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LIA23467 v .a... - - ------------------- July 12, 1965 APRIL 1 to JUNE 30, 1965 Hie following report covers the highlights of Association activities for the second quarter of 19^5* More detailed Information on theae activ ities or others not enumerated vllA be supplied on request. Ho attempt has been made to cover routine activities, and research Is covered In a separate report of the research director. GENERAL 1. Information Bulletins. Two bulletins In this series were cir culated to members during the quarter. 2. Annual Meeting. A successful annual meeting of the Association was conducted In Chicago on April 26-29. 3- Trip Abroad. The Executive Vice President cade a 4-week trip abroad on which he visited Australia, Japan and Sveden. In Australia, under the auspices of the Australian Lead Development Association, he visited cany lead producers and consumers and exchanged market and product information. In Japan, the Japan Lead Line Development Association arranged for him to address two meetings, one of principal lead producers and the other of principal lead fabricators. In Sveden he attended a regular meet ing of the European Lead Development Committee. 4. International Lead Conference. The tentative program and regis tration forms for this Conference to be held In Holland in October were circulated to members and sent vlth a press release to trade and business papers that might he Interested. t 5. A.S.T.H. Meeting. The Annual Meeting of this Society, held at Lafayette, Ind., was attended by two of the 6taff, David M. Borcina, who was Installed as Chairman of Subcommittee 2 of B-2, and Jerome Smith, who took over from Mr. Borcina as Secretary of Subcommittee 3 of B-2. i l 6. A.S.T.H. Task Croup. The Task Group of Subcommittee 2, B-2, of t A.S.T.M., set up to dlopooe of standard B325-56T on Refined Secondary Lead, chaired by Mr. Borcina, net and came to an agreement. Its recom mendations have been aent to the parent cocmsittee. LIA23468 0 0 Quarterly Report of the Executive Vice President April 1 to June 30, 1965 -2 7- Annual Statistical Review. Thia Review of L.I.A. etatlatlc* uaa circulated to members. 8. Annual Review-Lead 19&*. The annual review of lead In 19&* vaa prepared and thl6 year for the flret time appeared In booklet form. It vaa printed and circulated to meebera and will he aent to others Interested in lead. 9. Sealnar on Supply and Demand. In cooperation with the American Zinc Institute the complete proceedings of the Joint session on supply and demand for lead and tine at the recent annual meeting were printed In booklet form for vide distribution. ' HEALTH AND SAFETY 10. Kettering Abstracts. The calling of this publication to a care fully selected list of physicians. Industrial hyglenl6ts and public health workers was accomplished In April. The response from the recipients has been most gratifying to this the cost ambitious offering under our Lead Information Program. 11. Facts Bulletin. Our Facts Bulletin on Lead and Industrial Hygiene that was first published In February of this year continues to be the sub ject of a great deal of Interest throughout the world, and requests for copies continue to pour In. Since our mention of the Bulletin to you In the previous Issue of this report, an additional b,500 copies have been called as a result of requests. Al60 gratifying to us Is the response of those who have cared to consent on the Bulletin, which response has been uniformly favorable. 12. 35th Annual Eastern Regional Safety Convention A Exposition of the Greater New York Safety Council, Inc. - The Health and Safety Director was Chairman of the Occupational Health Section for this meeting held at the Hotel Statler in Hew York City on April 5-9. Thia Is the largest safety neetlng of Its kind In the country. 13- Meetings Attended. The Health and Safety Director attended the American Induetrlal Hygiene Association's Annual Meeting In Houston, Texas, which oceting featured the first public presentation of the Three Cities Report on Atcospherlc Lead Measurements. This report was presented by John Ludvig of the U. S. Public Health Service and was favorably received. lit. Visit to Europe by the Health and Safety Director - While In Europe, Industrial plants In England and Italy were visited as veil as attendance at the European Lead Development Committee Meeting In Stock holm. In England several battery manufacturing plants were visited as well as several plants of major lead producers. A lecture on Lead Exposure Control uas given by the Health and Safety Director at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. A report on Lead Hazard Control In European industry was presented to the ELDC, end recommendations were i ->--*>* . <**-?<% *fy **wn-fc>T ! ' LIA23A69 Quarterly Report of the Executive Vice President April 1 to June 3^/ 19^5 -3- made for implementing In Europe our American procedures for controlling the lead hazard by means of engineering methods. In Italy a very en lightening meeting vas held vlth Professor Vigilant of the University of Kllan, who Informed us that lead poisoning Is the most serious In dustrial hazard In Itely at the present time. Professor Vigilant recalled that In his clinic alone, he 6ees more cases of Industrial lead poisoning than are recorded In the vbole of England In one year. The TEL Plant of Montecatlnl, Italy's major producer, vas visited and a great deal of In terest vas shown by plant management In adopting our American methods for prevention. There in, In our opinion, a great deal of work to he done In European Industry to bring the standards of prevention up to those which ve maintain here In America, but a great deal of Interest is expressed in adopting our engineering control methods and ve believe that the time la ripe for presenting then to European industry In the proper manner. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - GENERAL 15- LEAD. The second 1965 Issue of this quarterly vas prepared, printed and nailed to over 50,000 users and potential users of lead end Its products. 