Industrial Hygiene Foundation, Production Comes from People (1946)

"Production Comes from People," a 12-page illustrated information circular of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America in Pittsburgh, issued "in response to requests for a summary of current services and activities." It reprints the Navy's Certificate of Achievement to the Foundation, describes its plant surveys, industry-wide studies, monthly Industrial Hygiene Digest and bulletins, and announces two new staff members, Theodore F. Hatch and a full-time medical director, Dr. C. Richard Walmer. It ends with lists of member companies, special subscribers, and officers and committees.

What it shows

The members listed include Raybestos-Manhattan, Johns-Manville, Keasbey and Mattison and Union Asbestos & Rubber. Vandiver Brown of Johns-Manville sat on the board of trustees and the legal committee, and Ivan Sabourin of the Quebec Asbestos Producers Association on the legal committee. Dr. Leroy Gardner of Saranac Laboratory and Dr. Anthony J. Lanza of Metropolitan Life were on the board and the medical committee, which Lanza chaired. The circular says the Foundation's trustees included officers of the U.S. Public Health Service and the Bureau of Mines. It is very likely the circular "just issued" that John F. McMahon enclosed with his letter to Sumner Simpson of December 2, 1946.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:

"Production Comes from People" an information circular which summarizes the services and activities of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation.

Related documents

• John F. McMahon to Sumner Simpson with Raybestos-Manhattan's 1947 Industrial Hygiene Foundation Dues (1946)

About this copy

This is document 05634-05645 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.