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I i i Y ACTiUAL KgJIMG 0?~ T1S KKUUJC^OF THE l ead ik d u c t r ies aes j c iat io m Chicago, Illinois April 22-23, 1959 j i The annual meeting of the members of the Lead Industries Associa tion van held on Wednesday and Thursday, April 22-23, 1959 at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. I i Members Present Representing it i Harold A. Cohn Edvard Brennick Alpha Metals, Inc. American Metal Climax, Inc. 1 Joseph Cassara do C. K. Conard do Gene Fravley do H. Hemsdorf do John J. Lennon do Ernest T. Rose do Jeon Vuillequez do R. D. Bradford American Dseltlng & Refining Co. Aubrey M. Callls do Morris Foodin do Albert J. Fhilllpa do J. S. Dnart, Jr. do Simon D. Strauss do Robert Anson American Zinc, Lead & Saeltlng Co. K. A. Phillips do V. E. R. Smith do Carl A. Underhill do Eovard L. Young do Richard A. Young do Thomas K. Graham The Anaconda Co. Julian S. Bcrs j.rs U Co., Inc. R. J. Hopkins Broken Hill Associated Smelters Pty., Ltd. Ralph H. Cutler, Jr do (C. Tennant, Sons U Co., Agents) Hugh W. Haltoo do Sidney E. Sveet do Ivor Thompson do Frank Gregory (Consolidated Zinc Corp., Ltd.) Dr. W. G. Hiscock do David Klrkvood (imperial Smelting Corp., Ltd.) Jolin D. Bradley The Bunker Hill Co. Roger H. Cutting do Harold E. Lee do C. E. Schvab do Ekiaett A. Torney do W. G. Woolf do I. L. Barker Cerro de Pasco Corp. R. C. BeU Consolidated Mining & Duelling Co. of Canada, Ltd. J. P. M. Douglas do H. T. Fargey do E. H. Caut6chi do - i.j ii --rrm- r-- -n--r -i------ ---- ----------------------------- ----, L.I 1021 Annual KteeMng Minutes H. 0. McBoyle A. D. Turnbull A. 0. Wolff Henry L. Day Wray D. Fannin Ralph L. Corbin Samuel F. Killer W. D. Atteberry K. V. Green M. McMullan M. 0. &aith Evans Taylor K. R. Anderson J. A. Costello Hyson Ferer Eorvey Ferer R. A. Gardiner, Jr. Alan Stevenson D. F. Goldsmith M. S. Goldsmith Willard F. Eaos William P. Wilke, III George H. Eidlecan Levis S. Saaers, XU F. H. Hurless W. F. Murdock John Jennings R. J. Kovor Paul J. Pater John J. Forst Will!i A. Oakey J. J. Sharkey Jens Jensen Jack C. Pierce C. Merrill Chapin, Jr Robert F. Doelllng Charles D. Henderson William F. Hoffmann Charles R. luce W. T. Isbell Carleton C. long Donold K. Lourie R. J. Mechln L. A. Creglov G. Hovard LeFevre F. S. Hulock C. 0. Rice F. C. Sayere F. L. Warner Howard Hovasel Reuben Vlener leo Bledsoe Robert N. pencil 5/ I -2- April 22-23, 1959 Consolidated Mining A aaelting Co. of C nada, Ltd do do Day Minos, Inc. ni 1 do Delco-Remy Dlv., General Motors Corp. do The Eagle-Plcher Co. The Electric Storage Battery Co. do ! do i do Ethyl Corp. do Aaron Ferer A Sons Co. do Gardiner Metal Co. do Goldsmith Brothers aaelting A Refining Co. do Hammond Lead Products, Inc. do Imperial Type Metal Co. do k i International aaelting A Refining Co., (Anaconda Sales Co., Agents) Murdock Lead Co. Rational Lead Co. do do Glin Kathleson Chemical Corp. do do Pend Oreille Mines A Metals Co. Shattuck Denn Mining Corp. St. Joseph Lead Co. do do do do do do do do D. S. aaelting. Refining A Mining Co. do do \ do U.S.S. Lead Refinery, Inc. do Victory White Metal Co. Hyman Vlener A Sons Western Lead Products Co. do HJW.lj,1 ywtMpp LI A21C 2 2 0 : Annual Meeting Minute* -3- Aprll P.1-23, 1959 Represente1 by Proxy Hecla Mining Co. Lead Products Co. Inc. ficvmont Mining Corp. Revere Copper & Brass Inc., Foil Dlv. John A. Koebiing's Sons Corp. White Metal Rolling 4 Stamping Corp. Guests C. V. Ballard Richard J. Bauer Philip R. Blanc Frank Casard John Coblent J. 0. Edvards WiUlsm H. Pinkeldey E. L. Frank D. B. Fraser Arthur J. Gervais Dr. P. P. Hast Paul V. Higgins Hideo Ivava F. R. Jeffrey J. J. Kelleher Jerome D. Luntt Edvard G. Crkin J. D. Fhibbs C. Wll3on Randle Kurt E. ReInsbe rg Kenneth Rone A. A. Scharf Sedeljko Scraarevic J. A. Slngoaster Willi* aiith Janes V. Stafford M. J. Sullivan J. J. Svec Theodore C. Waters Brian Wilson Joseph Zimmerman Hercules Povder Co. Henning Brothers 4 Smith, Inc. Xndussa Corp. 0. 3, Tyson 4 Co., Inc. Associated Metals 4 Minerals Corp. Itepartrernt of Mines 4 Technical Surveys Singmaster 4 Breycr, Inc. Philipp Brothers Ore Corp. Department of Mines & Technical Surveys International Minerals 4 Metals Corp. Non Ferrous Metals Association (German) 0. S. Tyson 4 Co., Inc. Mitsui Mining 4 Sseltlng Co., Ltd. Rational Zinc Co., Inc. Hercules Povder Co. Rucleonics Magazine Metal Traders Inc. Mount Isa Mines Ltd. Boor, Allen 4 Hamilton Associated Metals 4 Minerals Corp. Automotive Industries Philipp Brothers Ore Corp. Jugacetal Singmaater 4 Breyer McGrav Hill Publishing Co. American Metal Market International Minerals 4 Metals Corp. Ceramic Industry Miles 4 Stockbridge Steel Magazine Dally Metal Reporter GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES 0. W. Bllharx 0. M. Bishop Joseph C. McCasklll Thomas H. Miller Richard H. Mote C. W. Nichols Donald Sham Office of Minerals Mobilisation, Department of Interior U. S. Bureau of Mines Office of Asst. Secy, for Mineral Resources, Department of Interior U. S. Bureau of Mines do Office of International Resource*, Department of State International Resources Staff Iktreau of Foreign Canmerce, U.S. Dept, of Coaa. i f !{ * ,UL| W ! *  ** vyprn'fiEw-'a >^,^v -fr - v****.-*** h -.* LIA21023 ****** --1 Annual Meeting Minutes -*- April ?2-23, 1959 LEA D IL'iX'iTTRIKS ASSOCIATION STAFF Robert L. Zirgfeld, Secretary-Treasurer n | David M. Borclna Manfred Bevdltch u I Bruce Fader j Edvard J. Mullarkey i Oven F. Shota Sid W. Turner Hcrscr S. Yctman EXPANDED RESEARCH PROGRAM--AZI-LIA Schrnde ?. Radtke, Director Samuel Eck The minutes of the previous meeting of April 15-16, 1958 vere circulated to members after that meeting and no changes or correction* vere received. Hie president welcomed the members and guests to the 31st annual meeting of the Association and briefly sumarized the progress he felt the Association vas making, through research and market development, to Improve the commercial position of lead. KCKDiATDtG COMITTEE Mr. J. S. Suirt, Jr., chairman of the Kcmlnating Cam reported for his Committee, composed,in addition to himelf, of E. R. Anderson, C. R. Ince, Jena Jensen, and M. M. Zoller, and nomination the following slate: Julian Ber* Ber* 4 Company, Inc. R. D. Bradford