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OR G A N IS E D 1875 HE UNITED S T A T E S POTTERS A S S O C I A T I O N TELEPHONE: FULTON 6-4225 EAST LIVERPOOL OH IO 4 3 9 2 0 E. S. M ORSE TREASURE R O FFI CERS OBERT M. W ELLS P R E SID E N T NEW ELL. W . VA. JO H N C. THOM PSON FIRST VICE PRESIDENT EAST LIVERPO OL. OH IO RICH A RD B . SM ITH SECON D VICE PRESIDENT E AST LIVERPO OL. OH IO JO H N M. P1NNEY TH IRD VICE PRESIDE N T EAST LIVER PO OL, OH IO RO BERT A . W EIN H A RD T ASSO CIATE VICE PRESIDENT EAST LIVERPO OL. OH IO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE J . M. W ELLS CH AIRM AN M. W , THOMPSON J. H. KELLER DAVID G . BOYCE E. S. MORSE F. C. HENDERSON JO H N GEORGE July 7 , 1966 D r. R obert A. K ehoe U niversity of C incinnati K ettering Laboratory Eden Avenue C in c in n ati, Ohio D ear Dr. Kehoe: I am en clo sin g a copy of the Indian Standard Specification for Earthenw are D innerw are. You w ill n o te s e c tio n 3 . 2 . 3 an d 3.4 on page four refers to lead so lu b ility and allow able lim its. On page 5 sectio n s 5 .2 .3 and 5 . 3 . 3 explain the sam pling w ith the procedure shown on page 6 and 7, A ppendix B. I thought you m ight be in te re sted in having th is inform ation. It is surprising to me th at a country not commonly co n sid ered to be very p ro g ressiv e has an e sta b lish e d lim it on lead so lu b ility w hile the old m other hen (England) s till has no e sta b lish e d lim its. It lo o k s lik e th e chick is g ettin g a b it more up to date after leaving the brood. '. Our com m ittee is proposing to Dr. John Koenig of Rutgers U n iv ersity th a t he run com parative te s ts on th e sam e g la ze betw een th e Indian m ethod and our A .S-T. M. te n ta tiv e s ta n d a rd m ethod u s in g th e d ith iz o n e t e s t to determ ine the concentration in both c a s e s . I w ould a lso lik e to report that our jo in t in v estig atio n w ith Lead In d u stries A ssociation a t Rutgers U n iv ersity is p ro g ressin g n icely and h as b een extended in to a 3 y ear effort from th e 2 y ear effort o rig in ally pro p o sed . W e feel we are going to have a great deal of w orth-w hile inform ation av ailab le a t th e conclusion of th is in v estig atio n . V - 2- D r. R obert A. Kehoe 7 /7 /6 6 The w h eels have started in m otion to move the d ith izo n e m ethod from an A . S . T . M . te n ta tiv e to a full stan d a rd . This w as d ecid ed in an A . S . T . M . com m ittee m eeting a t the C eram ic C onvention in W ashington, D. C . the firs t part of M ay, 1966. As a co n se q u e n ce , I feel we are m aking progress even though we seem to be moving a t a s n a il's p ace. I hope I have not bored you w ith th is rather disjointed report and tru st you are enjoying good health and your retirem ent. Yours very tru ly B W M /V Enc. B. W . M erw in, Chairm an R esearch Com m ittee Re 0020932