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FILE NAME: Z/ZZZZ/ DATE: K DOC#: / DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: >ZZZZ  AFFIDAVIT OF ROBERT C. COHEN STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA as.: 0 RI G11' PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 8 Al A - 4 ROBERT C. COHEN. of full age.upon his oath. deposes sand says: 1. I Am principal in the firm of Knipes Cohen Associates , a shorthand reporting service located at 400 Market Street. Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. 2. In 1978 Knipes Cohen Associates was designated as the oificlal repository for documents of the Asbestos Textile Institute. 3. In February 1980 the deposition of Doris Fagan. executive secretary of the Asbestos Textile Institute, was taken at the offices of Knipes Cohen Associates. 4. Ms. Fagan produced at her February 1980 deposition the originial minutes of ATI meetings as maintained by her as executive secretary of the Asbestos Textile Institute. 5. From the date of that deposition. I have been custodian of records of those originial minutes. 6. The originials of the ATI minutes have remained in the drawers at the. offices of Knipes Cohen Associates under my direction since Ms. Fagan's deposition of February 1980. 7. Uhenever copies of those minutes are requested by a party to the asbestos litigation. they are xeroxed by Knipes Cohen Associates' employees under my direction and are certified. 8. The copies of the ATI minutes which I have provided are indicated as Exhibit "A" and are true and accurate copies of documents identified by Doris Fagan at her deposition on September 9. 1980. page 9. There have been no additions to, deletion from or alterations to the documents as identified by Ms. Fagan on Septemebr 9. 1980. Sworn to And subscribed before me this /2 day of October.1988 r NeAmLYSSA :AVAINCs7CIV FuNit Prsala FItta. if v Commtltstork EXMICS Ci4 ROBERT C. COHEN 5L"r.5'CZ Genern1 neetine. Juno 7, 1V73 Fogy Bridge Marriott, Arlington, Virginia In Attendance MAT= conronArion W. Maazkant M. J. Scanlan U. E. Walter BELL 7=STnr C. R. Snith cl..nLocz xvc. S. G. Blxit Xuanuk AnntcTon OF ^urr.-c 1.. Farrel:. LefeIlvra E. 0tiefkan (Annrco) Jmns-mAraLL: conrca=c1 C. G. Cuerin T. P. Jackson J. P. Power (C.J-M) W. B. Reitte r. C. Streib nit:mm=11AP; gu=7.7,:z5 n. Arnal Oliva (7.vm=nnx, uirr=nnrz.r. 4 . E. J. Leff Nicol.= INDUSTRIES, INC. E. W. Russell J. X. Phittaher nor=;: '1 FOR =Tr= MD IT:TRIALS P. O. Micodenus H. X. por:r.r. 7.. C. Brett :::c. ASEFSTOS =TILE INETIFFUT- n. ragam, Egocutivet. Scor Childers Z. W. Echere. L. E. Moody ..1".JPaf.tmJi.l0m ....I.I4/ 1.I4.4"...., M. Brooks C. W. Franpten, J. W. Eawhins R. T..Matthew .. Q. Scoucroft Z. Weaver Jr. uniLaria., inc. w. D. Rittinger E. E. Carden L. I'. Dieringer B. A.. Morris cur Tn or _ "lb m Asberit Mnrchallr ^attannn Adorer Azhnstns Znfrrnntion Assr.e. Werth Anarion !lett:law M. rwetcnic Industrial Sant-, Equipment r.harles V. runuelt, 7r. =Tv= conron=cn P. E. Leclerc fl.S. Bureau of Minns %ober:: .7s. Clifton Total r.Wtendanca during tht two-eny meeting was .1r, people, inc_: 10 warm and 3n nem - reprnnenting 10 ccnpanies or as:ncintions. rage .1 -- ATI C: aural fleeting G/7/73 m :ruTnn 1. The General :looting of the nsbestog Taxtilc Institute war c to order by Prnsident %. G. Mee...croft at 1:00 P.M.. junt 7, 2.President Scowcrott velcomed thn nemhnrc and sunnts in atto oance and introduced four guests; nouthly, nattheil n. S'Intonic. Executive Secretary, Asbestos Infornation Ansociationrlorth An t'archollo Cattaneo Adorno, Asborit E.A.; Robert A. Clifton, Di cf Non metallic air:emir., U.S. Lure au of linen; and Charlets n. . walt, Jr., Secretary/Traasurer, Industrial Safety rnuinnant Association, and momher of its Cafetv t:earing Apparel Product ( 2.'2'611c:fins pant tradition, Prozidont Scos'croft asked each ac: .n attendance to rise and state his name and company affiliatic Presidnnt Scowcroft called for the readinn of the rinutez n: last stated General fleeting. It van moved )..y A. nezmuk, =cent: by T. P. Jackson, and so carried, to dispense vith tho readinu Salmi. 5. Treasurer =. A. nerris present:A the hero= of Funds of the :nstitutu as of Apri1 30, 1973. C. r. !ninth.= rov-d the roper accepted. Thu Motion. ''.ins seconded Jl S. C. Limit and se voted, unanimously. Z. copy of the full 'ap= is attachnd to theta linutes. C. :z the al:lento of !3. P. Pacorn, the Legal Counsel edeiress wz given .1ty rugenc Z. Luff of Cadur,ladtlr, Vickershan & Taft. =lc text of his ro:,ort is attached hc:**sto. !tr. Lef discussed ttro cast.= -- one concerned with the illngal division of the narhot. and the other nmting a connection !lett:con ant:;-trent violations the private ezereine of governmental roues. 7. 77. M. Smith, conical t Sales 7nprunftntativo, nc11 AnImster Mines Ltd., 4nlivored the Ti!-re Producers' neport (zee attacned !Ir. Smith stntud thnt crudes and ultre-ions spinning fibern con to be in short zupply mediun ant"! -'bort spinnins fillers from Crades 3P 'to 3n are in fair suyply from non: producer::. rho in these.: sraden is forns)en 2or the remainuer of this year and cnange in the situation ..z not indicated, At the pras"nt tiru, 1774. C. Pursuant to nailing for Comnitto., neports by the- retuactive Chairmen, Prezident Scowcroft advisn4 that C. G. Guerin had replacer! I. Zarnett on the: '2echnical Committee. 9. The followino repnrtn of activities at the Conmitton lovr erm Presented y the, rnspnctive tna,?.rm.,.n to th.1 gnnoral m.4n'ert enPy of neon nuport is attachnd h1;:nto, i.o.: race 3 -- A:: neneral !touting A/1771 AsbonDtyogsieAndeviAnonraynu-farc.t. uUr.itRsus-s4n,.4171., rarnen, Chaircan: Chairmnn: :ethnical - J. W. :chord, chairran: F:air :1,1searth C nnting -. Z. ntinfhcm, r:zairnan: :nvironmental %nalth - L. F. Ziirinner, Cairrumn. ,IJnr-.akItthruomu=ghrsolionteLdasbiytPyraorsnidpernotduScctmi'ocnrotletc:thInaqturaencent technal th%e Institut. to sou.k. widor repautentation in itm = VC' 6. nshir. was reported that AZ approved a change a rnsult, thn A=.7 rearc7 Of '7 Mv=rr.0.17S in tha Conatiaution and By-La.'n of the Iazt involving 4asotirtf. roquir-onorts. %rticle Iglrlaepnhva2r;sc)ofofazthheentCoozn-set.iotnuttaiionninhoasfahher.i=czreovnieneti.nl pasn, for rezola" such, !,:ho do not manufacture the as!%ostos-c-mtainin.7 yarns us, soma, saa.1.1 ba cligiLlo for :.szociate ::areacrzhip in this Tats-.. 11. tit Precidant had been ncot,croft raferred given to each tr tho net, iCentification ca: returntd to the nmotutivemSePm tcbroetrairny aftotrenudsa'nncte,fuastthlirnee:'t.h:aatt. 12.As stated by Pro:Tie-ant Cam:croft, there acenz tn cu.Lty with tho postal procazz in that ctn. e smrm .r.;:nnrvatien cordn arriving at A= headquarters. In at cndvavor to avoid undue pr. ra,tzzZi:urtvuartoiom n weeittihntghso, i.t7w.Xa2sCUatdiVvOiluqdi:tChrUattae=aycWhOUnloer.:cr who r.al:.n ac;:xtowladg=lant within approxinatayter. .e.:1."11 roociwe a not arrive in duv courau, it uoul:1 tar,. d wel l tn :.o aev4 an the ne 13. hTolhdo:nemm c4c:noral ::zeting of thn :m!lcston 7;n:Iti1e Znntitute ^to;-7,- :-n, 1^73 :!arhor Club, .1.-.11!it:port, ::asnachuzatts Guns': Snuaker will Lo !Yr. J. Corl,ntt :Icnnn7.1a, 7.pidnniclooiIt Univnrniv,, anel ing Association. Adviznr to pueu.et : Prasidont Scowcrtft eiive thz wishus of the odvized that every -f:ort con!.inra.lir>-nt-larg:. )7y is 1.g`int, schrduline, nadc they 7- ponziLle, future -and on Friday:- :C1co5mionrnniingii.i:nntih.1..17171.:o,f ftuhteurIonTn-ftli.tvutimnrzn.ztvoilt:nIt 4.ruory 7-G, 1974, at t.::t Carclita: Juno 6-7, Felintr!, Chnrinston, r.ont! Z.C.: StIptember 25-217!,"71d917,4,at Twin nrilgas 71arrintt, "ftnitirttn, ne'truary G-7, 1 :77S, nt at "*.lo Clointer, nen nolie.av Inn-Infinpnndsmoo 7.sland, Cenrg CPlvu.Ln.nsP7ovntan'ihae.lTraanPteaettivn futurn nactinq nit:m intim).* ' rehrisltaednlp in VQW Clrle ann, :1, Florida, ih '$ct Louiz'ana, ionbuJarr.' oher 1775 and the narri 1..5J.rrTo!deftoore intro)-douociknlgf:ttn12t4h2atnu'teonrtn%C;vi:ntthroirnt7z,.