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To find out what the situation is; what we can look for after the war; and how we can prepare to meet the problems that will come up, we recently asked several of the best informed men we know to summarize some of the trends and developments as they see them. Here is what they say."
One of the writers is W. Walter Timmis, Chief, Plumbing & Heating Branch War Production Board ,Washington D. C. In thinking back on my father's war, I never considered this. Mr. Timmis' words: "Absenteeism is another problem which needs more attention. Sick and injured war workers lose 6,000,000 workdays every month. Over 20 million families have members with colds at one time. Nationally, the average man loses two to four days a year from work due to colds – women twice as much. "Faulty heating, overheating, wide variations in temperature, exposure, drafts – each contribute to the high incidence of colds. Part of the solution to the problem of absenteeism, colds and ill health, rests in the hands of the coal man, the stoker and heating appliance dealer. Better control of temperature is one of the best means of preventing the common cold." Ever think the coal man played such an important part in the war effort?
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What follows are 37 brief gems, written by people who really took the time to think things through. I’ve scanned the booklet into the Library at 
In 1989, when Marianne and I went into business, a good friend, Dick Koral of the Apartment House Institute (which is part of New York City Technical College), gave me several file cabinets filled with the collection of Clifford Strock, who once edited Heating & Ventilating magazine. I based several of my books on what I found in those files, and along the way, I fell even more deeply in love with the wonderful history of this industry. Dick Koral was Mr. Strock's Associate Editor for many years, and the files were about to go into the trash because of a lack of space at the college. Dick saved them by giving them to me, and much of that collection is now scanned into the Library | Dan Holohan - [Intro] | [Email] | [Website] |
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