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HBWHIOTHX); April 12, 19*5 PURPOSE OF THE MEETUP The Asbestos Textilea Industry Advisory Committee met on April 12, C ?^5 to dlaouae (1) Labor problems, particularly the effaot of Seleotlve Service on tho industry, and assistance received from local government organisations; (2) Production of aaheetoa textiles, tad mocauroo whereby increased production of more orltloal materiola oan be obtained; end (5) Proaent supply nnd Inventory pooltloa on aabeatoa fibres, Mr, W.|T, Meloy of the Cork, Asbestos and Fibrous Glass Division of War Production Board served as tho presiding offloer. LABOR Tho moating was turned ovar. to Mr. J, E. Cole, of the Cork, Asbestos and Fibrous.Glass Division, vhorbricfly,reviewed the Soleotlve Service problem oonfrontingtheiaduetry.^Abtatths first of March, the various departments of the Govorraaent verevset^upjM bertlfying agenoiee, and liets of men botvoon. the ages of l8-3Q;vero^eubmittod to whichever oertlfylng egoncy the oampany choso, a nvmber- of>pirioris were ,'oertlfled; end then tho papers were retumod to thoJlocal draft'boards;" Most of tho members of this industry vent to tho Navy Department, fear certification.. The fundamental basis of persons to bo oertlfied is jO per oent of the total'.In the United 8tates, which does not .SJr^.jriaidhavei3d',percent':ofite3,pooplo.eertifiod.,,:; The slttee ibers disoussed ths' conditions in thoir ' indlvldual plants la.ln;es i^instBxxse/it^vaSi.'statedithatfproduatiohjweruld |bej,TSduoed,.: . oyeeegVe^abat^tti^^lhteMbut^hflttheatabe'stosttextllesllndU3tryi ^BM> i,F jreasls^alw^pth<^^^^P^as - felt that _ emplo^dfii^^fmn^|^s`itiora`faB|pr^t.lcahS^En'-mo8t of the plantsi^Mr^ Cols' indicated thatmoet plante had done.better.'than could be expected in' increasing or maintaining doth, yarn, and tape production which indicated that there had been some successful transfer of labor, <1. r, "* , The suggestion was made., that another Flying Squardron, organized for the same purpose and operating in the sane manner as the one last year, be sent out to visit the various asbestos textile plants throughout the country to boost the morale of the workers, and ve*emphcsize the importance of asbestos textiles to the war effort. All the plants previously visited reported excel lent response to the last Flying Squadron, but it wee felt that another one would beBsneflclal. : . Tho members of the armed services present at the meeting were questioned about the future of the asbestos textile Industry efter VE-Day. It was generally agreed that-equipment to be cut back would hevo no relation, to the asbestos - industry, . Lt. G, 0, Wilson, CCTut, sali H, Z*c9 liivivuMb uuvu. uuxy, end then will level off end carry on through 19W>. Lt. Z. G. Pearson, USNR, said that all requirements would-remain constant. Captain E. C. Jasper, Army, sold there would be seme cutback in the Army progrra, tut not affecting tho asbestos textile industry. Captain E. C. Jasper reminded the Cosmlttea that an unsuccessful attempt had boon mode lest year to get the asbestos textile progrm on the "Must" list. The members of tbs eccxaltteo folt that another attempt should be made at this tiao, and that even though unsuccessful it would benefit the Industry by calling cue attention to the urgency of its program. 