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FILE NAME: Hopeman Brothers (HB) DATE: 1942 Apr 6 DOC#: HB022 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Meeting Agenda and Minutes - Officers Board Meeting :v: . o e i 3SE - m u ( s m i a i s g ': ; . ' ja illi- Ew nrie ' ' O ffic e rs Board M eetisg , A p ril 6 th , 2942 ;c o iiism . 1 . HSTOBT 2. SALES' OBJECTIVES . PASS 2,Z & 4 s . n a n s : maeeials ' ' ( s ) - S . -ferltS #-C om ission* s Program (b ) Maps o f . s . Shipyards (c ) Marine Sales (1 ) Development ; . (2) Sopesan'Bros*-', ( j ) Ek-4M I n s u la tio n and f e r i n e A c o u s tic a l S&lee 0 8 S &1 (4 ) Graphs shewing Sales in D ollars xl (5 ) Graphs s h e w in g ,S e llin g -P ric e s , C o s ts , P r o f i t s , & , Volxan,-.Eopsaas Bros (S') - T ypical I n s ta l la ti o n D e ta ils , ins Panels 4 . , X5XSJSTSIAL' USES OTHER m i MAEM- -, 14 i t 'f; " ' (a)- )Trance11-f o r C e ll-S tru c tu re s ( E l e c tr i c a l) -'14 - ' ' ( l ) Dra'ving: T ypical I n s t a l l a t i o n y- (b ) Mari n i t e A A 3, i n d u s t r i a l .g.-; : ,, f , , - ' . i-'y- r i r p r-cfia g -'J '.'''".'.' ' -, r - -r.- ' ), . ( 2) Loo?. ' 'ilts/G T sh ' ' 5. RESEAHCE PHOGRAU ; _ V . . -, y y t f - ^SES PSi&OTIGH :':"]y>:7i'y' FTDM SALES PLAAI ` o-\lBSf')_Sfe^CY, '/ \ , -, , -16 - V 16 i. / IS - 19 - , ' 19 & 20 .000193 c r MC-Ru c K '  .. . y . history ,, ' - HV i.e .Johaa-ltePTilie/ha ''for- y***?; *oldyfir*r9*i'*tdn:*td':fir^r.09f]-prc&ict : - x ; 1 * 9 ? W<B>W0r*jb eter able :to make twoh ereg r# Hp skip? t ij $#o- ^ . X>;;' f-'H';" t* k k r 8 th ,' 1S54"`the 'dat^ o f the Morris -Cks!tl* ';f i r e . - "This 'ifieiddat> jwiiS-l urs~ fortunate, did -give. `alopjwrtunity to .c a p ita liz e on f ir e p r o o f construction - ff -gaii as putting ~as -in' the:feu8i 0ss o f 'eliihg'joeriae products. . A meeting A t held by Sir* Mial. &ttridsd :by iiin}m rt# Baldwin and oth ers, before the fin . extinguished ,tO' lay'plans, to g a t-in to th is business and Ewan Eiaah&rt shortly gathered together samples o f expanded T ransits, Flexbeard, Tr&hsit and Asbestos Cloth to'-discuss these-m aterials w ith aarine a r c h ite c ts . A prominent Marine A rchitect and _Chairman of. the liar in Committee o f the national F ire Protection1A ssociation,, Mr. George C. Sharp, had been for some time conducting a study.of;..ship-fires and had-presented several papers a t Marine and K. F. P .A -. Meetings*. n atu rally, Mr. Sharp was interviewed by' reporters and had a splendid chance to get f u l l p u b licity fo r h is ideas- Four days a fte r the Morrc Castle f i r e , the newspapers carried a statement from President Roosevelt advocating-fire-proof ships and & ban on the old sty le wooden construction. ' ; J us t one n o rth l a t e r , on October 10th, 1S34, "F in a n c ia l World* in i t s gossip column,: ftEc*rd RooB''Brviti's,*#'. aid:~ 1 - . "G eneral F ire p ro o fin g has. a c q u ire d th e m etal, f u r n i t u r e business- o f Al**iusa // ' Company o f America joust; in ' tim e to go a f t e r th e , b u sin e ss o f - s e v e r a l ocean -V- l i n e r s w h ich -are throw ing o u t most o f t h e i r `wood fu rn is h in g s . . . . . . Along i #<* . V ', the same: l i n e , Johns-M anville is-w o rk in g on a -m e b e r o f a s b e s to s f a b r ic s ' to"supply f ir e p r o o f rugs-, d rap eries and u p h o lsteries. - 1 : Although we in v e s tig a te d th e volume and p r o f i t p o s s i b i l i t i e s , Johns-JSanville d id .n o t.g o in t o th e u p h o lste rin g -.b u sin e ss b u t we w ere on our way in th e .m a rin e b u s in e s s - ju s t a s seen a s S h arp 1s /C o sm itte s, app o in ted a l i t t l e l a t e r by P r e s i dent R o o sev elt, swung .in to a c tio n , a n d 's ta r t e d to make an o r d e r ly su rv ey o f i the situ a tio n . ' - ' - -V ' -V . . - -: : : f' - - Svan R ih e h arti:p rft'cti^ily :.,liv eN i':',^ & - S h a r p ';in th o se days and --certainly-';took ' fu ll.a d v a n ta g e o f - a l l o p p o rtu n itie s in th e development, s ta g e . An in t e r e s tin g s i d e l i g h t .o n .t h i s firs t/c o m m itte e is. t h a t Commander E- t- V ick ery , U. S . Hsvy, isx''-- .- ; w as-V ice-C teiT m n.:-:'H e';is;how ;Rear; Adm iral Seward, X. T ic k a ry , -A s s is ta n t to -'th a / Chairman o f ithe -}.ritime:'Commissi6ni' / - : , - ' ''- ' -,.y-Sharp!s/Ccmaij&ed -rte a ii* a d ;. 