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mmmm m oiwiii i --> in--na. m n-- mmbp Pcppppp LI A1626<? itfS'-'rxl fltfi dtatefrfef&ai?4&Lfck LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION UO UDUNOTOM AVKMUS HCW TOOK 17, H. Y. arquiB a^mpxa B* F. Morris, Pro,ideal ThcsM i* ftttico, Ine* tost Oenofa, ft, J* In proscotlng tbo position at the sutasotlYo bsttory industry, it is ny-^Ai 1WW SVy* # 50?tdc? serial ufiiliifii/ bcrlnet but sro 0000**017 for & fall undarstcadln; of our prohlf. A* 4 fcundstlse, let us consider the fallorloct KeflrtraUoa of priYstdy ud publicly aaod reticles exclusive of wiHunyt 19Ui 1?L5 1PW 19L7 ISLfl 1?L9 i?$0 30,179,306 31,035,120 3fc373,oc . 37,6ULJ U.,137,ax# 14,670,568 L5,500,000 m. fartc*7 Salas Butcnco* ears, tracks and hisses (Incladas HUltary) l*b 19LS X?ls6 19L7 19W 1?ia 1950 738,13k 725,215 3,089,550 b,797,92 5,285^1*25 8,253,602 8,003,033 Bt^lafraaoot Better? Sales 19U, 1?L5 19b6 mi ma i<*5 1950 .19,115,000 17.560.000 17 522.000 2!t,Uil,000 23,725,000 15,3*43,000 23,128,000 U, I fdMHW UMiay.'UHU i JWW.BJWi N 3282 rinlUllHWk LIA16270 Total JLutanatlvo Battary Sales Original Ignlpnont and Xoplao<noct -- ' i?U 1SL5 19L6 19k7 19L3 19k9 1950 19,853,13k 13,165,215 20,611,550 29,235,922 29,010,^25 21,595,602 31,131,033 The avorcgo retoa ad ro-roglatorod oar* to raplaoaacat batteries during the period 19U to 1950 lncl&alve woo 1.6k. During tho aoao period tbore w** ea arorago cd 1,531^30 vehloloo On the bail* cd 1950 registrations (exclusive cd ellitary vehicles) tbore will be in 1951 a ropleoaeeat battery roqulraaont ad (L5,500,OOCU., 531,100) - l6b 26,780,000. Asauelng e production od now vehicles at ?0f ad tho 1950 rate there will bo requirement od 3,003,033 x .70 5,602,123. There will thou bo required a total ad 32,382,123 outemotive bettorioo la 19S1* 1 ton ad lead la oudfldent on tho averago dor 90 mitoactive betterloe, oo tbore will bo required 359,300 ton* od load far autanotlvo bttcrio only. Silo 1* axeluaiv* ad roqulrenoato far ladhatrlal and Military batteries. Of tho tctel factory ailoa ad vehicles In 1950 apprcodsately 3,750,000 wero Bold In the first six aontha. Requiring aa equal number od betterloe. Of tho totcl repleoaacnt aaloa cd bettorloo la 1950, 7,589,000 *m la the firat aix setrtha and 15,539,000 la tho laat alx aentha. There ra* theroforo a total od 11,339,000 automotive betterleO fold la tho firat six aontha ad 1950 and 19,792,033 la the aocoad half. Tho proeont load ardor perelte the u*o ad tho average far tho firat alx aenthe of 1950 which la oqulvaloat to 1,369,333 a nonth for roplaoomoBt oad original oquifncct battarleo. Tho total pcmlaalblo production far rc-plaoonant and original oquip* ant will therefore bo approximately 22,678,000 battortoe during 1951a This la aa indicated ahertago od 9,70b,000 better!o far the year. a Fhon thla altuatlen is dlfouaeed with various Ouvurisauotal agencies, and aoao suppliers, tho stock anowor socma to be hdtoro aro you going to gat tho lead?* m LIA16271 ,<,iB'VMMw,n f TWijjwitt^niiMMairifiiw.