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I-H-F IN 1948 JOHN F. McMAHON Membership The iiwidsT'hip of Industrial Hygiene Foundation now number. 35-1 companies ami associations. plus 105 special subscribers. Xew members dnrinjr th* year to date are: Canadian Institute of Store and . Fumace'Manufacturers Ferro Enamel Corporation Homnukt Minin* Company Pxnebom Corporation Revere Copper St Brass. Inc. j The Glidden Company Strife Company | The B. F. Goodrich Company .Standard Oil Company <N_J.) i 4 Meanwhile, applications formenvbershtp have -just been receive,/ from Lever Brothers Company and Southern Mica Company. Tin-*will be aeted upon by rlie Foundation's Hoard of Trustees at their annual meeting today. Research Early this year, the Foundation anunml the establishment <. a ne* laboratory for industrial toxieio*ry ami physiology. This >((' was taken in n-spmiso to demands from member companies. The n-v laboratory marks a highly important :.;ivam-e in the development this research association of industries--a development that strength - ens the Foundation aiul that prumiscs important benefit' not only to the members and their employees but ultimately to all members <* America's industrial society. ,: Two projects, both of one-year duration, have already been ininr ated and several short-time investigations have been completed. Plant studies and field research** conducted by the Foundation--' stud- this year have ex<-eeded. both in scope and itnporram-e. anythin: previously undertaken. The w..rlc has im-luded a trip hy tw,, men t South America and a mimber of trips to Canada. Foundation resear*-li will Is- dealt with fully thi inocMmy in report hy Mr. Hatch, our Research Director.