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BOARD Of OPERATORS - 10*6th MEETING March 13, 1940 Present: Absent: Copies To: A. W. Steudel H. J. Hain F. E. Davis li. E. Van Stone S. B. Coolidge W. R. Sieplein F, a. Stanton J. 0. Prescott E. C. Baldwin E. E. Ware V. Mills G. K. Griffiths T. J. McDowell G. A. Martin H. D. Whittlesey L. W. Wolcott K. H. Wood C. A. Campbell 2. E. Martin W. M. Stuart D. A. Kohr W. A. Gorrell P. C. Grigsby D. A. Whittaker L. C. deMerrall F. Allen 8600 - REPORT OF FACTORY OPERATIONS: Orders for heavy liquids amounted to 180,000 gallons as compared with production of 163,000 gallons. With shipments about the same as production, there was no change in inventory. Factories will continue to operate on a five day schedule at least for another week. Sales for the week were the same as last year in spite secticides. losses in trade and in 8601 - REPORT ON NUMBER OF HOURS PLANTS HAVE OPERATED: Chicago P&V Newark P&V Cleveland P&V Oakland P&V Los Angeles P&V Dallas P&V Chicago Lacquer Dry Color Flushed Color acme Lowe Brothers Company Lucas i.iartin-Senour Company Chicago White Lead Lithopone Tin Can Coffeyville Lithopone & Leaded Zinc BOTH Cleveland Linseed Oil Castor Oil Operated at 40 hour week tt fj 40 T1 H 40II n It ft If tt 40 ft It If ft 40 tl M tt t! 35 n tr ir n 35 tt n if it 56 ti tt n 40 tt u ft it 32 tt ti it tt 40 tf it tr 40 ti M tt ft 40 tl rr >t tr 100$ capacity m tt -0- tt it ft 80$ IT it it 100? n u 100$ tt M ft tr 75$ tl N 521S 0007-SWP-000Q22019 f 8602 - MARCHANT CALCULATOR: The Board approved getting a Marchant calculator on trial for the Statistical de partment in order to speed up figuring of percentages. 8605 - DEHYDROL: Production of Detydrol last week amounted to 158,000 pounds as compared with factory consumption of about 53,000 pounds. There arc 16 1/2 tank cars sold but not yet delivered. Since the comparatively high price of Dehydrol is preventing it being used more extensively in trade sales formulas, it was decided to reduce the price to our own factories to 14 a pound delivered. This price will apply for all factory uses of Dchydrol. It will also be used by Mr. Sieploin in figuring bid business but will not affect our price on outside sales. 8604 - LEAD STOCKS: In spite of rather largo stocks of white lead, it was decided to continue full~ operation of the white lead plant. 8605 - ACME WAREHOUSE SAN FRANCISCO; 'ir. Prescott reported that Acme will plan to do some retail business at their new warehouse location in San Francisco. 8G06 - LOS ANGELES FACTORY: In view of the fact that the Los Angelos plant is finding it difficult to handle the large volume of production now concentrated there, Dr. Van Stone will try to shift that part of the Acme production for the Northern Pacific Coast trade to our Oakland plant. 3607 - COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC RATES--RETAIL BRANCHES: Mr. Prescott advised the Board that by putting a unit heater in the Los Angeles retail branch, we arc able to qualify for commercial rates and thus make a very substantial monthly saving. He will see whether it is possible in any way to male.-' similar savings in other retail branches. 8608 - PLANT REQUISITIONS APPROVED TO FEBRUARY 29. 1940; Mr. Stanton advises: To February 29, 1940 &690,890 compared with 211,775 last year *'ith carryover, the figures for this year arc Last year 836,444 ,-292,125 3609 - SLIDE FILM EQUIPMENT: ir. Stanton reported that auditors arc instructed to check all such equipment which is carried on the "Salesmen's Outfits" account. In the future, requisitions for this type of equipment arc to be submitted to the Board. 