16. Trade Shows. L.I.A. had manned exhibits at four important trade shows during the quarter. They vere: Design Engineering Show, New York Construction Specifications Institute, San Diego, Calif. American Institute of Architects, Washington, D. C. Rational Plumbing Heating Cooling Exhibition, Los Vegas, Kev. 17. Lead Abstracts. The technical abstracts, published monthly by the Lead Development Association, London, vlth L.I.A. financial sup port, vere given their regular monthly distribution in the U.S. by L.I.A. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - METAL PRODUCTS l8. Advertising. One ad each on plumbing appeared In PLUMBINQKEATDiG-COOLING BUSINESS and AMERICAN CITY, one each on roofing In ROCFING-SIDIHC- INSULATION, ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD and PROGRESSIVE AR CHITECTURE, one each on solder In PRODUCT ENGINEERING, MACHINE DESIGN and MATERIALS IN DESIGN ENGINEERING, and one each on waterprooflng in BUSINESS WEEK, PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE and ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD. 19- Tank Linings. An article on new lead chemical tank lining methods using epoxy adhesives, based oa material gathered and supplied by L.I.A., which appeared In the March 15 Issue of CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, vas reprinted, circulated to members and io being used to answer Inquiries. It vlll also be used at the L.I.A. booth at the Chemical Shov next December. PO. Terne Plate. Another version of L.I.A.'s article on the uses of terne coated steel appeared In the Kay Issue of METAL PROGRESS, bring ing to six the national trade papers which have used L.I.A. articles on this subject. I \ VJC -Vc-/ LIA23470 Quarterly Report of the Executive Vice President April 1 to June 3 19^5 -4- 21. Pool Llnlngo. A test of ft large section of a lead pool lining Installed by a new method designed for large poolo was Initiated at the National Lead Co. Research Laboratories. National Lead, John F. Abernethy & Co., and L.I.A. are Jointly sponsoring the study at the request of Harrison and Abramovitz, architects, who have already specified several large lead-lined pools and who are now planning one over 600 ft. long. 22. Painting Teroe Plate. Since some people have claimed they have encountered problems with paint finishes on teme coded .steel, contact was code with Northern Metal Products of Chicago, one of the largest pro ducers of ternc stampings. It was learned that they produce millions of such stampings without any paint problems by simple vapor degreasing before painting. They Indicated their biggest problem was getting enough teme plate for their needs. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - EATTERIES 23. Advertising. Two ads each appeared In FACTORY and BUSINESS WEEK and one each In MODERN MATERIALS HANDLING and MATERIALS HANDLING ENGINEERING. 24. Battery Booster. The second issue of this little news sheet on battery power was Issued and sent to public utility companies. Industrial truck and battery manufacturers, and their distributors. 25. Battery Powered Passenger Vehicles. A report on this subject based on a five-year study by the General Electric Idea Group was cir culated to members. 26. Industrial Truck Association. A special committee of electric truck manufacturers has been set up by this group to cooperate with L.I.A. A member of our staff met with this group and at our suggestion they are preparing a sales manual for power ccapany salesmen to use In promoting electric trucks, using much L.I.A. material, and have approved modest funds for Its preparation, vhlch will be vlth our help. 27. Pacific Gas and Electric. This company staged two electric truck chows In Oakland and San Francisco at which the featured Intro ductory speaker was frea L.I.A. We helped In the planning and promotion of these shows. 28. Kansas City Power & Light. L.I.A. has worked with this company on the planning of a two-day electric truck demonstration to be conducted in Kansas City In September. 29. Virginia Electric. Our representative addressed the entire sales engineering force of this company on hov and why to sell electric industrial trucks, as a feature of one of the regular sales seminars conducted by this company. 30. Other Promotions. L.I.A. 13 working vlth a number of other power companies on plnns for similar promotions and educational pro grams, with considerable progress to date In Hew Orleans and Louisiana, and in southeastern Texas. r Quarterly Report of the Executive Vice President April 1 to June y>, 1965 -5- INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - PIGMENTS 31. Advertising. One ad on chrome yellow traffic marking paint appeared In URBAN AND RURAL ROADS and one each on red lead in AMERICAN PAINTINO CONTRACTOR and AMERICAN CITY. 32. Traffic Marking Paint. A report vac presented to the European Lead Development Committee on the use of lead chrocate In these paints in the U. S. Potential competition with sulphur compounds developed by the Sulphur Institute, which ore being licensed throughout the world by Research Corp., was discussed and plans laid for cooperative work to determine If lead pigments can also be used In the 6Ulphur compounds. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - NOISE AND VIBRATION 33- PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF SHEET LEAD FOR SOUND BARRIERS. That la the title of a new 12-pagc brochure prepared and printed by L.I.A. It has been called to some 13,000 architects and contractors and vlll be given further wide distribution. INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT - CERAMICS 3L. Advertising. One ad each appeared In AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY BULLETIN, CERAMIC INDUSTRY, CERAMIC AC-E and PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTURE. 35. Lead "errltes. The article on this subject, which was based on a talk at the i,:6L L.I.A. Annual Meeting and appeared In the March, 1965, Issue of CERAMIC AGE, was reprinted, circulated to cecbers, and Is being used tc answer Inquiries on this cubject. 36. Ferrites Again. As a result of our contacts and because they do a large business In other llncb with manufacturers of small electric motors. Union Carbide Is Investigating the market for lead ferrites to sec whether they should engage In this business.