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life----- f'-TT' 8iZt h Cjia Mk Um, Mm, Aictrtiaint Departaxat,... pica** MM It ilMf, anrf ttn prcacro* for rtftrraco. OPEN DGOP OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF THE NATIONAL PAINT, VARNISH AND LACQUER ASSOCIATION, INC. 1500 Rhode blond Av mm N. W. Washington S, D. C. VOX. X, No. 9 "tm the Service of the futile m*d the fmlet, Venieh mi November LET US BE GRATEFUL AGAIN, we approach our na tional day of Thanksgiving-- just short of three years of active tion from the Ameriq^Vrade As sociation Executives, voiced by the Secretary of Commerce, Chairman war against our enemies. of the Jury of Award in connection While we bow our heads in tribute to those who have made the supreme sacrifice or have suffered sorely in helping to defeat the forces of tyr anny, we have abundant reason to thank them for the almost unbeliev with our "Paint at War" exhibit. Our industry will have an assured place in the history of this war and we, who are its members, shall al ways cherish the high privilege which has come to tis. able security and comfort which our civilian population has experienced We Muet Not Relax Our Effort* while engaged in a war in which vast While we feel that the war is in its areas of other countries have been last phases and confidently hope that devastated. complete victory over both Germany No right thinking person can re- . joice over business increases due to war, yet we realize that the increased ratio of industrial production,, both for direct war use and for mainte nance of the home front, without which we could not have a war front, is an indispensable factor hastening the day of victory. .Therefore, we can be grateful that our resourceful ness has measured up to our wartime needs and that we are in an assured and Japan will have been achieved before Thanksgiving, 1941, rolls around, we are cautioned by govern ment war leaders against indulging in a runaway optimism which might result in a let down of effort, crip pling the final drives of our fighting men in the critical months to come. With this sound advice in mind, let us increase and by no means re lax, our determination to carry on with full strength to the finish. position to carry on to the ultimate Only by so doing can wHmTngly transition from war to peace. prove our gratitude to our fighting men whose valor must inspire pro A Milliard Service found thankfulness in every patriot We are fortunate in being in the. ic heart. forefront of industries vital to the Sincerely yours. 1 war effort--a position .which has SHE PAINTS PLAGPOLB8 TO BE READY FOB VICTORY % been abundantly justified by the TIm slack? yonng woman aloft la tributes which we have received afcowa painting tko flagpole of the from high-ranking government offi Franklin Technical Institute. Booton. Mass, while her ampler** cials---and very recently by the cita- watchoa from below. President Ei SUPPORT THE SIXTH WAR LOAN -BUY MORE WAR 0007-SWP-000005684 THE OPEN DOOR--CHIeUl Batktia af tb* Na Umu I Palat. Taraish mmi UHr AaMdatiM. lac, ISM lUada UUmi An. N.W, WtiUntn *. D. G TtMwaa HObart <m OMiccra aC tkt XaMciattea Mirtwl Tin rwMnli Vmllwn nmt T. WmUmUb Na* Balaa4--Praak b*aa Chalaaa Vtaa rnaWaat__TrmaUU J. Lua. laua -- --. niailaaaU j.laatwa *w W. Katlaah. FUUiMla iaalkara _ Friak fciaaaaa. Ilrtaial Tuaurir E. A. ^*^,**" *TataIT ami W. Btaa. WMhlactaa a.Caatoal--MltcM CaMaaitt. Cklaaca laaUwtara laaa W. Btair. Jr, DaUaa -[---- Caaaart--. H MabauU, Waahiaataa Waataaa a. C a--aaaaa. ha haaataaa Vtaa PiaaMaat, >awaaaa Wkalaaata Ptatataa V. traA, Fn Ilian GEORGE A. MARTIN, DEAN OF THE PAINT INDUSTRY, PASSES ON HHMpMiHn George A. Martin, dean of the paint industry, and chairWMt. *man of the board of the Sherwin-Williams Company, and president of the Sherwin- Williams Company of Canada, died early Wednesday morning, Nor. 1, 1944, in Cleveland Clinic Hospital, **BGS IUMW following an illness of three weeks. He lacked just a week of being 79 yean of age. While habitually modest in manner and con duct, Mr. Martin, throughout the years, was a ge nial and gracious attendant at the annual meetings of the industry. He enjoyed a large personal ac quaintance with members of the industry at large throughout the United States and Canada, and in foreign countries which he had visited. His death has profoundly moved die host of friends and associates, many of whom had known Mr. Martin through the greater part of his long lifetime of outstanding service in the industry, and many more who knew him for his conspicuous and unselfish public service outside of the industry. Mr. Martin was born at Montcllo, Wis., Nov. 7, 1861. He spent his early years in Chicago, where he left school at the end of the seventh grade to work in the Chicago Union Stock Yards. In 1880 to 1887, he was with the Union Brass Mfg. Com pany. In 1887 he joined a small company engaged in the manufacture of paint specialties in Chicago, where he specialized in sales to railroads and industral accounts. When he failed to sell his product to one of the larger railroads which preferred to use SherwinWilliams' products, the young salesman was im pelled to contact the company which was his suc cessful competitor, where he met the late Henry A. Sherwin, founder of the company, who invited him to join the Sherwin-Williams organization, and take charge and control of the Calumet Paint Com pany. In 1898, Mr. Martin became manager of the Western Division of the Sherwin-Williams Com pany in Chicago, which at that time was one of the three divisions of the company; namely, Cleveland, New York and Chicago. At that time eleven Sher win-Williams' traveling representatives made up the complete traveling sales organization. Mr. Martin held this position until 1-905, when he was transferred to Cleveland to take charge of the Aux iliaries Department. Under his management this department was expanded to include lead, zinc .and copper mines, smelters, linseed oil plants, power plana and tin can plants. In 1916 he became vice- president and general manager of the entire busi ness, and in November, 1922, president of the com pany. In December, 1940 he was elected chairman of the board. Mr. Martin is credited with having originated the plan for standardizing the colon of paint on all' railroad equipment, during his early days in Chi cago, a practice which later was copied by many industrial concerns and came into common use. Mr. Martin also was a director of the Erie Rail road, Wilson 8t Co., Goodyear Tire 8c Rubber Com pany, the Metropolitan Opera Association of New York and the Cleveland Baseball Company. Mr. Martin is survived by his widow, Emma Re gina Martin; one son, George A. Martin, Jr., Pitts burgh; one brother, John T. Martin, Chicago; and three sisters, Mrs. Edward T. Hanisch, Mrs. Charles T. Murray and Mrs. Arthur G. Jones, all of Chi cago. The funeral services were held Friday, Novem ber 3, at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland. - Dean Chester B. Emerson officiated. Interment was at Lakeview Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were S. C. Eaton, Thomas E. Wilson, Chicago; Edward A. Petrequin, Alva Bradley, L. H. Schroeder, Ernest T. Trigg, Wash ington, D. C; Dr. R. S. Dinsmore, A. D. Baldwin, George K. Gund, D. A. Rohr, Dayton; D. A. Whit taker, Montreal, and A. W. Steudel. mm V o BLOCKED NATIONALS-- Cumulative Supple ment No. 2, pet. 20, 1944, State Department Pufc- .. lication 2X97. " "* -COST FOR THE EXECUTIVE"--BULLETIN NO. 4-- Enclosed with this issue of The Open Door. mm V m ARMY ENGINEER CONTRACTS BULLETIN NO. 28--issued by U. Si Chamber of Commerce lisa Army Engineer construction contracts amounting to $100,000 and over announced during the month of October. Copy on request to Associ ation Headquarters. 8 0007-SWP-000005685 -