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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MINUTES New Tork, N. T* September 26, I9S7 A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Lead Industries Association was held on -Thursday, September 26, 1957 at the office of the Association* . PRESENT Andrew Fletcher, Chairman Jean Yuillequez S. D. Strauss J. D. Bradley U. U. Zoiler K. W. Green J* A* Costello m. Wilke, III Clarance Glass J A. Martino G H. LeFevre REPRESENTING St* Joseph Lead Co* American Metal Co* Ltd* American Smelting tc Refining Co. The Bunker Hill Co* The Eagle-Picher Co. Electric Storage Battery Co* Ettyl Corp. . Hammond Lead Products, Inc. . .. International Smelting & Refining Co. (Anaconda Sales Co., Agents) National Lead Co* United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co. OTHERS D. A. Merson W. J. Welch C. M. Chapin, Jr. C. R. Ince F. E. Wormser . . National Lead Co. do St. Joseph Lead Co. do do ' Robert L. Ziegfeld, Secretary-Treasurer . The meeting was called to order at 31:l5 A.M., with Mr. Fletcher in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting of April 2ii, 1957 were approved. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY The Secretary reported on the progress of the Association activities for 1957 to date and a copy of his report is attached as exhibit A"* The secretary was instructed to mail a copy of his report to each member of the Association* . The secretary further reported that on a recent visit to San Francisco Ur. J. D. Bradley had kindly arranged for several .conferences ' with Ur. John B. Rodgers a partner in the firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which is one of the country's leading architectural firms. The purpose of these conferences was to .explore possible means of expanding the markets for lead products in the building construction field with particular references to the changing "types of construction now being used. It de veloped that this firm, in addition to its normal architectural practices. N-645 LIA00613 Exhibit "A* Board of Directors Heating September 26, 1957 D y PROGRESS REPORT ON LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES jamary 1 to September 25, 1957 Both the promotional and research programs of the Lead Industries Association this year are proceeding on schedule as approved. Several research projects of interest hare been initiated in addi tion to those research projects of long standing 'which are directly con nected with Association promotional programs. The Technical Sterring Committee has been active and valuable in initiating research programs and evaluating others. Of prime importance is a contract entered into with Battelle Memorial Institute, on recommendation of the Technical Steering Committee, for "Evaluation of Research Needs and Formulation of a Research Program for the Lead Industries Association," at a cost of $20,000* 'The actual work on this survey was started around the end of Hay and a final report is expected in November or December. Battelle has kept in close touch with the Association offices through frequent visits and has issued brief monthly progress reports which have been circulated to the Technical Steer ing Committee. A meeting at Battelle of the Technical Steering Cosmdttee n is tentatively being arranged for the latter part of October to discuss, in a preliminary way, Battelle*s findings so far. Through the" Cable Sheathing Task Group of the Technical Steering Committee, the John Robertson Co., leading American manufacturer of lead extrusion presses, is undertaking a research program, at its own expense, on the continuous extrusion of the lead alloys commonly used for cable sheathing. An experimental press is now under construction and it appears that this press may be ready for experimental work in another couple of months. - *' . A large part of the manuscript for the Monograph on Lead, to be pub lished by the American Chemical Society, is now in our hands and a recent check indicates that much of the balance is -either in preparation or already prepared and awaiting final approval. As it was found that some out-of-pocket expense would be necessary to complete the manuscript in the most authoritative manner, the Industry Development Committee has been asked to approve an expenditure of up to $3,000 for payment of authors of certain parts and editorial assistance, with the expectation that most if not all of this money, will be recovered through royalties cn the sale of the book after publication* . A joint research project with the Navy on a red lead ship bottom paint, developed md tested by the Red Lead Technical Committee, has been completed after three years* The results were favorable to the new red lead paint in that the performance equalled a more expensive and difficult J to manufacture Navy paint containing no red lead* Dais test should be good ammunition for further promotion in the shipping and ship, building industries. In this connection it is interesting to note that we re cently received a letter from the New Tork Shipbuilding Co. at camdsn, K.J*, siting that they were shifting over from sine chromate to red lead paints N 645.01 LlAOOf 1'6 MLE35338 Progress Exhibit "A* -3- Board of Directors Meeting September 26, 1957 We have contracted for two four-page catalogs, one on plumbing and one on roofing and flashing, to appear in the 1958 edition of Sweets Catalog. The third in our series of Lead Building Construction Bulletins will be published before the end of the year aid we issued a new leaflet on lead flashing for the small home. The Solder Committee has virtually completed its work on the Soldering Handbook, to be published by the American Welding Society prob ably sometime in 1958. The chapter on lead for the American Chemical Society Monograph on Corrosion is being revised by Mr. llullarkey and he also prepared the annual review on lead for "Industrial & Engineering Chemistry" and an article on the use of lead in the oil refining industry for "Petroleum Refiner." In radiation shielding field, secret "Q" clearance was obtained on Mr.Mullarkey and he has visited a number of atomic installations, in cluding Oak Ridge. He has gathered material which has been helpful for publicity purposes. We have also been asked for suggestions for a chairman and members of an ASTM committee to work on specifications for lead radiation shielding and have cooperated with several governmental and private agencies, such as the Wright Air Development Center and Lockheed Aircraft, who are undertaking research programs on lead-as a shielding material. As time goes on our health and safety work more and more aemon- strates its value in protecting our markets and avoiding governmental regu lations onerous to our industry. Much of it has involved research. Right now the American Water Works Association is considering a revision of its specification for the painting cf interiors of water tanks which has traditionally specified red lead paint. The public health service has questioned the safety of this practice but the research work we have done over the past seven years through the Massachusetts Department of Occupational Hygiene should be invaluable in proving that red lead paints offer no toxic hazard, thus protecting this specification* The America! Standards Association subcommittee on lead, of which Mr. Bowditch is chairman, was instrumental in a revision of the American Con ference of Governmental industrial Hygienists' safe allowable limit for lead in the air which increased the limit from 1*5 to 2.0 milligrams per 10 cubic meters, or 33-1/3 per cent. The ASA subcommittee is now working on possible - further increases for certain inorganic lead compounds. - With the publication of three reports the study of childhood plumb- ism, financed by LLA at Johns Hopkins Hospital, came to a close and our work at the Children's Medical Center at Boston continues but at greatly reduced cost. . Our publication "Lead" Is DOW being published on a quarterly basis and circulated to nearly jQf.000 .users and prospective users on lead. The value of the inquiries received fraa this publication indicate that an increase in its distribution may wqllt'be jrarranted. L1A00618