0007-SWP-* - 3- 8610 - LINSEED OIL FOR CUBA: Mr. Stanton reported that approximately 198,000 pounds of linseed oil have been shipped to the Havana plant so far this year but that drawbacks have not been obtained. Dr. Van Stone was asked to see whether it is not still possible to obtain draw backs on these shipments. Rather than having Cuban requisitions handled through Newark as they have been in the past, it was decided to have all of those come to Cleveland to clear through Mr. Davis. 8611 - INVENTORIES FSBRUAR? 29th: Mr. Stanton reported as follows: S-W Factories and Warehouses January 1940 $13,410,059 February 1940 $13,993,161 February 1939 $11,865,894 Kueust 1939 $9,520,595 S-W Retail Stores 2,736,840 2,901,050 2,416,996 1,909,686 Affiliated Companies M-S 718,312 Acme 3,711,404 Lowe-1,519,351 Lucasl-,188,184 Law- 207,700 roncc 774,542 3,769,217 1,524,758 1,259,075 215,740 751,493 3,189,719 1,472,605 1,182,814 203,118 563,313 2,623,289 1,142,039 945,706 148,404 Mr. Steudel will consult with Mr. Robertson about reducing the large stocks of special industrial materials. 8612 - CHINA WOOD OIL: The Board decided that a price of 23 would be used for China Wood oil in figuring bid business provided formulas on which bids arc being submitted contain other raw materials manufactured by the Sherwin-Williams auxiliary departments. Request for price protection on bids submitted oh this basis must be addressed to rir. Stanton. Protection will apply only on estimates for new bids. 3613 - MISSOURI TRAFFIC PAINT: In spite of he difficulty of obtaining East India gum, it was decided to submit a bid on the Missouri traffic paint. 3614 - AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. CHAIN STORE TAK; blr. Steudel advised the Board that th_ Georgia Supreme Court has declared the augusta Chain Store Tax unconstitutional. 3615 - DOW CHEMICAL PLANT--FREEPORT. TEXAS: 'i&r. Steudel asked Dr. Van Stone to see that every effort is made to get the paint 0007-SWP-000022021 - 4business on the $5,000,000 plc.nl to be built by Dow Chemical at Freeport, Texas. 8616 - PUBLIC BID; Since September 1, 1939, 1226 invitations to bid have been received. A total of 1020 amounting to #2,322,872 have been placed and of this total we have received awards on 117 amounting to $351,658.00 . 0007-SWP-000022022 -5- 8597 - FACTORY OPERATIONS, week ending March 11;, 1940 HEAVY LIQUIDS - S-v7 PLANTS Totnl orders received - 180,446 Total production - 163,259 Total factory stocks -1,170,104 Inventory Inc or Dec. ----- - CHICAGO Orders reedi 71,667 Production 80,617 Stocks 618,615 gals. NEVliEK Orders recd. 49,454 Production 35,305 Stocks 250,656 gals. CLEVELAND - Orders reed. 36,639 Production 36,054 Stocks 206,798 gels. OAKLAND Orders recd. 22,626 Production 11,283 Stocks 94,025 gals. TOTAL PLANT OUTPUT CHICAGO P&V - 124,361 gals. Operated at 80? NEWARK P&V - 59,338 " CLEVELAND P&V - 58,120 " OAKLa ND P&V - 22,146 LOS ANGELES P&V - 16,341 Da l l a s P&V - 10,133 CHICAGO DRY COLOR - 199,769 lbs. FLUSHED COLOR 59,211 CHEM. PRODUCTS LACQUER - 41656 gals. OAKLAND INSECTICIDE - 5 days-- three 8 hour shifts. ft 75? 11 81? !1 " 191? tl 60% 11 " 55% n 11 104% ii " 40? ti it " 90? " 85? ACME - Produced 22,260 gals. Paint Dept, operated at 28?, Enamel & Lacquer at 27?, and Varnish & Thinner at 13?. LONE BROTHERS COMPANY - Manufactured 45,398 gals, with Paint Depts. operating at 88%, Enamel Dept, at 88%, and Varnish Dept, at 33%. T rjC.'.S - Manufactured 14,454 gals. Operated at 90%. I.LaP.TIN-SENOUR COMPANY - Manufactured 13,792 galsT Paint Dept, operated at 80%. 