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I r*i. 5 . ji '.* . . -i '"M ...; ;a .;T ? LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION O 1AST 41 s t r ic t NCW YOWC 17, KTi Kv&, 19& mb irmnaLmd fltfm mma la. 11? to the Harters of the lead Industries Assoclatloni sz h a d eio ies s coHraacE cr mo t ex ebi i$S8 ' ?. _ iJV ,,* .* . .: Ihe letter reproduced herewith nm to wmat subnlttln* to ' r': oar wit: in tbo address to which reference Is node. In this, tho undersigned sought to brine oat certain aspects of tho recant eonfereno* .}, not apparent Iron the record already published, and to call attention to the nested advance. In no aore than too decades, la Industry's readiness to discuss Its hyzlenlo probleas <yilte openly. Mr. Scholl has been by no naans the only one to ooopllnent the Association on this sooro. Msnfrad Bwdltch Director of Health and Safatgr Quite a fsw of us who n here today attended tfc Lead Hygiene Cosifemnee of which I bora boon Invited to speak. la 0 concluding port of that Mnftitoc*, Dr. Thoaau hlpwen suneu j op nost obly What had |o m bafora. the greeter part of \hat vu said oo thoaa two govessbsr day* haa boon pubUAed 1a tha March, 195?, laaoa of "Industrial Madlolaa and Sorpary.* An asplifted and oorractad adltioo of tha Coefaranoa ?rooeedi**s will preeently ba Issued by tha Load Industries Association. It la obvloualy ispoesible area to susmvrlte, 1a tha brlaf tine available to aa, tha twelve papara thoaa Salivary and dieeuasloa hald gv attantloa for too fall hoar*. . Bara, than, ara five raaaona thy, at tha rlak of apparant departure froa ter progra* easlerssent, I bollara that Z ahall serve you battar by giving no traatar part of thcao few sdnutos to a recapitulation of tha aararal topic of tha coefaranoa than to that night ba tamed lta phlloeophlcal1 background. Mather arbitrarily, let aa place tha twin subjects lb three groups, the first comprising thoaa dealing with lead hasarda 1a Industry, the second with lead hazards to childras, and tha third nada up of thoaa which cannot ba neatly fitted Into either of thoaa two borne. , * Zb the first, or Industrial (roup, ware four papara. Dr. Elston Belknap* a, dlacoaaed by Mr. V. H. rallies, oo ooctrola In tha atcrace battery Industry, Mr. Bussell Prank's, discussed by Dr. C. B. Hina, on controls In tha aaklnc of ceramics, Dr. Hobart Kshoe's, dlscossad by Dr. D. J. lauer, which was s profress report oo tha load Inhalation sxperlnenta at lettering, and that of Dr. Lae B. Hiller, discussed tgr Dr. Harriet Hardy, on tha EDTA therapy as used In Industry. In tha troop primarily applloahls to ths childhood aspects of piunblsa can be placed only two papers, that of Dr. Hugo D. Satith, also discussed by Dr. Hardy, oo tha uses of EDIA In pediatric practice, and Dr. Inna Baetjer's, discussed by Dr. Julian Chlsola, on the affect of tapperatore on lead poisoning. Significant of praaent Interact lo these childhood aepecte, of tha extent of the dieoussloe consequently evoked by theee two papara, and of tha edjuetnent inquired of those of ns iho hare thought of plantlaw only In Industrial terms, was tha ccswint heard at tha close of tha conference, that "the pediatricians seemed to hare fev pretty much taken over the Mating." e Delivered at a joint eesalon of the American Industrial Hygiene Association and tha American Conference of Governmental Industrial 'a Hygienists, Hotel Shaman, Chicago, April 98, 1959. N 359.01  ' L-.-.'.