-den:44drniontr Cenvcroft to canine!r Pay: 4 -- iti nat.:tine -- 6/7/73 mgiting to orc;er. Just off the nross, thu hool-lets ware pull by th2 4.7.2.1aA and are entitled: Anhastnn infera tioh/north T' fit Asionstnn 7t ;s. shr!stos And Uealth, Nnstiens and Ans'tars--sbestos Ane2 Rna. and Protecting The An?)estos :7orna-. ninnlgt ocrint cf thtl art avai:ahle from the AIA/-A, 22 "ant 4Cthrect, York 13010 ibulk-rates nn recTunnti. Yor!:, 1E. rrIsiC,Int Scowl:raft introe.uc.:d Cvn rmsal:cr: :tatthc. Lxecutivc Cocretary, '.n!lenten 7nformation 7.snociati North Am:rich. Swctotic (!itonn profile is nttachae) disc thc :..IA/UA, its formation, its history and noMorh i= in hithalf o2 the asonstos industry in the United f!tates. als talked .!'chit tha impact of onilA and ;TA rnsulatinns to contra amount of asloastor. dust in the atmonp:tora. discussndthe tion: 'ass the Ashostos Industry `:..ran sinslad out by novo;' pro:.;, and various consarvative vroups? Uo ntatnd that t!: industry is passing through a crinis p.griod in thn nnd closer ties hetwacn trades association: .tould bu Zw.:tonic advizad that ha sari '.Jeon talking !.1 1 the pre= n4:ou as%eston. and health sin= lna and that out of 1n.)-27r, ruport only 2 ware over 3S. 1:e art: daalins pith a ynuno cad it:ccon group, ho said. Trc A surv,v tn37on of thn awaranors and att: tmlart uso of anbenton, it ;rho disoovmr.,d that asbestos i: rulativaly unlanotrh to the gancrn1 Thu situation chanf lit? .Q hl.:tw..en urban and rural arnan. It wan intarostins to : that tha survuy inticatad t::at those in the 1:1-2s srn hrnn::r.t littln atcut nr.h.astos but that awarhnoss innroastzd in t:Insa 'r who unra LC t:loon 4S and 4'.; years of nu. cnpy of presontation, in it3 nntir....ty, in nttachlorl to th-tsc 1.7 hqinr: no rurthur !!Im'nots bA! bronst hoforn tho r..nip, t;lu naigtino Inns ae,tournn- a awn-,no.m as :ler notion hy n. A. rarro'I, sticondod ?mat.1:21, r. r. A. rsr.1-12, an Inanimously approw,e thn attanfl'nq rtnnhors. z*.:: ," noris YaSan, %x-cutwe. tta,nrntary nC2:: nnclosod ih:rertith is your copy of ronstitution and .atis of thc .7.shestos rovinod an of inml 5, 1n73. l'arafjraph ? of th:a by Vic lavanue .^.y-%aYa (png., 7) is stV0(ler. to z'oprn. Z .....,". dr, -". ; lunJn of balance on Land :January 1, 1973 -- Gonural Fund Rasnrvc rund retry Cash rund P.cmcirtz Total on nand Tc nccorve Fund -interest adjuonnmnt to 11/7.1 /72 Dums for near 173 To Gancral run:: -- *ooh rAl.s Insurnnce Credits Total !:nccipts S s,nnn.,n - Dizbursummhtz n-- 1 Rental of Office Space (5 :.onus) Te.lophonm (4 months) N.J. Fmploynent Tnx (Atli 1wr 117n) rodarn1 Ttx (4th Qtr 1D72; Federal Unomploynmnt Tat (rots 1r72) Fmdialreaol=.p1:lIecyovre-nmtinTaa,xT(a1x=onnUt=st1273) 1273) P. :nc-cr: 7nx (lot, Secretary's r-,t 14egan 973) months) :nsurance for .1(r , Of:icm r.lumrtorz rootace, Prntin.o. Cupplion, etc. navimicn of rilirn Tont Lcocsnrla.t7a.1r3yr7'siC"^:ZnavaFl x7n1cn:rna,o,s---(:4(t2h/7^2t=ro1-.5t74 -7^-5) ) Peva.' Cann "cuch.trn "1-1; To:al nial:uraonetntn :tiacalculation :roc. last r;taturr2nt on ::T `1? %nd.s. an of ;Tril ZO, 1:1 73 -Grmerml Fund 71zzervo runa Potty Cash Fund -.Tr= ...nnets AS cf ::Fri. '3, :073 -- menu Total rundn as liztod Aliovc! .F"u.crmniotuunreto1n. aZcqouivia;:lma nVn;ct1.(0n):cnreinlleeas)valut) 1=1, Annr--r . 70Tra. L7:-11TLTT'in't e7"les.Ae...t. 1 vel Inrpiesctz sunr-s-ttarr, raoan 30, 1971 z 1,467.1E 1r,n4r..n 21,71''.q2 1. 6^ 121, .11,. f.:.... . (7rtsented at A:: Cenaral %eetinc, .7un.. 7 , 1r73, at r=i larriott, Arlin,....., virqiniol Thera has h,n111. an inoreaninm dcmanci thrnu.ncut th,.! world in for a number of fibre grader., notai-%:y in 4 Group And 7 Grog. After the fall-off in 1972 in 5 /..4 E arta p fihres, this ma, has buqun to recover, a4thonsh not to th^ sanr. entent an th, previeunly-nentioned 4 and 7 Croups. Of main.intermst to members of thc are spinn,nm : flroup 3 grader.. Crudon and ultra-long nntnningn continue ' in short supr1Y, but the roslitIn ane short nvinniner. in tic : 3: rango art in fair sunply fron most productrs. shortac foresorin in thest graedn durinu althouoh indiv'Aual n: cern nay bo tight in some npenif;'.c gradinmo. Th;:re are no indications-...urezent thzt :hare: .A.11 hn a chong- during 1274 in spintin7o; hev,,nrar, in short !j;-ret, ourrr:nt oversupply of SD ii:r:::, may ':)c c:oncr to halancn ni.:: Isar. One or two near nines in Cannaa arc schoeulu:: to etre into 7: tier in 1P7:, but there is no iihelihood the:az they vil , any spinning fibres. The son= i3 true of nat. neurons in ,;.untralaria. ":-.'_tor Frith Mchnioal rale= nnprnson nal: PnLnntez Ltinos dr r . M 11 tl 111.1* QED Zuni. 7, 157: .:n:Jeston Talttile Tnntitut .7;cy Mridg 7ircTin; The Committee met -,ith sintenn mer.ars and v=nts in at-znean: rrprnsuntative of ten companies, al Ametcx Corporation n. H. TIaIter, ?lorristarin, rannsylvan.:.a Asborit M. Cnttanco (Mono), nip de .7ftnniro, nrroal ^adwaladur, wickershnit 4 Taft E. J. Leff, new 1:orl: City Canadian Johns-Nanvillo Company Ltd. Z. P. Power, 2:si:antoz, Quartz Garlock Inc. S. C. L"xit, Palm7ra, rcw Yor!: :oh::_-nanville Cc:Tor:Mit= C. G. Guerin, Manville, '?:1 Cnrney R. Reit=o, 1:Anver, Colorm:o 7.11:ft Anh'Iztos of N.4!tec 7.td. L. rarr,-11, 7:te? Yrirk City n. L. Lcfu!Ivre, fl, ac% Oulzhnc u. n. Portnr Cer7any, Inc. n. C. ;:raft.C:larlotte, .'ex-:z Cnrolina L. L. noccly, Charlotti:, north Carolina Rayborton-;lan!tattan, lac. -R. T. Matt.- , :!orta Fout:1 Carolina :. a. 1:caver, nannoin, r:.nnsylyan:;.a Uniroyal, Inn. U. D. IlittinTer, =innahoro, r.outh Carolina E. Cardfm, .ecru,.` L. F. Dimrinver, e:rinucetict:t Thu t:a.:ting incluZed discus:ions in th:: follo,ving arenn: dunt (fi!;4r) counts improvemluts, criceial chuclvinc!, etc.; an.I. r-:cenr expurioncez 05X. intpuetions. W:11.1:1 dunt count:., one: cf.g. T.any no- in trlinel a math60 o: placing thu filter intake vnlvo ;mar th-7: n..rnon't month lnd unn ragQ 2- minuten of t::n z: Air nyvione i CC`::.L anJ in soma case: usA t"o units frith .L'^r on the enployee's shouleter. Also, it was pointed cmt, again, that thu h4igt of t:tr. r-: heine chechad has soca :.:Car ::g On tha dust cnunt. nust en samplas, '.nen chus!zad iW different naonla, shows A rt., f:arz.rn a variation of as mush an 5 to 1 and an average cf 40s vari plus cr virus, with rare: variation on higher counts. Spncing of er!uip=ent uainti A larger araa ans.1 using a snconz: to recirculate the air has sizown sons rn4.untion in dust cou: :Then stripping cards, use hoods placad nz as possinlo o' the arta and strip with a hrur.`. attachae. to a vacuun. Sore utilize tnc ALingzon system when stripping cards. Onve plant reported the use of a light spray (7-:-X) on nixes roughly 2%, while anot:Ier plant sprays carrier only with a r of %Tatar and ban-set. Zoth plant: report ac reduction in an a =suit of using the sprays. In z recant plant inspection by onm, one corpany received finus for the following itens: I) 5cre e=ployces with no respirators: 2) Conpany had not proviEcd prevIctive eloting in rnr:uired arca.;; 2) Citation: resultins in rn, fine.: for exceeding !ivy (5) iib,ern in one ar-t:! rtnii a timn-.:eisAted avarag:t of ovqr tort (:7!) fihnts :n sone recent canus t- or.:. :.gtncy has 't: ::C::'' dust ocuntn 2:t 1:efors actual:1. issuing A citation. plants am unir rental unifernz one: loohLrs ,:oth fl:rnisnat: r ?until unif pr:orir:. The uniforLs, two p=r ov7I1oyme eas% wrtk, avrrao.'s : muchly. In most ,cases the rental uniforn in a short-nlnavnd nhir-. ant. pants only, and thin has been acclIntanle. Rosp9ctfu/lv suhn t te nuti r. Cardan, r%air n :NuTns IMF-7=v ADVIr07.7.7 =0=7= :inestos Tlxtile Inst'tute June 7, .973 -- ;:ey Bridge ne.rriett, 22: AT7====: C. V. nuzsell, Chairman T. P. Jachson nurr.uk :1. J. Scanlan IL O. Scoucroft D.a.. Fagan, ATI Executive Secretary E. Laff, aT.T. Legal Counsel Vircini Ecard of Governors of thfe T.,ntila inst4 tutft took action at its September 1n72 neleting to chanct the :nstitute's Constitution and Ly-Lalls. The changet normittc weavers of asLeston-containing rmnolo an such, 1-To fa!trici and tapen, fer do not manufacture the asbestos varnn used lignt in same, to !le elit'il.qa or Annoetat,) nembership. In of this action, the ::nheston :.dvinory Committee was requeztigd to detormine a mer,lod of rem' r consiaering nevertl alternntivt, the Conmittee ac- cepted the offer of n. Foo,:crott to preTarc a mews i;lease for insertion in thc .11221. 