0007-SWP-l -6- 3-18-40. g8598 - p l a n t r e q u is it io n s a p p r o v e d ; RETAIL STORES: #1386 - Austin Shelving raid extension of mezzanine #1388 - Pasadena Electric heater #1389 - Harlingen Scale #1390 - Galveston Dodge 1/2 ton panel truck, less trade-in #1392 - Ithaca New store installation #1393 - Danburv . Plymouth sedan ........ ...... NORTH CENTRAL CIST. #1479 - Pittsburgh Whse. Overrun on requisition .71401 - moving to new location SOUTH CENTRAL DIST. #209 - Cincinnati Mimeograph #90 SOUTH PACIFIC DIST; #694 - Los Angeles 20 wooden file drawers WESTERN DIST: #5792 - Indianapolis 1 paint conditioner CHICAGO FACTOR?: #9803 Fill in pipe tunnel #471 and cover with asphalt-C.T. #9946 3 King gages - Lacquer #9949 Extending power line ducts under new platform-Lac. #98 Tank room floor drains and air inlets - Lac. #100 Drains from storage tank room - P&V #119 Sprinkler system in basement of Tech.Service #120 3,525 sq.ft, new concrete platform - Lac. #122 Floor drains, in tank rooms and drain line - Varnish #123 Stone filling around storage tanks, etc.-Varn. #154 6 Greist lamps complete - Porch. 109.00 26.30 29.70 678.00 2,790.34 673.10 1,122.27 98.50 20.00 47.00 835.00 1,416.40 295.20 886.60 651.00 900-.00 4.149.00 1,167.20 6.558.00 72.00 0007-SWP-000022024 -7- Chicago Factory - Continued mo Agitator for j?l fusion kettle - Beta - C.P. #195 Vapor lamp for organic synthesis - C.F. Lab. #201 Steam coil and hot water jacket for nitrocellulose stability test - Lacquer #203 1 ton chain hoise - Mechanical #204 1 ton hoist with 20 ft. load chain - .lech. #205 #207 Light feed to distribution panels Kec. & Stores Install motor driven Viking pump - Varnish #214 Steel shelving - Tech. Service #219 Depth gauges - 150 #222 Electric hot plate - Varnish Lab. CLEVELAND ADMIN.OFFICES #1480 3 Du-More chairs for Decorative Dept. #U81 ' Bates numbering machine t t 1482 Eetal case for blueprints CLEVELAND LINSEED OIL JILL #745 Centrifuge discs for Castor Plant CLEVELAND P & L OFFICE #1461 6 window shades #1462 Water cooler LOS ANGELES #112 1 second hand 3 h.p. paste mixer NEWARK FACTORY #618 8 rubber coats *619 #621 1 locker for use at gate house 1 row shelving entire length of building-Gr. Arts. #622 #623 1 barrel truck for R & S Dept. 2 barrel trucks for Stock & Finishing Dept. OAKLAND FACTORY #131 Overrun on Reqn. #129 - equipment for Lightning Mixers 78.00 96.50 91.04 . 121.00 181.00 225.40 221.80 129.85 1,640.06 .66.00 37.50 16.20 41.00 185.00 9.10 18.50 125.00 49.50 9.51 111.84 28.85 57.70 78.00 0007-SWP-000022025 TOTAL PLANT REQUISITIONS APPROVED------------ --- !_____________ $ 26,115.31 18599 - LARGE EXPENSE REQUISITIONS APPROVED; V.ESTERN DIST. #5788 Repairs on Minneapolis elevator CHICAGO FACTORY #121 Install 190 sq.ft. , wall board - C.P. Lab. 506.00 74.20 #198 Remove cold water paint and brush on 1 coat Casein-P&V 125.00 #208 Replace 3 indicating thermometers 152.00 #209 Replace 30 h.p. motor - Coal Tar 219.15 #210 Replace bottoms on 3 - 38" varnish kettles 224.00 SOFFEYVILLE #616 Replace boiler flues for #6 boiler 350.00 CLEVELAND FACTORY #3306 6,000# of 1" unpolished steel balls 920.00 CLEVELAND LINSEED OIL MILL #744 Repair and replace temperature control instruments at Castor Plant9 565.00 TOTAL Lar g e tOCPENSE REQUISITIONS APPROVED ----------------------------- $ 3,135.35 Total Plant Requisitions approved to date g 767,378.45 Total Expense " " "- " 0 122,676.81 ACME Detroit ES 867 Remove idle mills from 3rd floor ES 870 Move 2 - 1000 gal. tanks *ES 874 Heating unit on platform for Label Stock ES 891 Build office partition 12 ft. high ES 901 Make 2 stainless steel blowing coils ES 904 Cleaning and painting C.C.Burt's office BE 223 1 Model "R" Electric trimmer 101.91 182.99 144.08 207.31 71.59 116.51 57.00 P..--.R7IN-SEN0UR - Chicago #306' 1940 Ford Tudor Sedan, loss trade-in 315-00 0007-SWP*000022026