't i t ;th e b a s ic - p r o b l e a - c f f ire -p ro o fin g a-, ship-w as che^'o f f c o n f f n ir i^ f ir e 's tbVth*.' a re a s in which/ th e y / s ta r t e d ra ther-i th a n -a tte m p t %! ing to go in f o r m a te r ia ls lik e a sb e sto s d ra p e rie s and u p h o ls te rie s - ; This = ' - -meant b u ild in g statero o m s and b ia s o f f ir e p r o o f m a te r ia ls and s e c t i em ailsing th e sh ip w ith s t i l l more fir p ro o f bu lk h ead s. To giv e:\th ef;'C o i^ t^ e d ;:a .chance --- ; to H e s tH ts Y id e & s ,.a ;> sm ll st':8.mship, rthev-S'Sv,?Sentesket>;-;'Ws...assigned, fo r. . : -- a e tiia l f i r e i i t e s t s . under;.- s iS h J stsd .o p e r a tin g -i- c o n d itio n s A li^ 'aaa afa'etu r'ers . '.with-iahy--idea's, w ere-requestfef to- sato i t/m a te r i a ls-;:for; b u ilding^M apleV stat --,.;. : rooms. Among .these were Joh^,, -M anvilie, P h ilip Car6y, -K ^s^y-'A xliavtison,- and e number;o f ^companies xengagod in m akin g /sectio n al mdta If p a n e l s ` CRMC-RUCK-000794 . ' . In 193Bl':;our'% fir.stthoughts, - -L',;j..towards.`ip a n e ls x e o n s tru c te d :pf/Time; s i l i c a ' : . paper i n `c e l l u l a r form e " ; : 'a t e r i e l o f t h i s ty p e was s o l d . ;} T h ese/.cellu - -; !;;lar.i panel's/had th e d is a f . '-f-'-not -being jvermimahd'' r a t 'proof^'and were- not adapted H o , h o ld in g ;s e rr - ' ->.$uently,;..lir.; Brown', of. our. R eseareh.H e- ; ; |iertmeBiy''ttpbh .th e ,ih si. ' 'm arine,'engineers fo r a solid panel of /V //V.-:; H i ; " /:/ " l-x/,: ' ^ lightw eigh t, developed ttkri!' ilWthiagi & !* ^ e lite and ^ . engineerc end ehipbuilding:.eei^MA a l l felt'-'that lt/w&s too heaw . - - "rwid^^re^lreseirts d ic ta ted :th a t not over 40 lb s . , ? > ' ' eould_to* alXomd'- f o r the-weight: o f the fir e -p r o o f;peneis> ' This caused Mr#J f ; substitutes for the .CadieB^fibre,.iii ;? sheathin g:u n til ^ 1 ^ ^ \ * L \ 1336, :the problem was e o lv e a iitfa sin g ^ a o slte - fib r e .to' bring the - bom and K arisite was' invented. 'Every authority .consulted m s entnusxas.ic about the- f i r s t -laboratorysamplas weighing about 40 *bs . per cu. * v* ,to Sashha and m ad-trial production runs:for sample staterooms in the f ir e t e s . progress then w e ll underway on'the S . S i Santasket. ' Both Marinite and Marine Sheathing, as w ell as several other mnnfacturers* ^ t a t i'i'w r r 'a p p r o v e d - in , th e sfir e -te str w M e h were run throughout 1*38 : .. 133?. ' ' the 0 . S . Maritime Cozadssion was a lso established in 1536 and started surveys S ic h resultsd i i th ..p E 8 or i M il m irSog .i t h y s or fire-p ro o f construction on every C* S . -passenger v e sse l in service a .te . 1W 1 st 193?. At the-sam e'tim e/"the l&ritime .Cossaission embarked on ijs prcgramof building f if t y aodem , .fast,- fire-preo:f vesse Copeland's b i l l requiring r e a l'fire-p ro o f construction^ * every u. poV in service a fte r January 1, 1940 m s passed. I t a iso b eca ^ appar-nt that we were going to secure the contract for paneis on the new o . *- 1 - - "MERICA*. "Be were fortunate in fin d in g th at Haifa had plenty o f t r a when marine sheathing-and s a r ia it e were f i r s t produced. By extra ca p a city / the f reduction Popartaent m s a ole to work o j. : probissas without the .purchase'o f 'a n y /p o r t e n t extr. la tter part of 1937, w ith in c r e a s e s !* the sa le o f ebony sac o p a c ity tra^si^-, * co a id er &ddi! io a a t i L n u f a c t S i x ^ f a c i l i t i e s . The f i r s t thought was to ' g e t , a . . v . :M*nd several-:;'r por.tb.:were prepared, one, August 2S, J' 93' ' b e n f i i W e s t a i l by the.`Engineering Department A t M&nville. This e&l-ec p of i r Z $138,200 to $188,120, plus $250',q00.if, a_:.n^;building m s required, ho action was taken on th e new plant a t th is time. By June 1938, we were in 'b e tte r p o sitio n to estimate p o s s i b i l i t i e ^ i ^ t h e s e new products as-;we. had: secured; :the Sdwport hews order-.for.tne-. America _ o, 420,000 "board/'f e e t .-7"We;had secured- a-.large Job for. fireproofing a- Boucry forI;th e:iS u #0iT Company and: the bttsfx&ss^of-bako:-ovens-ior;the noos Board-Jaad .-forecast-sales^ s^ foilew ss193 B -\1S33 1S4.0 f-"l ' / . \/ .... $200,000 524,000 780,200 CRMC-RUCK-000795 i i,W ; ,r id 'o o = d it4 n / f.--- - hu 5 T 1 Sn S ,W r . 3= y i ^ . i i t S . : :B in r i q. n * .175,000. s . 1f t ; . of'MtfiMt#-4ww aria i*- by *#,* i K- ^ 5 = ,ior- * ftTM im th s ' ;M *^ lt,^ fr e s .tto g;' : r & ilr m ^ ^ ir e d ?f r ^ ^ eL arf f ^ ' | S * ^ ' a^ ;^ ,8 f .cjmcily of S;*^i/,W M.