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o LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION Groybor luiUing, *20 loxingtoft Avnuo H*w Yort, H T. Doooa'oor 12, 1036, To Wocbort of tho Load Induotrloo aitoelatlou fr.'bjocti Air Hr/rl j m Toundatloa of Aaorlc* Bio Air Kf&an foundation of Aawrlca, of hlcfa tho laiuttrle* itooelatloa It a asab or, hold a u<t> r Inf la ?ltttburc oa ~or*ab*r 24, to eonriior toue of Vm crobloat of tho rcun-lotloa. b* *er rocrotontod hjr Mr, Andrew riotchor, blco ?rotldnt of the St. Jotooh to*A Coooany. A c o o t of <<r. Fletcher' reoort It attached. The Tour.datloa It broadenlnc the beat* of It* rapport to e rrj oa ltt e tulle* sal edenttfie larettl* <fettoa* *e oxnlalaed la Ur. Fletcher'* *tot*B*nt. Ton 111 orobo'-.lr receive, If you h*T not alroal" board fro Ua, a latter fraa Hr. . b. teller, Meno/riai Director of tbo Foundation, 1 nrl11 a,: ron to rubecrlb* Individually to tho work o< tho air Eycloao Foundation. la ealdtc your docltioa la thla cottar, 2 fool tor* that tho consent* of Mr, Fletcher will b* Tory helpful. lorpoctfnllr ruboltted. Secretary, . !, 1) 'I'*..'?.1' * > O THWW ~T" r<*en.iwiw'i wye:....... ... n,nv titCW2* a>fB LIA21662 COM tT. J08i?I LUO OOWAXT 2SO Park treats, V Ki i fork December t, 1934. Mr. 7. X. loniir, Secretary, Lead Industries daeoclatiaa^ 420 Lexi acton evsnuo. In Tort City. Dsar Mr. tomeeri la compliance with roar request, I attended the Meetlnc of the Air Rrclene foundation of America, hold la Plttsburch on Bovember 24. 193S, wboro upward! of two hundred porfouo .wro present. Report! coverInt thi legal, Bodlcal and snclnjerlnc awpocti of the duet problea wwra presented. At extracts of the proceeding! will ehortly be orallable. It It not necessary for aa to dltcoei thoa, because the lsmedlate phase of the problea It to melee tone recotnendatlone at to the couree that alcht profitably be followed during the year 1937 by meabers of the Lead In dustrie! Association. At you probably know, there It a tendency throojout the Halted State* to Include under the Co^eneatloa Laws injuries suffered froa In. halation of Industrial dust, and tnfortunatsly, sc little It knomiabout the halard that the various legislatures will probably paee la-* setting etaedarde, detailing regulations as to the engineering aspects, etc., with out any real knowledge of the problem or necessity. dt a caee la paint, I hare recaatly noticed a Croat tendency oa ths part of dust authorities, each as the U.8. Public Health Service and wren the U.S.&ireau of Maes, to adopt th. attitude that all duet* are * haxardous until proven hamlets, and that dust concentration of ever fifty Blllloa particles per cubic foot, even when the duet is believed ton-toxic, should be prevented. I alto cell your particular attention to the report of the Dust Control Coalttee In lusek Drlllinc Operations, which has been submit tel to the rev fork State Industrial Board for Inclusion la the Stats Industrial Cole, whorain the follow! nc definitions haws been used! Silica bearlnc ruck naans a rock formation taring as a component part any free silica dioxide.* Injurious si 11 ca duet coocentrntlons shall mean dust produced from drlllinc silica bearlnc rock #ilch Is la excess of tea nll11 oo partlclos per cubic foot, as determined by aa aooroved dust count method.* *lth the help of the XuSwarch Department of the Metropolitan Ufa, the St. loejph Lewd Coweay took duet counts and ws found concentrations of twelve million partlclos la our vet drlllinc operations. I aa Informed that la drlllinc ln crerl*.e, where the 'wet-ability* of the rock Is not aa crest as la dolomite, the duet concent'.utlons eves uader the vet method run as hlfh as fifty mllliea. It should, therefore, be quite apparent that the adoption of any reflations as outlined above, wherein a standard of ton alllloa Is recousundsd, would haw# a very terleus effect on Industry. *orkaea whs contracted ordinary dleaase*. as for example, tuberculosis or hoart trouble, alfht pos sibly even eueteln the contention before a Compensation Board that their con- " ' Mmi Hf '1 '-W|. "S" ',e 'f'j 'yu.i . IS!' ^-j w w. .i PTP' w- ,..ii