's suggestion that gift shops be installed in twentyfive noro of our retail branches. He advised the Board that we have employed a specialist in this phase of retail operation and that volume purchasing would en able us to buy . t an extra discount of approximately 2056. Consideration is being given to carrying a warehouse stock at a central location which would ontitle us to still further discounts. 9118 - DECORATIVE SERVICE IN RETAIL STORES : iiir. Stcudcl outlined to the Board the plan to extend the decorative service now offered at Cleveland to our retail branches end thus put ourselves in a position to cash in on far more retail business then we arc now getting. Experiments v/ill be carried out during this next year which './ill form the basis of a program' for all of our retail outlets. The need for this special service is apparent from the increased competition from mail order houses and from the fact that a con tinually larger percentage of the paint business is being done through exclusive p_int end wallpaper stores rather than hardware stores. 9149 - SIOUX CITY WAREHOUSE: Consideration will be given to discontinuing the Sioux City warehouse and making shipments to the trade either from the factory or from one of our other warehouse points. 9150 - BID BUSINESS: ivlr. Sic-plcin reported that we have been awarded the bid on a navy order for 350,000 tin cans. The value of the order is approximately 015,000. be have also been awarded the business on white background enamel for the State of JIcw York inasmuch as the material supplied by the low bidder has proved unsatis factory. Since September 1, 1939, 0316 invitations to bid have been received. A tot^l of 1940 amounting to 05,321,043 have beer, placer and of thi. ai .. we have received awards on 250 amounting to 0743,368.00. 0007-SWP-0000221 4 --o- 9123 - FACTORY OPF31ATIOIIS, .?eek ending August 13, 1940 H4..VY LIQUIDS - S-v.' PLANTS Tot.-..! orders received - 136,062 Total production - 136,260 Total factory stocks - 650,386 Inventory Dec. 31,359 C.'IC.-iGO - Orders reed. 55,494 Production 80,883 Stocks 309,223 gals. iOik RK - Orders reed, 33,135 Production 36,188 Stocks 134,619 " C.irVELAND - Orders reed. 27,281 Production 23,032 Stocks 146,239 " OAKLAND TOTAL ?L,iir - Orders reed. 20,152 Production 16,177 Stocks 60,305 " Cu'IC .GO P&V - 124,259 Gals. IIlT-iARIT P&V - 55,216 t! CLEVELAND P&V - 43 > 5 fao I! OAKLAND P&V - 26,502 ri LOG aNGSLEG ?&V - .12,901 n DALLAS P&V - 15,475 n CHICAGO LaC UER _ 52,507 I! DRY COLOR -_ I bs. FLUSHED COLOF. - 59,373 II CHE;;:, PRODUCTS - Uj UN DROOK INSECTICIDES - Arr.-nic Acid Fungi 3ordo Paris Or.. R-.si--t'c > Oner; ted ut 85/ II tl 655t II 11 SOX tt It lAip if It 11 II 2004 it rr 11 11 61 Ions 52 11 II 95 p 1! 814 If G7,/, II 51., INSECTICIDES 5 day;.--3 light ns `Ur shifts. .> -t vjry uQ..r.-aTi Prixtua. . 5 r l;,. ?' D^-pt. dp.; r . * i-n~. .a. L : L.c.U^ - 47.2, .nd Varnish T ..Lnr;..:- 16,4 Ji. .nv-.J" </ t,ur _o.i ,996 Is. ith fain-. : _ . .-.p.-r 4. ' t Lj; . :r.o,L D -pi. ' 696, and V .raL.-.r. Dt-p... t, ii;. :ur Jl , >5-o Lr.' ' 'per tod r.t 75.;. > i .mu'' ^ :-ur: . 13 ,.D.6 g..i. . Feint Doj.it. opor .tee t 43J . 0007-SWP-000022155 -7 49123 - PLANT RELU loll'IONS APPROVED: ItET.-.IL STORES; if 1511 - Long Beach Counter plat?oris sc: It and 2 drum cradles 8-19-40. 36.88 *1514 - Detroit-iVoodward Graphic Arts display roon, etc. ;/15i5 - Quincy 2 Wostinghouse fans . j/1519 - Danville New installation *1522 - middletown Tape machine and hand truck 4152a - Middletown Furniture raid fixture account Durchased for Atchley Paint Co. 41525 - Ann rbor Furniture and fixture account purchased fron, Wenzel * s rl526 - Bristoll Furniture and fixture account nurchared from Bristol Decorating Co. *1527 - Owensboro Furniture and fixture account rjurehased from Norris Paint & "nliproor Co. rI52S - Miami ~l94C Dodge 1/2 ton panel truck *1541 - Mattoon 2 i'oair. extinguishers 314.00 54.00 3,014.38 17.20 552.20 1,931.75 907.54 1,155-19 726.75 17.00 MISo. V r.ILEX DIET: 27- - t. Louis Royal typewriter 91.06 WESTERN LIST: rr>5Lx -- Cnicaco 1 -.3-draver rsetal filing cabinet #591." - Cnicaco - Acctc. Dept. Burroughs bookKeeping machine 25.00 1,446.38 -581; - Chicaco - Accte. 1 ledger tray ana base for Dookkuepin- .a a c nine - I---., ; _ OFFICES -Iri? 1 d-sk fan far statistical Dc:t. CHICC * - ---ay St-ring use:.In: - "F" 36.50 HTTot55.33 -54- Electric crinkar..- fvur.* -..a:. - - --aucr Install 2 tr.a . r. - rr" 23~.1v i * *, 5~ : A. 2 fluoresce:.-,, xight fax`ar:s - la Nat ste'er. r-vurr. *in be twesn 3, .5..., :-.nd track C--Power 66.50 186.00 0007-SWP-000022156 -8- #581 40 gal. coloraeter, complete -Lacquer #589 2- 4 blade Whirl Aire floor modelfans - Fact.Off. #591 1 steel bin - Stock Ne w a r k f a c t o r y #645 Stock office addition WINSTON-SALEM v4 4 metal transfer files PL..NT REQUISITIONS APPROVED - ------------------------------ --- ---------- | *9124 - LrtRGE EXPENSE REQUISITIONS APPROVED: RETAIL STORES DEPT: #'1512 - Cincinnati # Replace sign cork on 2 broken windows #1523 - Cincinnati Repair awning CLEVSLHD LINSEED OIL i^ILL "730 Repair vacuum pump crankshaft CHICAGO FACTORY #561 Experimental equipment for reclaiming paint - "C" #577 Overrun on reqn. 427 - regrinding rolls on Lehmannmill #584 Point up walls of Rg. #19 - R & S NE.n-RK FACTORY r660 Repairing 10 Venetian blinds Qf-KLrlti-' r 138 Qvc-rpun or. Reqr.. #135 - Roof repairs to 3 building.* T0T/. LARGE EXPENSE REQUISITIONS APPROVE!1-------- --- --------------------- 5 Tctnl Plant. Requisitions approved tc date 1,466,6.51.*3 xpcnac 209,IOC.45 i.wJTiL ~ Detroit EE -1095 Repaint 2nd fl. jBg.'?;3 "' 1096 Paint 2nd fl. Bg. #15 '-'97 Paint 1st fl. Bg. #2 Paint stairwa.', etc. E.e. Chic o n housing for unaorgrouna tanka - Varnish Para 301.38 96.00 775.90 795.50 14.63 37.00 16.00 55.60 56.00 205.60 432.05 65.00 340.'00 1,25'.*. if 296 2& 43