* -f% \:^MmMnt:'Mptbmts-''bMViS' feFugfct 'i^iV'd&p&city up to ; . ^ h r !l* iK t:2 .4 C O ,0 0 0 fed. f t . r4,GOO,O q. f t . p e r j * r r . to be oxpsct^i B ill^ roa did s o t roach f u ll pamtoa s t l i t i ..sprang- o f 1540 a i f u l l capacity m r a o t n#. a s t i l the aidai* o f 1M1* At preseat, w ith the iacroased ship production, th e r ig ir 1 50 regular tfeips la'? fee*B doubled and redoubled., as sow aaosart to 500 for XM2. fe fo ra -p re se n tin g 'tta ^ ile d -. o f t h i s t o s i t o , we * m t b e t o th i^ o p p o rtU E a ty o f th a n k in g ;ihe;Hesaarcfc- as. iV o o c tio s -^ e p a rta e s ts a s w e ll * J * * t ^ w K -*" Board f o r th e r e a l cooperst i on g iv e r us' d u rin g th is develop- ,= ' - ? ,- '' -'-y'-\ ' ,1. : CRMc -KUCK '00796 g. glES OBJECTIVES - S T rtlitS - -L lrase th is .ship building program would, be persas en . * p = TM fireproofing s te e l columns and many others. s a y s *-* Fr:yar " d iM tS n tt. Marinite and Marine Sheathing eith er axon _ , , >___ r 10357. oSered a big improvement. Thus; cur modem Trancell was b ,r a in 1957 w + h 'iM * background of o ther in d u s tria l uses, no h e s ita tio n m s f e l t in -. therefore, set-up the follow ing a le s-o b je c tiv e st'"V- . 'uao the'- rapidly developing--marine-business b a sis for building a p lan t. 2 . Develop th e e le c tr ic a l business in T rancell m aterial a . 3. Emphasise in d u s tr ia l uses o th er than m arine, such ar ovens, fire p ro o fin g ' and dosens o f sm all applications I t m s - f e l t th a t th e second and th ir d o b je c tiv e s above could be prometed to f o ra a t l e a s t o n e -h a lf o f-o u r t o t a l f a c to r y c a p a c ity . Tie were soon m l - *- our m y tow ard t h i s g o al a s r e n c e l l a n d . I n d u s t r i a l i z e s amounts- to 27% o , ' t o t a r dollar Volume-ixil&O and ,,would-have, been la r g e r in ,9 u l except f c . the emergency doubling and redoubling o f shipbuilding and safer cenen- o f - - p r Io rities ^ i<d i m de;it,neceB sary to turn:dcmn great deal o, " ^ r ia l / -businessv:7As-;i t ,m s , ithW^industrial and; elec tr ic a l; end m s 25%-of. the Y to ta : n ,lk O ,652 : s ^ ealee .objecviyes i- only ' temporary. We have the necossary missionary work and key i n s t a l l s ^ o.js already:siade';'If-andii(dien;;t!t':'maj^nef.mrk; slows down, m can-build-very bui ckly Xrcm ;the point- W l e f t o ff in 19 a. :YThe item , for L ooss-m lesn ven s "A} . ''aoner5^;inouast;t o ;borne:1>QO000 to2,00O,CX)0bd. f t . `spread over- two or - .three yeers. . ; ------ ='\ '- . 'b f .'w S: . p-s- >RUCK.-000797 A -: CRMC TEAS:; ^7 Program started '. 50 ships per year for 10 years > 1939 ;doubid'''ioo'-.'"'- " 1940 1941 * redoubled 200 " " * " - 400'. " , 1942 " 800 * * * 1943 " 1500 * * * Liberty ship program (EC-2) started February, 1941. . March 1942 - Total 2,419 major v e ss e ls contracted by Maritime - . . - Commission. ; t - . Consisting o f Standard Cargo;and Passenger V essels - 598 Oil. Tankers ' ! - 28? , Army and Ea-sy Transports . - 6 'M iscellaneous'Vessels - - 40 . . Emergency Liberty V essels .. I486 ' 'v ' TOTAL 2419 Completions Prior to 193? only 2 major v e sse ls had been completed in 14 years. Tears 1S37 and 1938 were taken up w ith design and gettin g started . 1939 1940 1941 1942 - 20 - 41 - 134 - 7BS - estimated Comparison; Standard Cargo. (C D esign) w ith Liberty Ship (5C-2) Length ' Beam : Cargo Lead Propulsion Horsepower Speed Std. C-2 - -WF-- ' . i 63 ' 9600 tons . 'Turbine or D iesel 6000 - 7500 15^ knots ..EC-2.,44T' 57' 9146 tons Ifcciprocating 2500. . . 1 1 knots Quantities J-M M aterials per Ship Marinite-Mar.Shthg. ~StTd.jmC-r2 Magnesia & Superex 2000 BX-4M 1050 $ Jf * - i - The Liberty EC-2 hip i s an^eaergmev struetion, with "competitive life " o? eating engines to turbines and spates.: these boats could not be converted emergency is over in 6 years. I t * new that Liberty Ships can be esr , as against the fa s te s t time eeur'1' the average ranging over 10 ao;. EC-2 ' - V$'-2Q00 1050 $1350, preposition designed for speedy con- 5 years* By changing the recipro3 them up, there i 6 no reason why -,st# 14 knot boats provided the ,,^resting to note that i t appears -n 105 days or 3 months and' 15 days rliland of 7 months; ahd; frldays/;' - 3. (o) MARINE SALES- ' .. . . Sr . - ,, .v. ' ; 3 (c) ( 1 ) -Development, Alt .rresultiof iths; f ir e test'ion the S. S. Nahtasket, the Maritime . Commission approved .the follow ing'm aterials*- .. ` , . Johns-Manville Marinite Johns-Manville Marine -Sheathing Johns-Manville VBFiPanel, consisting of 8-ply core of . asbestos a ir -c e ll faced with veneer of . f l exboard Carey Marine Panel, approximately the same as Johns-M anville _ ' ` VBF ' . D ietz S teel or .Aluminum Sectional Panel, a hollow metal . section fille d with asbestos a ir -c ell Several years la te r , additional approvals were added fo r s- Martin-Parry Panel, sim ila r.to Dietz above ' K fr M Sea-Board, ^ sim ila rto Marin i te ` The| -Johns-Manville Marinite and:MarinC;Sheathing and the' .Martis-Parry Panel^are