-M-S, - 1 ' , . \r 2- Oreatest In number and by no mesne least In Interest mis the lx pepere lees readily classified, that of Hr, Dohrmen Rye re, discussed by Hr. Kenneth Keleon, on the value of blood lead analyaea. Dr. Harvey Elkins1, discussed by Dr. Herbert Stoklnger, on the use of red lead paint In potable water torage tanka, Dr. John Poulger'e, dlaeuaaed by Dr, Louie Spolyar, on precautionary labeling. Dr. Rutherford Johnstone*e, discussed ty Dr. Lloyd Benlln, on diagnostic error*. Dr. Helmoth Schrenk'a, diaeuaaed by Dr. May Keysre, on hygienic lead rtandarde, and that of Mr. tbsodor* Water*, dlacueeed by Mr. Arthur Johnson, on that the lavyer eee reflected in the aany facet* of the lead toxicity problen. :i Only the apeekera and diecruaiion leader* those part* la the conference tier* announced In the program have in the above been cased, the degree of audience intereat in that they had to say ie ettaatad by the unheralded and no leaa welcome participation of thirteen other*. Dr. J.C.Aab. Dr. fUT. Dell, Dr. R.K. J^rere, Mr. V. C. L. Boaeon, Dr. D. P. Leugenour, Mr. P. P. Murphy, Dr. C. A. Ban, Dr. P*al Recnlkoff, Dr. B. I. Sanford, Dr. 8. 8. Steinberg, Mr. Carl Welter*, Dr. V. C. Vllanta and Dr. Huntington Willleaa. To thoaa tho apoice and to thoaa Who dlaeuaaed, to Dr. Shipman for hie aumatloa, to Mr. Ziagfcld and Mr. Woraeer for their introductory abatements, to Dr. L. C. McOee and Dr. 0. K. Vtoeetley for their able chairmanship, and finally to Mr. D. M. Borcina for hie setiouloua concern .. for lta physical raquireaenta, to each of theaa forty-two mat go * full ahar* of grateful credit for the auoceaa of tha cooforwao*. So such for tha affair ltaelf. Let us now consider *o m aspect* of It* ceaoel*. In the April 16th issue of the Saturday R*vl*w, Elmo Roper, noted public opinion consultent, discussing the changes In basin#a* attitudes since tha tinea of *Iha public be darned,' adduce# evidenoe of the oaorgonce of an entirely now concept of corporate responsibility, and opines that *aoae of the corporate reports being issued today would have caused the business tycoons of Cosnodore Vanderbilt's day to ehudder.* Dr. Shipman, la hie eunseation of tha Vovomber conference, set forth the view that 'there are few lnduetrlce that are as ready and willing to air and discuss their problems as the load industry.* Be that as it nay, Mr. Robert Zlogfeld, Secretary-Treasurer, in hie opening romarfca, described our group ae a non-profit organisation of son* seventy lead adnlng, melting, refining and marrufecturirg companies, with each varied functions aa sales promotion, research and technical and econosdo aanrlea, which long ago recognised lta responsibility In tha field of lead hygiana,* Pointing out that we were gathered In our third major confer#no# on that subject, he then introduced Mr. Felix Wormear, vlce-preaident of the association and of tha St. Joseph Lead Company, former Secretary and President of tha L.I.A., and, from 1953 to 1958* Assistant Secretary for Mineral Reeouroe# of the 0. S. Department of tho Interior. Because he so well expressed the association's attitude la matter* of lead hygiene, I quote at soma length from Mr, Vomaer'a re marks. After telling of President John Bradley's regret In being unable to be present, and extending for him a message of wolooeie to those gathered for the conference, Mr. Vormser eeidi ;****>***vt" " :"- TiiM*Si^T~S'-hVLTJrtfriifH^ir^1iiifritr;-i,:^~ * ' '<i",Jf:>`if.*.~,..tB.--,- _'........... ;s 3 - It doean't Ka poaelblo that twenty y**ra hart alapaad alnea tha flrat confcrcnc* of physician* and surgeon* of noebar corpin1** of tha Load Industrie* Association waa bald bar* in Chicago at tha Palmar Bo o m. It n m Ilka yaatarday to m. Son* of you In thli room today attandad that aaaaloa and you will remaabor bow lntaraatljvt It ** to llrtan to Dr. Joaajti Aub and Dr. falrhall, Wio bad done ao much plcoeer work In tha field of laad polaonlng. A Toara ago, I felt that the Load Xnduatrlea Aaaoclatlon could Juatlfy lta axiatance aolely on tha ground of tha opportunity it bad to work In tha field of load hyglena, ao that tba natal could bo naad properly and intelligently, and ao that, Wsarrver It craatad a baaard industrially or publicly, tha proper control* could b* Introduced. I haven't changed ay views. 