Federated Petals Division, American and Refining Co. J. D. Bradley The Bunker Hill Company J. A. Costello Ethyl Corporation W. H. H. Cranmer New Park Mining Company H. L. Day Day Mines, Inc. Andrew Fletcher St. Joseph Lead Company K. V. Green The Electric Storage Battery Company F. H. Hurless International &aeltlng 4 Refining Co. (Anaconda Sales Co., Agent*) J. A. Martino national Lead Company ; i F. S. Mulock United States Smelting Refining 4 Mining Company S. D. Strauss American Smelting 4 Refining Company Jean Vulllequez American Metal Climax, Inc. William Wilke, III Hammond Lead Products, Inc. M. M. Zoller The Eagle-Pi cher Company There being no further nanlnatlons the slate vaa unanimously elected. i l****"3 t f*c* v r' '*& LI A 2102 A Annual Meeting Minutes -5- April 22-23, 1959 REPORT 0? THE .EvCPiTARY-TiiEASURiK The secretary-treasurer reported to the iscmbership on the 195# activities and plans for 1959, his report having been circulated to membero on April 10, 1959- "c- -xhibit A. REPORT 0? THE RESEARCH DIRECT The research director reported on the progress of the various research projects and others being initiated. A copy of this report is available upon request. See Exhibit B. ADDRESSES AT MEETING The following talks vere delivered at the annual meeting and, with the exception of "Lead and the Expanding Nucleonics Market" by Jerome D. Luntz, and "The Management of hev Products" by Booz, Allen h Hanilton, are available to those members interested: "Ease the Profit Squeeze" by Evans Taylor, sales nanager, Chicago District, Electric Storage Battery Co. "Tetraethyl Lead" by J. A. Costello, vice president, Ethyl Carp. "Nev Developments in Lead Pigments" by David M. Borclna, assistant to the secretary. Lead Industries Association "A Lawyer Looks at Flumbisn" by Theodore C. Waters, Miles & Stockbridge "Executive Reserve Program of the Office of Minerals Mobilization" by 0. W. Bilharz, coordinator for Base Metals, U. S. Department of the Interior "Advertising and Promotion in the General Sales Campaigns of the Steel Industry" by John Veckly, director of advertising, U. S. Steel Carp. ANNOUNCEMENT OF ELECTION OF OFFICERS The election of the following officers for the ensuing year at the neetlng of the Board of Directors on April 22nd vas announced: John D. Bradley, President and Chairman of the Board F. 3. Mulock Vice President F. E. Vormser Vice President Kenneth V. Green Vice President i t ''****&**' ' <'- LIA^02S -** -` /V* -i - ANhb'AL REPORT CF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER EUR THE YEAR 1958 In the past, knowing that you have had my written reports, it has been ny practico to report to you verbally as briefly as possible, In order to leave core tine to hear frca various Industry experts. Today, because Association activi ties have been proceeding at such an exciting pace, I propose to give you a detailed report by word of mouth and help you save ycur eyes on ny written report. So here it is l The semi-conducting properties of lead telluride are employed to make tha much publicised 5-lb. electrical generator, developed for the A.E.C. for rockets and other uses. Pearlescent lead pigments make possible the sharpest and clearest images on projection screens, ard the simulation of mother-of-pearl finishes on a variety of products from toilet seats to buttons and costume jewelry. Tiny lead ilrconate-titanate capsules form the heart of the pick-up devices on many of the best stereophonic hi-fies. Twenty-five tons of lead slabs are controlling vibration in one of the nation's moat modem laboratories devoted to inertial guidance of missiles. Over 500 tens of sheet lead form lubricating and sealing bases for the hinged-arch construction of two large water tunnels in the Niagara Power Project. Lead-containing porcelain enamels are providing bright, colorful porcelain enamel finishes on aluminum. The super-conducting properties of lead are being employed In International Business Machines' most modern computing devices. More than 500-tons of lead are going into the protective shielding around the reactor of the world's first atonic merchant ship. Lead-pcwder-lmpregnated plastic is being used for sound-proofing on commer cial transport planes like the DC-7 and DC-8. Lead-shielded instruments are In our space rockets to measure radiation In outer space. These are Just a few of the intriguing new developments in lead that the Association is watching. When any of these or others that we encounter appears to have the possibilities of establishing a substantial ccmnerclal market for lead, 8 we want to be in a position to help develop that market through technical service, prcmotlon, advertising and publicity. Not all of them by ary means will offer such possibilities, but we must be prepared to step in and take the initiative whenever the opportunity arises. -2- Annual Report for 1958 ilearrwhlle, our research proems, of which you '<411 hear more tcnorrow, n are tying In with these now developments and with the more established ueea of lead. It is also in the latter applications where noat but not all of cur current promo > u tional activities lie. Ko now have several promotional projects dealing with specific products or industries, together with technical service, advertising publicity and direct mail which cover the broad use of lead in all applications. For example, "Lead" magazine describes both established and new applications of lead in any fora ar.d in any Industry. This broad promotion of th' use of lead is published quarterly and goes to a railing list of over 50,000 names. This list Includes a variety of people such as architects, builders, utility companies, rail roads, ship builders, paint manufacturers, nuclear scientists, corrosion engineers and a lot more. Thus more than 200,000 copies containing an average of sis different articles are distributed each year. That is about a million and a quarter detailed messages about lead going to people who are real prospects. We are Just starting a new advertising campaign directed primarily at design engineers. It consists of six one-page ads each in "Materials in Design Engineering0 and "Product Engineering" with a combined circulation of about 70,000 per ad or another 100,000 plus