the;-bnly:ihaterialsY listed.above tdiich had any real, commercial ' su ccess., Martin-Parry enjoys today about 10$ of the avail at ie business. ; Keasbey & Mattison produced one or two carloads o f m aterial and had a great deal o f trouble furnishing & sa tisfa cto ry product and, w ith th e :ru sh o f.b u sin ess on th eir , p resses-for ,-flat. and corrugated,- so longer ' offors i t for sale. *' ^ , ' . ..The .business .in Johns-Manville Panels started w ith a 'number o f small -Jobs such as th ir ty staterooms in 1936 on the S. S. Catherine, Bull , LinV, and la te r onV a .sim ila r Job-on.the S. S* Barbara for th e seme : lin e .y We::did:four.boats for-Benry Ford, three fo r thelBethlehem Shipi< {buil& ^ y -.C o a p ii^ -r^ 'd , fwrni'sh'd:..the`;materialsv=for fireproof- o f f ic e r tod crew quarters in several tankers. We r e a lly -established ourselves ' '-1'`the^businebs;Yhooveri'Y^thYthe' :seeurement of .panels oh. th e America in the spring of 1938. - - the-year ahd'.a^half pf:;neg6tiationsytowards:securing :t'ne panels ehytheyimerica, wo workeh:'-yei^yClhhciyYwith--''the; lax'gest::eontractor-of ' ' . - J i ' t t b oaJP'ii-..elilpHopemaii' B ro th e rs. - These/people occupy a ' . ^fi^iioppJ^^t^pqBiti'bn^-in^He^reld^as. they, do -hboutythroe-fourths - - alljithe -in ter!or .finish.-,'work-yon .tse iMarihijier^Comnassidh' E C/- type boats. The picture o f our Marine Seles would not be complete without a descriptions o f: HopemanyBrothers b p e h a t i b a s . - ; , ' i ` ' , ; = 3 (c) a(2); Fopemac;Brothers ! i ' / V ' ' BopemaniDrpther.eK-have^been.i-.an: old h ig h -cla ss, family owned; contracting . firm -in Rochester, N Y. for many yocrs. W ith wood w o rk in g -p lan ts a t ^d^hi>oches.ter-,-.i.HeW;.;York,'::#cnd;jWayne''Jboro, V&, i t was natural -th a t they should go in to joiner work or i ine c a b in e t w ork.-for..ships, when wood was the accepted construct ICC CRMC-RUCK-000800 Three of the oldest and best e; S te e l), Bethlehem (Bethlehem St a ll of th eir Joiner work with 1 Commission started i t s long - s h ip b u ild e rs , Federe! (U. S. 1 Sun. (Pew ^.Interests) cont'raeted- <m qs^o^V thaifi'ibprbof ships w ent)tothe three ahipbuildere mentioned' above and to. Newport Howe ^oVdbi& eir'W \ ~ ' ;S; ir ~ ' - i S S r i e d : With'^both :thS^ h i^ a X d e r e ,^ ,H o p e m a ^ . ` enough to work out a th in .s te e l T enser-evented to,our. f i n i t e , ThiB^steel business appealed: t o .thV-'steeV company, backers of .federal -;and Bethlehem as an o u tle t for s t e e l. ^ewport Hw became. with Marinite through the Aaerica-andused -Marinite panels without the steel veneer. Sopeman Brothers eigned th eir f i r s t contract with us in 193? * ^ f th minor excep tion s:have never used ;any. oth er type o f pJ ^ e They have su c c e s sfu lly ;expanded;their business u n til th * ; ,na^ j f dl ;the fireproof joiner.workjin;.dptens.;of,yards as wel^ as the wood Reiner,.ori:. cm asajr-ef the. XAtsr^r.^Sftts* . . . - : Gur rela tio n s over the la s t 5 years have .been very sa tisfa c to ry . Our : sales expense i s very low as a l l contacts-are made an Bow York . and they buy,everything, on ..an annual, contract. They tak^ material into their factories by the carload in bulk and gave us shipping^ ..schedules'months in advance.>,We,-in[turn,- have given,the ex ce lle n t ! service* By"referring to 'the'graphs' shoeing prices and p r o fits , i t w ill be seen that we were able to r a ise p rices as our material and laoor costs advanced. Also w ith 'the reduction in costs effected by stream operation a t B ille r ic a from 19M on, an average gross p r o fit o f UV* now ap p lies. : ' ' Other Joiner Contractors - With the-expansion, in the shipbuilding program, other smaller join er - contractors, have come in to the picture-such as the Aetna Sales . ^ Corporation, Zalud Marine Corporation, W. & J . Sloane, and more r e c e n c y , . \ .our refrigerator in su la tio n contractor* Eastern Cold-Storage Insulation Co, - V--.- ; ' ='some- of the other' shipyards- do th eir vown^ -work such as the - - Gulf .Shipbuilding .ft- Biy Bock, Mobile, Ala. - , " . Alabama Dry Dock ft Shipbuilding, Mobile, Ala. ' lihrietta;;.itoufacturing>.'Co., .-Point--fleasant, W. t a . - - .. American Shipbuiidihg -Corp., Cleveland, .Ohio - Great lakerSr^ineeflng-'C oi,-R iver Pouge,-.'Mich,.