b'withaClassIroofconstruction, withthe glassaddingbasic qualities not foundin foamalone.One oftheadvantages,asWebelsees it,isthegreaterdimensionalstability of the combined product. Similarchangesareinsight for ( roofingshingles,hesaid.Under1) development is acombination glass(3)( 2) fiberandconcreteshinglewhich woulddirectlycompetewithraw asbestos andtile roofing products, butwouldbelesssusceptibleto breakage. OSHAStatusofRoofingIndustry GeorgeStephenson,Stephenson( 4) RoofingCo.,St.Louis,Mo.and Chairman of the NRCA Safety Committee described someof the regulationsof theOccupationalSafety andHealth Act and urgedcontractorstochecktheiroperationsand premises so that they were in compliance. HedescribedtwocitationsissuedbytheLaborDepartmenton September20,1971againstthe LanceRoofingCo.,Inc.,Atlanta, Ga. Lancecontendsthatthestandards cited by the Labor Department were not in effect on the date of the allegedviolations,andwiththe aid of theRoofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Ass\'n. of Georgia, Inc. andtheAmericanSubcontractors Association,has filedalaw:Suit in FederalDistrictCourt,seeking to "declareinvalidandunconstitutionalthe1970SafetyAct",and toblockitsenforcement" tempor (6)(7) arily and permanently". ASA\'slegalcounsel,McNeill Stokes, who is representing Lance,(1)Owens-CorningFiberglasstells(8) said," Althoughtheobjectivesofhowtowinatthegamingtables. the Federal Safety Act are laudable,(2)IrvLangerandKeithMellencamp(6)PaulMorrisleft asickbed topreitsenforcementprovisionsareindiscusskeynote address byFloydsenthisimportantreportofthe conflictwithconstitutionalsafe Corbin.TechnicalCommittee,whichhe guards".co-chairedwithGeorgeBodwell. (3)BillSteinmetzdescribescold Thecomplaint, to be heard.process roofing.(7)Ernie Ostic,GAF,represented the Lance initiallyAsphaltRoofingManufacturers before a three-judge federal panel,contendsthatthe1970 act(4)Robert Linckreports onactivitiesAssociation,updatingtheNRCA isacriminalact,whichviolatesoftheRoofingandWaterproofingaudienceonthefutureof asphalt. IndustryReviewBoardofwhich theConstitution in three areas:he ischairman.(8)BillCollins describes experiences U.S. (1)Itimposespenalonem withcoldprocessroofingapplities ployers without the procedural safe (5)BobBubenzerpresentsGeorgecations. guardsguaranteedbythedue pro Bodwell with the annual J.A. Piper Awardformeritoriousserviceto cess clause of the 5th Amendment,the industry.Continued on next page MARCH, 19729'