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Mii.'iriiilHiifr LIA21801 IFAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION Graybar Building, 420 Lsxlngfon Avwnu* N*w York, N. Y. February 16, 19*3 3 To y*mb-rs of tfr- Dead Industries Associationj are enclosing & survey which we recently made, of 8ta to Highway Dopnrtmcnt Paint Specifications, together with a surmary which indicatee th* favorable position held by the lead pigments in general in Xhi Be specifications. > However, you will not*' that some StatcB require vi ry poor paintc from the standpoint of >lurc.bility and protection for certain purposes and that others require aluminum paint for finishing coats, in the former case it is decidedly to the interest of toxonyers to have the specifications altered in favor of more durable pilots such j as white lead, while in the latter case, as white paints are more vis ible at night and consequently safer for motorists than aluminum paint, the white paints rather than aluminum paint should be specified for finishing coats on all structures along highways. umii ii^,m>Jm Ne hare already endeavored to hare some of these specifica tions changed. For instance, in Idaho, which formerly specified a very poor guard rail paint, containing no lead, through the assistance of our members in that State wc hr.ve succeeded- in having the specific ation changed so that it now calls for a white lead paint of much greater durability and protective vnluyp In ^fai: State of Washington, where"thr- situation is the sam- as that which formerly orevniled in Idaho, ve art now cooperating with our members in that Ctat<. to have the specifications changed. In Msscuri, where aluminum paint is specified for finishing coats on ntccl structures and is thus a, hazard to the motorist, we likewise nrw endeavoring to have white lead sub stituted^ A the opportunity presents itself, we will endeavor to baTe certain specifications In other States changed and may find it exped ient to call upon you for assistance, perhaps a study of the specific ation in your own State, as covered in the appended survey, will sug gest to you some course of action, if the specifications aro not al- roady satisfactory. i Very truly yours, IA1U) INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION i mwmniMSy w i W > . p | | s n . | j i s . fig A