- ' CRMC-RUCK-000801 - :-v A ll of these concerns use our m aterials. .: ' . *>. (c) (3^ BX-ltM Insulation -"'i , . V ' - The new standard firep roof ships called for firep ro o f.in su la tio n ,' instead of the old vegetable cork which burned rea d ily .. Our Laboratories developed SX-kM o f fe lte d rock wool with a density of h 'b s.:-per: cu. -f t . BX-hli has been the stepchild in the marine f ie ld . O riginally-developed... at Richmond on the S ton efelt &.enine, we have operated for years taking = : the capacity of th is machine oft-sr the S tonefelt orders 'were/'filled* . Last year the Research Dopartj&at, working with Richmond Factory, was able to make th is product on large* batt machine. W ith:,thc;practical . elimination of the refrigerate* insulation business, ris-well', as 'a ' slackening" in -hhtt~KdmeHhsulatica,;:requirements-wo;plan to increase bur sales from an average er year to $500, 000\th is-y ea r .at a . gross p ro fit of around;'- di. , .: Ir -.5- -'.--y iU.AS -'V. ::A; - A M aririeiAcbusticalfSalesl: l 'v: 1 .,; 1 / ~ . ; 30, ' :- = ;;^rx j50ir ia tg i fcKie^Eiw-inw.fcueln*flares; H ari ' ,/ - ..: 2 'V en eer (a ''ro ra ; Of,:n ex B car(i),- Marln :AcdU8tlc8.1 U nits-/{sene t k 0,000 ' '- - . on th e ^^Ainerica^),' eaidipsrf orated a e t a i ' sh e e ts t o !cover aound . - abso rb in g -iaateH ai-in \''d U ct ;and;:to ^ c o v e r 'a c o u s tic a l t r a a t a e n t in : engi ne -rooms, communications, rbcms iahd: o th e r p la c e s n o t .ire re a le d to us* This; l a t t e r use i s a -specialty'-w orked'1o u t by th e A co u stica l S ectio n o f t h e ,,L ab o ra to ry -with th e U. S:* -fla ry 'oniwhich w e 'h a d ;to ta l's e c u re ia e n ts la 6 t year-amounting to |6 $ ,0 0 0 . - - M ille the to ta l sales.of'm arin e m aterials fer 1941 amounted to one . and a th ird ^ m illib nrdollars^ it 'begins .te; 2ook ;as; thogh jt h is year of , / :f u ll capacity' p r o d u c t i o n 1 1 -ambunt to noarly two 'm illion 'dollars , - hnd thotVrihisJpqt f or v'scvcrl/yeor s ..to -come -u n til -/ but pryhtl.trmendob'' l 8ses>in''ships -ardtaade^up1--"These'two - blsiaio'; not :inciudov=ourl sd le e of Magnesia, Super*, Packings, - E lectricalrm id Building Itoterials for.: shipyard expansion which are ; carried along through th e 'c lo s e '1contactslestab lished wioh shipyards . and marine a r c h ite c ts. . --- ^.)take;.;on:;_<aa^ld, : bw-; cbmpar^ihad^;hot.,been-yejy; s u c c e ssfu l in ; '';aeeuring-the';horm ai': business 'o f th d 'B ew p o rt 'flew s"Shipbuilding and ' IhyrPock^Coapany'for^a.^usbsr^offys& rs.s.. .liirotigh .the e p ltir a tio n of. . "'-'1**=' ft co u n t;fo r/m arin e :p ro d u cts;'iaad:'the S e rv ic e re n d e rs d lo n ' th e s e p ro d u cts over a two y ear p e r i o d ,.1937 an d ' 1938, s a le s to t h i s on0 account have been as follow s! . , . Packings Insulation Bldg. ;Mtl. Marine. Panels E lectrica l 1955 TE?E UB19 147 -- 2915 1956 ^07 4563 . = , -- . 1507. 2957 -T8& 5546 l4 0 0 1972 1958 . 6658 11226 27414 -, 198 1959 20647 4995 2C4916 .741 . 3940 6772? 15777 163302 2324 1941 1 106180 28438 23654 3619 J - v-' I> x --- ------ -?= iflwAn -000802 CRMC-RU^^'- n. 35 (3}(4) ~ v Si.pft ,..,,,.,,S8At . - Staring aeatliin* ' ' ,t4r - 1935 1,636 6 17,956 7 36.190 8 78,637 109,441 1340 164.670 1 261,76a - *r ^00 Sales Mari w Sheathing 00 are sostimi. almost 10SS to strine ee Lliaga and Hoo aho? 'true gr 3th of our. Barine busin I B S . ' n 37" '38 39* to; : ,4 2 : _____ 'ft"'1'1*TM ifcrinlte -(Marine''Dies ) : - V A 1937 8 i t -.9 1940 1 77,6o6 65.340 : 339,579 293.317 591,364 ' *#-/' V.. !'V 1800 1700 I60 ^500 itotes: :4oo sharp,sise in 1939 1300' shdjox nits-on the l2ao ' Passenger ISc r ajBsriea*. 1200 L O' '' '- - _______ - - 1:37 |8 39 ,1to 4>1 42 ,, _____:___________Sis s - Karinite 4* & B. (Industrial) Index ------------ Tsar Dollars iiooo , ......... 1 200 1938 25,000 : : 9-- ' / 80,000 i 1940 - II5.992 - - ' - 'I 193;897 " V; ailss Tsar - - : -./.Dollars : :s- r 1936 * 9 1940 i 35.938 42,937 53.247 ; :80,609 . ... ; f i/' i-.- V 'V B'f 35f; ' 40 41;J>.4 Traacell 'C&sctrieal) y / V 'J0./ T : , ' i !! : 1 j '1 . 4 ! -:i j-, J: 3 4 0 -... a *2 1 ' Notes t The voltcse for 2942 11 w ill.drop ofi ; sharply due to/'actiion.-cf; W.F.B. in . restricting arlnite to sarin use. 0 index -$100t -90 .80 .70 .60 totes ! , ; , .50 Praasncteh11is bcuusrise/elas dwiaesates- ,-, . 40 ; growing'at'a- rapid rats .30 lan. 1, 1942. ^progress. .20 luring,1942; i l l .be Sharp < .10 ly curtailed, lue ib-TP;B. 0 restrictions. : 1- - ; CRMC-RUCK-000803 -........ ......... , MMOiO *(}(*) - ''HOmurSRCffiB . 8': -''T**r = $ Pr 8.Pt; :,25/32';isari . -l..iin,. 3? .- 8 40 - 1 2 8.30'. .295 . 295 32. 32 35 . ihma r*1>+v 1 1 m i +1; ~T l MB lil FR r.A 37 : ^ 39 ' .i*o=- =;4i i ... 42 Ktl-TWR,;FICS __ M ........ $ Per So.Pt. riW sithlff .18 ..1166 'V' .17 .17 .19 11 1 MM>MIJ 1 37 38 39 4< 4a 42 lnaex .-*35. |P `"SgPt L. 25 - , . . 