-- t f jr l XT carssldarod answer to tha 0 jvemnont&l a^unciot 1* - tbo only possihlo Justification for Gcrvermont ecntroLi ever the dlstrltntlon of watcrials is to too that osaentiol activities aro prcporly supplied. f JO' answer to tho producers and supplier* 1* . the battery Industry la your eustcDsr. Tour largest custaacr, Tou arc producer* and toppllcr*, and If t tho Govomaont dotorminos that our operation* or* essential yon should fight for rcncnral cif ary restrictions that prov-nts tho load industry frai fulfilling it* obligation, oren though thi* eight tosporarily Bom subjugation of *lf intort*t to tho roquirooonta of the general ocoocty. It aoes* to no therefaro that In*toad of asking *i#>ero ar* yoa going to get tho load!1 Thoja ahould bo aakod two eery pertinoat questions* 1. 1* thi* particular roquircooct nooaaaaryt 2. If ao, what can -- do to (apply that roqulronootT la the Haltad tine available -- 'ill attcept to anww tho-- quart!oa* la pert* lU I* thla particular requlr-ont aoooeaaryl Ih oonrldorlng thi* question it ahould firet bo raallted that tha raquironoot for ant ntr.i nine our transportation ayettn la boaod apes rtatlrtloal d facta. loa night then --11 ask. la it mooasax7 to maintain our traaapertation ayrtaa at a high level? Ihero hovo boon aery surveys ando to detandne this 'Wiostlcn tgr tha U. S. Bureau of Puhlie Goods, varloua atato highway dopnrtocnt.', tha lutonobila Manufacturers .Issodatlcn and others. Thoir date have clway* priw-- that there would bo a very serious dislocation in our occoay if our transportation qratoi was in --y way curtailed. In substantiation of tboso findings -- wight --11 queto tha etatoaenta of two high ranking Oororrnent offlciela during World Var H. hr* CTIlian F. Joffer*, D. 3. Rubbor Director, War Frodoctlos Board aaldf eperhaps the greatest lesson of thi* war is that idtich is being taught tho svorago citiscnj naaaly, that tho doecstlo sconcny at this aountry doponda upon transportation, not only tho transportation that is offardod ty tha rellrools, airplanes, bassos and trucks, but also tho Individual transportation whioh each foully boa in its auto--Mia.* This ocuntry oasnot bs taken off rubber and ovoid a de--stio ooillfyo.* *It cannot Lo denied that this ocuntry naves on rubbor. and It is a _ wilitary naooasity to kcop tho oountryts transpcrtatlon aystoaa alive** In like namor Mr. Loon Honiaraon, in a atatoaent before a Senate E eanittoo, January 5, 15lt3, had this to sayt *lho relianoo an the eat--obil-- r or rubborberno transportation is considerably narc than evon tho leftioat state* ants Bado ty tha Industrio* eomoctod with tha waking of aut--obdlos and tiro*, and of tho various associations like tho groat A. 1. A. and their state organ, liatlooo. In other words, ifcat Bight soon to hav* boon a --tier at trada booking w m t-14162 72 o oa to the Importance of autoaohlloB by lntorostod trodo associations cr hnrlnssse* mi * considerable under*totaunt, as wo hero cano to know** i fren the above atataaonts It 1* evident that tho Oovsrrmcnt rocwjniasd that question number one required a positive answer during World War H. It 1* no los* nocossory today. In fact it 1* aero critical bocauao of tho aovoaoat of worker* to suburb* and rural areas. ! Wo then Com to question isatbor two. Whst can veiato supply that roquiraaontf 7 do not pretend to bo a lead expert. Soso of you la this roa* an supposed to bo. Even though wo comet all bo lead exports ws are all buslnoa* aen and eon axpres* our opinions frai that angle. | t F Whoa wo attaapt to answer question naabor two w* aast ccnsldar ^at oaa tr bs dona ly tho Oovernaont and tho proctaocr*. P 1st us discuss first v*t wo f*ol the (kvormoat osa do. 1. ftay osa quit ploying bouse. It has not