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V ..... - .* 9 **&*> -v----- LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION mCTtt9TONAyc*u^_ 60 g,* st,,* NEW YORK 17, N.V. January 2, 1957 1 5j -i ; QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE SECRETARY October 1 to December 31. 1956 Tho following report covers the highlights of Association activities dur ing the fourth quarter of 1956. More detailed information on these activities or others not enumerated herein will be supplied on request. GENERAL 1. Budgets - The Red Lead and CeramlceTechnical Cocmitteea, the Metallic Lead Pro ducts Division Advisory Coranittee and the Technical Steering Cosaaittee all set to consider recommendations for 1957 activities in their respective fields. These recommendations were then placed before the Industry Development Cocsdttee and the Board of Directors and 1957 budgets approved. Details are being sent to medbert with statements for the first quarter of 1957* our industry development work having been materially strengthened. 2. "Lead" - The third issue of our quarterly publication "Lead" was mailed to our list of nearly 50.000 users and prospective users of lead, and the fourth iseue was prepared for mailing insediately after the first of tho year. 3. Research - The Technical Steering Coccittee appointed a subccosittee to study overall research problems of the industry and report back to tne main com mittee. A. Cable Shoethlrm - The Cable Sheathing Task Group it negotiating with a leading manufacturer of extrusion presses for a research program to solve the problem of continuous extrusion of lead alloys coesaonly used in cable sheathing# 5. Monograph - Mere than a half-doten chapter* for the A.C.S. honegraph on Lead have now been received froa authors. i. Annual Reviews - The annual review of leed was prepared for publication in the February, 1957 issue of "Ihgineerlng and Mining Journal." A briefer review wae prepared for "Iron Age." 7 Conventions - L.I.A. was represented st tne annual meetings of the American Min ing Congress, National Metal Ejq>osition, Association of American Battery Manufac turers and several others. i V.MiygjFNU "' wgfBW!|i'ni'Ra.wrjrw.jiiniij ' ' n 4-uyin 11 'f " P i $ SJI.3U.J UWH.HI.IWHf.UgW-UWM' If "g.1 L1A23052 afi* " - -II lift r,-^-- ,-^W*.i-'- :~1--- * 9 , \ 0 Quarterly Report -2- January 2, 1957 HEALTH AND SAFSTT g,_ Maximum Allowable Concantrat long for Lead - Th# American Standard* Aseociatlro Subcommittee on Lead, und*r th* chairmanship of our Health and Safety Director, i>aa approved increases in maximum acceptable concentration* of lead in air ranging from 33 to over 200 percent above th* limits that have been considered standard for 25 years. It vas also tentatively approved by th* maln'ccasittse but trust still pass higher comittees under A.S.A. procedure. Tfcas# changes should appreciably reduce th* burden of ventilating in many plants producing or uaing lead. 0. "facte ar)(f fplleclss* - An additional printing of th* talk presented by Dr. R. T. Johnstone at our last annual neeting on "Facts and Fallacies of FludbiaB and What to Do About Th*m" beean* necessary to satisfy th* large demand for copies from Industrial nodical men. At least 5,500 copiss have been distributed to date and it is being reed for instruction in at least one nedical cch^ol. 10, Pharmacy Lave - The interest of th* Kanufaeturlng Chemists' Association has been awakened to th* dangers of many state pharmacy lave which say be and have been interpreted to apply detrimentally to industrial chemicals like lead compound* It la expected that they will take steps, with our cooperation, to close these loop* holes, which will probably b* a slow and cumbsreoms project. 11. Health and Safety Coenittss Aroolntrents - Our Health Km Safety Director ha* accepted appointment to the Steering Committee of the Ccarittee on National Or ganisations of th* National Safety Council, one of whose purposes is to deal with home accident problems, including childhood load poisoning. H* is also th# rep resentative of the American Indust rtrl Hygiene Association to th* Council of the American Association for the Advene-a.ont of Science, which held it# annual meeting during th* last week in December. METALLIC LEAD PRODUCTS 12, Corrosion - Work is nearing completion on the revision of the lead chapter in th* A.C.S. Monograph on Corrosion, originally edited by McKay and Worthington. 13. Soldering Handbook - Our committee preparing the Soldering Handbook for pub lication by the American Welding Society met three times during thia period, c* of these meetings being with th* main Welding Society Coaaitte* to review the work so far completed. It, Home Builders Show - Our exhibit for th* annual show of th* National Associa tion of Hoo# Guilders in January, 1957, was designed and is under construction. It will emphasis* lead for both plumbing and sheet metal work. 15, Chemical Construction Bulletins - Two more in this series of Bulletins was cir culated to our list of about 1,100 chemical engineers and other* interested in chemi cal construction. SffVgg 16-*- "Lead in the Ceramic Industries" - Printing of thi technical data book was completed and copies circulated to members. Mailing to our list of son* U,000 ceramists will be mad* th# second wesk in January to avoid th# holiday sails. * W'l"j --j-- <*m > l--' T jj-aweayjyLWii ,!"* 11 -'/ ;' ,u^ ... -* Zj l v *. .: i'"iif',`*:--"iinrirmr Quarterly Report -3- Janusry 2, 1957 0 17. Advertising - The Ceramic* Technical Cccndttea met with representatives of our advertising agency to lay out the baeia for the advertising campaign for 1957. Twelve one-page ada are being planned to a>pAtr monthly In "Ceramic Industry* and the "Bulletin of the American Ceramic Society"ln the year starting about March, 1957. 16. Research - first steps have been taken toward the establishment of three research fellowships on lead In ceramics in 1957. Our desire to eetablleh one of these at Rutgere has been made known to the President of that University. 19. Permanent Exhibits - Our exhibit builders are working on designs for permanent exhibits to be placed in about 15 leading schools of cerodes to draw tha attention of Instructors and students to tbs advantages of lead in ceramics. REP LEAD PADffiS 20. Kavy Specifications - The Navy Issued new painting specifications which asks ths use of red lead paint aiandatory for many purposes where It was formerly optional and only a few years ago prohibited. 21. Highway Specifications - In connection with the new federal aid higbvsy progrm a survey was made of all state highway painting apeclfloations. Tha results of this survey will b6 made available to Berbers, probably In January, uy form tha basis for our promotional activities, 0 22. Mary Test Paint - A Kavy destroyer which was partly painted with red lead paint as recommended by our Technlctl Coemittee and partly with regular Kavy paints, was dry-docked and inspected. Tha red load points appear to be giving a good account of themselves after two years. Two other destroyers ere part of this test and it Is ex>pected that they will be dry-docked and inspected early in 1957. 23. Surrlemcnt to K.I..Technical Letter Ho. 11 - A supplement to Red Lead Technical Letter Ko. 11 wse prepared for Issuance early in 1957. 24. Failure Test Program - The Red Lead Technical Cccdttee has started a test program of various methods to Improve the wetting properties of quick-drying red lead paints. If successful, as preliminary work has Indicated it may be, thla could be vary valu able In furthering the use of red lead paint. RADIATTOM SHIELDTWO 25. Our access permit hat been up-graded from tha "confidential" to "secret" level, and our technical director la in process of obtaining "eecret" clearance. Respectfully submitted, (^r ;^T7/v~ Secretary-Tre*surer. @ r^r