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lev York, I. Y. DIRECTORS MEETING December 12, 1930. meeting of tbe Board of Directors was held at the Down Tovn Association, Nev York City, on Friday, December 12th, at 12:30 P. U. Present: Representing: Clinton H. Crane, Chairman B. N. Zimmer F. H. Brownell H. M. Brush S. A. Easton R. M. Roosevelt Ivan Reitler F. 11. Carter I. H. Cornell St. Joseph Lead Company American Metal Co. Ltd. American Smelting & Refining Co. American 3melting & Refining Co. Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining & Concentrating Company Eagle-Picfier Lead Company Federated Metals Corp. National Lead Company St. Joseph Lead Company F. E. Vormser, Secretary. The minutes of the previous meeting were ap proved. The Secretary's report was read and approved as follows: : SECRETARY'S REPORT - The following principal developments have taken place sine# tbs last Directors1 Meeting:' ^ (1) Statistics - 8incs the last Board Meeting we have issued oar first report of Secondary load production from old battery plates and parts. Its publication has. aroused greater interest than any report we have 'issued for a long time. In accordance with the . wishes of the board we are making plans.to expand the scope of the secondary metal report to include ' other sources of secondary lead. (2) Educational Wort: - In November the first issue of "Lead" appeared, a publication which we are planning to issue six times the first year, in furtherance of a purpose stated in our constitution, "to disseminate accurate in formation regarding lead products and how they best may be used." To judge from the written comments so far re ceived the reception given this initial educational ef fort has been most gratifying. We intend to stress new useB for lead and to make this publication do its part to build good will for lead. The November issue had a circulation of 14,500 copies, mailed to a selected list of architects, sheet metal workers, plumbers, painters, schools, etc., which may have to be expanded as knowledge of the existence of the publication spreads. The overall cost of publishing and distributing the bulletin we estimate at approximately $925. per issue. We have devised an emblem for the Lead Industries Association for use in our educational work. A photostat together with an explanation is attached. We should like to have the approval of tne Board of the adoption of this emblem. Incidentally, the emblem is such that it may be used by members who, in their advertising may wish to refer to the fact that they are members of the L. 1. A. Our book or. lead is expected to go to press next week, and to appear in February. In connection with the distribution of the book we would like to be given authority to place a price of $1.00 per copy on the publication, which it is easily worth - distributing it gratis to a selected list of architects, contractors and others having a direct interest in the subject. (3) Lead Poisoning - Of late we have received much undeserved publicity in newspapers damaging to lead products. The U. 3. Daily gave prominence to a report of babies and children allegedly being lead-poisoned by chewing paint on cribs. The New York Daily News (circulation 1,300,000 daily) gave front page pictorial publicity to an alleged case of the poisoning and prostration of women breathing "lead fumes". We began prompt investigation of both re ports. In the crib case we found from a survey among the principal crib manufacturers that only one used lead paint. The chance of a child contracting lead poisoning from con tact with cribs is, therefore, negligible. In the "Paint Fume" case our investigation disclosed that lead had nothing to do with the matter. The attending doctor stated that the victims had been overcome from depletion of oxygen working in an overcrowded room with windows closed, an open gas burner in operation and painting going on. Ve are also assisting the Charleston Water Works in investigating an alleged local case of lead poisoning. The general problem of how to establish a good name for lead and to counteract such unfair and unfavorable LIAOCO^O !*l_J THE NA / 7?.-Zrt.3UHZR'5 RZFCRT Ferine. Jar.. 1,__1 530 to Dec . 1, 1030 . Casii or. n-r.i uni in Ba January 1, 1521. a : .o Dee a- } lTi -- ir r fC Dec-;..:: Ww ( r ,037.52 331 ,535.12 ,50.50 57,355. .rwG, ^ i? acs nurse.cents dc.1 ar c e s 133.30 1^,c a3.33 Travelling; Incenses Telecn.ne ^ Telerrncn 50 j rl S j c OU.C3C z* 1. c- ens ?rl" ir._: Technical Res^uTca Hen.cal Research 1|.W.... 47C .01 4 , aoo . 0`s S25.0C 2ri'r rr nr Casa on Hand and ir. 3ar3:, Dececcoer 1, 1530. Includes 3alance in He lie a.1 Research Fund of 31,542.00. 31,505.17 15,520.52* ?5C, 525.05 U LIA0C042 *t ft, l<i It ie difficult to revise an associatit 1 will ce at once original and expressive. Ir. tds designed sketch of a proposed emblem for toe use e1 Industries Association in educational and publicity work, central sphere encircle d by a. flat belt represents Saturn it8 ring -- the planet intimately associated by the ancle r.ts with leaf. Inci.ientall y the planetary design is symbolic the everlasting quality cf lead. Upon the ring of Saturn v.e have inscribed a slogan we deem appropriate for our asoc la- tion, "Rely on Lead". The crossed pick and ladle represent, respectively the lead mining and producing industries, ano the fabricator, or consuming branches. If members, in their advertising, or publicity car to use this emblem it will lend itself easily to that purpoc n, tj) ri - l itoco* ^ *.*3 Directors examinea toe e ..Oxe .. sue....t tea by t.te Secretary, v;..ere-per. it was Hovel md seconded that ohe l^ud Industries Association aioct the insignia submitted by tne Secretary -.t r.is report ana as shown on the attached ex..icio tor use in its educational and nublicitv v.orb. T.te subject of otanitg a Z^.*7 * * -- -> - '^ ^ ^ * * *- ~ p V discussed. It was hoved and s ecor.ded that the Secretar cr.** zf 1,01. for T.rorcsea " w a * * ____V _ - . avitn. a _irecin. * ^ -v *> *.< .wa * a j<* V.*. Action was also caber. on the Secr'tury's r-e- t.te attention tne Directors to <-. r.etv > _. ; for leal, bnov.n as "hi.teraleai''. I: was .ovea am secondea t.te oecretar ce oiver. aot..ortty to a coar_aint oeoore t..c Jeuera_ .rate Co.:.t.issitn calling attention to the .uislead-.o= designa tion used by the product "liineralead" wicier. conpeces directly uith lead itself but does not, so xar as an analysis shows, contain any lead, notion carried. l- IA0C0<.4 & a-d^curr.ei at 2:30 l > T* ` :\-2 tree! C;ciy ^h > C .'.airman. Secreturv. 1.