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' t \ \* H _"^1 N >! L <! - i l^>u < lead Induliritt Anouofion, Irx. 292 Madhon Av*. New YoiW 17, N.Y. Look Ahcod with Lead January 11, 1965 OCTOBSH 1 to DECEMBER 31, 19& The following report covers the highlight* of Association activities for the fourth quarter of 1J64. Here detailed information on these activ ities or others not enroerated vill be supplied on request. So attempt has been made to cover routine activities, and research is co.ered in a separate report of the research director. GZBZRA1, 1. Information Bulletin. Tvo more in this series vere issued and circulated to neater* during the quoiter. 2. A.S.T.H. The Secretary has been asked to serve as chairman of Subcremittee 2 of A.S.T.M. Committee 8-2, Refined Lead, Tin, Antlncny and Bisouth. 3. Advertising Manager. Because advertising has become a major part of L.I.A.'* annual budget, an experienced advertising man has been engaged to supervise this part of our program. He is Jack M. McAvard, vbo has been employed for nine years vith L.I.A.'c advertising agency, 0. S. Tyson t Co., and has been account executive on the L.I.A. account for the last three or four years. Be assumed his position as advertising manager at the beginning of 196$. I*. Budget. Tvo ceetlngs of the Industry Development Ccmsittee and one of the Board of Directors vere held during the quarter to discuss and arrive at a budget to cover 1965 operations. The budget finally approved, as compared vith that for the previous year, follows: Administrative & Technical Service Publicatloos Space Advertising Miscellaneous Promotion Total Approved 19Ok $297,500 73,500 171,200 80,500 622,700 Estimated Actual 1964 $292,200 67,000 173,200 39,000 571,400 Approved 1965 $318,400 70,500 187,000 -Bigg 648,400 air LIA24262 i Quarterly Report of the executive Vice President October 1 to Deceaber 31, I5&* -2- 5. Motion Picture. In addition to the foregoing budget approval vas given to complete a general action picture on the usefulness of lead in its cany applications, to be financed by 25,000 already set aside os a reserve for such a purpose and an additlonrl special subscription by priaary pig leal sellers amounting to approximately ^y0,000. A shooting script hoi already been prepared and purchased at a cost of $3,000 about three years ago. HEAIJg A.VD SAFETT 6. Meetings attended. Annual meeting of Industrial Hygiene Founda tion, American Association of Poison Control Centers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. 7. Visit to European Lead Associations end Automobile Manufacturers. Autocoblle plants visited while in Europe by our Health and Safety director were Fiat In Italy, Volksvagon in Germany, Renault in France and Ford, Vauxhall and Pressed Steel in England. A vide variety, both in kind end quality, of lead control progrons vere found In European manufacturing plants. A definite lnpreasioa vas gained that use of lead in autocoblle manufacturing in Europe is being reduced due to difficulty in controlling health hazards in manufacturing establishments. We propose tc set up a liaison vlth our European counterparts to furnish assistance in overcoming any hazard control problems. 8. Kettering Toxicology Abstracts. Agreement has been reached vlth the Kettering Laboratory for publication beginning this year of these ab stracts of the vorld literature on lead toxicology and hygiene. It is expected that publication will be at the rate of four tlcos a year and that this material vlLl be furnished without charge to selected physicians and public health people vho need it and can make the best use of It. It is our hope that such a service by LIA will be highly regarded by the recipients, and in addition vill help to set the record straight as far as facts about lead toxicology are concerned. 9- California Hearing on L-ad Bill. The Health and Safety Director together vlth representatives of the major lead anti-knock producers attended a legislative hearing on a bill to bon the use of lesd additives in gasoline in California. Testimony by proponents of the bill did not im press the cocalttee conducting the hearing; and conversely testimony on our side by Dr. Kehoe of the Kettering Laboratory and Hr. Eesselberg of the Ethyl Corporation vas very impressive end resolved the queatloa for the coamittee. The bill vas not approved. 