1r17: isms{: oe marat'ne. The release nteto thn chauge will puWlicly^...t..enn.d nenhrehip to that.: eilvtlifii4 nterestcd. Jacl:non o: d will scrvsa az ;Icr:borship Chairman. Cer7oration nor7hIctfully r. nuennll, r.%airman NO :t :IT T1 "" E TC-12"-C7,L P.shuttos insfifnfc .lune G & 7, 1 1,73 - - ney Sridge r:errier.f, AP ea- N $.1--:=10 7.17Cr. : J. ;! rmihins, nnyhtstes-An.nhnttnn, 7.nc. T/. ttma.-hant, :elate= rorporntion P. n. nnn.:rn1 17:nctrin Cnnpnnyrt.77!: C. S. Guurin, Jchnn-;tnnvilin t:orporttion I 40 Echord (Chairman), Portnr 7:nrtpany, Carl G. Guerin, of Johnt-tianviZle S'orporation, wan wnlconce an now memilor of the :%7.7: T?chnical Committer, r.splacing Irvin.Zarn n-1: special roctin5 of the Cm:mitt:221'as nn Jen: nth to nevi the :=7.% Standards for Tarn, noving, ane Lap. Tht ronmittrw!'s proponed state.-:o:2;t en precisicn ane an.ntrec:, worn avprovne. h*: the 2ditorial Connitfee of .7.7T!, nn l?finT nditorial. Eo-rnvi the stator:en:5 were rejectnd by the 74:71 ntandares rditor 1+::p e cifioe they :lust put to hollot A: ter assignina n senn! for intur-labcratcry tcsting. 7ha snmplas of yarn, roving an,1 ..411: hen kneed' ! n..eon-llahtan, :nc., 'n qtr.;: rorportti: General :lectric ConpAny, rlock :nc. inn' 7orfor rompnnv. Inc. Tasting should 1-* conpInted prior to the Sprint: 11174 rest_ Tne .7062Zs-naneril1e tun.2-ler-tost procedure tths dincunsed az a :lc: dvt2rnine eau rilativa dustiness nf varioun Ashansts ornduc-: :Lawnint netermine if enuiornnt in ritual:1We for uvaluntion. 7:12 foaoilliiity of hvil:ii:147 a sinilar tnet.^: al will h* conridcred. Se:mcnrittee 7)13.14 hns :3aen =anuatte:1 thn U.S. :1Avy tn chntna .rhos es "-p to conform witn n'.darn1 Spefificatic 7-17P2 so it nay hn 2.1ed for direct nrocur.,.ntnt rui-nonns. vision ,yould raquiro th.t Addition of a lea:ity assurnnoo provit: section on ponLar:inn ana an ohnnleta nn tnpn stvlan. :4172 Too:InicAl Coumittee fools that tLin in:crnation sheule. not 1 includr9d in a "Matnrial npncl:finntion." P. 0. "icoannor. rc Viet: thu ot.jectionn?kle itonn %fit!) :)1:cre rep:Y.:inn tn the draft of proposi.,6 lilitary 1pocifinAtiuu !::L-7-3053Y--"Zrtulo- tion, electrical, Ashotton-?ihar, '7reatee. and Untrnhtelm was vi:Irsittorl for approval. Chairvan !ran instructed to ro7;s1:::t ionnttn.nnion for normunft until after tt..e at-to!ler 1 177 Cnrrtitten r: "Icnoctfullv ste-^to J. ". rchgre, rrlairr 7:rJu2stcs June 7, 1571 -- Zey .7r_-no insttt!.:tri .%r14 hrton, ;.77=NDANCZ: !I. C. "..trailJ, Johnz-nan'fille Cor7oraton R. :.'rich, nf.:11 Zr!-,:sntos Minc:1 v). r. Mildnrn, Ti. Z. :lortIr Coman7- Tnc. C. Z. Stiaf%an Mhnirman), :merlon. t ho raevaim7 wan totall7 dcvotrtd to dinclmniens of tha procrz the 3rd Zdition of the Chrycotile !tanual. It was noted that tha :SCI` Clnhustos Onruant ProZucts :\csmria hnot :moo= defunct anC ail rtfmrencen to that or7aairation harm removed from the rung nanual. It eras dacidee: that for futur.: test dr:it:titan, a nuFv"tl:tr bs insurtce into the Llanual, vanti:inin5 the prr..-icuc nunnar with an =planation of the rtsnson far dulution. 't irdicatet1 that the tont could hc: eirtaiale " Sinev ACT,;, ia dafurct, the Z=7. hal?, for c?onser an oriTimr:1 ttzt rt.7:173vt Product:" rficord, arTrnne! tc :%.nhattos CfM.2nt Tint G-2, tnz; nacn'tom c natinc, nr.tn ne:trav7...1 for nnonnar! Thc Trt !!antrl han bonn annend in rouer.. !orr, uedtcrinl chnntmn. This dr a:= now ravrte. hu the nasalsrch C. Tuntins Comritt.:Q. !Zion. nr7rovi:4, thel dra: will au?ImittaC to thu print= fo= n rea=onarly-ncturatet c: ustinatu. ori7inal int: photocrntVlo then bel acamhlod for printin5, '111N:fully tna c::4 cf t% .- 3ummcr. It will for the r:t-thorn'li:, to n:5:..._t tory rnoniro- rInts to Zori:; rn,:an as coo:: as rerni'lla. ^nwor:tfially sul;mittce d Z. rtilf!'"Ini Chair ..".st.octon Toxtilo Inntit=2 Jun 7, 1.7;7) -- !:=-riott, .`..Tlir7=cr, Vire'? forunl pentinn of the Cnnnittec ..7nn 1"le tr-te rz: Sit in on the dincus=ion= of the vveHlne 4 ::naLlf'ct.-inn Connitte. mc,:tinc tina, the folloilinn in thn .irtntlls of varinun rrr pos:d nccupationhl hchlth Marfa rdn v,hich of inturest rxr.rnr companier.: 1)7pisf! -- Dnrartnnnt o: Lahor ".tencIards L:Iviter" romr tige is meeting periodically to considnrntnndarrl. its meeting in Uostor on 1:73, tha imoricen Conf.: enca of Invcrnmentn1 M?stinni=ts (=717:) recommanaed thst adoption of a notion of intent to chnnot the Thrt=', Limit values to C5 dn for an C-'.cur-n-dn7, t_;,-tmj.chtue expel:urn. titc Ctandard= i.dvisnry Connit-nt in Uashinqten, D.C., on 3Z, :tr. V. n. Cormitton Chnirman, vtatad that the levol nf noise for anployooz pro:.aLly rantin at fin 2)Lect ntrazs -Lcc=n al=n rnonm:::::need tt itn Do'-,on rho the nuoptice o.f. the Eett Strw=m Thr2.01014 Linit wnro cunlishutl as t notice of 'nt:mt n 11'72. ' :liffTr= slightlfyrom those recnnmnn,:nf. 'T=77 j.n itra C.7i=rirt yulchnn4 in thnt pnrmissi%in Jetr-reit rnoirotnn srcif: 7.:F: !mete= nf the pronos.:.d ntnh:ardt is elcne.!::: )-y raccht criticinn that the ,77T in not eeprient: 1.1:1ionto: of hent stres.s. Propnnalg hag.-- !-can rnA^ th.-= st%7,nt ratc! ;-,eart retan arn morc inaionzi..-o of heat nti-ons. nectnt article= of inter7:st frnr th: of novitnntinhal :];'er..., Volume '6, .P7?, hnnzf- er::nn f:- tht; nc=1:7ntinr: :;ociety, ar2: 1) Paves 1-Z, ?ttarearen fnr .'ronitn - n!nr tonqmst - "not enl.,!nton) hen revivled informatinn on human tlr:pnsurn tn nir':nret: aililrl oxne.Jrin::ntn. The nu:Jconnttee han hnoiludgc: n1 tv rflatiorn duct nn2 oe an''Intosic Ya-2n,.nozcp=le:tooifsiteatt:ehryctn7tiaonfe tha clk.qrne of nrotao4Linn affordn nta73Car4. :lev:,rtholta=z, on t:1(.; !Ins of of;:'pezinon= thn of :4Jonite nne '7hr"seti euct on :le:1 anti eninhln, it on lxosit-1 =honle. no 1.:=;: ont o strinewnt thnn hn t thn=a =ta'm : fnr rnir!, n: Vnr.:..! 7, hvi.- rir of the *1.?"30..te F:tene.arl 'or Cr%r-Inti!, :_sL!'ntoo Unnt 1.;:tnevi fr% 3w.nrnntjnn rtuzgoi".1, P-oa 2 - V,huten nC t." 7nvirnr-v-h-h' rnrr....tt(te rnraidit7 data, nn net., reportwal cer!..unt:'- ir: tion of wn: vtueie2 nct avni.:R?Jic a nur...= cf years, suhezr.rtt(412 cn stated, "tt iz ther:ort rnecrl. that nn channel he Lade at thr, prc,Icnt tine, hut thzt stnnCaril i'c%. hept under rovim,." 3) rcs..j r-17, rin107inr.a nf4nets el Cane= - Pe2c:- r :.dvizory Co=mittae on 7:nhastns Cnneern to the Pirne-rr 0: Intornationh1 ;Taney for "r'scrtrah Cancelr nepnrt d'v: into tlfc 2arts, the firma nuesticn-ancl-an!:"erocet4 on 4uvoted to the latnst thinhinq nn t:v.4 rIlatinn of asnc-: cs,insura and cancur, and t11.11 nCb=aa tc rc,enrmnc:at'rns fc future rescnrch in epiclorinIngy, pat1:cln7v and phr,icn c:mniztr7 of arl-coton-relatne. cancan. nr..nnectfUllv nubmittc 71;Pr4nr%tr, Tirt.",P7,7: Or ctur,r-77., :nh-oton :nstinutn nnnnrhl 'nnr.nt"! ..1Une 7, 1D73, Arlingtnn, tha rehru-ry Seneral ::nutinT 4:1 Atlanta., rnnen1:. --nc to you rn-.!:z of nouns::: deolin9 with ilIo7n1 divinions territory amnnv conptrtinT snllnrs. Tho cnnes rLferrn.4 tn dealt ,rith nzplicit c..:,:mnants in which thn mnr tnr. ch-vnd .1n the solling curn:nnics involvee nn thn orincinlo nf mcru.: =mm:nr. oni conpany". Th.! decidetl cnsus have hold such agrovnents tn t unlawful, with a Inv linitce. ancaptionn. e. recant casa has fccusnd attention cm. division of nnrcts agrnemont Cr plan is nct clearly :pnllnd out. Hohm-t Ccitoanv v. Zto2coln. Oilliand. !no., 471 r.2d (Sta Cr. is cu t. ennien, ;c az (::iv 2:, z dintrihutor of %TnIeinv aquiprent wan ansignnd 'y tIve =arm:fa:tar:3r "pr- nary r-,:spnnsibility" far distribution in :7orthorn *':ha natt: co=arcial instinct:, cf the fir.`-,h.r.niavnr, led it tn 'nevin in Tonnossof.:, wan not only outoizIc lnrthern lana-nia territory, but was ,?ithin an area raipplind dirftctiv hy th.r. nnnr =ran. rvomtuallv, the Cistri'ontorn!'in agronnnnt "RS onnefg!lled cznufacturer, and the dintrihutor nu111 tho nnnuf!letnrcr, cOargin11 an 1lle5a1 divinien of *rritorios. 