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ie-ad fctfiasiMes' CHARLES R. INCE. PRESIDENT CHARLES E. SCHWAB, VICE PRESIDENT J. S. SMART. JR., VICE PRESIDENT WILLIAM P. WILKE; Ml. VICE PRESIDENT ROBERT LINDLEY ZIEGFELD . EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY.TR EASURER 292 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK lT.N.Y. : February 28, 1964 . DON G. FOWLER DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND SAFETY Mr. Paul Whitford Director of Research Pigments and Chemicals Department The Eagle-Picher Company P. 0. Box 290 Joplin, Missouri - Dear Paul: You were interested in hearing what transpired at 'the NPVLA Conference on Uniform Labeling which was held in Washington on the 16 and 19 of February 1964. Nothing definitive or of extreme importance was brought out at the meeting although I was quite pleased to.see .a large percentage of those in attendance representing federal, state and local governments. This fact gave those of us in industry a chance to talk about our position and possibly get across some of our ideas in a more or less painless manner. The subject of lead in paints was brought up informally and in discussion periods. For instance, some of the. government people mentioned their difficulty in: obtaining cooperation from the paint dealer who must place a label sticker on a can of paint after the.dealer has added a tube of colorant containing lead. As you know sales of paint that are dealer-mixed and colored are increasing. It was made clear in this discussion, however, that lead is not an acute poison, under the Federal Hazardous Substances Labeling Act and therefore lead-containing paint does not require labeling compliance with this act. The paint label for lead should follow that statement recommended by . the ASA code or the local ordinance'. There was a considerable discussion by Dr. Norman J. Rose Of Illinois in which he:mentioned the number of lead poisoning cases that occured in Chicago during the past year. Everywhere I go it seems that the child; lead poisoning situation pops up for discussion.and comment. As pigment suppliers and not manufacturers of paint I do not believe yOu and others of our members would find of pressing interest many of the items covered in the two-day session. However, of general interest, is the fact that industry pressure to obtain uniform labeling laws has resulted in approval by the U. S. Congress of a $200,000 study by an outside consulting N11717 Mr. Paul Whitford firm, of the present state and local laws and what can he done to bring a more orderly; process of law making into the situation. This study is to be completed and reported by December 1964. I am enclosing for your inform ation a cppy: of the meetingprogram'. If you have any questions please let me know. Best regards. Very truly yours. DGF:md Enc. Don G. Fowler EPI 001034