'C.. / `.i:: - -Tear 10/ 1/36 9/1/37 12/1/37 10/ 1/38 3/1/39 12/1/39 4/1/41 1/ 1/42 : C0SES..;...' ' " 1 Per OroBi^ -: .I960 - 34S . .2397 - ZQ% ' ' -206 - 20*. .2352 - 20S .413 - 2S .2462 > 22S .1811 - 43g .2063 - 41S t-.15 Index S/Sft --19 :.i8 :.i7 : .16 1.15 .14: -.13 1.12 1.11 .10 v_ ..COS'T'S . - ... - s 5 Par. .Oresit . 12/ 1/37 3/1/39 4/ 1/41 2/ 10/ 4 2 . .1205 - 33*' .1076 - 33g .1104 - 35* .1147 - 40g _______ JS42S S _____ . - - Baine ,Msrinit. B. Pt. ___?.. 37 8 9 40 ' 1 71*300 83,500 226,000 =363,100 . 1,208,000 ~3r* * / f / T i. - ' 37 33 3* 40 a ;14! 'tu- m' '-BDJT.. ' 'i ;- . IJJ3 lt; 9 aeir rn: i d -r i. - -57='. :34,200 ; 'a ; 8:' . - 91,000 . ' _ - 9 . 117.000 . 40 170,260. - ' 280,000 " . Y . .. itodese "llj !Yl 1300 "/)5nn liooo :;eoo 1 60 1 400 :: 200 L 0 Index -1000 -400 300 200 -- S-^Km^mB22SS-SlI2S__ t-_.Yae.r_.... ..... * 37 43 8 29 3 27. . 4? 39 90 J - Yeax 37 - 8 / - 40 . ',1 - ' - 43 90 50 56 57 ' V 'Vr ; "-K ` loo ' V/7 - /M ; A. - -- 0 ;4i- CRMC-RUCK-000804 j 1} b n-S'M'A'N v i l l e eVi?^c?se^f?ssses5Si^*ij6^ti^^e^sb8^S<^^-^ r 0 X R , P K OiC S 3 (c)(6) Methods -Adaptable to Erection of J-M Marine Joiner Materials STIFFENERS M ARINE S H E A T H I MO ST EEL-FACED, j-/f SC R E W CblLtH G M EM BER .'A-',i.1 ,, PLATESCREWED 70 MAQLMTE PPIOP 70 & -a-[BfaiOH. CEILING AND DECK DETAILS MAFUNLTE STEEL-PAC ED BOTH SIDES ` BOLTS tV/TH ACORN HUTS METAL BEADIHC SNAP . LINING ASSEMBLY .(iKSSAGEWAY ScDIWSIONaE. ~ BULKHEAD ASSEMBLY f JcOPHEP POSfU l ASSEMBLY -Jl m apim te M ARINE - -- -- SHEATHING STEEL-FACED IP GROUND OFF DETAIL OF CORNER ASSEMBLY M A R / H / 7E STEEL-FACED BOTH SID ES STEEL BATTEN : . . STEEL PLATE WELDED TODECK CORNER POST DETAIL H0P/70H7AL SECTION OF CORNER POST BOLT-. WITH ACORN n u t BULKHEAD POST M EM BER ROOM SID E OUTBOARD U N IMG ASSEM BLY TYPICAL CEIL INC A SSEM BLY METHODS ADAPTABLE TO ERECTION OF J-M Ar.INE JOINER MATERIALS ij^mb*r, lft4i (nefniftff hct dated - )*rfM*riif*l iK.A- .CRMC-RUCK-000805 14. e le c tr ic p la n ts must be-separated from other equipment fo r th e p ro te c tio n o f t h i s equipment and th e o p e ra to rs . The e a r l i e s t types o f c e l l s tr u c tu re s were b u i l t o f-c o n c re te o r b r i c k . ' l a t e r a num ber,'of`m a te r ia ls were d e v e lo p e d fo r th is use such as F la t and Corrugated T ra n sits, A lbsrens Stone (which i s a riatuwal-feoapafcon*);IZellite/.m aifiM faeturea- r./gyp*u and' anT o r g a n ic b in d e r, as w ell as m etal cubicles of sh e e t/e te e l. Over th e y e a rs b r ic k and co n crete have alm o st d isap p eared on account o f the i n i t i a l expense," larg e flo o r space; occupied and th e excess w eight. A lberene S to n e, b ein g a n a tu r a l m a te r ia l, has some v a r ia tio n in q u a lity due to p o s s i b i l i t i e s o f m e ta llic v e in s i n th e soapstone and i s much h e a v ie r aad more f r a g i l e th an T ran sit or s t e e l . Z e l li t* i s in'm uch th e -s a s ie ip o s itio n d u e -to i t s h ig h w e ig h t, low; t e n s i l e and c6apres8ive>'strehgth.':::'HoBtiof (the com petition today is in s te e l s tru c - t uj res:(i#ft;d.epup:; * t s ;; -S te e l stru ctu re s, have -the -,, -advanta'ge'fof' high-:-sia*edg^,'!!scrae(''fire^proofness and -the d i s t i n c t , advantage th a t th e e n t ir e 's tr u c tu r e can be e a s ily grounded. Trancell S tru ctu res, ' ' , J-K m aterials, f i r s t appeared .in,com bination w ith b rick and concrete s tru c tu r e s 15 o r 20-y ears ago f About te n ,y e a re ago, we began f a b r ic a tin g com p l e t e 1c e l l s tr u c tu r e s u sin g F l a t 'Transit fo r th e k a a lle r b a r r ie r s and .. sh elv es.an d , a ^ b im tio n -.o fh F la V a n d ^ C o rra g a ts-d ,fc r. th e la r g e r p ie c e s . ' In-8ffim e-'cas'es;-'the({entire(equipm ent.`w as'.'fab ricated , a t our fa c to r y and in o th e rs, customers p u rch ased 'fu ll, siz e sheets and did th e ir ow n-cutting. ' I n -1837,(the:firstvexperim entSi'w ere(m ade using,,Marine Sheathing and M arinite . which were named- Tr& ncell BW'and DT, r e s p e c tiv e ly , in o rd er to b rin g (down the'-weight" o f ,'burk-TranCeli m a te r ia ls '.- : ^ e r 'e a 1hard su rfa c e 'w a s d e s ir e d , - thin" l a y e r s (o f T r a n s it so r . Flexbbard;w ore veneered to ' th e M arin ite cr-M arine S heathing.^(-T ransite:-w eighs ;appro(xiM tely;125(lb's(.;(!per, cuv f t . whereas . (-Ma'r'ine'SHea'th in g w eighs (70;(;ibs'.(;(a n d (^ rih itei(3 6 j(-ib s;.