messages. Supporting this will be an exhibit emphasizing lead's properties and r.ew applications at the Design Engineering Show next month. This will be the first such exhibit for L.I.A. Most important of all in the broad promotion of lead is the technical service we are now able to render industry. We have at least four trained cer. who are O constantly contacting industries of all kinds to help them with problems Involving lead and to show engineers how they can use lead to advantage. And, backing up all this is a planned publicity program designed to place feature articles on interesting uses of lead in trade papers which reach the desired audiences. Started a little over a year ago this campaign is beginning to shew good results and is belnv expanded this year. In addition to these broad activities we are conducting several Specific campaigns. Take the construction Industry, for example, where upwards of 100,000 tons of lead per year is used. For the second successive year we have two fourpage inserts in Sweet's Architectural and Light Construction Catalogs. One Insert is on lead for plumbing, the other on roofing and flashing. The combined circula tion is over hO,000 architects and builders or a total of 80,000 messages on lead in books that are referred to constantly throughout the year. For the first time we are devoting six one-page ads in "Engineering NewsFjscord" to construction applications of metallic lead products. The circulation Is over 75,000 or a total of h50,000 messages. We are also continuing the issuance of our series of Building Construction ikjlletins and a new series of flyers descrip tive of various uses of lead in construction, distributed ty direct mall to seme 20,000 architects and builders, w will mail between 100,000 and 150,000 of thee# during the year. In this activity we are maintaining personal contact with architects, Oconstruction engineers, contrsctors and chemical engineers to provide technical service. Ikirlng the annual international plumbers' apprenticeship contest we provide a Judge for the lead work and an Instructor to show instructors of lead work how to teach it. VTe also exhibit amually at the National Home Biilders Show, the Plumbing Contractors Show, and the National Chemical Exposition. W-1W- L1A?-1029 -3- Annual Report for 1959 Solder consumes about another 50,000 tor.s or more of lead a year. Our solder committee, under the chairmanship of a ir.es.ber of the staff, has completed writing a Soldering Handbook which is being published by the American Voiding Society. Copies will be available to the Association and its combers at substan tially reduced coot. For cany years we have been promoting red lead primers for steel with considerable success. This work was expanded in the last couple cf years to take advantage of the huge government-supported highway building program. This year*we will use seven full-page eds in "Engineering News-Record" and also seven page* in "Karine F-ngineering/Log" to intensify our efforts in the field cf marine painting. These publications have a combined circulation of 90,000 for a message total during the year of over 600,000, However, this program is being broadened to include lead paints other than red lead primers. A11 lead pigments consume ever 50,000 tons of lead annually, still a substantial amount despite the decline over the years in the use of white lead. Red lead, lead curomate and white lead, together with newer pigments like the basic silicate, silico chromate end pearlesccnt pigments, make up this total. Ve now plan to give them all a boost wherever ve can, of which you will hear mor* this afternoon. Our familiar Red Lead Technical Letters will be continued as Lead Pigments Technical Letters, circulated to some 1?,000 people once or twice a year. We are also providing personal technical service in the field by an experienced paint technologist, to highway engineers, ship builders, railroads, oil companies, water works and other large users cf paints. Ceramics use around 20,000 tons of lead a year In a variety of products that include glass, glazes for various clay products such as china, tile, brick and sewer pipe, pcrcelain enamels for steel, aluminum, cast iron and other metals, and bodies for electronic and other applications. Following publication of our technical data book "Lead in the Ceramic Industries," two supplements to it have been issued and a third is about to appear. Some 6,000 copies of the book ftnd supplements have been distributed. We are currently advertising lead in ceramics in general in the American Ceramic Society "Bulletin," "Ceramic Industry," "Ceramic Age," and "Ceramic News," with more specialized advertising in "Brick and Clay Record" and "Hetal Product Manufacturing." Six one-page ads per year are being used in each case. Combined circulation is about 30,CCO for a total of 180,000 messages per year. I have not been able to locate any reliable estimate of the amount cf lead being used annually for nuclear radiation shielding. From what we know of amounts that go into Individual ships and laboratories, I think it would be safe to say that tho use of lead for shielding would have to be expressed in five figures. Two men in our organization are "Q" cleared so that they have access to classified information and atomic installations. We have been collecting information on how lead is used and intend shortly to start a series of technical bulletins on this suu.lect for circulation to nuclear scientists. Industrial storage batteries account for some L0,000 tons of lead con sumption per year. They are the typo used to power industrial trucks, mine loco motives, and for stand-by or auxiliary power. They meet strcr.g competition from gasoline end propane power in industrial truck applications. We are planning to issue a booklet on the advantages of load-acid batteries fer this kind of service. We are also watching clo3cly efforts to revitalize the battery-powered electrio iw'i'wi m vw ii'ia1nW' > t T- ' 1 HI i -mywiy^iwgo esgswsmy L 1*21 02 9 Annual Report for 1958 automobile and delivery truck. Several a t * already on the market and are getting strong support from public utility companies vho visualise a new source of revenue from power to charge the batteries. Rot