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New York, DIERCTCRS1 l l e t id g Y. December 15, 1S32. A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Lead :dus tries Association was held at the Down Town Associate nr Ycrh City, or. Thursday, December 15th, at 11:50 ?. il. Present: he ore sent info; Clinton n. Crane, D- Xt a oil n h. R 0! o s e v " 11 t. E. 5 ora'rue w. c. 7 : h . Carter Cornell o A McC:rthy Y. Robertsor. A. A. iacLs 5t. Joseo: ucac o::.:t)any A~.eri :?n Sue it inn -e Bet -urn Earle-Ficher Lead Co. Za0le-uicier Load Co. Lotals Refining Co. Rational Lead Company r. -- i.e? C. V'j!.. j c .1V St. Joseph Lead Co. Vnitec hetaIs Sellinr Dili ted States Sueit in to- ran ratt; Com. '.Voruser, tecretar' President c_ inter. Mt-' >r5ane occunied the chair. T.te ti ;ne or?virus neetmu were annrovec. The Treasurer's Retort was read and accented as follows: LIA00092 ;C" ''s '~ * * IXj j -L 6 U OV o u o. ^ C . . 1x . iJ ( . * * -C $11, 7; oo hence rsr.io C :r.cri out ions, 11 w9t3* 1"^7 - cW o*: r?- $236.oO :, 103 . oQ ip3o , 343. v Cv nr.;rie::i :f Orntri. Less 2 ;r.tri cut ions _u' I C V -- - . L*. > r i*:l . - c wT ^ -L u-------- ~ r- *. .7; JO j OOj / e -*-*OwC^ O :ts -TAL 33 , 4 . 60 A.: / c _____ *U*. -- . -/pj o/ 4. j )'J'i-:i i C 46,070.31 m (x, jJ.ox-_.-oo,... Fur:.ion. e "irtures Salarie s n6/*t cc Office I:v:e:ise Oise. Traveling Expenses Telephone .x Telegraph o;l:s o: Sulscriot 1 or.s rAnting l.aiiing Illustration Technical Research j. (, 0 77.00 1,753.97 3x6.17 Cu. o~> A. *: j 457.97 145.75 7,713.76 3,695.27 333.59 50.55 $33,356.06 Cash on Hand and in Bar.L, Decenter 1, 19o2 12,665.75 TOTAL $46,020.31 The Secretary's Report s read and accepted as follows: LI A00093 / SECRETARY'S REPORT 1. Membership - The National Bearing Metals Corpora tion has tendered its resignation effective January 1, 1S35. Regrettool- as it is to lose the support of any neater com pany, in this case the support of the National Bearing: Metals Ccrp. was smaller than the out-of-pocket expense to ns ir. pro viding the Company with our regular statistical information. 2, Statistics - Two more ccmoanies, Master Builders Co., and the Nassau Smelting oc Refining Co., axe now cooperat ing in the compilation of our scrap lead data. 5. Legislation - The survey of Stare Highway Departm.nt painting practice has been completed and each member supplied with a draft of the f'inn.l survey. Although the result is overwhelmingly favorable to formulae using lead pigments, many States are still using; substitutes and offer a fertile field for educational effor ts on behalf of lead paints. '.7e atvent ion ve efforts been able: to procure a change in .enefit to lead. of the the in We have also begun a survey of the painting practice ass 1 railroads in the United Routes, believing that metion obtained will Drove valuable. 4. Lead Poisoning - An interesting sequel to the lead-weighted silk situation referred to in the Secretary's Report of Seprember 24th, is the fact that several large sellers of silk garments in New York, formerly emphatically opposed t o the market lag of lead-weighted silk, are now mak ing retail distribution of it, notably R. H.Macy i Co. These sellers have been completely satisfied with the research work which was done at Harvard and which gave lead-weighted silk a clean bill of health. Moreover, by actual store tests, they have demonstrated that the customer prefers lead-weighted silk to the tin-weighted material. 5. Lead Pipe - Learning of the possibility that the use of lead pipe was likely to be commented upon unfavorably by various Wisconsin water works authorities, the Secretary made a quick trip to Wisconsin on behalf of lead pipe and found that we have many friends there but that copper tubing is making serious inroads in the water service field, mainly owing to its comparatively lower cost. It is fortunate that the pipe manufacturers adopted the new lead pine standard early this year for 7/isconsin was having the same experience with the larger sizes of lead pice that Washington, D. C., and other cities have already gone through. LI A 000 9 A In studying: his e.tire situation, the conclusion X S 'Jl 1\ 6 S C dp X. c/1.6 "t .1 cu "u 'J. esc v:e some aggressive effort tv. hold -hot business e r.~v -possess in the ?-ater works *c. V x i- ,a)Si * c * * i x*c. w vs .. ny v g o u -iJiCc l c-t- <L> ver* further xnuo the h-"-.cl-: jr :uv.d. He hr-ve :.xe avenue open : us wrick ...Ids nromise of being the answer to the com petition v.e v re n. etin .r.e* ^..-v.* '....wvC cw> oc-v tucing and that is to turn out leau nine, that is. niu 7.*s `"a " to .cnia1 lead nine wrick is lii -Vt-tt-er in v.eight than the nr-;seat soft lead arterial but still thicker than conper tubing. This can be dene at a cost loner then Conner tubing me., r.n s...ucb os -rater works de partments occasional!;' d: :.:t see..: to .o influenced by the superiority of soft l-.'-d o: u ..cruse of its sunerior wall thickness, and, inasmuch o.s cooper is forcing the competi tion to lighter weight urtemal, ant L..or._a 1 lead nine would provide the necessary ammunition to meet this competition. As a ns. t, ter or re ot, i. uou-t rsteer ver`r are _ : a a noc 1 Cl C orr: enouneer root moc. ^ _ c e c _a . -- o ... _ e if ..eed re, There is aim r on <! oossibilit 'C e-- f" r ' ' - ~ ^ or calking lead wnic ity of 1 eo.d c_noarea tutes, io. reduc-rrg t e rise -odest amount of lab ratory wor valuable infrro.at. rn snd would ing lead than on are drir.r: .nr. ion to the ourk rn nixing, f initiating sure research, rely indicate th.e superior- a..d sand or cement substieaka.ges in water lines. A may yield some extrenely .able us to market more c"lk- Both the America.. Petroleum Institute and the American Gas Association have made interim renorts on the examination of test specimens coated with competitive pipe coating materials. Cur entry in these te6ts was a. baked red-lead priming coat. The work to date has net been con clusive and we rruet wait another year or so for a definite indication as to how red lead compares -with other coatings. 