i m l w w . w -wa N 1890.01 )>' W* Uf'l^j '.1" `"tay u.. f : r r. r- - I; t J ! t i. ' 9 i ", 9 Mr. f. Z. tomssr -8- Decmober 9, 1936. dltlon w as the remit of vorVdng la a dusty otmosphers, and as award night b granted a* the duet concentration rai greater than that prescribed under the SUte Code, fhe oroblaa 1* not confined to onlr sdnlng operations, at every Industry has son* duet or rat. and It will be but a short time after the ttla< of standards for mining occupations Wien standards will be set for the dust end gases of a toxic rature Incident to other operatic I. In view of ores.nt conditions, It seas to bt absolutely Imperative that there be eoae organization la the l)nlted States, where legislatures, industry and all lntsrsrted oartiss can go far advice, and where competent research work can be undertaken. If all phase of the o roblea were known, research would not be necessary, but the longer I study the Batter, the more 1 ea convinced of how little Is actually known of the problem. At the present tiae, the Air Hygiene foundation hat the aupoort of the leading authorities on industrial duet, for exnsvle, Dr, Sayres, U. B. Public Health Service: Sr. Lenta, Metropolitan life Insurance Company; Mr. PWllo Drinker. Harvard School of Industrial Hygiene; Sr. Gardner, Saranae laboratorlee, and their interest la eridenejd by the extraasly competent re ports that the foundation bat issued covwrlar the work done during the year 1936. There le no reason Wiy their support and the recoanendatlcns for re search work outlined by these gentlemen cannot be profitably undertaken. If the fcndatloa hat sufficient financial resouroee. I frankly have sever been Impressed with the Banner In vfalcfc the Poandatlon has been handled from a financial angle, for it hae been a great ad stake to pewit trade organisations. Ilka the teed Industries Association to beeone a aecber upon paying dues of (500. a year, as obviously sufficient financial backing could not be obtained on this bxsls. Although the Air Hygiene foundation has tolav approxlortsly sight hundred companies Interests! In its work through aesodetlons, the contribution on the part of the trade associations for the year 1936 was only about $15,COO, whereat the foundation spent about <30,000. for 1937, the oialsnxa budget that the fmandatIon should have, would be 6100.090, If suitable research work Is to 'os undertaken and lata prepared, that would be of help to legislature!, the federal Department of labor, etc. the only way that th.se funis can be collected la by having the Lead Industries and other trade association urge their nenbers to contribute to the foundation by becoming aocb.rs under the echeaule adopted at the meeting held on 2orsaber 24, 1936, which Is as follows: Group 1 a s 4 e 6 T a >e=ber of tanlorwss 30,000 and over 10,000 to 19,999 6,000 to 9.999 2,500 to 4,999 1.000 to a,499 500 to 100 to 999 499 test than 100 Asployer Associations Annual Paso n.ooo.oo 750.00 500.00 350.00 200.00 150.00 100.00 59.00 60.00 , ll9l|tW.UEK*tSi.tl<. . w ' <\ f-' - ^w ' 1 11' i'n,ii.anp.^',"nwy Mr. 7, I. 7orueer 3 (Katw 0, 1934, While at flret thought tha annual duaa Bar m rather hlfdi, if any coocasr ebocld be forced to undertake Individually the study and re search rork oa the dust problem that the St, Joseph Load Conpanr has ex perienced during tha last few roars, (and it sill ha necessary if thara la bo one place that industry can go for adrica), tha annual contribution outlinod above would t-aem negligible. Acpredctlng that tha air Ergiene fmadatloa ia a new orgaalsatloa aal consequently *111 bars many difficulties to overcooa, X do sot fel that you are lust if lad at this tins la urging Barbers of tha Lead Industries As sod atloa to contrtouts .'or ever one year's aaaborshlo, but I daflnitsly feel that it eouli be a". icllunf lnvsetasnt oa the oart of all of us to actively rapport tha 7<Kn&di<a for the year 1937 oa a financial basla, aa vail as by giving tha full cooperation of those Boabera of our Industry who Bra familiar erith thla Dressing cruble*. 71 th kindest reprdi, X Slnearoly roars, * aXD3S1 TU3C8U (slata) Tics Prueldent and Traasurar.