because charity begins at home but because ve believe that many lead products offer definite advantages In Industrial applications and that, all other factors being equal, the lead industry should use Its own products, we are urging our own members to be sure that they give full ar.d fair consideration to lead products In their own operations. We have been getting up a mailing list of purchasing and engineering personnel in our member companies and we intend to aee that they get all informative literature which we publish And to provide them with technical service on lead products. Tou may be interested to know that we handled approximately 5,000 inquiries last year as a result of the circulation of our quarterly "Lead,* Of course, most of these were routine Inquiries for additional literature but many also asked for specific help or more Information about the lead products described, I think thia is an Indication that "Lead" Is well read and the importance of the individuals and companies inquiring is often irpressive. Q Also during the year as a result of our ceramics pregram we were able to circulate to our interested members the names of more than 1,?50 inquirers for literature and over 75 mere who asked for specific information or help. This despite the fact that a mailing list of about 6,000 people In the ceramic Industry, Including all members cf the American Ceramic Society, receives our literature automatically. Similarly, nearly 600 inquiries for red lead literature were received despite the fact that some 12,000 paint users and manufacturers receive our literature automatically. In addition to these market development efforts the Association has continued to perform routine functions relating to statistics, liaison with govern ment agencies, professional societies and trade associations representing our consuming industries, special requests for Information or assistance from members, government agencies, banks and the press, and many other functions. There is, however, one other important activity I would like to emphasis in some detail - our health and safety work, I don't know how many members realise how often toxicity crops up, in one form or another, to harper the sale of lead products. I would Just like to cite a few instances that have occupied much cf our time and contributed to our headaches in the past year. Take television, fer example, A highly popular national program shown on KBC and other channels is "Highway Patrol." One episode in this weekly series was shown at least twice on NBC and once on WPH in New fork. This episode depicted a young farm boy making wooden toy pistols and painting them with a lead arsenatewater mixture he found in the bam. Inspector Mathews of the State Highway Patrol happened by end, being a friend, shewed the youngster how to paint one of these toy pistols. Hot long thereafter both tha inspector and the boy allegedly came down with lead poisoning. The source of the lend was traced, after testing water they had drunk and food they had eaten, to the toy pistol. Both showed unrealistic, Seven ridiculous symptoms of lead poisoning and neither could have contracted it in this way. With advice of counsel we protested to NBC and the producor. NBC has been cooperative ar.d wrote that they vculd take all possible steps to avoid any repetition. The producer so far has been loss cooperative, attempting to protect Ll*2l 03o -5- Annual Report for 1958 his investment of $35,000 in this episode, but we intend to keep the pressure on him to avoid future showings, Recently we were verbally assured that the film would be changed to eliminate all reference to load and wo are trying to get thie commitment in writing, t 1s ! i i this is just an example of health problems with which we are faced every day. They include labeling laws and ordinances prohibiting the use of lead paint for certain purposes, Vo have cooperated with attorneys for the Authority which operates the Phlladclphia-Cnnden bridge in tho painting of which with red lead some painters contracted lead poisoning. We are working with the American Water Works Association to protect their red lead paint specifications for water tank interiors which are under attack. It is endless, time consuming work. We sponsored a highly successful lead hygiene conference right here in thie hotel last November. It was attended by some 150 industrial medical men and hygienists, the crews of the crop. Such conferences ease our problems by dissemi nating accurate information and creato a lot of good-will for our industry. The proceedings were recently printed in "Industrial Medicine and Surgery," with a circulation of some 9,000 in the industrial medical profession. Although Dr, Radtke will give you the complete story of our research programs tomorrow, some reference should be made hero to research projects initiated and conducted lA3t year. In ceramics our graduate research fellowships at uni versities were increased from three to nine at seven different universities, A study of the enissivity of lead compounds was started at New Tork University. Battelle Memorial Institute was engaged to Investigate lead as a cementing material for other substances which might improve the physical properties, A contract was entered into with Anne Research Foundation for a study of improved lead alloys. The architectural and engineering firm of Skidmore, Ovings and Merrill studied the possibilities of lead in modern building construction which has resulted in investigation of certain research projects now under consideration, particularly in the field of sound attenuation. Experimental continuous extrusion or casting of the usual lead cable sheathing alloys was undertaken in collaboration with the John Robertson Co. I have tried to give you the high spots of our activities in this report. As I said, I have not attempted to cover routino activities like our "Information Bulletin," statistics, and liaison with technical societies and associations of customer industries. But I would like quickly to run over a summary of the quarterly reports already circulated to members. r S1IMMART The following briefly summarises our activities for 1958 GENERAL' 1. "Lead" - four issues of this 6-page publication were mailed to a list of over 56,000 names. g, Annuel Reviews - Annual review articles on lead were prepared for t"Engineering It lining Journal," "Steol," "Industrial It Engineering Chemistry," the "Tearbook" of the American Bureau of Metal Statistics, and "Practical Builder." i ^gae!W!