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Net.' York, N.Y EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING April 2, 1948 A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Lead Industries As sociation was held on Friday, April 2, 1949, at 4:00 P.M. in the office of the Association, New York City. PFS9ENT REPRESENTING F. VI. Rockwell, Acting Chairman K. C. Brownell F. E. 'Forms er N. F. Taylor National Lead Co. American Smelting & Refining Co. St. Joseph Lead Co. United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co. Inc. ALSO PRESENT N. Hickman J. A. Martino E. A. Yerson G. H. LeFevre The American Metal Co. Ltd. National Lead Co. National Lead Co. United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co. Inc. F-. L. Ziegfela, Secretary-Treasurer In the absence of the Chairman, Mr. Crane, Mr. Rockwell occupied th~ chair. The minutes of the previous meeting of November 17, 1947, wer= approved. MEMBERSHIP NETT MEMBERS - E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co. - The election of the E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Delaware, to membership in the Lead Industries Association by letter ballot of the Executive Committee, was confirmed. Glaser Lead Co. Inc. - The election of the Glaser Lead Co., Brooklyn, N.Y., to membership in the Lead Industries Associ ation by letter ballot of the Executive Committee, was confirmed. Lead Products Co. - The election of the Lead Products Co., Houston, Texas, to membership in the Lead Industries Association by letter ballot of the Executive Committee, was confirmed. Western Smelting & Refining Co. - The election of the Western Smelting Sc refining Co., Phoenix, Arizona, to membership in the Lead Industries .Association by letter ballot of the Executive Com mittee, was confirmed. LIAC277C Executive Committee Meeting Minutes April 2, 1948 -2- RESIGNATIONS - The resignations of the Crown Metal Company, Pacific Bridge Company, and Pittsburgh White Metal Co. Inc., as of January 1, 1948, were accepted. REQUEST FROM BRITISH BUREAU OF NON-FERROUS METAL STATISTICS The request from the British Bureau of Non-Ferrous Metal Statistics for copies of the Lead Industries Association statis tical reports was rejected with the exception of such Association reports as are made generally public. Mr. Brownell explained that efforts were going to be made"to work out closer cooperation on statistics between the American Eureau of Metal Statistics and the Lead Industries Association with the re sult that the British Bureau of Non-Ferrous Metal Statistics could obtain such information as it required from the American Eureau of Metal Statistics. REQUEST FROM AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTE FOR ENDORSEMENT OF STATEMENT OF POLICY ____ __________ ON TOXICITY___________ A request from the American Zinc Institute for endorsement by the Lead Industries Association of the statement on policy regard ing the toxicity of lead and zinc products, as Exhibit nAn attached was discussed. The Committee agreed in general with this statement of policy but felt that past experience in correcting misstatements made by paint companies* by working through the National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association, had not been satisfactory. The Committee, therefore, felt that in such instances our complaints should be made to the American Zinc Institute whose responsibility it should be to attempt a correction or prevention of such statements. The Secretary was instructed to communicate the views of the Executive Committee to the American Zinc Institute. REQUEST FROM HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR ' ________GRANT FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH Ll&czl7l The request for an additional grant of $2,200 received from Dr. James L. Gamble of the Harvard Medical School, attached as Exhibit nBn was considered. The Secretary explained that he had talked to Dr. Gamble in Boston on March 29, and that Mr. Manfred Eowditch, the Association's Director of Health and Safety, had since talked with Dr. Randolph K. Eyers who is supervising the work. He explained that considerable A V Executive Committee Meeting Minutes April 2, 1948 -3- difficulties had been encountered which had delayed the work, such as the death of Dr. Alfred T. Shohl who had supervised the chemical aspects of the program, the absence of Dr. Evers in the Army, and the need to train a new technician as a result of the marriage of the original technician. About half of the money originally appro priated had been used to purchase the necessary equipment for ana lytical purposes and the remaining had gone toward the training of the technicians, the establishment of controls and analysis of a few cases. Two new cases of alleged lead poisoning in children had come to the School in the past week. The additional grant should carry the work for about another year, at which time it was expected that some informative results would be obtained but that it might be found desirable to continue the work even further. Eecause of the investment of $4,000 to date and the benefit that might result from this work to the general public and to the lead industries, the Committee approved the additional appropriation of *2,200 requested. OFFICIAL POSITION ON LEAD TARIFFS TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF LEAD DUTY - The Committee discussed at considerable length a suggestion on the part of a lead consumer that the Association take the lead In having- the duty on lead