7. Educational '.York - Cur magazine LB AD has drawn to it more material than we had any reason to suspect when we first began publication. In fact we have ...ore material now relating to interesting appliertions for lead than we LIA00095 can use for several issues. Cur inexpensive publicity con tinues to bring forth considerable correspondence, national and international, relating to applications of lead. Our supply of the LEAD FIFE booklet is exhausted end - e are withholding a reprint order pending the possible inclusion of some additional information which would make the booklt ever, more useful than it is now. Plumbinm Codes - As stated in previous reports, ;ne of our biggest difficulties has been keeping abreast of chanuvs in i) countless plumb inn codes in the 'Jnited Z -v o ...c-.* w t: .a ~n e - - -snon; wiiG I"a0CGS3.^T^ C_>rio3.Cw SUIi ners 7 slum: inspectors, etc., to see that lead :ecei ;es ade _ ate consideration. Cur efforts nave seen main- the airec n of remedying trouble where it has been most acute suer, as in Washington, D. C., Buffalo, Y., and disc: nsin. I relieve it would be a good move for us to en- the services of a practical plumber thoroughly familiar ;n tu load ir. plumbing, who car. use ail his time in ctingv_ w a. a li .master plumbing associations, journeymen plumpers r c o r- ' ictions mod plumbing inspectors, also municipalities, a view to bringing about changes in plumeing codes of lene: it to them and the lead industry. I can think of no diture which would be likely to bring in a higher re- A ...ovement is on foot in New York State to authorise the various county go.ernments to unify the plumbing codes in effect by the numerous municipalities in each county. We are studying the movement to see whether or not it mimht be wise for us to assist. 9. Paint Shew - The Lead Industries Association, t.orou^h its constituent lead pigment manufacture os, parti cipated in the recent Paint Show of the Federation of Paint j c 7;r..is.. Production Clubs in Washington, D. C., the pig ment manufacturers individually bearing the expense of the joint exhibit. Press commentators and others were kind enough to state that it was the most artistic exhibit at the Show. Respectfully submitted, Secretary. LIA00096 TLe resignation of tie national Bearing L ts:is Corporation iron membershin in the Lead Industries Association was presented and accepted. The application for membership of the Crown h-.tal Co., of Lilwaukee, Wise., was presented for con sideration, .7K2?.El*?Cn it was moved ond seconded that the Crown Letal Co. , he admitted to noucership in the L-ad Industries Association. Lotion carried unanimously. The Chairman announced that t'..e Executive Co. nittee hrd held a meeting on LL.ember IT, 1E3L, to con sider the budget for 1235 and had concluded that it 7:raid _e decimole 11 cr.rry on to.-- activities 01 t-a L e c co 1 nc.us-- cries Associ: ti .r. m the coning calendar year -rith the sane total budget established by the Board for 12J2, WK2LEUPON, it was moved and seconded that the budget of the Lead Industries Ass.ciation for 1S53 be pre pared in the total Bun of -340,000, of which $35,000 was to be raised from members and $5,000 drawn from the cash re serve at the disposal of the Association on January 1, l3i. Lotion carried. The Chairman also reported that the Executive Committee believed that the elimination of Lexican and other foreign tonnages of the members from; assessment would LIA00097 be advisable as foreign lead (with the exception of some ore lend) does not enter into the commerce of the United States there the activities of the Lead Industries Associa tion are mainly centered. The Secretary reported that roughly .$4500 was contributed in 1S3E by companies reining, smelting and fabricating lend in foreign countries, 7H5RIUP1U it was moved and seconded that the basis of assessment in the Lead Industries Association should eliminate all foreign lead mined, smelted, refined or manufactured abroad, but sbeuld include any foreign met'..! imported into the United States bv member comoani-os a:nd not subseouentlv exoortea through t..: cancellation of conr. .loti'r. carriea. Ur. A. A. Use Lean, reoorted th:-.t the Battery Uae.ufacturers Association -as defending the interests of its members in those States where occupational disease legislation, or legislation affecting foramen's compensa tion was being modified, or introduced, to the detriment of the battery industry and suggested that the Lead Indus tries Association cooperate with the 3attery Manufacturers Association in dealing with this situation, particularly as the Lead Industries Association has much available informa tion on lead poisoning and the hazards oo lead in industry. LIA00098 The Chairman instructed the Secr'tary to communicate areasr o:n.:::;ee or t..e oatterv ,,F.::uircturers Asscciati:n, offering t; co perate inmstrers of mutu n1 The :n tinr r.dj named at 2:30 F. h. Ore iman, Secretary. Ll A00099