<^iWM)pwgBw: Byup .".**, miw/<oy Jl fgWVtl.l1pWj LlA? 1032' -6- Annual Report for 1958 3, Addresses - Addresses were presented before the American Institute t ? of Mining, Metallurgical end Petroleum Engineers, tho Colorado Mining Association, | l graduate students of the Newark College of Engineering, tho National Association 'aw of Corrosion Engineers, the New York Chapter of the Construction Specification Institute, and tho New York Section of A.I.M.E, It. Technical Service - Another technically trained man was added to our staff to provide better technical sorvlco to users and potential users of lead and its products. 5. Annual Meeting - The 30th annual meeting of L.I.A, was held in St. Louis in April. As has been customary in recent years, one session was held Jointly with tho American Zinc Institute. 6, Information Bulletins - These were circulated monthly to members of the Association. 7. Annual Statistical Review - This was printed and circulated to the membership in the Spring. 8. Meetings - Meetings of other organiiations in which representatives of L.I.A. participated Include A.I.M.E., Atom Fair, A.S.T.M., The Battery Conference sponsored by the Signal Corps., American Cercmic Society, American Mining Congress, American Electrochemical Society, National Metal Congress, Building Research Institute, Porcelain Enamel Institute, Association of American Battery Manufacturers and Atomic Industrial Forum. 9. Solder Handbook - Preparation of this book by our Solder Consulttee under the chairmanship of a staff member was completed and approved ty the American Welding Society for publication in 1959 by th=t organization. The same staff member, on Invitation by that Society, also accepted chairmanship of a committee to revise the soft soldering chapter of the Welding Handbook. 10. Field Wcrk - In addition to technical service work which embraces many arean, we maintained two well-trained men to work in the field in the one case with architects, engineers, builders and plumbers on lead in building construction, and in the other case with highway engineers, oil companies, ship builders and others who use or specify large quantities of metal protective paint. 11. Advertising - This concentrated on lead in metal protective paints and ceramics.Our scheduleconsisted in the former case of 13 two-color pages in "Engineering News-Reoord." In ceramics it consisted of 1? black and white pages each in "Bulletin" of the American Ceramic Society, "Ceramic Industry," and "Ceramic Age," and six pages in "Ceramic News." The Association had two four-page inserts in Sweet's Catalogs for Architects and Light Construction on lead plumbing and roofing and flashing. 1?. Exhibits - L.I.A. exhibited at three national expositions at which a variety of lead products were displayed. These were the Homo Builders Show, the Chemical Exposition, and the National Plumbing Exposition. 13. Apprentice Training - L.I.A, supplied a Judge and prises for the International plumbers' apprenticeship contest sponsored annually by the plumbers union and an instructor to train teachers of lead work. L I A21032 5I -7- Annual Report for 1558 io u lb, Publications - In addition to the four issues of "Lead," the following publications uera distributed by tho Association: A four-pago supplement to "Lead in tho Ceramic Industries* "Use Lead to Control Refinery Corrosion," reprint of an article In "Petroleum Refinor" prepared by the Association. Red Lead Technical Letter No, 13, "A Single Red Load Primer for Rusted, Weathered or New Galvanized Steel,* Lead Building Construction Bulletin No, 3, "Lead Laboratory Drainage Systems," 15. Publicity - Feature articles prepared by tne Association or its advertising agency appeared in the following publications: "Air Conditioning, Heating and Ventilating" "National Roofer" "Heating and Plumbing Engineer" "Petroleum Refiner" "Chemical Processing" "Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering* "Building Digest* "Architectural Record" "Southwest Builner and Contractor" "Catholic Building and Maintenance" "American Painter and Decorator" "Concrete Construction'' Plant Englneervog" "Civil Engineering" "Science Counselor" "Modem Sanitation and Building Maintenance* "Industrial and Engineering Chemistry" "American Roofer and Siding Contractor" In addition an 8,000 word article on solder was prepared for publication in a book on "Modem Materials, Advances in Development and Application." 16. Educational Exhibits - Eighteen educational exhibits depicting the use of lead in all forms of ceramics were built and one was presented to each of the leading schools of ceramics in the United States as a permanent display, 17. `..E.C. Clearance - A second member of the staff obtained "Q" clearance providing access to secret atomic energy information, 16, Steel Structures Painting Council - L.I.A. continued sxyport of the Council and was represented on its research committee. RESEARCH 19. Battelle Report - The Technical Steering Committee evaluated the Bnttelle report of their study of our industry's research needs and recommended * specifio research program which ws initiated, 20, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill - A survey of lead's use in building 8 construction was made by this leading architectural and engineering firm. Some cf its recommendations regarding marketing have been or are being put into effect. Other aspects of the report are being incorporated in the research progra*. . I .w u ip * WMJBi-n g umi ..m mw p uj m-i n i. l jiinl 'i F r: i 'fi f l .r >- T)ya^>a>.g LI A 21033 -8- Annual Roport for 1958 % ? 71, Ceramic Fellowships - Nino graduate research fellowship* on variou* f ) phases of lead in commies wore awarded for the academic year 1958-5? at seven ceramic schools as follows: Rutgors (7), Illinois (2), Ohio State, Alfred, Penn State, California and Clemson, Subjects of study include ceramic bodies, porcelain enamels for steel and aluminum, glnies for vhitevare, sever pipe, brick snd tile, ferroolectrics, glass, and phase diagrams, 22. Cable Sheathing - In Hay experimental work to produce lead alloy cable shoathing continuously was entered into Jointly with the John Robertson Co,, extru3lon press manufacturer. This project appears to be nearing a successful conclusion. 