-:p r,'cu . -f t . ( By;add- - v*in g t-th in *o r :F lex b o ard , ;;i t ,was p o s s ib le to g e t a ,much" li g h te r (sheet, which m s j u s t ,as s tr o n g `as. T ra n s its b u t much more w orkable a n d ,-fire -p ro o f, (- 16v-' ' -' . Poore -; Q uite o fte n our d o o rs , la b e lle d Trance 11 U, a re u sed-w ith o th e r ty p es of ' c e l l s tr u c t u r e s . Our p re s e n t stan d ard door i s made o f 1/2**'th ic k 'T r a n c e ll . , U i (m a rin ite ) and Flexbo&rd fa c e 's ' oh .e a c h 's id e . I t i s s tr o n g ,: f r e e from . -wdrpage and has a v ery ;p leasin g appearance.' Hr.weighs approxim ately 4 lb s . - - p e r _sq. f t ." and,no rein fo rcin g or-',.trim i s required. Hinges^ hangers and . - la tch es can be mounted w h ere-d esired .' ' ; ir a h e e ll. i n s t a l l a t i o n s , w ith many re p e a t o rd e rs , have -been .made by a number o f th e le ad in g u t i l i t i e s such as C onsolidated New York:E dison; Consumer . .. , Power , M ichigan; Puquesne ,L ig h t; ,-P ittsb u rg h ; Laclede P oser & L ig h t, S t. ; , L ouis; C itie s S erv ice and many o th e r s . I n d u s tr ia l s , lik e th e Aluminum . =; - ' Company, h a v e a ls o ta k en :a number: o f i n s t a l l a t i o n s . Due to - r e g u la tio n s by th e W .P.B., a l l f u r th e r use o f li a r in i te f o r T ra n e e lls w i l l be d ie - continuod b u t,th e E l e c tr i c a l Department i s now working on v ario u s - c'oabindtions o f liarin e. Sheathing- w ith ;w h ich th e y hope to hold some o f . . ' : th is-b u sin e ss during thu- p re se n t emergency. - - -Rfer; to g ra p h -a t bottom-oir p ag e-11-, !f o r ! s a le s frem :1938-41 and to ' . 'drawing below .showing a ,ty p ic a l- T ra n c e ll i n s t a l l a t i o n . - . . CRMC-RUCK-000807 16 1*. (b) M arinlte A f 'B Industrial' l 0 The; problemb f ' p ro jectin g ;th e -1dad'ring -members;o f ' s tr u c t u r a l , steel'.support's f r o s - f i r r bsea-"6i;s e rio u s 'o n e ;fo r a lo n g .'tim e, ' p a r t i c u l a r l y i n th e " O il I n d u s try , The development o f t h e Eoudry Unit f o r o i l r e f in i n g occurred a b o u t.th e same tim e .a s our develop m en t.o f M arinit e 'arrd we secured t h e , f i r s t job w ith th e Sun Oil Company a t M-arcus H-ook., -Pa.- in 1937` .j li i i s w as'fo llcn red 1^ ;&; number-of- other-obE w ith o th e r o i l companies . t o ; t o t a l ; 'erfcent;.of1V80Es.;'250*b00.,hd, . f t . /The-; l i g h t w eight, o f Uurixdt* -imposed v e ry l i t t l e . l o a d on -the s tr u c t u r a l' s te e l i n c o n t r a s t .t o concrete-form erly-tisedi M&rihite can also be' worked by' carpenters and h a s;,a ll o f th e ; easy; handling q u a litie s - o f wood. In addition to its:p rim ary use as. stru c tu ra l fireproofing, i t is w ell adapted to boxes or houses for t l e c t r i c a l eguipEent# conduits and c a b le s . The sk e tc h e s below show th e methods used i n fram ing th e M arin ite aro'mid'':stnic1airal-members. ' ' ' KIBE EROfECTIdf OF SOTCSBRlX SEEL WISE MSKIIIIS XU^STRATIVG TTFTCAL W7SIJDS 'GF^APPLICATItMAS USED IK.TSP OIL TSSCSTHT M ETH O D :# CRMC-RUCK-000808 -1 / X7? ^ : ;6rnc' ; ' !' f 11 : are 'BS.T* a t ib is 5 ^ t* ri* l has the' unique fe a tu re s /o f enough with excellent in u U tio n f f i c i - / # th i r d s * * . rood . . =A g n e s i ,. . th f tt=in d u 8 tr i l.o v e n e ,o f f e r e d - ;l t Ifecmed5.*^**j^ ' ur ^ ^ L o o - W i l e s / w a s ; v e r y much'-dnterest" a le s possibility..;to.-; l ^ s 8 ^ P r e s i o .- w ould*enter a t one end; as a z ix z s S R Z s s s s f ^ s w v X r I n d c S p le te ly baked-'and-reedy for packaging. to it- -- ^ out 8t tM ^ walls" of Marinite> some 5" th ick , was pl& cec ^ b' "ith - ' ~ ., +Vlo b a-is that : f i t passed their-engineers su ~ The to s t .ere eo .e e tis f e e to r jr .mo $>. ow n 'in ro lV io s e ""8 % r* . r e c e i . e d v t ' i n i p r o S ^ p tieo oi i 35,000. . tfcU -4?;, 000 -sq* f t . of K a r in it e . a ., _-. a. p'iant".in/D ecstber, o f ..1938.end many., 'w as'ifollow ed^by ;an order..i>r.;;.t t"^W irgoo^v-V to-date'-to'1te n ovens ,- f o ld : to*.then other, re p e a t-o rd e rs, b rin g in g ^ ^ a c c e sso rie s,'a n d 400,000 sq* ft* ...at a - t c t a l - p Y i c e / C f . a r o ^ ^ ^ ***>*- S h ir S n ^ c a l i f . , ' p l a n t W 2 -in Saginaw, Mien. While any further expansion of th is-b u sin ess ' Yww *"*' .,V r . JT, EXPANSi0 lityOlfitSliCA Y/iTH ASBESTOS USTING OR MILLBOARD YFAxSfTxESNxW/1*I'T-HMSEHTAELECTLIMPE,TAL S C R E W S tP ^jZ ::^ ~ CENTER BOLT TO FASTEN INNER sPANEL^TO OUTER PANELS OUTER AND `INNER, 2 - r MARINlTE-.pl METAL BED PUT*; mechanical accessories for th is ^ oven,' we 'h av e. been a s sur s d .by ^oiesr* th a t a fte r- th e war'-they in ten d to p u t in /fro m 15 to 20 m ore^ovens, m which sa y amount to /' some - one -mo.Xla on = :'or/'more -'a d d itio n a l square f e e t of -K a r in ite / sp rsa d /o v e r twc c r th re e = years* - The sketch herewith .showing a cross section o f an. in d u stria l o v e n -g ife s. /fa ir; idea of the type of over. r~ ' ployed hy Loose-Wiles*' . Other; in d u strial uses,; have -been de veloped by such .''companies' as/Alum-- 'itp&' Company, : a -number o f ;t h e t e x - . t r i e s , -..and. for s n p h #*r ... oellaaeous uses as -Crane:cabs /in - i the s te e l ,,-.ndustry. Refer to graph on page -11'fo r sales 19S8-41* : ' ' ' :: ' . '/ .'