2-l5701-p2-bu CRMC-M*S-003092 `Asbestos Tcxtllos Industry Advisory CesBlttee ' moamp. April 18, 1919 *"*** <. . . ; . The question was raised ea to why the classification of varkera varlod throngtout the Industry, eni at thla point the meeting vaa tarnsd;ovcr to Mr,. Oilvor Boboomoker of War Manpower Ocnalxloh. Mr, Bohooauker sold that there la a need for 1,300,000 man up through"August, not taking-Into account VS-Day, Those-oea be supplied by returning veterans, people easing of ago,' outbacks'In munition# Industries, at eetefa, however, there la atlll a balcnco of 350,000 people needed vhlch have to he obtained frem loaa oaacntlal industries. Tho Rational Production Sxeoutlvo Ccnmltteo (PEC) hoa delegated its authority to the loeol'Araa Production Orgonoy Ceamltteoa (APUC), Each areola aorvod : hy on ATOO, end thla oesBlttoe llata' Induatrlda in ordor of importance to thc vor offort,. The chairmen of tho ccBBlttoe Is connected.with War Production Board, Jtavy Deportiabnt, ot oetora, through when 0 pioture can he presented to tho APUC, Mr. Sohoonaakor sold that If thla Industry could get on tho "Must" list It would get certain attention It would not got otherwise, elnoo thoy rato tho awn, and dotomlne whioh of the seven hands a plant Is In. Tho Man power Priorities Conaltteo has no power to got priorities higher then thoso sot hy APUC. Tho Industry was urged to put their problems In front of thoBo ocnmltteos vho are anxious to give them tKo aeelstcnoo they need, i. It was omphaalzod that the manpower polloy la decentralized and the looal area is tho s. * 1. Jf'V J*'*<% ><.-# ` ."tooenneetlon with' the rating 'of plants 'to; one i of .the seven bonds, tho ..question. vae raisedaa to the Interpretation of tho expression- ``behind. schedule' , According to tbo War Manpower Oausleelon this Is Interpreted to msen hohlnd stated roquirementa of the claimant,ageno ion; osaSfcing',,thoir,,cesee understand 5 the oesontlallty of asbestos textllos:-better than tho field offices. It was suggested that they ho kept lnfoxmod constantly of ony now developments, 00 thatoontaotsnn/ he mods from this Division to expedite doslred action. It was notod hy Mr. Cole that-tho only means the local' hoards have of learning of tho'urgency of the asbestos textile program, outside of .poreonal.oontacts, is through the Critical Products List, "Must" Program, and.the War Manpovor Com mission list ..of essential industries. At tho;proeont tlmq;a Production Urgency Boport is being proparedto he-set.t` to looal hoards, .and to request-aseictanco for those Industries. Those oritlool products roporte ohongo monthly. Boconvoreioiv was briefly diecuseod by.Mr. Colo. Reconversion in tho oshoetoe Industry Is not too much of a prohlom heoaueo civilian requirements con he put Into production lmodlatoly; PRODUCTION ' ! Mr. X. 8,'Coultrsp of the Cork,-Aaheatos rind fibrous Glass Division presented a comparison of the overall produotlon figures for .the lest three quarters. to the third quarter of I9M about lU-l/2 million pounds of textiles were produced, a little over 3 million of which were edble filler and roving, leaving a net of 9-1/2 million pounds of textiles. to the fourth quarter Havy cable dropped to slightly under k million pounds, leaving 10 million pounds net of textiles.' to the first quarter at 19I13 the total poundage waa 11-1/2 million pounds of textiles. Due to fevy cable cutback whioh reduced this 8-kyroi-p5-bu \ 1 \\ ' a* y lain ******* _______ CRH1C-M&S-003093 ^ i * % ,i t\ V AleWW'TeJttilelr Ibduetry ! ' . ., :. Atfvieory tStmittee *;' fi*\\**' -.?' -'. . fc'lt - snourr 1 *'**. i* * * ............ .. < , * ` -' '' '/ .' ( * '. ; 'r,,~ 'K >', April,. 1*, 19&5 >' ,. . ,. produotlonto approximately one-half million pound*, net- production of other textiles vas e little over 11 mill'l'bh ^otlnde,- Fequlrenente here remained about the ' same 'throughout''thispirlod, taking into.oonsidfration the lose of about i-l/2 million'pouinde'in Kavy oablb. ' The textile- program ie being hurt by missed shipments bnoliodatloilis,: Shipments not made in January-Mere A.8 per oeat'.of allofiatlooe, end in February 5.6 per oent. of allocations. While'these percentages aijem negligible, it ie to be emphasized that nearly all mieeed.shipments have occurred in four, programs vhloh are very tightt Pratt and Whitney, General Siectribj'QiidsiteniiaBter, and Navy lagging cloth. { " ! ' ; > ,< -t One -industry member`informed the oommittea.