23, Lead-Cemented Hetalllc Materials - A six-month contract, which was concluded at the year- olid, was none with tr.itello Honoriel Institute for this approach to tho Irprov'.mer.t of lead:s physical properties. Data developed did not warrant continuation of the contract. 2li. Heat. Eml^s'vitv Studies - These studies are being financed ty L.I.A. at New Tor.: university .\r.T Tnr.itfi.i-to a long-term approach to the use of lead compounds in heating iud refrigeration. 25, lead All'.y - Amour Research Foundation is working on lead alloy* under a one-year contra 7t to ,vr te:.pt to develop lead alloys with better physical properties, 26, Bctnfor-pd 'r ad - A similar contract was made with the same organi sation for a stu'y of-!'.Ta"r:tnforced with felted metal fibers tewsrda the same objective - improved p-i/sicnlj, 27, Le?l Chca.i-al* - /.rth'.ir D. Little, Loo., received a one-year contract fer a stui/ of ttx pru;...rtTts and applications of lead cospounds with particular eiphaais on organo-lead cospounds. 28, Lead Chemicals - Negotiations were conducted with Dr. 0. J. M. van der Kcrk of the Organicch Chemisch Instltuut T.N.O. cf Utrecht, Holland, for a somewhat similar but more bsic study than the one at Little. 29. Other Projects - A number of other projects including studies of sound and vibration attenuation, powder metallurgy, and lead and lend alloy coating were also under investigation. 30. Research Organization - As of September 1, 1958, Dr, Schrads F. Radtke was engaged as Director of Research, lie also heads up the research cf American Zinc Institute. Dr. Radtka was formerly director of the metallurgical research laboratories of Reynolds Metals Co, at Richmond, Va. HKAI.TH AND SAFOT 31. Red Lead Paints for Potable Water Tank Interiors - After devoting much time to this problem, it appears that our work to provethe safety of red lead paints for this purpose will bo reasonably successful in continuing their use. 32, Warning Labels - Much effort has been expended in seeing that proposed labeling laws are net onerous to our membership and are unifona In thoir require ments. V- -9- Annual Report for 1958 33- Threshold Limit for Lead In Air - A 33-1/3 per cent Increase In th* 0 allowable llr.it for lead in air, Instigated by our Honlth and Safety Director through an American Standards Association Creamittee of which ha Is chairman, received general acceptance as indicated by Its publication in a "Hygienic Guide for Lead" issued by the American Industrial ijygler.e Association, 3-'i, Lead Hygiene Conference - This Conference, held in Chicago In November, was extremely successful and enlightening, being attended by nearly 150 loading Industrial physicians and hygienists. 35. Diagnosis of Plunblsm - In concert with pediatricians and toxicologist* and the National Paini, Varnish and Lacquer Association, a movement has been initi ated to establish standardised criteria for diagnosis of plumblsm and to seek national acceptance. This Is an attempt to eliminate erroneous diagnoses too often made. 36. Health and Safety Bulletins - Tour such Bulletins were Issued and sent to members during the year, 37, Meetings - Among meetings attended In the Interest of our health and safety program were the Academy of Hadicine, Congress on Industrial Health of A.M.A., New England Hospital Assembly, a conference on Medical Control of Lead Workers, Industrial Health Conference, American Medical Association, Oreater New Terk Safety Conference, American Industrial Hygiene Association, a conference on Dust Diseases, Committee cn Toxicology of A.M.A. and the Industrial Hygiene Foundation. Committee work was also Important and Included, among others, one Scommittee and three subcommittees of American Standards Association. I would like to conclude this report by thanking the officers and directors, the many active comittee members, and tho membership at large for their continued support and assistance, and to commend the staff for its loyalty and productivity. Please take the time to look at the literature, publicity clippings aivi samples on display at the back of this room. Respectfully submitted. I m m u 'puhium? mp u .utm*J*!w l: rw iF-unwtyi Ml WUJJ.f'l'WWHSW* ,, a r. F* j^ j i EXHIBIT Q April 22-23, 1959 FOR RZUASE NOT EANLIK2 THAN 12 NOON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1959 THE EXPANDED RESEARCH PR00RAM OP THE AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTE AND THE LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION Bjr Schrado P. Radtke Director of Research American Zinc Institute Lead Industries Association 60 East li2nd Street New Tork 17, N.I. The law of our present Industrial society Is the law of the Jungle. By this I mean survival of the fittest. I do not refer to man or animal or the development of superior genetic strain. Rather do I refer to one's product, one'* process, or one's material of construction. Each must perform in a superior man ner or it Is doomed to extinction; it Bust be steadily Improved so that it can meet the competition of other materials, of other equipment, or other processes. We have before us the classic examples of the horse and buggy vs the automobile, of silk vs ^ylon, of the steam locomotive vs the diesel engine; in each case, a superior product has virtually wiped out the former. Furthermore, a product, pro cess, or piece of equipment is sold on its performance, together with engineering data which define its characteristics and performance. Por the most part, the present day salesman must deal in terms of engineering performance of his product; he must know competitive materials - their strength and limitations as well. Neither old fashioned salesmanship, tradition, nor custom could have saved the horse snd buggy from extinction; a superior product which has been steadily and consistently Improved won out, and in turn, this change-over caused a dramatic change in our whole way of life. (Presented at the Joint Session of