b'Mr.JohnBradford October12,1974 PageNo.7 ~~-~~- -!- ~C~~- __~."Thi,s~M - \'.rw~~~~i~ ~JL}~o~f ~ ~p~n,_g~c!}~~rQR,h_ present_ byEwingLLusk,Jr.By .wehad .con~_gthJ.stime_made siderabletriaesrn-\'fne eechnologf ofsuchprogramsand .,,-th;[rik s - - - - :i:Associia sIderable- _,. deserve __for that- 9ur- ;fion- - coiis_ praise the pio=n~~.r.i:~-~t[-P:t~-i~: has-madein_ . . _l;\'_e9ordan4.:ti~ -:~- prepar.ingthese __ -_stri~._ ._AFthoughTheShrikingRoof:ACreeping _ P.?::\'.Q~,!_ams C-atastrophe- s nowteriyearsold,itcontinuestobemuchin rdemandbythoseinterestedin theT&Raspectsof roofingproblems.Itisintel\'estingtonotethatp~:ti~.ip.at.ing_Ewi.!lS with L~sk . .were -threecommentator.EL. thestature-on that. programOfofWil~~Am.C.Cullen,Washington,D.C.,MarshallRoy, Lee-dsEl\'iglarid,andD. - H.- Stratford,Eng-land.Forthe_irsttime Reid, fout\'Associationhadidentifiedtheshrinkageofthebuiltup-roofmembranewhenappliedundercertainconditions.- -_ . .6.5RobertMarquisofKansasCity,Missouriwasour JIt.19Presidentandourcqnv~ntionwashel4at _ HotelMuehlebach the ~ _iThe - ,S-P~~~~t~ ~:t ~Q~fcori:vention in _ Ka.-nsa_ \'t1is,f~kiy!i~"t~- - ~ = __ -Ci~y,._ was theHon.StuartSymington, -ifeniQ:t\' .StatesSenafrom Unitedtot\' - o-f ._ h~:l_ _an\'.active . - : _ . thestat\'e M~Jit:i4r.!._~ .who.beenccU\\didate for- . Presiaeirf_-o_f -t\'he -Uni-tedStatesin 1.960 1965wewereactively In involvedwiththeAIADesignManualproject whichwasanambitl.ous project \' Ji_ ~ .ii\'ij"r._~i~- - Wht~etlle-.:AIABe -finaricci"cf]parf\' by __: ~ciiatio\'fi; -a,ign-~esu.lted __ ijltima:t.ely__is. _ Manual ~w~iq_h_ . - -ft"om-tnisproje6t__ ;.c1~-frc:;m perfect,itstill providesanimpor:t. _ contr-"2.!,ltionto the ant _ literatur~_~__f.:~ prob1ems.Weworkedactive!\'y witl - roofi:.ng - 1 several of- thea.uthor-editorsofthatpublication.It wasalso during 196that we.f-4.r,-st-UndePtook-the- in!ng f .iJ:m __ -This5t:ta- pr.oj~t. ief : probablyt.h~mostambitioussingleproject eve!\'undertaken i,I)the : froofingind~~.try.~in- j,reparafiono-r- aualo-y1sual -materials tne/providinginstructionsontheproperapplication ofbuiltup. lroof;,__ - \'the f .i.v.e-:tr.ai-n-i-llg- ilms- was._p,r~_ e.n~~9. _ t in14,.: \'f.]Je.J\'.JP:a-t-o-f - - ija-the ~c.o.nvent. The_~ema. . fi. -we:re-pre- - at.th~L-:::1965_ _Lon- i.ning lms sen:ted ~~]6. ___ion- inDes Moine-s,-Iowa.Thesetrainingfilms .have cioiw.en:t.pr,ovided:tll\'i!l:!asiccurriculum forapprenticeshiptrainingprQgP.~~ throughoutt~f3 __g_ . and,.inadd- - -have- been enorntQ"\'1-~!Y. __ QUn:t~yi:tion,- .helpfu- to roofi.,!)_ft_ in _ _ ____ k._n9-~.!~~~~~~ -1- _ ~9.D~P~~tQr.S - up_~a._dingtl}e _-iori:n,iqu.e.s of:thei~i-stingworkfoFee-.- 11~Y- __ appl:\'icat- - te_~lj__ - - - ~_. - l)g_\\l~-exa1:so -15Efen\'_~s- togoodadvantagebymanufacturersinfamiliar.i~iJ1g __ el_ _ tlffir-empl:CY~~_$ _pr-ocedu-re-s-. GrossPe. __ _ _ withrnofingpr-oblemS-and ceTpts_. . -1965 - - exceeded-$-l-S- - ithanetprofit atconvention ,-600-,wth-e\'O\'f 6,Alsgg_y:c_ing_~RCAissl)e_ thefirstof._ t_ ___$- 500.____.1965d,ts _l?.~~~i~ -t ____ t A_ - oa-tions ~P-il.~ ~_?._anic,._How o.Make__R9.o.f_ Dr~i.nJc:t~l- -.l,1~re.!sMorri- w~~- pnine-ipa-1- - . . ___ !l,~thoringt!l.;~__s__ly. -rosp.ons.ibl.e _ p\\loli~ation .fo;r _ and- - \' wasanimmediatesuccess.Itcontfiiiiestoingreati\'t bede;_ maml havng- unaergone-sev- revisions.Veryshortly eralsubstantial aftel\'thisbrochurewaspublishedin1965,theAsphaltRoofing IndustryBureauordered2,000copiestodistributeto1800selected architectsanddesignersacrosstheUnitedStates.Astheresult ,,.'