b'ruary12thandcloseswiththeannualcasionally carries "Open Letters," in which President\'s banqueton February 14th.hegetsthelastwordashisspace isnot Prominently featured on the program isopentorebuttal. JackWalsh,officialCostandTaxAd He hastravelled overmostof Europe visorofthenationalassociation.Jackisandaccumulatedagooddealofinforone of the few accountants who knows am~tionandaccordingtosomeofhis greatdealaboutroofingandaboutthereaders, a smattering of misinformation. buildingindustrygenerally.His talk at the N.R.C.A. Convention is Hehasbeenresponsibleforrevisinglikely to be of a controversial nature, and thebookkeepingandrecord-keepingofwhetherornottheaudiencewillagree shakybusinessconcernsand indoing sowith him, they will not be bored. turningthemintoprofitableenterprises.Therewillbetwo-noholdsbarredAccountingandtaxsessionscanbeforums,oneon built-uproofingandthe boringto listeners.Walsh treats thesub other on steep roofing, in which although jectwithlevityandwit,and conventiontherewillbepanelsof experts,mostof delegates are in for- atreat.the discussion will come from the floor. ProfessorJ.RaymondCarroll,oftheFor the early birds, there will be a reUniversityofIllinoisisalsoon thepro (Conrinued on page19) gramtodiscuss a subject on which there stillisalotof controversy- water vapor and condensation as it relates to all building elements.Keynote speaker Norman Ross Thetalkwillbeillustratedbyslides.dio and television commentator. Ross isa ProfessorCarroll mayhave heard there controversialfigure,whoalternately mark of adelegate ata previous conven pleasesandirritateshisaudience,but tionwhoconfessedthatthemorehealwaysintereststhem.Hiscolumnoc-learnedaboutcondensationthelesshe knew. Carroll intendstosweepawaythe confusion. \\X7hat do you know about "Hold Harmless Agreements?"Probably very little.It isthisignorance about asubjectvital to contractors on new construction work that hassentW.T.DerkoftheJamesInsuranceCompanyfromonebuilding industry conventiontoanother spelling out the contractor\'sliabilityandhowhe can limitit.Heis an authorityonthesubject and has answers for all the questions which he expects will be fired at him. The Keynoter is Norman Ross, columnist on the Chicago Daily news and a ra- Insurance expert W. T. DirkRoofing researcher J. R. Carroll - oftl,e! THE EVENTYEAR 1962Convention NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION Chicago - February12-14 BIGGERBETTER THAN/ EVER JANUARY,196215'