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1 AMtriu -r: r/j::: At.s w al l c c v er ih c s Lead Law--Not Likiusr It But Living With It wW COMING .k a pleasant surprise arr ihr report* frrnn Chicago juci 30 days alter tlie nation* inusheei paint Icad-himi iaw- went miu'riini. ITvspiie some dumnwyms i`mm several quarters railier that the drastic reslmtinns might put list- paint industry outjl Iniuiwu iu Clwatn, it rcallv lusn't itcarlv as bill as all Ilial. TliC manufacturer*. who arr taking most of tin- law in Cliiragn. and llic dealers, w ho are imne incnmcnicmvrl dun nut of prwi.it nee story nn I'.i-e 30). were botli managing tn lie e is itli die law uven ihintgh obi musiy llu*e dunt like it. Up to tlie b>l. tlierr was optiira regarding tlw Chicago driiillinc. Survlv some jmipnni-niL-nt ssuuld In- allimed. Maiml.icluieM aiul dcak-ii plumed acttsrdingis-. a' Hade jnntulimn look tlie necessary leg il steps toward a rvpneve. Jhtl tlie hlim fell iignt on schedule. lasoking hack now. it's ran* to see that all the political winds printed toward a cimliiiuiug gmeminent storm fur business, the paint industry included, `rite hi:; so.1,1 numilaclurvrs hail ivccntlv lust a halllc to 'Act Chivavo to case up on its pliosphaic l.-gisl.nirm. Hie cti-n lugger amo makers failed to get a one-year stay ul the tough 11)75 federal c mis c r k is slaiukiiiis.' Hindsight is 30-30. and now* it's uhsinus llial belated efforts lie the industry for rescarrh to siicmHic..lly establish the safe luiuis oi metals in paint arc too little too late. Tlie national dealer organi/ation. while declaring that it was business as usual, failed tn win its rnpieit lur an IS-monlh delay in federal regulations for retailers to mos'e non-conforming pauil o!f tlwir sliders. 5a H*s laugh lead bws. ami already maiiiif.triiin-rs and dealers are conform ing. Such tunes lest mens mettle und also cun draw thun closer together, This is liose it is in Qiieien. sslierv sup|dicrs are taking hack from drains liu- non* conforming merchandise. allrmmg lull trciiit in mnsi tascs. lX-nlcrs generally sre agi eeahle to accepting ripLuimi-M merchandise tlut eonfoniK ratlu-r ih.ni asking that the ireim lie-applied to llieir accounts. `Dial latter course- could he ruinous to suppliers. Wc would repeat the prssiimslic advice of our editorial of Slav 1072: "It's urgchil for all in the industry In git their opcralmne min line ssith tin- must SCsere |MsihU- interpn laliin nf the m-w regulation, 'lie dealer shmilil ' hiisjviint verr caicinlls iu is s -. lie dmukl line mi mure li-.nt paint than lie ean sun Is* move liefuie diadlu.e and it elmuld lie iodc-iii.ukcd In make win* it muses uut ill lime.* On the more opiani-tie side, sec ate ilieried by the u-spinsc of the* indiisiiv to these* living tnm-v This pi us ides a icei-aiing iusiglu >sf the resilience aiul strength nf the iiidnsllc. pimiiptmg llu* tuncliismn dial sslnle it ssun't he lmsiuvs as usual fur assluls* set, there will lie a patul business 1inlay, tuiisurriisv. and from iij s v on. Scpien-.bci. 1572 0007-SWP-036494 l N21825