temporarily suspended "to enable consumers to purchase-foreign lead being of fered with the duty for the account of the purchaser. As the opinions of the Executive Committee varied widely on this matter, the Secretary was instructed to attempt to develop the feeling of the entire membership of the Association on this question. Any in quiry sent by the Secretary to the membership on this subject should be carefully prepared to be entirely impartial, and approved by the Committee. The findings of the Secretary were then to he submitted to the Committee. RENEWAL OF RECIPROCAL TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT - The position to be taken by the Association on the bill which has been introduced in the House of Representatives to extend the Reciprocal Trade Agree ments Act for three years from June 12, 1948, was discussed. The Secretary explained, when asked, that the best information he had to date was that the Act would probably be extended for not more than one year. He was instructed to sound out the American Mining Congress as to what position, if any. It is taking with regard to this legislation. It was explained that the Association had opposed the previous extension two years ago by appearances before the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committee. LIAC277? Executive Committee Meeting Minutes April 2, 1948 -4- SECOIIDARY LEAD STATISTICS The Secretary explained that since the war the Association had experienced considerable difficulty in obtaining statistical re ports on secondary lead from certain sizable secondary producers which had made it virtually impossible for the Association to pub lish, in recent months, its Secondary Lead Report, Form G, on any sort of timely or accurate basis. He further explained that he had discussed this with some secondary producers who felt that the Bureau of Mines Secondary Lead Reports contained all the essential information but were so arranged in publication that it was diffi cult to make comparisons from month to month and year to year. The Bureau of Mines had informed him that sufficient funds had been approved for the Bureau to continue publication of that report. The Secretary suggested that the Association set up the pub lished Eureau of Mines reports in a different form so as to make the necessary monthly and annual comparisons and then issue them to the members of the Association. He submitted a form of report which would accomplish this and which would make it unnecessary for secondary producers to report both to the Bureau of Mines and the Lead Industries Association. This procedure was agreeable to the Executive Committee providing it had the approval of the secon dary producers. The Secretary was instructed, therefore, to shov; the proposed forms to secondary producers and upon receipt of their approval to change-_the form of the Association's Secondary'Lead Re port accordingly. DATE FOR ANNUAL MEETING The date for the annual meeting of the Lead Industries Association was tentatively set as Wednesday, May 12, 1948. REQUEST FROM MONITIONS BOARD The Secretary read to the Committee a letter from Mr. Howard Young, attached as Exhibit nC" requesting the Association's co operation in gathering certain data for the Munitions Board. It was pointed out that the data requested were not in the po ssession of the Association although some of it was already in Government files. However, it was explained that misfiling had made it virtually impossible to obtain the information from the Government files. kThe Secretary was, therefore, instructed to comply with the re quest insofar as possible. L I40?773 V V Executive Committee Meeting Minutes April 2, 1948 5 MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS The Secretary explained that recently several small secondary lead smelters and manufacturers had applied for membership in the Lead Industries Association and that a suggestion had been made to him, by a member, that membership application blanks require evidence of financial responsibility to guide the Association in passing on applicants. The Committee felt, however, that since the Constitution set up only the requirement that members be bonafide producers or consumers of lead, no change should be made in the membership application. The Committee felt that the Association is adequately protected by the fact that statements are rendered members quarterly and that if any member falls behind in payment of his subscriptions he can be promptly cut off from the services of the Association. The meeting adjourned a*" c*cc D ' Lit0?77A Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Exhibit "A* April 2, 1948 COPY AMERICAN ZINC INSTITUTE, INCORPORATED 60 East U2d Street New York 17, N.Y* December 31, 19U7 Mr. R. L. Ziegfeld, Secretary Lead industries Association 420 Lexington Avenue New York 17, N. Y. Dear Mr. Ziegfeld; At a meeting of the Institute's Industry Development Committee on De cember 18th, one of the principal subjects of discussion was in connection with published statements which draw comparisons between the toxicity of lead and zinc products. The important outcome was the endorsement of a statement of policy which declared that, while the American Zinc Institute and the Lead Industries Associa tion should feel free to defend any unfair attack upon zinc ana lead and their products, any defense measures used in behalf of one product which directly or indirectly, stated or implied, involve an at lack upon another, should be declared inimical to the interests of