the -------- American Zinc Institute and Lead Industries Assn., Chicago, Illinois, April 23, 1959) ; it* ! t * V : LIA21036 -2- S. r. RiOTKX The only thing constant in today's world is change. Han's imagination has left no part of our world or universe untouched. Vhat has brought thi* about? Tba answer is research - that Incessant quest for knowledge and Improve ment carried on by a minority group composed of scientists and engineers. They have dramatically changed our world as nothing has ever done before. Hover in man's history has one small group caused so such change in our world in so short a time. It was the recognition of this phenoatonon which caused the lead and sine industries to initiate the Expanded Research Program. It was their belief that the research efforts of the industry must be stepped up not only for lead and dw to retain their place in our over-all industry, but also to expand to reach new and presently unknown markets. It should be pointed out in the very beginning that the lead and sine industries have, throughout their history, carried on re search to improve their processes and their products. However, research costa have increased markedly. Furthermore, there are maryr areas of investigation which a single company could neither afford to carry out nor could Justify to its management. On the other hand, a cooperative program, supported by all concerned, could undertake research programs of far greater scope or of greater risk, and yet would permit the budget for each individual company to remain within the coa1 pany1s financial capabilities. It is also important to know that the individual companies have not abandoned their own research programs but are continuing to carry on vital research of their own. This is a very important point, aa it shows how conscious our companies are of the value of research and the retention of sound technical staffs within thslr Individual corporate framework. ;; Li.MMt iiiHnyjTp3sw.;jjwiswewwBM"1 ini .*> m.{twtiMvraw-s To 3^ yniy^wr- 1 -3- S. ?. RADTKE How Is this prog raj* to be financed? It was agreed that the companies of the English speaking world, stretching from Tsmueb, Africa, to Australia, would participate, not on a national baols but on a truly International effort. The sine companies contribute to the program on the basis of their total produc tion of slab line! the lead companies on the basis of their total pig lead pro duction. These monies accumulated through the existing organisations, the Lead Industries Association and the American Zinc Institute, are put into a separate fund for the Expanded Research Program to cover the administration and the con duct of this research. It is truljr international in character and brings to it the thinking of the major lead and sine companies of the free world. While the program has been under way for sometime, it is only during the last year that it has reached major proportions. The budget, which is an openended budget, has reached a total of three quarters of a million dollars; however, as additional projects and prograjas of importance are developed, the companies have agreed that additional funds will be contributed to the program to see that the neces sary work is carried out. This is an important sum of money, and it must be in cluded with the research budgets and programs of the individual companies. Our lead and line industries, together, can be proud of their total contribution to research and development. Where will this work be conducted? In order to get the program started st the eerllest possible date, to provide adequate time for planning and program ming, and to minimise the necessity for a crash effort to design and construct and staff a laboratory, it was decided to contract out all its research to ex isting organisations. This enables us to take advantage of the outstanding and unique capabilities of the research laboratories throughout the free world. The ii '.tiiyfjj.nn.a J iy y .ht w muiw j i * h w .>lum u i t 1,11, V!j!!!ii)|gp9CM|R jpjpfri rr,HPi!> Tr. Tirrrnxmr'' ri7 rit'1-' IT"' T" ~ I r; ;t ITT LIA21038 -L- S. T. HAOTOE work will be conducted in independent research laboratories, laboratories of the member companies, government laboratories here and abroad, as well as In the universities. Our principal objective is to have the best possible research carried out in those laboratories which are most capable for each of the pro grams which is desired, and, most important of all, this permits us to utilise the outstanding skills of the personnel of these organirations. At the present tine, research is under way or is programmed for laboratories in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Holland, and Australia, and I know that the geographical distribution will be even greater by this time next year. for the most part, invitations to bid are submitted to the laboratories in question, with the exception of research of a fundamental nature, or the un dertaking of a program unique to a particular organization. We expect a dollar's worth of research effort for every dollar spent, and we are interested princi pally in quality and not quantity. We have had excellent cooperation from the organizations working with us, and we feel sure that this will continue in the future. How has this work affected the individual companies? I have, personally, never before been associated with two industries which are cooperating so well and which have so such enthusiasm for the program; individual company interests have been subordinated for the good of the industry. It is truly wonderful to watch our organizations work together toward a common objective - the growth and expan sion of the markets for lead and zinc. It is truly remarkable, and from my stand point, most comforting to know that I have such excellent support from ell the twenty-four companies participating in this program. This enthusiasm is shared by member companies not only in the United States but abroad. I have found that l t LIA21039 A,,.,,. -5- s. r. faurics each and every company has aiuch to offer and much to give to the euccess of thl* program, and this will be discussed further in subsequent paragraphs. Lead and tine hare contributed to mankind since the dawn of history. There