boon so la alnoe World War U end wo or* ell fieri liar with tho long period of time it took to straighten out tho oarly mistakes and eventually 9 got workable orders. It void seem that tho Government egoados should bar. profited by tho aistakes undo previously. But it is apparent that they have art. Booeuso tha : aaaa one* are being asdu again. > Lot us toko load order U-lfl ss os cxasplo, So far as it effects tha storage bottery industry there could have bean no acre discriminatory and unfair f order laauod if they bad dollburataly attccptod to aocayllsh that result. They caaplctely ignored the foot that autoaotivo batteries are s seasonal predict and placed tbc* endar the somo rostrictions os ether load users who do not have a soar anil characteristic. Only one-third of rcplooaiont buttery roqulroaents aro produced la tha first six aonths. Iba bate period. ; k. This sac alstoke rj node in the original ardsr issued during World r war IX. Sectlcn flvo of this ardor permits tho average aonthly uso of load during tho first six aonths of 1950, rogardloss cf whether that lead was used for th esaufaoture cf batteries fcr civilian use. the Ooverxment cr for aiy other category now gotorod by ratod orders. Hoalt ting that during tho base period rated ardor* wore not nooosaary it should bo perfectly obvious that tha load usod at that for tho production of product* now requiring rated ardor* oea be usod for civilian uso. Tho load would Still bo used for tht aomfecture of *t<rwga bsttorlos. it la difficult to boo how on crdcr of this nature osa be equitable to oil anaufacturwrw. mm* WWW mmmgm LIA16273 i k tidOKUk lAiiiln 2. Tho Ccnf.ro* should Luoodictcly reaore tha lnpart tax ea { load for tho mcrgonay. f \ Thors it now Mam tha Ceoaittoo an Viy* and Moan* tdll know t am BJU 3^21 that would repeal such duty until March 31* 1953. i |- This bill should roociva tho active support of all Oovornaoat cgeoolaa interested la the laproYcrjcnt of tho dsnsstlc load situation* 3* Bocouao at tho Inflated world prloo of load at tho froacot tins tho 0 averment ahould purchaao fcrcign load and roaall It to producer* at a fair doaootlo prioa. (That that prloo ahould be I a not prepared to ssgr. It lbodd ba at a lord which would portdt local producers, proowaaera md ecnatsaor* t* fool that they wore being trwatod equitably) but tho prlaary purport ahould lackiatry. Vo now ccaa to the quostlou of what tho profeoon oua dt They eaa woke *<*>e at aa offert to eoaporwto with thdr ouataur* la as attnpt to salvo the lwnodiato problem) which la a aorlous shortage of i load which they arc uaabls to supply. t 1b order to aceeepUah this they should dlacentlaao thdr nnrwallrtlo opposition to tho require,nt, ot their custoaors. To ua curtcmors aro iapcrtaad* sad their iateroeta comet bo divareod trm cars* 1$ so oxwpla I ahould like to give concrete ovldonoo of that oppoaitlm* I; bet I ahould Uko to *7 at ttaia paint wo do not orpoct all cpa-nti of the laduatiy to agroo with ua* col wo have no hope that wo shall bo In a position to agroo F with ell others. There ?rc however wry* of resolving our dlfferonoos and I aa aura wo can arrive at a oooaoa doncalnator la the foot that ovary one af ua la intcroatod la tho contirood auecoaa and iepertmoo af lead In our Industrial Mooay. Tho cxmplo rofarrod to ooa ba found la ToU 97* Vo. 9k of The Congressional Jtoccrd dated ipril 25, 1951* aad covering legislative day of April 17* 1951* la that record a oongroeswaa* who scows to throw a lot of snowballs, lntroduoad a latter tram ea officer of one of tho largest praduoor* la the country. Tou een ref-r to tho record for tho oaqdoto letter, but excerpts cro, Many thenks for your kind letter of .