7"-in dn'nnst nmphasiond the al,npncn of a ,Tritttn contract pro:Iih; inv thn distrinutor frail nollinc: in nny narthcular arrya. =rano L`' :n soon an norearmnt years enr1i4ir, Intr. nounnfil ha0 r=odin0 ! pr:nlam drifting r7.11 onntracto arnicrninT "lr7n1 of primnr:, roa7c.nniLility", 14:ion Cid nnt nn their face lindt nalos elst-41 courts nevorthelozn hold tht--orrhhnc!nont tn i"nrnl. 7!.c ?lit.. Circuit C:turt of stataf. t...lot 7. til,,nt une:nrntare can shcwn hy thn ccursa cf. conduct n:7 t!lt: pnrt'er." ch': z.viernon *?a7.; an intrn-offion r"7:rn frn= t::.. Ten^nsso- ei trio: rwr:r.,n,;:nta*-4 vv n rzn=f;:cztlrf.r tm tN2 ::cr^ nft4 -rt reportcen tho dintrihutor's nnlen in 7mnIntasna urnod thc nan: facturur to "counter" :))* snllinr dirt-to:1y in thn distributorin t -" `r ::crthiern Cisacr7ia. 7:ne of thu it:portant teachinqs of thin enn in that cnti:11O1nce the antitrust lawn - "hoth(zr thn innun is priznn, distri'artion ri!uttAls to deal %fit:: cnrtain companies, Cal- airy rlthr:r trade rouulntinn nattor - in not Aeli.Arug: nnr.11v lvciCing.the Ovious, npell.:!d out nn s nf trnnscq-nsAinn. '7ar7tuwt taken not to lessen comnotitinn indirnctly or thrniTh un:::lar2sn4ke. urtdiu-ztanOin7, nn t%:11. vnvinvs pu;ntionad vinlatinns nr th.! thrnuoi, nnr.! d:Ivinun s:..erLs to ne.o7propriatt: at thin cat,t,trinn, nn close .to .att.arrlate t,muld lihc tr nett: nnnthur cnr,:cction hr:m. viten antiveunt lay, and neb3itien. ABCUT THE SPEAKER The names Matthew M. Swetonic and Asbestos Info-- ration Association/North America are synonymous. It was Matt who developed the oricinal AMA/NA Prospectus in the Fall of 1970 and who preparec the presentations for both the intreduczory an: the organization meetings. Upon J-M's decision to move its corporate headquarters to Denver and Matt's electing not to make the move, he was employed as AIA/NA's first full-time Executive Secretary. For the first three months of 1972 he handled two jobs: Manager of Environmental Affairs for 3-M and Executive Secretary for AlA/NA. During this time he organized the industry effort for the EPA and CSH;%. hearings and wrote for others or presented himself six major presentations in a period cf 45 days, a record-which he states he hopes he "will be never asked to break." Matt is 30 years of age and is married. He is a native New Yorker, was reared in Easton, Penna., and now resides in Manhattan. He holds a B.A. in Creative Writing and an M.S. in Journalism. Following a tenure as Feature Writer for The Easton Express, he joined J-M in July 1965 as Associate Editor of News/Pic, an e=ployee macezine. He was promoted to Editor in January 1967 and one year later was named Coordinator, Special Projects. This is the job that granted him the expertise to superbly fulfil his duties as F4:ecutive Secretary of the AIA/UA as the major responsibilities included writing J-M asbestos-health position papers, preparing speeches on asbestoshealth for top J-M executives, working with J-M public relations counsel and learning asbestoshealth literature backwards and forwards. TAY ASZ=ZTOS ? A Presentation Before the Asbestos Textile Institute Arlington. Virginia - June 7, 1973 Ly: Matthew M. Suetonic, 'Executive Secretaro Aebeseos :nfcrmation Association/nortt America I am sure that :zany of you havo asked yourselves, as I have as myself, why has tta aeheseos industry seemingly hcen singled c as the prime target for so many aseaulte by government, labor the press, certain segments of the medical profession, and by various environmental and connumer activist croupa? Why us? Can asbestos really be all that bad? Are the product: produce truly going to kill millionn of Americans, as some oxpt have predicted? Or is there seine sort of nefarious conspiracy afoot to destroy the asbestos industry? Tho answer to the question of "flhy us" in both complex and sinz Complee beceuse it is a combination of three inteerelated but separate fee:ors. Di-:plc because each of the Leviers is, when coneederad by itself, quite obvious. The three factors are' (1) asbestos con cause disease, (2) a spc man erree to champion the need for asbestos control, and (3) a cornucopia of new goverment agencies were sat up to control materials and products that can cat= disease. Let us lock at each of those factors in turn. Ziest, there is no doubt that the inhalaticn of subetantial amc of eV:est= can lead to inceeased rates of various types of lur disease, including two forms of cancer. These are facts which not be denied, even if they de not apply in all circumstance: under all conditions. The medical literature is full of solid dance linkeng asbestos to disease. In my office, : have on fi: norm than 2,000 medical papers dealing with the health risks o: asbestesand hundred:, more are published e7ney year. Sucendly,.the spreading of concern over the health risks of ast tcs has as its prime spokesman one of the goon nt telented'medict: puhlicists of the age -- Dr. Irving J. Solikoff of now York's : Sinai Bespitni. net only is D. nelikoff enpable of arousing t ire and moral indignation of the most conservative reporter or politician with his grophic dencripticns and predictions of the ravaoes ni asbestos, hut he has also surrounded hinsclf with a group of similarly talented aeseciatne who have carried the Om Sinai, mensage to the far corners of thi. nation. Fhile Dr. Selikoff has. in his zeal, unquentinnahly painted a darker picture than the facts warrant, we should alsrays rememOc en his defense that the ineolation weirkr.rm he hat: he,pn crwlyin; Paga 2 - tily Asbestos?, by H. n. Swetonic, A:A/= ?rezentad to the AT: at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 acre than a decade were and still aru dying from ashestos rcl discaso at an appalling rata. Such a situaticn vould be serf ! to make a crusader out of the most conservative of scientists rinally, in the past decado these has t.acn a tramanaous grawt: public and governmental interest in anvisanmantal and occepat. health mattars. This interest has born translated into a so:: of fan-coaching laws affecting induatry in a manner hitherto unknown in this or any other country. I believe it is accera: say that these new laws, such as the Occupational Safety and Act, the Clean Air Act, the Consumer Product Safety Act, and c have forever altered the concept of the tree enterprise syster was known in this country for a hundred and fifty years. Thus, in combination* those throe factors creatcd a situation which a cadre of freshly created fedaral agencies, with strong statutory authority, wero prodded into assigning priority scat asbcstos by Dr. Selikoff and his followera, who achieved these through skillful use of the great uealth of negative. asboatcsdata contained in the medical literature. In shcrt, the asbestos industry was tingled out because it was vulnerable to attack, because there was scmconc willing to let, attack, and because Congress had graciously provided the vehic for such an assault. - The background of industry efforts to deal with the ashestas-ht problem as a national issue goes hack nearly a dace c, to Dr. Selikoff's now famous 1964 scminar on asbcstos dianase at the : York :cadelty of Sciencos. this seminar did mech to pric industry's cansciance about asbestos and hcalth, the prchlem st remained one of limitad puLlic and press intnezat until around =SO, than the media began hosting the medical hushus soarchinc stories that would geaphically portray Anarican industrv's sup; disretard for the cnviranment and for the haalth and safety of workmen and the American public. The ashes:as-health probieN found to be tailor-made for such storien. As a result. starti: with Paul Bradeue's infamous New York,. article of narch 1963, asteatas has since grown into an item of ma:ter prcas :n those knees, industry effort= to combat the: spztc of'noaati` pre-is articles on asbestos were carried on primarily by the awanville Ccrporation, which set up a task force of specialists various fields to do what ^ t could to pertray the problem in it prcper perspactive. Mile soma minor successas were achieved* was found that no one company acting indnpendently could adcqua or effectively roprezent an entire industry in dealing with the press and with gcvnrnment officials. As a result, in late 1970, eight companies gathered