has been a tendency to accept them and to consider them old materials on the contrary, they are new and modern and are participating in every phase of our development from heat purps, to the nuclear program, to stereophonic sound. Everywhere one turns, lead and line play an important part. They are truly modern metals despite the fact that they have helped our civilization grow over the past centuries. The objectives of our program may be simply stated - to expand our markets as well as retain those we have, to earn more money for our mesier com panies. It would be insincere to ascribe any other motive than that of improving the profitability of our meatier companies and those other companies associated with us. We are in business to cake money and this program is dedicated to that objective. Specifically, a portion of our program is devoted to improving our pro ducts. Much soul searching has gone into the planning of this program to define those areas where our products have limitations and to undertake research to eli minate or minimize those limitations as well as to enhance their superior charac teristics. Our second major objective is to develop new products, new appllcations and new markets. To balance our program and to contribute to the furtherance of scientific knowledge, part of our effort is concerned with fundamental or basic research. The objective Is, of course, to obtain new knowledge about lead and zinc. This is our industry contribution to the future. The major portion of the information which we develop will be not only for our own industries, but for the most part for all of industry. We have esta blished the following patent policyi l i ;' ;; " "' '..................... LIA210A0 i J, -6- S. ?. RADTJQt "The American Zinc Institute and Lead Industrie* Association will obtain patents in the United States and foreign countries where warranted by technical considerations or potential commercial usage. In general, the rights to both patented and unpatented inventions owned by the two organi sations will be licensed on a non-exclusive, unre stricted basis In such a Banner as to assure maxi mum usage of the invention at the earliest practi cal date. Reasonable royalties nay be charged in appropriate cases." This statement clearly points out that we are dedicated to the expansion of the markets for lead and line and not to any limitation thereof. Because of this program, it is possible for us to let our imagination run rampant yet we ima t maintain a close eye on the dollar sign and on the return which we may expect. Certainly, our fundamental research is a contribution to the future for which we can specify no commercial objective. Yet, the major portion of our program is de dicated to the realization of profits from the dollars invested in our research effort. An important part of our program is to maintain close liaison with the American Zinc Institute and the Lead Industries Association which have, as a major function, sales exploitation of much of our research results. I am sure you will be interested in knowing how this program is developed and coordinated. Each of the member companies contributing to the Expanded Re search Program has a senior member of its research organization on our Technical Steering Cowilttee. There is a Technical Steering Committee for both the American Zinc Institute and the Lead Industries Association. We also have subordinate com mittees whose membership is made up of people with special skill* in tha various areas where lead and sine are used. By means of meetings and reports, recommenda tions are submitted to the Technical Steering Committee, which in turn formilate* a master plan and defines and approves, from-a technical standpoint, those pro- r > Mw- w' w im* M^iim. nt: f'anm^.-wn LIA21041 -7- S. F. RADTKX Jects which appear feasible. Commercial realisation is considered at this point, howerer, the principal objectives of the Technical Steering Committees are to de fine the technical needs and recommend that procedure which can beat bring forth the required technical results. Once a project or a program has been formulated, it is submitted to the appropriate Industry Development Committee where the market potentialities are further reviewed. Finally, the recommendations which include technical feasibility as well as market potential are submitted to the Board of Directors for approval of the funds which will be required to accomplish the desired research. Periodically, the progress of the program is reviewed at all levels as to the desirability to continuo the research, the quality of the effort, and methods for commercial exploitation. Communications are somewhat complicated because of the number of participating companies and the broad scope of our pro gram. Nevertheless, the interest and enthusiasm for this program have minimised problems of coordination and communication. Now, I would like to briefly review for you the research which is under way and the progress which has been achieved to date. (See Quarterly Report) You will see from the foregoing that our program is broad and encom passes the major portion of the technical disciplines. From this we should all realise that lead and sine are modem metals, that they have a major contribution to make to all phases of our technical world. These metals are of vital impor tance and will continue to remain so, because of the enthusiasm. Interest, and financial support which our companies are giving to this program. We will not reach all of our objectives within the next, year or even the next five years, but .L . -3- 8. T. RADTKJS this program, provided with continuity, will bring to the lead and line in dustries what research has done for industry everywhere. I hope that 1 have brought to you s o d s of the enthusiasm, the spirit of cooperation, and the wonderful people wo have in our Industry to support this effort, which wo feel will certainly carry us on to reach our objectives, the developnent of new markets and new products, the improvement of our present pro ducts, and the contributions of fundamental knowledge of lead and line, but above all, to translate research dollars into profits for our industry. In our in dustrial jungle - lead and line will survive and grow.