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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. April 10, 195? A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Lead Industries Associ ation was held on Friday, April 10, 1953, at 1:03 noon, at The Green brier, White Sulphur Springs, West Va. PRESENT REPRESENTING J. Vuillequez S. D. Strauss J. E. Haffner H. L. Day J. M. Bowlby J. A. Costello C. Glass D. A. Merson F. E. Wormser G. Mixter The American Metal Co.Ltd. American Smelting Sc Fefining Co. Eunker Hill & Sullivan Mining k Concentrating Co. Day Mines, Inc. Lagle-Picher Co. Ethyl Corp. International Smelting Sc Fefining Co. (Anaconda Sales Co., Agents) National Lead Co. St. Joseph Lead Co. United States Smelting Refining k Mining Co. R. L. Ziegfeld, Secretary-Treasurer The retiring chairman, Mr. Wormser, presided temporarily and called for nominations for chairman of the Board of Directors, whereupon Mr. Jr B. Haffner was nominated, seconded and unanimously elected chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Haffner then assumed the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting of December 16, 195P, were ap proved. REPORT OF THE TREASURER The financial statement for the period January 1 to March 31, 19F3, was presented and is attached as Exhibit nA.n It was brought out that the Association is in a sound financial condition with respectable re serves and that currently subscriptions to the Ordinary Fund were running ahead of authorized expenditures, as approved at the previous meeting. Inasmuch as the mining branch of the industry in particular was suf fering from drastically reduced prices and continuing high costs, it was suggested that it might be an opportune time to make a moderate reduction in Ordinary Fund subscriptions which could be done without affecting the operations, if subscriptions were merely reduced to the level of expendi tures. It was, therefore, decided that Ordinary Fund subscriptions should be cut by as much as 15 per cent per annum, starting July 1, at the discretion of the president and secretary-treasurer, which it was understood would still yield subscriptions equal to the authorized expense budget. Eoard of Directors Meeting Minutes - - April 10, 1953 ELECTION OF OFFICERS The chairman stated that it was In order to elect officers of the Association, whereupon Mr. J. B. Haffner was nominated, secon ded and unanimously elected president of the Association. Upon Inquiry by a member of the board, the secretary pointed out that the Constitution does not specifically call for the elec tion of two vice presidents, but provides for none or more vice presidents." Thereupon, Messrs. K. C. Erownell, J. A. Martino and J. M. Bowlby were nominated, seconded and unanimously elected vice presidents. Mr. Robert L. Ziegfeld was reappointed secretary and treasurer. ELECTION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The following were appointed an Executive Committee for the en suing year with Mr. Haffner designated as chairman: J. B. Haffner, Chairman J. K. Bowlby K. C. Erownell Andrew Fletcher J. A. Martino George Mixter 1954-1955 ANNUAL MEETINGS The secretary, then reported that he had reserved the dates of April -3-45, 1954 at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, for that year's meeting. " The Board then discussed whether it would be advisable to go back to the Drake for meetings of the type which had been held in the past, or whether meetings of the type held at The Greenbrier should be considered for the future. It was felt that it would be advisable in 1954 to return to the Drake and that the 1955 meeting should be held somewhere in the East. The secretary was instructed to gather information on suitable hotels and locations for the 1955 meeting in the eastern part of the United States, between Washington and New York, both city and resort hotels, and to report at the next director's meeting. Also, there was some discussion that in the following year, namely 1956, an experiment might be made of holding the annual meeting some where in the West, such as Denver, or the Broadmoor at Colorado Springs. MERGER OF AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTE AND LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION The possibility of some kind of a merger of the American Zinc Institute and the Lead Industries Association, discussed at the previous Board meeting, was the subject of further discussion. f L I 4005 03 Eoard of Directors Meeting Minutes -3- April 10, 1953 As a result, the president was empowered to appoint a committee to explore the possibilities of such a merger with a similar committee from the American Zinc Institute, if that- Institute at its annual meet ing two weeks later decided likewise. This committee would then re port back to the Board. RESEARCH ON LEAD POISONING YALE UNIVERSITY_______ The secretary then read