2 think you Aould know that, as the work of tha Aaaoclatlon baa become knows. It baa received International recognition and representation. X think ve can all agree that tha Load Industrie# Asaoclatloc, and tha people behind it, dcaanre coaawndatlcn for 4 the public-sptrltad and frank approach they have given to the lead problem. When all la aald and dona, Wsat the lnduatrloa want la tha truth. They can than govern thonMlvaa accordingly. Thanka to nuch brilliant work In Mdlelne, participated In by nany of you In gr audience, the truth, plaaaant or unpleasant, la certainly wbat they have gotten. X an aura they will alao get lt fro* thla Meting.* *: r . i v .w _ y;.. f r i Tou will have noted that both Kr. Zlegfeld and Hr. Wormear referred to eerlier conferetsoea, aponaored by tha aaacdatlon, of a alallar nature. Of theae there have now been five, and fron tha record* af the three major ones, apannlng tha entire 21-year period and all hold bare in Chicago, Z have culled a few figure# thlcfa Z think wall illnatrata certain change* for the better idslcb have been ' coning about In a variety of lnduatrloa In thla relatively rfiort acaoa of tin*. L I Though It la hardly poaalbla to do thla with any great accuracy, I have undertaken, for purpo*#a of comparison, to claaelfy the atteodonce at the three gathering* In two tray*, flrat, althor aa thooo / '' tI concerned srltn tha Mdlcal and allied aolancaa which laplng# on these probloaa# *bon I ihall tarn "doctor*,* or aa executive#, administrators and other* who#* lntoraat, no loss Important, 1* eoch aa to pondt tholr designation aa "laymen." Mf aacond breakdown, aoesovhat leas arbitrary, la between thoM anployod by or associated with our ooapanlet, our "aeabors," and thee# not ao related, our *guoata.* With thla I explanation, lot u* aao what tha record showa. The three oonfaranooa under dlacuaalon wore a oloaad Mating, r In tha nature of a round table and srlth no praeantatlon of prepared paper*, on April 6th, 1937, an Invitational but little restricted gathering, with eleven *p*akra and ample dlacuaalon, on Koveaber ljth and 16th, 191*8, and that of laat Novonber, again of nacaaalty by I I invitation, baoauae of the luncheon* and other aooos>iodatlon* Involved, G u- .i) but virtually op*a to nay ond all who exprMd a latlttjrtta 6#air* to COM* At ths 1937 conference, of ths SO prsacet, 33, or 66 pr cent, ' ner* "doctors, 17, or )li per coni, were *layMn.* In 19W, with a attendance of 109, 53. or l<9 per coat, were "doctors," 56, or 51 P*r * cent, were "laywen. Of lest Kovewber'e IkO totel, 79, or 56 per cent, were <Joctor,6l, or lilt per cent, were "laynen." About all. that can be deduced fro* theae figures Is that there appears to hare been a reawakening of latoreet ewoeg tha "doctor*.* r - , t, ,, low, however, we cos* to the real seat Is our statistics. ZB 1937, U6 were "aeabera" and only li wars "guests". Eleven jeers lat*r, .5 the division was nearly equal, 57 *a*sb*rs" and 52 "guests.* last -`'r fall, twenty-one years after that closed Meeting, there were precisely - four tiMs as sany "guests* as "wewbers," 112 of the forssr, but 26 r of the latter. Verily, tises hare changed. Before leaving the reedniscent phase of these rsnarics, X would like to add that, of the four doubtless carefully hand-picked gueata at that 1937 round labia, two were our good friend* Joe Aub and Clark Bridget, both of idios were with us again last Vovewber. They thus rate the designation of "Oldest living conference guests of the / . tead Industrie* Association," and if either cr both ere here today, . ate&aSfi? :: X would like to ask, with the cheirsaa'a psndssion, that they rise and take a bow. . - 'Xi* 'M X Z cannot, in closing, resist tbs temptation to rework on ths gratification with Wilch a veritable barrage of appreciative letters were received in the weeks following our conference of last fall. Thirty-seven, or wore than a quarter of those who had attended, took the trouble to so express theaaelvos, and a point accorded wajor approbation in these sassages was that there had been such full and free discussion of subjects which, not so long ago. would bars been taboo. To anyone who doubts ths pleasure with which ooe reads such letters, X suggest that be try running a conference of this sort SOM tlM. vv. x | S| \