in Nen: York to launch the. Asheatos Information Association of north America Page 3 - Why Asbestos?, by M. H. Suctenic,.AIA/nA Presented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 which was patterned after the nritish Asbestce Infeemation Cc-. tee, which had been establi=hed SC-2 three year= earlier. In our original concept, the Association would limit its act_-: to providing accurate, uebiased -Merl eticn en etbestc: nnd he to the pre=e, to the public and to interested politiciens and government officials. It must be remembered that at this part lar time, the enormous problems that :votld lnter develcp with regard to OSHA and other Federal regulatory agencie: were as y the distant horizon and basically unrecognized by the industry Fortunately -- and properly -- the Association has Inch the vis to alter its original limited concept of its propee ftnctione, now endeavors to assume whatever activities and rezoensibiliti deems necessary to protect the interests of the asbestos manuf, terries industry in .the United States vis-a-vie asbestos-health From this rather narrow initial public relations concept, the association has grown in the last two years into an organientic with priorities in eight major fields of endeavor. These are: Medical Affairs, Legal Affairs, Environmental Control, Custeme: Relations, Employee Relations, Inter-industry Relntiens, 1' lrc and Public nelations, and Government Affairs. To take these activities one at a time, let ts start with medic affairs. it is an obvious fact that if an organivation is to speek authc tatively on a medical it must not only be steeped in t! literature of that particular medical subject, hut it must :as( keep itself constantly informed of ne-7 discoveries and develotr This we have aceemplished in a number o: ways. For cm:mPlu, t: sendins representative= to impertent modicel. neetinns, such as 1572 Lycn, France, international conference en the biolcsicel effect= of asoestos, t:hich was sncnso-e.' !.*y the erld C: tetien. we also Meet en an irreguler basis with varinus mcdicn1 expeet the field,, both from the United States anC ahread, to review a dine= recent development: and discoveries. Our literature reecarch is eased cons.idernbly by rcceiving the monthly medical paper distribution of the inetitute of Occur:et anC Environmental Health in Mentreal, which ie funded by the CI :4sboster, Minins Ansocintien. This year, for the first time, the AIA has elected to sponsor medical research of its of Currently underway is a complete: AIA/11A funded study of chest sounds, which is being, conducted 1 Dr. Raymond nurphy of the earvned school of Public Peelth. Th. purpnse of the study is to find a new method of determinjng en individual's potential nueeentibility to asbestos disease._ rage 4 - Wi.y Presented to Asbestos?, the AT: at by M. M. Sweteeic., AZA/NA Arlington, Vire n_.. - 6/7/73 .The Association has also recently decided to conteibute to sc eNcieing research into a possible cure mescthelicme electrcective teeatment. This study is bein; con4---ed at S I:ospital in New ..7c=sey. In the legal affairs area, the Associatien particepated in an amicus curiae cmpacity in the law suit arcuent by the InCuzste Union Department of the ArL/C:0 against tne Cceepeticnal eafe Health Admnistraeion cn the asbester, sten...lards. In eur brie Association supi,orted csnA against tho scnee:hat of a uni positien for an industry to find itself in vis-a-viz a govern regulatory agency. Oral argument on the case was held April waehingeen. Unile a decision has yet to be handed down by tit. of Appeals, we are confident that the case will be decided in favor. The Association has reteined the services of a special technic consultant on environmbntal control affairs. At the present he is wor%ing with thy AIA/NA Znvircnmental Control Sub-Commit en the development of a seris of five Association compliance manuale on the OSHA etendarde. Last year, because of the well est dished unreliability of 6.6 membrane filter meehed as a monitcring tctl in the astesece induetry, the A:A undertook the sponsorship of a study at a research labor atoey in California to demermine the effect of c variables on the overall accuracy of the -_hod. The results the study showed an erre:* factor of plus or minus 50 per cent the most favorable of measuring cenditione. Those results wer to both OSHA end to the Netional Institute for Oceupational Sa and Health. A number of the recommended:ices contained in the for improving the aceuracy of the methed have been incorporate seen-to-be-released revised NICS:I eteremicns manual on fiber cnuntieg. In the cur-tomer relations area, the tote: e=fer_ of negative p publicity and goverement regulaticns on inCIUStry CUSterle-73 is today rather poorly defined. Serie members of the Aesoctetice reported serious prohlems in this area, experienced few or no difficulties thus !:.17. others have Where customer problem: do exist, they ncemnlly fell into cite five cetegnries. first, the cuetemor has thoroughly inveativatea his eituntion has found that he can no longer affeed to coneinuo using anbos or asbestos-containing products, either because thc =Int of control is too high or because he would hew! to raise, the price his product to a level that would mike it non-competitive with non-asbestos containing substitutes. Secend, the customer has not thoroughly investigeted his =1. :1221aILIALtz that he can no longer afferd to continue Page 5 - 'Thy Asbestcs?, by M. M. Swetonic, A:.7. :,;t Presentvl to the AT: at Arlington, Virginia - fi/7/73 Third, the customer has read one or more negative articles on asbestos in the public press and has made thc snap decision t "NO ought to get that dangeroue stuff out elf our plant." Cfte decisions of this nature are forced nn tea rYtnognment by illinfcr medical advisors or safety and health direethrs. Fourth, the customer has neither a control prebl`r nor is he p culazly afraid of using ashentos in his o,./r plant. Mo,,ever, h fearful that those of his competitors t:hrtsc finished produces contain asbestos will ntrWRS the adverse health effects of asb in trying to take business away fren him. Custcr-er fears of t nature are essentially "gut" reaction: and aro hence extremely difficult to deal with. Fifth, the customer has none of these problems cr fears but he been advised by a government official or inspector that he trot.:: better off if he quit using asbestos or asbestos-containing pr: in his plant. Mile this problem does not appear to be widest.: we have learned of a nur:2er nf situations where it has oceurre P.cticns of this nature by government officials are totally unc: for and should be dealt with promptly and deeisively. The best solution is to obtain complete details on time incident and then recister a formal cemplaint wieh the offending official's immed superior cr with the goverment agency involved. The Association's fi=st reaction to the nvorell euetemer relami problem wail to approve furl.s for a series of four regional semi at which iodustry customers would be given a numeer of basic pr tatiens on the various nepects of the asbeetos-health problem. zeminars were tentatively scheduled for the Spring of 1973. Hewever, the experiences of a number of our oonl'er coop cies zh the: core::.l "zetchall" type seminars oi th.! type orionally co.ntemplated would not he effective in dealing 1.!ith the majorit: custemer relations problems. :n order to dr the job properly,was found that customer presentatiens have to be tailered to th needs and problems of the individual customer. result, the Association cancelled its scheduled scrius of seminars and instead c1.2eted to develop n numbor of peel:aged :1. precentntions on such topice as "The recto: ;21nut AsbesteS end Health," and "Understandino the C2 Regulotionn," which coull used by member companies as part of n tailored presentation to individual customers. with custoocr relations, the Association feels that Imp:Loy:R.: relations is a pr ,filer. hest hendled by the individual oonber companies. Thus far, the ZIA's sole contribution in this area c industry concern has been to prepare thl draft of an Mrployen Se and Health Guide Om Asbestoe-Health. The delft was made availat to the member companies for their en .11 use and ,it least one has produced it in booklet form for distribution to all its =plc./cc Page 6 - Why Albestos?, by M. :1. 