-that ha has, recently,.euniiitted a substitute material for use on the Pratt and Whitney engine fin separators. An yet-no report1 has'been received'On this' material vhiph. ifl Undgrwyitero grado, square veavey 10`ply oloth as against thel.ii ply olothinoy:,required.,,. It yap felt' by the; cetaittee that if. 10 ply" oloth: oouU be. uae^ thp vould b? able; to Tind inore obmpanieo wllllnfe to'supply it.- However,, .<jyen..wl,t^,tM use of this `'substitute' 'Material requirements oould' not.bp. .oemplAteWJ/het*,;^. Wilson, 'USNRi said that upoh nbtificltitibto by War Production Board, th. ttavy.youldbo - 'viUihg'tdTtest the' eubetitutevolSthiandtpueh.' itajUeev,. Be: :ip$Jtt*`.fhe. bcnuit- tee that before 'the rrequiremintS 'were-presented, thirty -.ilfferenjt.^yj^Bv.of "Cloth 4 had been-tried '-'end at.'that'jtiaeHllJ^titidloth seemed- the, most ..satiAfaotory. In thiW atrpiioa^lbh'iteri^rbture5ie/n^^ja^twoh.aJdontrolling,fWit|^ib)^>!i9t^.y|;th Sv'-t^`abiilty.'!tbiWeietf^at'.;St^e8lhrkjBt^in:48'-required,'1*i1j!f.',,,'.'ij:>, ' Sttij^iReirl MgLj_ -oouid'-b8'attributta*raftmaw*^^^ . hod assured the Cork,' Aebestoe and Fibrous Glass Division that auoh a shipping order! vab' n6''abb6l<ite iniioation that the material was going into stook. > >[> .TV ,V' :-.JV. ? f '( (V- I . . .' > . J |. j.,;r ___1 , 1,'.. . . 1 'Captain-B.'`C.l7jrdepir,'-Army;- stated;-.that re,quiremeivtr-.fs*t.ithe ^la^termaetcr aebeelB glovefrpr'6,griii4'would' ihoreaee '.lh'!ffuly,' ana.'4npreae<agaiit in December, although there-Was-as: yet been no: notice in writing- to. this.. effect*. These gloves are made' of 10 'atJt pldin'veavfr'oloth of which these.- isnot a sufficient supply. It was1 pointed out by Captftln' Jasper that- Quartermaster xi/j the proourinf agency for all;the serviees on aSbestfoK.gloves-,whloh explains why.the require ments are so high. The question was raised' as >to Why it vis possible,-jto purohase asbestos gloves in considerable quantity in department -stores. Mrri.Cole. pramised ; to-investigate this sale of olvillan glovoS. If was felt that ail^eebestos gloves should be eliminated oxoept military. The industry members of the ocesnlttee rare questioned about any exoese capacity to efcln yarn which might'exist. All.mombsrb agreed that there, was oxoes's weaving capacity, but production could not be lnoreaaed without moro mcnpower and'additional spinning equipment. It was-decided.that.it would be rieoeeeary to' Aoreen' allocations' moreolosely in`order totake oars of critical progrens. > ' . - , 8-115701-p1* HUIL73JMU - CRMC-M&S-003094 I *4 A* ' * --. . Aiebo'atoe Textile* induetry. Advisory Oomltt** ", >- 3 - April 19*>3 Smeary . % v*'^ , , ^` - v -- ; #>), V'.> ' *** ' Kr.Meloy aaked hewsthe,ocabinetton fibroua glaae and aabeeto* doth vaa making jout, and allthslnduetry ocBBlttee aaafetra *er* enthusiastic la their report*; The only production problaa lh ewanootlon with thla doth ha* been vtaan ahlpnanta of glees have fallen down. It vaa felt that thla notarial hoe Increased poatwar proapeota, . Mr, Meloy reviewed the aebeatoe fibre supply situation, vhloh haa remained unohangod alnoe the flrat; of the year. The Canadian nlnera had their quarterly Booting rooontly and estimated that prodnatlon would be about the ease aa pre viously. They, are up to eohedule and ontlolpata being able to Bake up produc tion lost during vinter inonths. On the Whole, the supply eltuatlon. eeone to -- be In good shape. ^ y_ _ r ^ .v r ,> -'* *:* 2-l*5701-p5-nobu-flnnl H-" ' t; tauMTO' NnM73 6621 CRMC-M&S-003095