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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING New York, N.Y. May 11, 1942 A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Lead In dustries Association was held an Monday, May 11, 1942, at 1:45 P.M., at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, N.Y, Present Representing Clinton H. Crane, F. H. Brownell Clarence Glass A. E. Bendelari F. W. Rockwell I. H. Cornell F. F. Colcord Chairman St. Joseph Lead Co. American Smelting & Refining Co. Anaconda Sales Co. The Eagle-Picher Lead Co. National Lead Co. St. Joseph Lead Co. United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co. Inc. F. E. Wormser, Secretary-Treasurer The meeting was called to order with Mr. Clinton H. Crane in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting of September 22, 1941, were approved. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND TREASURER The report'of the Secretary follbws. The Treasurer's report is attached as Exhibit ''A." REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Practically all our activities in New York have been related to the war program in Washing ton. Various government agencies are constantly calling upon us for assistance in many problems relating ,to the production of lead and its uses. Specifically, we have been assisting in problems of allocating Government lead supplies, appeal ing for modification of unnecessarily rigorous conservation orders affecting the use of lead, and helping in conversion problems. With reference to conservation, the Army and Navy Munitions Board issued a Directive as of April 1, which so severely and unnecessarily pro- . hibited the use of various lead and other metal products that it left the military departments of the Government little to use in construction as an alternate. I am pleased to report that as a re sult of our efforts, the Order is to be modified.  "t 1 Board of Directors Meeting -2` May 11, 1942 Future lead pigment production--ifi affected by the action of the Federal Specifications Board in promul gating emergency paint specifications which cut the lead and zinc content of mixed paints and replaced them with fillers. Through another department, an order was reported to have been issued, although I haven't yet been able to locate it, prohibiting the use of lead in oil re fining. Still another agency of the Government is endeavor ing to make a drastic cut in the use of lead for ethvl gasoline. The Committee for Reciprocity Information announced on April 4, its intention to negotiate a trade treaty with Mexico and another trade treaty with Bolivia, con taining items of direct interest to our industries, namely, products covered by Paragraphs 391 and 392 of the Tariff Act of 1930. With the cooperation and ap proval of the Executive Committee, a brief has been prepared, signed and notarized by-our President, and mailed to Washington as a statement'-of our position. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES I attended the convention of the American Turpen tine Farmers Association in Valdosta, Ga., and con ferred with Judge Langdale on our Joint 4-H Club cooperative efforts in the south. We have created a large amount of interest among vocational agricultural circles in our paint work, which promises to be a valuable means for us now and in the future for furthering the intelligent use of white lead. >- Our curtailed white lead program has been moving ahead smoothly. Our plumbing promotion program has centered its . activities in Washington, working with the authorities on the establishment of a proper emergency plumbing code and actually developing means whereby lead instal lations may continue to be used without the customary brass fittings that are now so difficult to obtain. Through the ingenuity of one of our field men, I feel we have this problem well on its way to solution. LI AO 0 2 7 7 CD -X -aUA. , - Board of Directors Meeting May 11, 1942 We feel it is more important than ever to maintain close relations with those persons who control the use of our product, namely, architects, city and state officials and the lumber industry, so that our products may continue to be used where practical and,if a shortage develops, we shall be able to obtain their sympathetic understanding of our diffi culties. M KWWU APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Chairman stated it was in order to appoint an Executive Committee. WHEREUPON, with the consent of the Board, the Chair man appointed the following as members of the Executive Committee: n Clinton H. Crane, Chairman u F. H. Brov,nell F. F. Colcord L. E*. Hanley F. W. Rockwell ELECTION OF OFFICERS The Chairman stated it was in order to elect officers of the Lead Industries Association. Whereupon the following nominations were made, and there being no further nominations, the Secretary was in structed to cast one ballot for the election of these nominees and they were declared elected: Clinton H. Crane, President F. H. Brownell, Vice President F. W. Rockwell, Vice President W.P.B.REQUEST FOR LEAD MINE STATISTICS The Secretary read a request from Mr. C. A. Wright, of the Tin, Lead and Ilmenite Branch of the Far Production m Board requesting statistics on mine production of the principal lead mines, as follows: "Jus-: a note to ask if you could arrange to fur 'sh this office with the monthly productiu^ of recoverable lead from the principal LIa c c 276 Board of Directors Meeting May 11, 1942 "lead-producing