10. Symposium on Trade Metals end Disease. This vas held in conjunction with the AAA3 Meeting at Montreal and vas conducted and arranged by Pro fessor Harry Warren, geologist, from the University of British Columbia. Four paper* vere given along the general theme that more work should be conducted by scientists to determine the influence of metals in soil, air, and vater on public health. Since lead is one of the trace metals dis cussed It vas mentioned by several of the speakers as a metal about which ve ehould be concerned. However none of the speakers specifically referred to lead as being involved in any disease-producing mechanism. This session aroused a great deal of pre Interest and the speakers were closely questioned in a specially arranged conference ior the press, out of vhich a ace unfavorable publicity arose. L IA24263 Ckiarterly Report of the Executive Vice President October 1 to December 31, 1$64 -3- 11. Health end Safety Committee feting. The Cccmittee approved three ILZRO research projects, tvo of which vero nev--Tbe Toxicity Study of Ingested Paint Film and the Harvard Program, A Biochemical Approach to Lead Toxicity. The rcr.eval vas the Kettering laboratory's Human Ex posure to Particulate Lead Compounds. The Committee heard a progress report on our Lead Information Program end voted approval for $35,000 for 1965. Itoder this program the first publication vlll be our Facts Bulletin on Lead and Industrial Hygiene. It la also expected that our next bulletin on lead and air pollution vlll be ready In March, follow ing the publication of the U. 8. Public Health Service eurvey of lead in the air of three cities. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - GENERAL 15. LEAD. The fourth I96U Issue of this cjuarterly vas prepared, printed and nailed during the (juarter. UiPUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - BATTERIES 13. Dayton Pover and Light. The electric industrial truck Grand * Prlx conducted by this cccpany at our Instigation and vlth our help vas highly successful. Soue 300 potential custacers attended and half a dozen or core trucks were actually sold at the rally. The sponsor vas extremely o pleased. lU. Cincinnati Power and tight. Sparked by the L.I.A. Industrial truck program, this company has Just assigned a nev Industrial pover sales man almost exclusively to prccotlon of electric trucks. L.I.A. Is helping in training the nan and the company expects to sponsor a rally similar to those already held In St. Louis and Dayton seme time In 1965. 15- Baltimore Gas and Electric. Working vlth L.I.A. this company is preparing an Intensive sales training course In electric Industrial trucks for Its *<0 Industrial pover salesmen. Upon completion of this course it vlll conduct an 8-veek promotional campaign using 2,COO copies of each of L.I.A.'a 1$&* ads and 500 copies of cxir truck cost calculator, probably In the late spring or early summer of 15*65- A similar 13-veek program vlll follov In i960, plus an Electrcxleo like those already held In St. Louis and Dayton* 16. Edison Electric Institute. This Association of leading electric power companies la now tying In actively vlth L.I.A.'a electric truck program which was presented to their Industrial Power and Heating Group of 50 major pover suppliers In December. A subcommittee of that group la now exploring the Idea vlth L.I.A. and vlll make recommendations to the next group meeting In February. Meanvhlle, L.I.A. bos been invited to participate In the Industrial Electrification Council, Jointly sponsored by EEI and the Rational Electrical Manufacturers Association. 17. Case Rlstorles. Cose history material frem a number of battery truck users has been gathered end vlll be the basis for the 1965 advertis ing and publicity program. LIA2426A m, Quarterly Report of the i-tecutlve Vice President October 1 to Deccr.ber 31< 1?$* o -I*- 18. Advertising. Two ads each on tattcry-povered industrial trucks appeared la BUSINESS WEOC, FACTORY and MATERIALS HANDLING ENGINEERING. 19- Association of Americaa Battery Manufacturers. The annual, meet ing of this association vas attended. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - KTTAL PRODUCTS 20. Membrane Waterproofing Catalog. Twenty thousand preprints of the 8-page catalog on thl i subject to appear In Sveet's 19^5 Architectural File vere received and called to our list of acne 13,000 architects end construction engineers. The balance vill bo used to supply centers' re quests, answer requests from ads, sad to distribute at trade shovs. 