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i I i i i I i Baltimore's City Government Specifies White Lead OW white lead and oil helps to Since their switch to white lead specifi Hsolve a large city's painting prob cations early in 1937. the City Bureau lems is well illustrated by the expoerfi Central Purchase reports that they ence of the City of Baltimore, Md. have been free from many of the diffi culties that were experienced in the past with the purchase of other paints, and are getting the most satisfactorv results with their white lead program. Before 1937. Baltimore purchased paint under specifications calling for a multi-pigment paint meeting various minimum requirements. This system, however, showed numerous drawbacks. Most important of these according to J. H. Gaston, Purchasing Agent for the City of Baltimore, was the difficulty in obtaining a uniform product. Better standardization of paint specifications was needed if Baltimore was to have more efficient purchasing and greater satisfaction from its painting. As a re sult, the Board of Central Purchase began a program calling for pure white lead paint. Today this city specifies white lead and oil paint for over 65r> of its total paint purchases, with the percentage of white lead over other paints increasing every year. The yearly increase in white lead consump tion by the City of Baltimore is clearly shown by the following figures: The Municipal Office Building of the City of Baltimore. All exterior trim and the entire interior of this building hate been painted with pure white lead and oil in accordance with City of Baltimore specifications 1936 ..................... 1937 ..................... 1938 ..................... 1939 ..................... 6.3251b. 27.8501b. 99.575 lb. 103.725 lb. The Nurses Home at the Baltimore City Hospital. Pure white lead paint provides lasting decoration for interior walls [10] In a recent interview. Mr. Gaston ex pressed the following views in behalf of the Bureau of Central Purchase: "We are having excellent results with pure white lead and oil. Purchas ing has been made much easier and more efficient and we are noticeably free from the difficulties we once had with some of the lower grade paints on the market. Although there are many excellent ready mixed paints, it is fre quently difficult to differentiate be tween the good and the 'bad. We are finding that our lead and oil jobs are not only giving us the best of service but are proving highly economical as well. At present, white lead consti tutes over 65% of our total paint pur chases. We are going to increase this percentage every year because we feel that white lead does a better all around job than any other paint." There are many excellent reasons why white lead has solved Baltimore s j IA25619 paint problem. Paste white lead is a standard product, which, when bought from any of the established w hite lead manufacturers, will be found to be of highest quality and uniformity. Since white lead is so thoroughly standard ized. its specification and purchase is greatly simplified. This fact and the recognized durability and low cost of white lead has made it the one paint that completely satisfies Baltimore's paint requirements. Illustrated on this page and on the cover are some of the Baltimore city buildings recently painted with pure w hite lead paint in accordance with the new specifications for city painting. These principle buildings and many others including a majority of the Cityschools are now being painted both ex terior and interior with pure white lead and oil. The Baltimore City Hospital. Exterior trim and all interior rooms except a feu requiring special treatment are painted with pure white lead and oil and permit ting repeated washings ior sanitary purposes F. H. A. Modernization Drive in Full Swing NOTHER nation-wide modernize- cult to install. This is true of both Ai tion drive sponsored by the plumbing and sheet metal work. In Federal Housing Administration wapslumbing, additional bathrooms, new renders this same working advantage, flashings and other new and replace ment work being easily and snugly fit begun in mid-August and is now pro fixtures, shower stalls and new pipes into even the most difficult corners. ceeding at a rapid pace. Among the to replace old clogged or leaking pipes Moreover, the fact that the new low many items eligible for loans, paint are easily roughed in with flexible cost of hard lead flashing makes ing. sheet metal work and roofing, lead pipe. With lead pipe unusual this material competitive with other and plumbing modernization are three bends and changes in direction, neces metals commonly used is a sales of the most important and popular. sitated many times by remodeling factor of great importance to home The campaign offers an excellent work, are but a simple matter. Their owners who wish to obtain the most opportunity to architects, builders, installation with screwed systems from their building dollar. contractors and others to benefit by would mean many extra fittings and Whether in new work or repainting the widespread interest aroused by the a consequent increase in cost. Also, there is. of course, no substitute for F. H. A. publicity. An attractive win by eliminating the projecting bulk of pure white lead, and the economy of dow display in three colors, a two- such fittings, the lead piping may- white lead jobs will be an added sales color booklet for distribution to home fit into the smallest possible space. factor to help contractors obtain owners by contractors, and a manual The flexibility of sheet lead, too, remodeling work. for contractors explaining how they may increase their, sales through the F. H. A. installment payment plan are all available free of charge. They may be obtained directly from the F. Cm TwntuiK H. A. at Washington or its 64 field offices. Armed with such excellent sales material contractors should experience no difficulty in pushing remodeling ^ A--wfr Window streamer and side pieces each measuring 60x16 in. provided to contractors by the F.H.A. to help them tie in with fall modernization drive. work, especially where they plan to use lead products. In manv cases re modeling must be done in cramped At right, a window display poster, 28% x 38% in, also provided. IflEU** m spaces where rigid materials are diffi [in LIA25620