a letter which he had received from Dr. Lawrence T. Fairhall of the Yale University School of Medicine, dated April 6, 1953, attached as Exhibit "E." The point was raised by the Eoard that further details of the work proposed would be necessary before any intelligent decision could be made and also that expert medical advice would be advisable. In this connection, the secretary was asked whether the association had any committee of medical experts upon v/hich it could fall back for advice in matters of this kind. The secretary said that he had no formal committee other than one which had been set up specifically to consider the subject of an educational sound motion picture or slide film which was formed at the direction of the Eoard at its last meeting and which had met once. The secretary was asked to list the composition of this committee which is as follows Dr. G.H.Gehrmann Dr. D.R.Johns Dr. R.A. Kehoe Dr^ F.E.Lanahan rrT S.S.Pinto Dr. H.M.Roebber Er. E.J.Schowalter Dr. W.C. Wilentz E.I.duPont de Nemours fc Co. Wilmington, Eel. American Smelting k Refining Co. Eagle-Picher Co. East Chicago, Ind. Ethyl Corp. Cincinnati, Ohio Electric Storage Eattery Co. Philadelphia, Pa. American Smelting k Refining Co. Denver, Colo. St. Joseph Lead Co. Eonne Terre, Mo. Western Electric Co. Chicago, 111. National Lead Co. Perth Amboy, N.J. It was suggested that this committee might be made a permanent medical advisory committee to advise on other medical matters as well. TESTIMONIALS The chairman informed the Board that he brought the greetings of Mr. Stanly Easton who i,s the only active member of the Board today who was a member of the Board when the Association was formed 25 years ago. He said that Mr. Easton had planned to be present except that his 80th birthday occurred just two days before the start of the annual meeting and a celebration had been arranged for him in Idaho. The Board, thereupon, unanimously passed the following resolution and instructed the secretary to transmit it to Mr. Easton: WHEREAS Stanly A. Easton became a director of the Lead Industries Association at its organization 25 years ago, and WHEREAS he has served in that capacity ever since and is still a valued member of the Board, the only member of the original Board still active on the oc casion of the Association's Silver Anniversary meet ing, and LI A00504 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes -4- * April 10, 1953 WHEREAS he has contributed so much of his knowledge, ability and time to the growth and success of the Association, now therefore BE IT RESOLVED that the members and directors of the Association extend to Mr. Easton their warmest thanks for his long and devoted service to the Industry and their sincere wishes for many more years of active connection with the Association and of good health and happiness. THEREUPON, the Board was reminded that lir. Wormser had also been connected with the Association since its organization 5 years ago, first as secretary and then as president, and that he had now been forced to sever all connections with it because he was being appointed assistant secretary of the Interior by President Eisenhower. The Eoard, therefore, adopted the follow ing resolution unanimously: WHEREAS Felix Edgar Wormser has been actively con nected with the Lead Industries Association for all the 25 years of its existence, first as its secre tary and treasurer and subsequently as its Presi dent and Chairman of its Board of Directors and Exe cutive Committee, and has contributed so much to its growth and success, and WHEREAS he has today terminated his duties as an of ficer, director and member of the Executive Committee of the Association to assume high public office at great personal sacrifice in a truly patriotic manner, now therefore EE IT RESOLVED that the members and directors of the Lead Industries Association extend their whole-hearted appreciation for his long and able service and de votion to the industry and their sincerest wishes for success and happiness in his new great responsibilities. The meeting adjourned at 1:05 P.M. 11 4 C 0 5 0 (a) See in d iv id u a l fund F in a n cia l Statements fo r d e ta ils . --I -J f-n ORDINART FUND Financial Statement --^ January 1 to March 31. 1953 Rent and Light Salaries Social Security Taxes Travel Expense Mailing Office Supplies Association Dues Entertainment and Luncheons Meetings Telephone and Telegraph Books and Subscriptions Illustrations Miscellaneous Total Expenditures Expenditures * 1,897.32 13,537.1*6 60.06 3,279.55 358.95 1*82.28 301.35 21*2.65 257.61* 1*08.89 1*3. 