mines in the United States. This would be a great help to us in our work-and very much appreciated." The Secretary was directed to procure the necessary in formation from the leading producers, preferably through channels already collecting part, and to submit it to the W.P.B. REQUEST OF REYNOLDS METALS CO. ON CURRENT USES OF LEAD The Secretary read a request from Mr. J. Louis Reynolds, Vice President of the Reynolds Metals Company, for lists of military lead uses, together with their respective tonnages, as follows: "We have been referred to your Association by Mr. S.K.Butterworth, Assistant Chief, Tin, Lead and Ilmenite branch of the War Production Board, as a source of information on the current uses of lead. "The enclosed copies of my- letter to Mr. Vogelsang and of Air. Eutterworth* s reply indicate the infor mation desired. We shall very much appreciate having such lists of military lead uses, together with the respective tonnages, as Mr. Butterworth indicates you have available." The Secretary was directed to reply to the Reynolds Metal Company through Mr. Butterworth of the W.P.B. WAR BULLETINS The service rendered by the Association in its "War Bulletins" was discussed and the Secretary was instructed to recanvass the members of the Association as to whether the present service should be continued or modified. Meeting adjourned at 2:10 P.M. L I ACC27^ i Board of Directors Meeting Exhibit "A" May 11, 1942 -5- LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES January 1 to Auril 30. 1942 Cash on hand and in Bapk, January 1, 1942 Ordinary Fund $14,762.08 Plumbing Promotion program Fund 4,617.38 National 4-H Promotion Program Fund Southern 4-H Promotion program Fund -1,731.63 White Lead Promotion Program Fund 6,055.80 Sheet Lead Fund 3,002.00 Lumber Products-Better Paint Campaign Fund 2.096.30 RECEIPTS Subscriptions to Ordinary Fund Subscriptions to Plumbing Promotion Program Fund Subscriptions to National 4-H Promotion Program Fund Subscriptions to Southern 4-H Promotion Program Fund re ceived from the American Turpentine Farmers Associ ation CooperativeSubscriptions to White Lead Promotion Program Fund $30,971.50 . 15,290.64 12,516.00 3,750.00 61,064.00 - $28,799.93 TOTAL RECEIPTS TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS ORDINARY FUND: Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment Salaries Rent and Light * Social Security Taxes Office Supplies Miscellaneous Traveling Expenses Association Dues Entertainment & Luncheons Telephone and Telegraph Books and Subscriptions Printing Mailing "Lead" (a) Illustrations Medical Research Advancp.*! J> 105.16 11,573.46 1,492.54 408.13 628.39 331.69 498.32 103.50 125.02 338.96 70.45 17.84 19.69 2,0*750er .00 $123,592.14 $152,392.07 - , LI AC 02 80 N 597.01 Board of Btrectors Meeting -6- Exhibit "A" May 11, 1942 REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES (Continued) (disbursements Continued) PLUMBING PROMOTION PROGRAM FUND: Salaries Traveling Expenses Printing Mailing "Plumbers' Forum" (a) Association Dues Entertainment and Luncheons Local meetings Conventions and Exhibits (b) Advertising Miscellaneous Advances $3,033.28 2,285.57 6.52 95.56 1,487.27 72.00 156.75 79.52 520.45 1,123.25 114.05 100.00 Less previous advance accounted for NATIONAL 4-H PROMOTION PROGRAM FUND: Salaries Traveling Expenses Equipment (c; Awards-Printing Mailing Entertainment and Luncheons Conventions, Exhibits and Meetings (b) Illustrations Vocational Agriculture Miscellaneous Advances $2,983.36 1,616.83 5,442.09 872.08 1.50 90.35 30.47 75.77 41.96 2,350.80 143.06 850.00 $9,074.22 250.00 $ 8,824.22 $14,498.25 SOUTHERN 4-H PROMOTION PROGRAM FUND: Salaries Traveling Expenses Equipment Entertainment and Luncheons Miscellaneous $ 933.36 494.49 53.38 5.74 4.25 $ 1,491.22 LJ LIAC0281 'V Board of Directors Meeting -7- Exhibit "A" May 11, 1942 REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES (Continued^ (Disbursements Continued) WHITE LEAD PROMOTION PROGRAM FUND Rent and Light salaries Office Suoplies Miscellaneous Printing Mailing Illustrations Space $53,766.01 Less: Discount 892.24 Publicity Production Accounts Payable, January 1,1942 t 360.00 2,327.18 32.52 8.35 81.00 165.23 165.65 52,873.77 445.46 2.924.49 $59,383.65 309.23 TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS Cash on hand and in Bank, May 1, 1942 $106,366.01 Ordinary Fund Plumbing Promotion Program Fund National 4-H Promotion Pro- gram Fund Southern 4-H Promotion Pro- gram Fund White Lead Promotion Program Fund Sheet Lead Fund Lumber Products-Better Paint Campaign Fund $23,680.78 11,042.62 -1,982.25 527.15 7,659.46 3,002.00 2.096.30 46,026.06 $152,392707 FOOTNOTES 1 (a) Includes printing, mailing and miscellaneous expenses entailed in publishing. (b) Expenses at conventions and exhibits including advertising in convention programs, but excluding field representatives' expenses. (c) This is net cost to us. The Douglas Fir Plywood Association has contributed plywood worth approximately $1,000 for the construction of the necessary cabinets. am The following'Subscriptions were outstanding as of May 1, 1942, and are not included in the receipts above: Ordinary Fund $ 928.50 Plumbing Promotion Fund 1.528.13 l ia c o ?82 Z*.. ; , r_ Board of Directors Meeting 8 Exhibit "A" May 11, 1942 REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES (Continued) The following credit against future subscriptions is in cluded in the receipts above: Ordinary Fund $50.00 i ii f\ X !': 53