5wetc'nic, a:A= Presented tc thn AT: at Arlington, Virginee - 6/7/73 I personally believe that thn employee reletions espect cf the asbestos-benith prehlen is one that hes been sorely neelected eeest companies within the industry, and that it cnuld develop a :anjor problem arce in the near feture and thet steps shnuld taken now to deli vith it. t!e knew that various oreenieed lee groups are planning e full scale campaign tn bring their inter tetion cf the asbestos-health prrblem to the attention of nerve industry employees thrnughout the naticn. :f the industry per this interpreteteen tc dizsemenated without reburtel, the consequences could be grave indeed. Inter-industry relations arc hest defined as keeping the Indus informed about important net7 develepments on the gevernmentel, medical and press relations fronts that af:ect asbestos. This accomplished within the AZA by periodic distributions of dccvnt. and information to the member corpanies and to others on our mailing list. The value of this activity can be gauged by the fact that our overall mailins list increased from approxemattir a dr:en name: 1971 to more than 60 a year later. T:hile we have had to trim list scmewhat this year for logistical reasons, we assume from frequent requests we still receive to be placed en the lirt t. the materiel we send out is being road and is of consederable value to those receiing it. Next to government affairs, our public relations and publicitl, Activities constitute the single largest censuner of time, effe and mency leithin the ::ssociatinn. Thrse cf you ehe are familie with the treatnnnt that asbestos has hcen receiving in the publ ;rens over the yeare can readily underetnnd why this activity so nigh on our priority list. 17hat you =AV not enders, amend Aro thc reasons why cur extensive efforts in dealing with the nneiun's eiress have hueen so uneucee ful te date in predecing the thcnretical "belanced" nr "pceiti% story can asbestos and hanIth. The zimplp fact is that frees. the etandpoint ref teday's young activist reporter, induetry is the bad guy, and nethinceie do, or achieve can aver change this impressien. If we speed S100 million dollars on envirennental control, the press eitLter says ought to have dene it tan years ago or that we should have spen $200 million. If ern sponsor medical research, they say we are trying to buy favorable results. If we arc nppnsed te ridieulo stringent standards, they say we are in fever of lettift7 nne employees die. A television executive in Minneapnlis desceibed this now lerced reporter :IS being "no intent on demelienine the cstablishnent t thty wculd blindly destroy the credibilitv et. the medin in the palm." 'Another 7V executive, this time in C:licece, stated "the Page 7 - Why Asbestos?, by M. M. Swetnnic, Presented to the ATI at Arlingten, Virginia - 6/7/73 want to make moral and political and sccinl judgments on thei: assignments and then tnke sides. Never mind eettino the facts straight." As a result of this "industry is a monster" philosephy, ashes: will remain a het news item only so long as the news is had. "good" that asbestos does in protecting lives and property is no concern to the press. Likewise, industry efforts to protec workmen and the general public from asbestos exposure will all, be given minimal coverage, since such information is directly contrary to the portzait of an irresponsible industry producin "killer" product that is the sole element cf news worthiness i the asbestos story. The press relations battle will therefore he wen, not when the media starts to print pcsitive or balanced articles abeut'asbe but when the press ceases to print anything about asbestos at As long as negative news on asbestos-health continues to be generated, the media will continue to eat it up. The media wi only cease to carry such stories when the generation of negate news ceases. It is as simple as that. Positive or balanced stories are a chimera, since they are, by definition, not newsworthy. Let me eive you a very specific example of this last principle action. As most of you already knew, the Association is cerre: engaged in an extensive campaign to interest the trade press i: articles on the benefits of asbestos and on industry accoepIis meats in the environmental control area. The trade press, unl; the national or public media, is much more receptive to article cf this nature and we expect te be seeing a number of positive stories in the trade press in the next few months. In any case, we also from time to time put out press releases c various subjects relating to asbestos-health. A few weeks age, issued a release on the report of the advisory ccomittee on asbestos cancers of the World Health Organisation. In brief, report concluded that the general public is not in danger from asbestos in the environment. Thus far, we have received near::: two dozen press clippings from trade publications that carried stnry. To the best of cur knowledge, not a single newspaper, : magazine, radio or TV statics, or any other segment of the cub media ran the story, with the solitary exception of A French language paper in Toronto. As I said before, if the news is g: the press simply isn't interested. Nonetheless, the Association has no intention of abandnning efforts via-n-vin the nationnl media. We will cnntinue to isre appropriate press releases, cooperate with feeture writers doi: stories on asbestos, write letters to the editor when those stories appear, and in short, do all wn can te present the pre! with a balanced view of the asbestos-health situation. Page C - Why Asbestes?, ray a. n. Swetenic, is:: Presented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/7: Our meet recent effort in this regard has been the preparatic printing of an T.:: esters and Lealth Ia'ermatirn rile, which 1.,,e mailed to sere 3,000 newspapers, mngarines, trade publicatich ractic and TV statians, science writers, eve., neress the Unit States. Zasically, the file contains copies of five industry pnsition papers on asbestos and asbestos-health, as well as A nenber c. important medical papers and a pair of photograph:, illustrati: the benefits of acbestms and industry efforts at environmenta: control. While we don't expect our information file to changc whcic nttitude of the press toward asbestos, we nra hoping the the media will make use of it to accurately report the indust: position when doing stories on the subject. And now, having heard the had side of the public relatione it's time for some gond =vs. And the good news is that despito all the negative articles or asbestos-health that have appeared in the press over the past dozen years, very few people have been paying Attentica. Let explain. In February, the Associetian undertook a personal interview research survey of thu American public to determine its attit trrward asbestos and its awereness of the health issue. The s-h: was conducted by the Opinion Research Cerporation during :larch April. ::are than 2,00P damugraphical2y se1.ected Americans we: intervieveC. withuut going into enormrus e2e aii, the result: nhnw that only 7.mr cant of the American public are aware of the hnalth hazor aseestos, and that 80 per cent of these consider it a hazard ta to those who aro occupationally =nosed. A me:e three per can of thnse interviewed stated that they considero1 astectoz a he hazard to the general public, and lass than one quarter of ona cent considered it the most clangorous material an the list the were given to choose from. Surprisinely, the college age you:of America arc no mare aware of the hazards of nsbestrs than t parents sac'. grandparents. These results should he reassuring to those influstry customers fear that the general puhlic will stop buying their products because they contain as!