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/ ? ^0 FOUNDATION FACTS - -- ANDREW FLETCHER, Eng.D. . Si J*wk L*d Ca*mt OlMAM, I { Tr|, U^MMl .. ftwdniM > It has been John M.-M.i!ioti"> .-nsToiti t. pr-eur to you at time `"Foundation Facts." Thar responsibility today falls an mi-. M-.-st or you know what the facts are, but we have prohably a. few i,-.r nteinbers and. a'few' hew Triei'ids.'so I will ju>? briefly outline rh--:::. Our Fouudatiou started in when a "roup of companies baud**.! together mi account of rbe silir-usis problem. That organization wa known as the Air Hygiene Foundation. We had only some 20 pauies. but file "early work of the Foundation so impressed other companies that year after jyear our- membership has increased, -until today .we have approximately, :}0 of the-outstanditig-t*omp`anies in the ' Fritted States who are really interested in improving the working and living conditions of their employees. National recognition r the Foundation as a competent, impar tial research organization was uit lung in coming, and today. gentleincii. wc deserve- that recognition. 1 hope that wc will always hold it. The eig.hr companies who joined iw this year are representative our membership li.t--aiiy--ne who wuld lilt.* ro have .........inpl.-t.- I;-: ;' ..nr ntcuiU-rsliip can obtain it through our orti.-e~ h-re. The mv companies which joined in MOO were: Bradley Mining Company A. M. Byers Company Commercial Solvents Corporation . . Gulf Oil Corporation Joy Manufacturing Company tVyckoff Steel Company General Ceramics and Steatite Corporation ' Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company I would be amiss if T didn't tell you that your Foundation !in excellent financial condition. We started the year with roughly >-11 * 1 .t it it t in .-isli ,md -liorr leriii (ioveninieut h.iiuU. and we e>i;:-.-..rth.tr we will vti.l iMod with >1 ir>.i)i)i). Major Research Problems Research result-, in tacts. Constructive i.-,.--. ariVering b,`"ir working conditions can only he based on facts. And facts ar-- - -r rainiy the product of y--nr Foundation. Tile g--al of ..nr Found.in-11 i.-> somewhat visionary, and its labors will only be completed " h- u [4]