the combined industries. Furthermore, the question was raised as to the method to be employed in countering unfair statements made in the advertising of paint manufacturers and others. Again it was urged that in such cases the above statement of policy and all its limitations should govern but that there could be no objection if anyone, feeling injured and finding that direct appeals to offending manufacturers were unavailing, should seek the assistance of the National Paint, Varnish 4 Lacquer Association, directly or through its membership, to prevent or amend objection able statements. The Secretary undertook to convey the sense of the Committee's view to you and, in order that you may fully understand the basis for the discussion, I enclose a complete abstract of the Minute involved. I shall be glad to have your comments and, if agreeable, your endorse ment of the policy statement. Very truly yours, /s/ E, V. Gent /t/ Ernest V. Gent Secretary EVGrFW Enclosure L J"-3 0^ ?7 5 N 671.01 axecuLive uoramivtee Meeting Minutes Exhibit "A* Abstract from minutes of meeting of the Industry Development Committee of the American Zinc Institute on December 13, 19U7: (U) TOXICITY, The Secretary drew attention to published statements that draw comparisons between the toxicity of lead and zinc products. Specifi cally, he mentioned the statement of Dr. L. L. Carrick in "Marine Primers" from the Official Digest of the Federation of Paint A Varnish Production Clubs of April 19lt7, which stated in part: "Patients suffering from lead poisoning usually recover when removed from the environment of exposure. However, the careless use of the' chromate pigments may subject the workmen to permanent injuries of which perforation of the nasal septum is a common type. (Ref. 13) This would indicate that the handling and application of 2inc chromate paints should be rigidly controlled and subject to protective re strictions equal to those placed upon red lead paints." This, the Secretary learned from the secretary of Lead Industries Association, was to counter the statements made by Lt, Henry H. Nelson, U.S.N.R,, in Circular 710 of the National Paint, Varnish A Lacquer Association, September 19il5, in which Lt. Nelson mentions "the possibility of lead poisoning arising from the fumes while welding and cutting on surfaces paintea with red lead paint" and gives this as a determining factor of great wei&ht in the adoption of zinc chrom ate primer* The Secretary deplored the use of invidious comparisons that could benefit no one and warned that their continuance would only lead to more of the same thing. He suggested that, inasmuch as many of the Committee's membership are interested in both lead and zinc, it might be helpful to establish a statement of policy which would be a guide and a strong influence upon all concerned and their trade organizations. Specifically, he stated that, while the Zinc Institute and the Lead Association should feel free to defend any unfair attack upon zinc and lead and their products, he believed that any defense measures used in behalf of one product which directly or indirectly, stated or implied, involve an attack upon another, should be declared inimical to the interests of the combined in dustries. There was general agreement with this policy and no exception was taken. Therefore, the Secretary undertook to convey the sense of the Committee's view to the Secretary of the Lead Industries Association. The question was raised as to the method to be employed in countering un fair statements made in the advertising of paint manufacturers and others. Again it was urged that in such cases the above statement of policy and all its limi tations should govern but that there could be no objection if anyone, feeling in jured and finding that direct appeals to offending manufacturers were unavailing, should seek the assistance of the National Paint, Varnish A Lacquer Association, directly or through its membership, to prevent or amend objectionable statements. LIA02776 N 671.02 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Exhibit BM April 2, 1948 COPY HAKVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL Department oi Pediatrics Children's Hospital 300 Lcngwood Avenue Boston 15, March 10, 19U8 Dr^ Felix E* Wormser Lead Industries Association 1*20 Lexington Avenue New York 17, New York Dear Dr* Wormser: You have no doubt wondered what has happened to the lead project# I wish to assure you that although t here have been many obstacles to getting it under way, there has been intermittent progress and over the past year several studies were carried out on patients and control data were collected* At the outset the fitting out of a laboratory room with the special apparatus required was undertaken by our best technician. She also spent several weeks at Bethesda learning Dr* Fairhall's methods of measurement. Unfortunately for the lead studies, she then got married and this produced a long hiatus* Eventually, however, she found time to instruct anot..or very capable techni cian, Miss Appleton, in the mysteries of measuring loci, so that last summer " we got at last into a position to go ahead. The grant of $h,000 with which the Lead Industries Association provided us in 19U5 has been applied to the purchase of the necessary laboratory equip ment and materials and to technician time so nearly as we could allocate it* By this process of attrition the Ui,000 is now almost gone so we are venturing to ask for further subsidy# Miss Appleton's salary is $2,200. Her