/: CROSS -SB C CRMC-RUCK-000809 g. RESEARCH r w&g ^eV dB velep^nt of " * "* /s > = w > * . $ i r s s & s x ` ^ r ^ i H i r l r d ' f o r t S ^ 5 - S 6 iP ^ S W J . a ,, r ^ i . 1936 to th e ctiUr K i m WP ofi" r % `L S t i fres in thin sup.r-Uner, .si h > -" s': : . a Er * : P" t ; f ^ ; - i 60> ^ ; ;" ^ 1f j S S " S S i S i S p S :;. -- * n d it * " " -- ;' I h e ` re s e a rc h ,, W W e d `th h f n i S - p e i n t s r" ,a rc h wo, jc . ^ -' t ' *.'pvn iv*'all 'tha pHysic&I proper iw~es 1 Thorough e va railnuea tSiohne.aeth* i-nagi J.- - M&rinite and * * 2* P re lim in a ry 'w o rk ' on f i r e ' t e s t s . ' ^ Reduction in den sity turn 40 to 55 lb s . P*r eu. 3 p . , ,, t s i proper .nishes io r P i n t ^ . -- 4 . - ; f i n i s h e s . , -. , y . , "* " //A ..- - 6 . '-. "V- '--> "-- .- ,-: -1, , 1' iw nrovine f i b e r i s i n g equipm c^ 6. - ^ .i.&. XXG, T- .m...A..X.Mfci .. < v-- '-' ^ -;., ; ;-.-;; .V \-r*\ ' '_ /- _. `V _ # v . At present nur r e s e a r c h **' . X ^ i n n r i . n i n i s h e S. : cements and o i l s used Wll,n v. ' /r/V /; cs-^ rriK ^ n d ^ evelp en ttE xp en se;' . - - $;$250 -M-- 1935 .2720 ' -1936/-- .'4700 1937 . 9100 - M 9 3 8 >;. 6650 1939 ' - " 120! ' ;: 1940 ; . 6200 ri'Sir- T o ta l -$48,i t : ^-RMc~ *UCK- 008u ^ ^ ' .A . c- ' IS. *, 'sATJs.'raoKOios-.atfSSSE-- . . . .. . t u r . o f the Marine w ith 6 very modest expenditure. 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 .1941 1942 Approximate * " " " * A ctu al Budget 425 3700 2100 2100' 3600 4265 4102 ana 1 W ~ Ji,b 1941 A ctu al Yr&ae & lech* iiage. |3SOO Tech. Data Sheets 650 Miscellaneous 115 1942 Budget $''3400" 600 102 f"T02 ,,St of'our advertising ha. EIGIKBEEIHG - which rea che a large p art o l * e h a ,, a hoohlet showing E p ic a l n a rin . advertising which w i l l Paa, a r c e d . ? . vTbe shiss Fv jss:. . . ^^.racen tid ecisio n ... .. .. /, ....... - i r ine business u n til the'm arine program-is f i n i s h . He are fortunate An faring, in s ta lla tio n s in n a ^ o f^ h a i.du^ capita lir e on O lir s i ,p slilite . ' - ' P a l-llte ?al-litew aE introduced:tO ;the CsAsic''.lnausbries':ih;'April,;/-194l, to _ wood, glads>.-Plaster -of Paris Eiit a l 'Slate; and;:sundry types o f f a b r ic a te d : -;ji6'tur'iquiekly---'frem--the.ddyi.^ ; ... ; ? ^ rv 'i-The Carborundum Company .hare advxsed us c o ^ i d e n t i a l l y ^ 2D days aT o b tain ed r s ^ a t i O B S . ..... - i h r - ''i i s e s '/rah.''it'ea'::6,!;.* 6" up to-X..pieces F35u"r.nxis:3h6e"dV:iisgiv-ii*n-6..>thtaioSk;=nd'eeshs'a,/nrce-;5.'X:a:X.X:.;v\yncf-rsbcir-a-pthea'nidri'bPr:oBkv;e;ntcpcieocnetsinua>e, tvoh.e '"''factory *'-'Te>Hoe. to j-seearo f .''supply sudr'pi'bes 'ab-w t:?: 'i '-s-iserap'no,t;sable 'in Marine work. CRMC-RUCK-000811 ' vkV-- "3 '%>>';J%, - ./ : ' .\ .. , . . ' 20* - ~*bV .V *1Ihile\*ale o f P a l - l i t e w ere only. some-.#? 000.00 in 1941 .th e -s a le s fo r ,the_ _ :? fr'y : / ' ;ffre t--tw o 'm o n th s'o f 1942'were $12,5-00 and t h i s o n e -s p e c ia lty in normal tim es "couldybe developed to a vo lusa o f. $200,000* - - With th i s experien ce we a r e :c o n f id e n t th a t we were only beginning to fin d th e V -new uses o f M arin ite, when t h e :war in te rv e n e d . W ith 'th e 'sa m e kind f e f f o r t --"fter: th e war is" o v er, we .should have, no d i f f i c u l t y in s e l l i n g a . l a r g e ;p a r t . ^ o f ; fa c to ry c a p a c ity in in d u s tr ia l uses and thus accomplish the second, and . 'b : < 'th ir d f a l e s o b je c tiv e s , "we o u tlin e d - a t -'theybeginning-.-of th is'd e v e lo p m e n t'.- . ;.. ; - ' " t. - ' \ f . Su-fo..the. Ties ^ .: ; l f eutnant-Ccaamanr''inVihe'i-Kavy"'on- S eptaabeirV lst, -1940. vK r. .C. A. McWilliams "succeeded MfVyRihehart a 's y i ^ i n g ^ h a g e r .bf-.lferine.Sales and w as..called ;in to - t&eVKavy'-.as-L ieu teb a n t obrJam ary-rB th; o f it h is yearvtyidr. _C. -C. Sim oni, Manager : ' ;o f:;^ e low p re s s u re in s u la tio n s e c tio n o f =th e I n s u la tio n D epartm ent, has been - d ra fte d to ;h an d ler'b o th ^ ^ r i r i e : ^ 'ales- and;.low p re s s u re in s u la tio n s e c tio n . Mr 'Somoni -w ith an a s s i s t a n t , Mr*:.'A* V*: P r e t o t , and a . S e c re ta ry i s doing an ^ e x c e lle n t" jo b ;in , e rry in g lo n y th is work.= - - - L. A. Baldwin A p ril 6, 1942. . .... _ CRMaRfJCK-0008l2