\pril 6th --------* cur -------c omittoe was shocked to discover that Congressman ItUls of irfcansaa had introdoood a bill la Tho House of Bopreacatatlwa on Iprll 10th for a caaploto suspension of ths iaipcrt duties on load.* Our - ---- -- ocsmlttoo has wlrod tho aya and Uoaoi Coxdttee requesting a hearing* for we are jedng to eppase the till with all tho roaourcos at our oounaad.* U-^ w.'.ibW-gpgait. i:*" -umiLijwHgaiu^ijugjgpa.j.tiii j i|i.^^i.iiw!papwijaiawji._ jwmx i^jwj^ii'ajwBijaiB^piuisjLiWjs^igaw mm *i * f ? i r- t l f i !itipiij|wiiL uimmmmrnm LIA162 74 I bollevo tho bill 1* being sponsored by *eao storage battery wfimfeeturora, who tiro umrining to pay tho world aarktt prloo for load. *tloh lx non throo cent* above our own low oilingJj when they are utvebla to obeerb tho increase la tho eale* prloo of tholr oan rtarego bettcrie*,* There la no reason why thoy Should try to got cot of their prodlm* wont by taking It out of tho hide of tho wining industry,* In tho ovont that w* aboold b* *o unfertunato aa to *m the Ron** lU^odrlaedly put load an tho free list, 2 do hope our friends la tho Sooate will lncre ao atano unturned to oppose tho acm," It la uafortuoato that wo do not haw* tlao at this seating to debate *uch Btatoaont* aa are e attained la tho above exaorpta, but It doaa at laaet Indicate tho unnoooaaary eloavago la our Industry, 1 cawdttoc eaaaot ba roprosantetlvo unloaa thoy roproaoct all aogaent* cf aa Industry* B battery aanifneturnre d yit tnvo tKet ronroaantatlcai* It is our belief that producer* ham lost sight of tho fact that what Is bow oallod na inport tax woa originally referred to as a protective tariff* and tho purpose of th-'.t tariff waa to protoot our labor and Industry, Slnoo producer* ocaaot hope to aoct tho dcaaowtle roquirowont# for load and tho world prloo la at aa all tiao high* I ahould Ilka to aak tan 9 pertinent questions as to who noods that protect!onf 1, Labor In tho alalag of load cr la tho prodictloa cf lead productef 2, Tho wining industry tocrusc of foreign oonpotltlcn or tha lewd prooeaalng ladistxy boenuso of laauffldeat lead? Vo la tho bettery Industry are net greatly concerned about tho prloo of lead* and la spito of the inference corrtainod la tho latter Injected Into tho Congressional Ecccrd, wo aro act trying to got ca advantage for our ladistiy, Vo aro act greatly concerned whether load soils for 12#* 1?# cr 22#, What wo do want la auffldaot load. There bccb to bo funrlicntal dlffcrcnooo la our roepoctiwo problcwo* tut 1 bollore they oan all bo resolved ty thorough cdscuaalcru Ind a mtenl realisation that wo ahould bo working together for tho aoccspliabsent cf vhat wg all roallM lo ao aoooaaaxy at thla tlao. I reeewnond to this Aaaodatlon that their activities rafloct what tholr ncae laplioe* and that all aopwiots of tho lood industry bo eonaldarod dieo dotondnlng policy. Tho purpaac of this papor is oot to crltleltc* but to attar dwt wo hef* to bo aoeo aungoationa that will benefit all of these eoonacted with the load Industry, i Jmit WWffWBB S It' ..r M-yjW- wa tyijwJJwewdMP "stMwwrw aimwwijwjji * l