time will be devoted to the lead studies to such extent ag the quantity of clinical material which we can gather in will require* This I would say would be about three quarters of her time. There will also be the expense of chemical re agents* To make bookkeeping as simple as possible, I would suggest that the Lead Industries provide $2,200 for Miss Appleton's salary and the laboratory will undertake to cover the cost of supplies. In spite of the long lag in getting this study started, both Dr*. Dyers and I are as interested as ever in carrying it out. Yours sincerely, /s/Janes L* Gamble n JLG:ma /t/James l4 Gamble j M* D, L I A 02777 N 671.03 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes Refer to MB 33U Non-Ferrous Metals, IAC COPY NATIONAL MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT MUNITIONS BOARD WASHINGTON 25, D. C. Exhibit "CB 17 Mar. 19U8 Mr. Howard I. Young American Zinc, Lead and Smelting Company1600 Paul Brown Building St. Louis 1, Missouri Dear Mr. Young: I have your letter of 12 March 19L8 in which y;u suggest that item B of our proposed draft of items for the agenda be referred to the Lead Industry Association for Lead data and the American Zinc Institute for Zinc data. We are quite agreeable to this suggestion. May we request that you take the matter up with those organizations. Sincerely yours, /s/ A. M. Granum Captain, U. S. Navy Secretary N 671.04 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes COPY Exhibit "C" March 29, 19U8 Captain A. M. Granum U. S. NavySecretary, Munitions Board Washington 25, D. C. Dear Captain Granum I note from your letter of March 17 that you are agreeable to our securing from the Lead Industries Association lead data and from the American Zinc Institute zinc data requested in your recent questionnaire. Upon receipt of this letter, will you please mail three copies of the questionnaire to each of the following: E. V. Gent, secretary, American Zinc Institute, 60 East 1:2 Street, New York 17, New York Robert Ziegfeld, secretary and treasurer, Lead Industries Association, U_20 Lex ington Avenue, Mew York 17, New York. I am sure they will furnish you any data requested that ^ available for your questionnaire. Very truly y-irs, /s/ H. I. Young HIY:LJ president cc Messrs. E. V. Gent Robert Ziegfeld LIa 027V N 671.05 Executive Connittee Meeting Minutes COPY Exhibit "C" March 12, 19U8 Munitions Board Pentagon Building Washington 25, I). C. Gentlemen: Your File M3 33U On March 9 I wired Jesse Maury, liaison representative, as follows* "Your file MB 33U data on nonferrous metals industry. My understanding item B, which requests operating data, refers only to lead industry. Will appreciate your wiring regarding this, as have some inquiries from members our committee. I gathered in our discussion when last in Washington you probably wanted infor mation on both lead and zinc. Questionnaire does not so indicates Regards." Yesterday I received a reply as follows; "WCL36899 Col, M. L. Crom, U. S. A. F. Washington, D. C., our file MB 33lt item B Refers to lead industry for survey now in progress, r.u o information will be requested for zinc when zinc survey undertaken so we would be quite happy to re ceive information on zinc also ax this time." It is my judgment that it will be quite difficult to get the information requested from each company in the industry and that it can be obtained to much better ad vantage by the questionnaire going direct to the association that represents the industry rather than have the questionnaire go out from the Chairman of the Ad visory Committee to the Munitions Board. I, therefore, -wish to suggest that your questionnaire for special detailed information on lead and. zinc be sent direct to the American Zinc Institute for zinc data and to the Lead Industries Association for lead data, with the request that they get from the industry all of the informa tion you think essential, tabulate it, and send on to you, I do not believe it is one of the functions of the Advisory Group to obtain these data, whereas the trade associations can, no doubt, obtain these data with verylittle difficulty. I am sure you will accept this suggestion in the way it is intended* to get all the data you want with the greatest dispatch. Very truly yours, ,/s/ H. J. Young HIYiLJ Chairman, Nonferrous Metals IndustryAdvisory Committee of the Munitions Board L I A 0? ?f ^ n 6-n-06 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes COPY Exhibit "C" April 2, 1948 March 29, 19U8 Messrs. E. V, Gent, secretary American Zinc Institute , 60 East k2 Street New York 17, New York Inc. Robert Ziegfeld, secretary and treasurer Lead Industries Association ii20 Lexington Avenue New York 17, New York Gentlemen: Attached is a copy of a letter T wrote to the Munitions :oard on March 12 with a copy of Captain Granura*s reply of March 17. This correspondence refers to a questionnaire received from the Munitions Board. Inasmuch as the data requested should be supplied by those in the industry associa tions where all these data are available, I am suggesting that Captain Granum mail to each of you three copies of the questionnaire. Immediately upon receipt of this I shall appreciate your assembling these data and mailing to Captain A. M,Granum, U. S. Navy, Secretary, Munitions Board, Washington 25, D. Ct Please mail a copy of your reply to me so that my file will be complete. Very truly yours, /s/ Ht I. Young Chairman, Nonferrous Metals Industry Advisory Committee of the Munitions Board HIYtLJ Enc. IIA02761 N 671.07