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PRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES - t; J \'\ ! ^otui R.G)"(^ieg<yLJCead Cempcum TELEPHONE CRAWFORD I 11217 4520 WEST FIFTEENTH STREET CHICAGO January 27, 1942 Hr. Gus Goldberg Office Price Administration 2435 Temporary Building D '.'ashington, B. C. Dear Hr. Goldberg: Our company manufactures white lead by first producing litharge and then converting the litharge to white lead. Our plant is small and the labor is switched as needed so that separate production costs for litharge and white lead a.re not obtainable. !7hHc lead in water train is sola on the basis of white lead content and does cost more for Package and freight because heavy oak barrels must be used instead of slack barrels or paper bags. The freight is also grea.ter because of the 30;; water content. The difference in freight and package is $5.48 per ton using returnable packages provided there is no breakage or package loss. 'VTnen package loss is figured a conservative difference would be $6.00 per ton or $.30 per 100 pounds increase over dry costs. We, - therefore, reciuest that we be permitted to sell white lead, in pulp form at $8.55 per hundred weight. Our inventory of $5.85 nig lead and pig lead is finished product on January 14, 1942 was SCOTCH LADDIE WHITE LEAD RED LEAD LITHARGE BASIC LEAD CARBONATE BASIC LEAD SULPHATE 52 tons of Pig Lead 40 tons of Pig Lead in Litharge 27 tons of PtiPT Lead in Process 119 tons of P?. Lead fnA* O '-JL 2 N 4053 355 355 Pulp -Thite Lead ''c? have followed the mr'-cta on "both litharge and white lead. 17e sell litharge only in carlots priced Si.50 per hundred weight over the official ni? lead price on the. day of shiouent. Tilt* lead dry and in pater wulr is cold at the standard prices in effrct at various tines. I followed the larye Producers of white lead for both carloads and less than cor loads. ~e have only one aa:ent who is allowed delivery and service. per round for storage Your^ very truly, he John H.^lac^mgor Lead Cor-wany ^ President --- -------------- \