1*6 77.22 327.15 021,273.98 Balance, January 1, 1953 Receipts from: Subscriptions (1st quarter) Lessj Outstanding Subscriptions Metal Powder Association Annual Meeting Registration 11 Lead in Modem Industry41 "Lead" Interest on Bonds Less: Expenditures Advances and Deposits Balance, April 1, 1953 Cash Cash Savings Accounts U. S,Treasury Notes $22,69l*.l*7 52,160.36 3l*,000.00 $108,85U.83 25,272.50 100.00 21,273.98 2,650.00 v !03,75U.1*5 25,172.50 2,500.00 31*0.00 330.12 68.70 613.01* 232,778,81 23.923.98 $108,851**83 SAFETY AND HYGIENE DIVISION Financial Statement January 1 to March 31, 1953 Salaries Travel Expense Office Supplies Mailing Telephone and Telegraph Books and Subscriptions Research Association Dues Illustrations Entertainment and Luncheons Conventions and Exhibits Miscellaneous Total Expenditures Expenditures $3,675.00 1,225.53 75.95 17.23 fc9.27 26.72 1,125.00 9.00 32.38 i2i,to 16,28 to. 88 $6,1421.71 Balance, January 1, 1953 Subscriptions (1st quarter) Less: Expenditures Advance Balance, April 1, 1953 6,U21.71 300.00 $22,830.60 6,000.00 28,830.60 6,721.71 $22,108.89 LI*00509 METALLIC LEAD PRODUCTS DIVISION Financial Statement January 1 to March 31. 1953 Salaries Travel Expense Mailing PLUMBERS' FORUM Association Dries Entertainment and Luncheons Meetings Conventions and Exhibits Telephone and Telegraph Illustrations Office Supplies Books and Subscriptions Miscellaneous - Expenditures $l*,112.i*9 2,607.1*9 1*1*0.95 1,675.1*6 87.00 196.91 238.27 71*. 66 61.28 65.71 119.68 68.10 109.02 $9,857.02 Balance, January 1, 1953 Receipts from: Subscriptions (1st quarter) Less > Outstanding Subscriptions 7,51*2.35 76.50 Less: Expenditures Advances Balance, April 1, 1953 Reserve for Special Activities Text Book Expenses Text Book Receipts Reserve for Special Activities Total Balance, April 1, 1953 9,857.02 750.00 3,985.16 563.33 3,1*21.83 1,686.50 $15,298.36 7,1*65.85 22,761*.21 10,607.02 12,157.19 5,108.33 $17,265.52 LIL005C9 PISCENTS AND CHEMICALS DIVISION Financial Statement January 1 to March 31 1953 Consulting Fees Salaries Social Security Taxes Travel Expense Telephone and Telegraph Meetings Entertainment and Luncheons Illustrations Books and Subscriptions Association Dues Mailing -Conventions and Exhibits Office Supplies Expense of Concluding IThite Lead Campaign Miscellaneous Total Expenditures ,Expenditures $ 50.00 2 665.02 1.06 1*07.92 20.63 105.U* 69.70 75.52 6.00 1*0.50 92.15 11*9.69 52.01 716.00 25.57 $1*,1*76.91 Balance, January 1, 1953 $1*0,891.82 Less: Expenditures Advance Balance, April 1, 1953 1*,1*76.91 1*00.00 1*,876.91 $36,Oil*.91 L IA 00 510 Meeting Minutes Section of Occupational Health TALE UNIVERSITY SCB30L OF MEDICINE April 10, 1953 Department of Public Health 310 Cedar Street New Haven 11, Connecticut April 6, 1953. Mr* Robert L. Ziegfeld, Secretary, Lead Industries Association, c/o The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Dear Mr. Ziegfeldi This will refer to our discussion of April 3, 1953 regarding the need for further distinction between lead poisoning and lead absorption in industrial exposure. While it is now generally conceded that the metabolism of minimal amounts of lead may occur without any hazard to health and also that continued gross expo sures may result in frank lead poisoning, there is a tendency in some quarters to regard any exposure to lead as possibly causing gradual impairment of the circula tory and renal systems. The opinion has been held by some that degenerative changes thus produced in the heart and kidneys may lead to disease and death without aiy symptom of lead poisoning itself. A case in point is that of Patrick McErlain, of the Electric Storage Battery Company of Philadelphia, who died of degenerative vascular disease. The claim is made that exposure to lead, although there was no evidence of typical lead poisoning, contributed to his death. Referring to this case, which is still in the courts, the medical department of the company makes the statement that this Bis of vital importance to the entire lead industry. For evexy lead worker^ degenerative death to become an indust* rial liability, it is necessary only that a physician cast the implication that lead was a contributory cause. The industry is not in a position to positively deny such im plication." Furthermore, a rocont court decision (Rohner v. Fox Products et al., Aplnta., lot Pa. Superior Court 610 ) adds the implication of infectious diseases (tuberculosis) as contributed to by lead absorption. It is apparent from the foregoing that definite scientific evidence is necessary to resolve these questions. For this purpose I suggest that a research program be set up in the Institute of Occupational Medicine and ifygiene of the Department of Public Health of Tale University for one year commencing July 1, 1953, and that a research grait of $8000. be deposited with the Treasurer of Tale Univer sity earmarked to y attention for this investigation. In the event that such a grant is made, I will be very glad to outline our program of investigation and objectives at your convenience. Tours very truly, LIA00511 N 625.02 (signed) Lawrence T, Fairhall Lecturer in Public He^j and Toxicology.