21. lead In Chcclcal Construction. A 9-page chapter on this subject, prepared by L.I.A., appears In the new Encyclopedia of Chemical Process Equipment, published by Relnhold Publishing Co. at J35-OC per copy. It summarizes types of lead products, design criteria, types of lead con struction, pipe and coll Installations, and inspection and testing methods. Permission has been obtained to reprint the chapter, which will be done 5 In large quantity for the use of cecbers, for distribution to chcclcal engineers and for answering inquiries. o 22. Terr.e Plate. Articles on the growing applications of terne plate, prepared by L.I.A. and its sgcncy, appeared in the October 15 Icsue of THE IRON AGE and the October 19 Issue of PURCHASING. Similar articles are scheduled for publication In early issues of several other magazines. 23- Advertising. During the quarter ads on solder appeared in HE7TAI. PRODUCT MANUFACTURING (2 pages), MACHINE DESIGN, MATERIALS IN DESIGN EN GINEERING, PRODUCT ENGINEERING and PRODUCT DCSICN AND EEVELOFMFNT (3 ads). Terne plate ads appeared In MACHINE DESIGN, MATERIALS IN DESIGN ENGINEERING and PRODUCT ENGINEERING. Two adn on lead pool waterproofing appeared In ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD and one In PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE. Two on lead roofs appeared In ENGINEERING REVS-RECORD and two In ROOFING, SIDING, INSULATION. A one-page ad on calking load appeared In A1SRICAN CITY and a double spread In PLUMBING, HEATING, COOLING BUSINESS. 2U. U. S. Steel. On Invitation the Euccu.lve Vice President and the Secretary of L.I.A. visited the new continuous terne coating line at U. S. Steel's Irvin Works, which has been In operation olnce last March. Market ing problems and plane were discussed and that company's r.ew booklet on terne plate la now at the printers. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - CERAMICS 25. Solder Glass. L.I.A. supplied material on the use of lead In solder glass for an article which appeared In THE GLASS INDUSTRY In December. A supplement to LEAD IN THE CERAMIC INDUSTRIES on the Sam subject was prepared and will be distributed to ceramists who have the manual in uununry. L lA?4^65 Quarterly Report of the Executive Vice President October 1 to December 31# I'sO* -5- o 26. Advertising. Two ads on lead In glass nr.d one on porcelain enameled aluminum appeared In each of the following: AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY BULLETIN, CERAMIC AGE and CERAMIC IKIXJGTRY. 27. Shop Practices Forum. This practical discussion meeting held at the University of Illinois and eponoored annually by the Porcelain Enamel Institute was attended. 26. Ferrites. As a. result of an advertising Inquiry a visit was made to Ginger Manufacturing Co. vho axe nou contemplating using lead ferrite motors In all their sewing machines. They are thinking In terns of higher than normal lead contents. A similar experience with the Deico Division of 0. M. revealed that they are thinking In terms of ferrites for a variety of small electric motors for autccoblles which would mean about 100 tons of lead per year using the ordinary low-lead ferrites now avail able, but they vould prefer higher lead-content ferrites if they can get them, using perhaps 500 tons of lead per year. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - NOISE AND VIKUTIOH 2~9. Polygraph Ro<xi. The article on a lead-lined police polygraph room, prepared by L.I A. and by-llned by detective Allners of Bergen County, N. J., appeared in the December Issue of LAW AND ORDER where it will reach 15,000 police authorities. It Is being reprinted for circula * tion to members and for use in answering inquiries. y>. Meeting. A meeting of the I.D.C. Subcommittee on Noise and Vibration was held to discuss further testing and promotion. 31. Advertising. Two ads on antl-vibratlon pads appeared In BUSINESS WEEK, two cn noise Control In PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE and one in FACTORY. INDUSTRY DEVELOP:ENT - PIGMENTS 32. lead Pigments Technical Ccmnlttee. A meeting of this Committee was held to review 1964 activities and prepare reccasendatlons to the Industry Development Committee for 1965- 33- Advertising. One ad each on lead netal protective paints appeared in ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD, AMERICAN CITY, AMERICAN PAINTING CONTRACTOR, AMERICAN PAUfT JOURNAL and OFFICIAL DIGEST. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - CABLE 34. Advertising. Two ads each on load-ohcathed cable appeared In ELECTRICAL WORLD and FACTORY. 35. Submarine Cable. An article emulating from the London correspondent of ELECTRICAL WORLD describing ceveral foreign installations of submarine cables appeared in that magazine but failed to Make it clear that all of these installations were lcod-sheathcd cable. Tills impression was corrected by L.I.A. through contact with the editors and a letter to then which vaa published in the magazine.