-,estos. Deforc going on to describe our activities in the government relations area, I think it might 1,e interestine at this point take a very brief look at the manner in which Dr. Selikoff supporters have used his research results to dranatite and exaggerate the sorionanoss rf the asbestos-health problem. I two charts which point thin 'nit rarher cone!lbsivoly. Pngt 9 - nty :%shentos?, by ;1. Dwetnnic, Presented tee the AT: at trlingten, uirginia 5/7/73 The first chart -shwa the actual results nf Dr. r,elihnff i c mnrtality studian'ef anentos The nerlrarn in narentl basis the Ilgurcs fcrtotaintuV,c!= cf %.e.rhcrs inicatc these htve sn far died frau: all CZ11142.1. percLntalc.. ficurns ale: the total nunber rf deaths trnm a."-nstosiz, lunv cancer and mezethe2icma are hasad on *the total numnr- nf eenths from all causes, not on the numher of ror!'ers in the stud... The mnst impnrtant stucly of the krrnup is the sacend !rem showing the denths frnr. anhostes-relateC cliseast amon all mac of the insulation urrhers unicn, rcearaless of 1en7th cf expos You will note that 34 per cent of thosn woeters who havn dice. far have died Erma one cf thr three anhesvls-relAte:1 disc:eses. These, than, are the facts Dr. Delihtff wnrhs from. This is .4 he knows from his own investisations. ?lc!. let un tmkt a lcf:h what ho has done with these figures in order to 0..taram'et the . problen. Chart number II shrws Dr. telihnff's predictions anent ashestr rulateC Cuaths in the United States. :lithrut going int?. eictni Dr. Delihaff has arriveC at his prrjectinns hy the ninple prat nf multiplying the percentage cf :ieaths fren as,..estns-relateC disease among his inmulatien t'orhers by tan total nunhcs cf employees in th,l! entire influntry. You will also not* thnt ht has raised his projrcte Ocath esti. ta enormous heights ovnr the past yuar hy sir 1:' incruesing th hane fisure r.f anplo7tes enposad, -h4 le still rr:tain'nr the pc:ten:tag:1 nultiplier cf 34 pi.r tent he ins nnpericneed try the innulation vrrkern. might point nit that this tactic, hnwevt,r dnenptivn, has hca enc:rryn.un success ninca each 'f the estimate has carncd nelihnff enrrespcnCinA,ly srnatar %.y thn rnt!ia. no =ample exist: nf the tcl.el gulliility cf thn pron..... than the mtnner-in which it allowed itz prrjudices tn ranipulattA an playtfl upon in this nituatiwn. Please esnn't get r. wrong. : hnvt.- no (.Cat ht tint the insulatie worfters are in lact *lying AZ rap,Cly an Dr. r-lihoff nnyn the./ The prohlem is that he ;tan translated their nnrtnlity enparien to the rent r.f the entire ineurtry, which is enrolztnly erreno In the first place, than tstintted nurthnr of :Irpleyons in the industry is too hich -- five tinnz tar: to hn precize. tv: mere important, ,tocording to an nnplysin th2 cf r.lore than a Cesen mortality ntudi.ln, inclut"inn tense of Dr. hoff, nur prediction is that approminntely nonl pazt ar.'. pre: employees in the asLesUns industry hr ve nr aventuall; die rf anbant.t.s-rolatna dinonne. '211in is t-Isnn fNno-thirto ar.RT NUMBER DR. '''. C. srl:norr RYE =A RCN: 773. MORTAL:TY STUDY OF TUO LOCALS OF INSULATION =mans to :ON nortmnLiTz STUDY or ALL nEnnErs OF 1111.111 INZULATICU ITC:L=1S tr:77.0N MOATALITY STUDY or maRrns IN A uon= UAA Ancr= INSULATzcm MORTALITY STUDY CF A".." zrenrsCCRP. n.J., * NC. OF ''!', CR.7.7RS 625 (423) 17,300 (1092) cnc:nTr.,.:on 07 CC"C7T =SF. IT=TR A nzn:nrm or 20 yr.Arc =OS= ALL WORK= ON AOLLS 1/1/67 249 368* 933 (484) 7...""::e1-D ONLY 107 TO Anct-:Tr: 639 (195) TE35F. WITH 66 74 1tIn..17171`1 07 20 Y:71,7t.S EY120S ' 340 OP =Alms um n: T21=3 '.'II:.' 5,1:9 =Loy= HITH can=n Tnr.n nn ymvs =Post= "*UNPUBLICITED DATA 7..ranv rnon AnT:cu :n THZ NEP ?or:: POST, MAY 1972 CM7A..7.7 MIMES:7Z Dn.I. Z. SELIKOFF Prrnicr:cms NC. or T.,or.n...= ARTICI: IN WRLL STrZET JOURNAL 8/8/72 - *STUDIES BY on. SELINOFF... LEAD HZ71 TO PREDICT...* 2so,n00 ARTICLE IN TNT UM: vORN TIr771.; - 6/13/72 - (3 DAYS LT.TR) "IF OUR ry.217.irnc:z...Anz A GUIDE...* SOO,D00 rzsr:nany 2V' TOXIC - 2/ 21/73 - noun vpunizn I,n00,nC0 "- ..... or coo ALL ircamm: ounnr-my caPLo.iz: 111 ... r.s.n.FTos irmusrny 4.4 71. p.rrou:- 77-777FFil 4,. /IOW TNT:: ADRESTOS :::musr= TC7r. D FROM Asrtsro. LUNG MESCTIIT.: 85 17n, :4 , AP STORY ON TOXIC PUBSTANCES nr.2.ninG . i,000,00n MS :.nom * ACTUAL QUOTED PRLD/CTIOW WAS 95,000, nur THIS zncLuoro onaTns mon GI cANorn, NUT= I =VD SUAT=TED mot: TNI: TOTAL. loon, rape 10 -_1Thy As!lectos?, h.y Swotonic, Presentod to the at Arlington, 7in7inin - 5/7/73 of Dr. Celil.!eff's nost recent estimate. In Adnition, our fig= shot., that 20 of the 25,0nn deaths rr CO; -- occur anenst tans= in tho insulation trades. rhile these estimates shoul roansuring tr thnce in the rani and monufacturinn areas of the industry, u shoulc: not !et-get t 5,000 of our worhnen nrc ntill 7oing tr die of ashontos-relate 4i-sense anzl that, all Min 7s considered, there in 20:Isrlutely nothinu that we can do tr prtvent it. The only thinel wn? Car. dn to clean ups eur plants to assure thnt those: entering the indust in the future will not have the same emparience. l!ithin the past year and a half, the main thrust cf Association effort has shifted to the government affair... front. The princi; aFencies in "eshington wit% which 1.e have ?).tan doaling arr. the Occupational Safety nne flealth Administration; Znvirnanontal Prntection Agency; the Food and :rug P.dninintratinn; the nureau 'linos; and, to a lesser degree, the national Institute of Occuraticnal Safnty ;Ulf rr;r:Ith, and tho '!ationnl institutes nf Lealth, both of which are mainly involve. in resc:nrc:1 offov:s. In additinn, a ff,.",wnchs Pejo lt3 "art. contactc:: renlern1 Commission, which ha: raceivoe A petition farm no' C..-- for :niers= in the Public interest ref7ucsting an invostigntinn of consumer uses of an:1==ns for the purpose or e=crvining whether certain preducts cuctht tn lc; la:11ole0 as hazardous and whether warnings shnul::he require:'. on all ativertisamonts for those pro- ducts. On the 'easiz cf a prthminary meting with an invstif:at frnn the rTc it woul-:: nppzer that v2 Nang Wrirry aLnut pnrtictlar nrca. 7he nceepational ncalth Ndminintration has Nean rf ennrnous cnncern to the.inf'ustry over the past 1: mnnths. s mc: of you alreaey luloo4, the :.ssocintion ononnded trereneoes efforts during the six mnnth lane.ing to the rrnruivatinn of last Zune's ozm ztanelarar, on anhostos. I think it is a caug.1 of tha effectiveness of tha total irX.ustry involvnrcnt in this most crucial natter that of eleven rain rennirnmnts in tha staiOards the industry position wan ncoenteel tntally osrA tin nine of th eleven, a:etut fifty per cant nn a tents, nne tr.tnlly =jtmted nn only 'no. osnA is net, planninn to rt!en the stanC.ar4. prchann tne we are ,nr: closely with them on this nrojoct. The first ston ho tt formation- of a 15 man navinnry certnitttn-: to rovic': current standards and any af2ditienal radical and tc:chnicn2 aatn that hhs. laccnne nvailallla in the year since the ntnrC.ards vcre prnnulgatcA rnrhing in cooperation Wth nine' other trade. nnsociationn pe hay. sclecteU four individnnls as ine.untry-widn rncomerp2Atirnn to OC: for the caur Ntmpinycr" spots nn the advisnry conmittcc POs- l l - IThy 1asestos7, by n. 21. Suetenic, 1":17 Presented tn the =I at rzlinsten, Virginia - 6/7/73 In disceszins the formation of the advisory CCrttittZ2 o'reill of the OAT. Standards Develnpment nection, "2" to add a couple of names to the list so that osnA :$nule hay_ o: a sulectien to choose from. Thin ve havn agrece to an. The cnmmittee rill be given up to nine months to core:let_ its delibereticns arn1 prepare fez CSHA a revieed eta ndare package This will be followed' by public hoerings, aperf=imataly r yr.r: frnm now. re dc not expect tr see a new stanear:1 7:romuls-zted before the rail of 1974. It is of courne imennsible to determine ct this tiro what the standards will look like, however, I' ,,euld venter: to say the: they till certainly net he less strict than the ones v2 have today, although they :till prcrably he less confusing, aml, leave less room for empInyer intorpretatien. nomething will =out: tionably be done to inprovc the current difficultieg with the monitering requirements. The main function cf the National Institute for Occupaticnal and health is to conduct rase arch and to preparc'sn-calIc::. Cr: Packages, trait.': ars ententially rocommenafttions to OSMet. for st .lar4s on various naterinls, chemicals and activities. Such a pachage on asbestos vas prepare,1 *!ICC:: at the tine of the C proceedings lact year. mr.csr will not be preparing a new er r criturim :)achas,! for th:a upcoming review of tha zehestes stand not believe it would hr unfair to say that of all the age eine in '!ashington dealing vith aeheston, Selihoff has groatent influeece on thn young idealistic scientists anti dee: at liZcs%. ceneequentiv, induntry influence in vuakost in this agency. It vas niorx, of for a'1, that ;nee the ericinal rear'.:. Catinn for a turk fiber =ander:: in the United St to es?,eston industry. ::ext tn osm, the nnvironnental Protection :money has the clrett potential of anv faleral agency for adversoly nffccting the of the'asbestns industry in this country. De't only is the rn. responsible for devolopintv and enforcing air am! water polluti standards, but the Toxic Suhntencen Control P.ct, nov pending i Can rens, will also :,acons an !'Pre function after pan nage. For this reasen, I an plezzad to he ahle tr soy that the ezhne intluetry has an excellent ralatinnehip with rrA. finar proof of this exists than the fact that there e.,,.. ant a sin7le major induntry recommendaticn made to thu r.r.% at the public ins= nn the propeee( asbentoz eminsion regulatienn that wee no accepted either in trdtn nr in principle: in tha final stnn.larde which wart- published in early iTril of this year. presently orhine gyith the =7. en the .2e7:.:1:-..orent of wa water effluent etanderdn for anh^ntve van1 tfaet11rin47 plantn. " Pave 12 - Vhy 7:sbeztos7, by U. M. Swetnnie, Presented to the nz: at Arlinrton, Virginia - F/7/73 certainly hcpe that theze stane!ards will turn mut to be as raz: able as the air pollution regulatinns. The proposed effluent standards are Selethlied to be publisher! in the reo.erel `verist__ sometime this Summer, to be followed by 1=2:lie hearings, .fit: final standards promulgated in thn Fall,.perhaps as earl October. !:!~ are also planning, in the near future, to meet in 7.!anhingter with reprozentativen from the stan,'.ards doveloement and enforce: branches of the 'TA to dincuss with then questions of interpret and compliance policy with regard to the new air pollutien regulations. re have already resolved one interuretation queztien that in of special interazt to the nsk.cstns tc::tile indust-y. :.ppre=imate t.:lo weeks ago I vas ached by a member company of the Associatic to find out whether the =P:. was planning to require the manufac turers of asbestos safety clothing to register as potential emission sources under the law. In dincuzsing the situation over the phone with rn compliance officials, I argued that the producers of aznentrz safety cloth tree' net manufacturers an ex,fine, in the regulatiens hut were .L only fel:rice:ors or an ashestes proluct, and as such, should no hey* to register as pOtential emission sourcen. .7.fter on= phone conversation ended, a brief meetin7 van half. am the nr:, compliance per.-ale. I' was then called !- ath informe that th.ly agreed with ma that the zalety clothing producers shol not he recuireCI to register. 1!hile this rather minor prelacm tee: ap7.ro7.inately an hcur and half and two or three phane calls to: resolve, it in indicative f the type of day-to-clay n__ ices that thn :.ssociation provides fr itz Lemher companien. neer the pant year the rood anr'. I:rug 7dministration has shm.n n: increast..7 interest in as!.ostnn an a poznils hazardcus centami: in variouz foods, b!'verages anO. drugs. Late in 1172 they net n! ..zJestos task force to review the situati.-121 and tO propose re 7u. geneand guideline:. where appropriate. Thus far they have cr-ncentrated their of?!ertn in two area_ nn the use n! azhertre-contaminated talc in fOC'. pac):af:ing a: in cosmetics, and secomlly, on the use of asheates melulole fill peat in tau beverage and drug industriez. In nur first meeting with the me.. tno.k farce lent Irver?-ar on t: filter prohlen, they cinnonstratial ant'. :Id:litter: to an avpalling ignoranca out the health ha' tirds of az!%cntos. r.ince then, et; haw gotten one heck rf a lot snartnr, due at lu:tzt in p-trt tc tromono.nus ra-ummt of data :-nd informal:inn :.'tc^Pinrinn Page 13 - Vhy :Isbestoz?, by M. IS. swetcnic, leresented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 has been supelying to them. At a consequence, e'ec rwl is =lc less Panicky about asbestee and therefore less li3:ely to propc foolish, unsupportable regulations. 5pc,'esmen free( the r.:::. ha in fact, defendeC the filter industry against environmental4 st attack= in the press and elsewhere in recent months. This 'e, quite obviously, a healthy nign. Our activities in the area of Congressional relations have bee quite minimal to date, although we arc preparing for the upeem. struggle in Cnngress over workmen's compensation reform, at wh. time asbestos is unquestionably going tc be racked over the co, by Dr. fealikoff and by representatives of organised lahnr. Unfortunately, the Asenciation has neither the manpower nor the time to embark on a full-scale legislative information prograre We have met on occasion with the legislative and lcg.Z azsiztar to various Senators who have attacked asbestos, however much me needs to be done in this area and I am afraid individual neer companies are going to have to be the prime ball carriers and a the Association. For essentially the sena reason, our government Activities at t state and local level have declined zo essentially :ere we: th. past year and a half.. This has not heen too serious a deficien, as most of the authority of the cities and states in asbestos c! trol has been usurped by various Federal regulatory agencies. nnnetheless, more individual company activity is required at th: levels of goverment. In conclusion, I think ye can all be justifiably pleased with w! we have hcen able to accemplish in the paot few yeerz in rcsolv: tho cornucopia of interrelated preblenz that cnnstitute the asbcstao-hcelth situation. Our plant: are cleaner and mur workmen bettee erotected. The ec rel public has been sheen to be in no danger from asheneos, if ever was. Mile we have been regulated extensively, for the mes part the standards that have been develeped liar- net been as bee we feared they might be, any in some cases they turned out far h ter than we ever dared hope. In addition, while we are :till te cur lumps in the public press, the net effect of all this advert-. publicity has been shown try be surprisingly small. tie have zueated a lot and ue have grnaned a lot, but ee are rtil standing and we are still viahle. I sense today within the indu. try a greater feeling of confidence in the future than at any in the past few years. aut we must not rest contented. 1:0 meet remember that Dr. Selikoff has to date been fer less successful than our inductry hen in influcncine the decinions of th( various governmental reguletory neenciez. Thiz till =he him tee 2- ,!mr.mr n2 c:munnol - Coneral ;:frting - 6/7/73 asnr.-4 --'unn 1-..11 as ntlli= commercial ornues ea- rt:n of the tat' assuming pnwor in their private netivit'as porly belcnen tatthr: vhvarnment. Tha early price-finins =lc rmflact thc vies, thnt orivnta rnrt: should not to pervitted to reoulAte zo sencitivc cl fcature. o' economy az prices. Similar17, nny joint actimn which ft;:c1mIztr., certain companion fron important en=merciaI hanntitn in viewed 1 the! emurtz an the irvositinn of a punishment - whic:1 pn.,nr reserveLl to the courts. in rashion Or'n4 naterg' :nc. v. rdonal "rodc 312 U.L. 457 tnr unam-.31e, a eortMiactivn nt ranutAatl=rF woman's garmentz and nanulacturnrs of textilnn trie,1 to prevent copyint7 thnir fanhianahle c1ethez se-c:aela "ntyle oir''teo T.14 fan:lional,la elnthcs group refused to anll thcir pro eucts to manufacturers or ratailurn of sormente /oho ficalt trith the compnt "stvla pirates". The Cuprerc Court rujoctod the defense that zu a prnotict mtz jurtifiod by the nacensity of riddin7 the 'auniner of unscoupulouz gar:lent dazignerz. The Court said: . . . the comeinatimn iz in reality an entra-qnvornman-al aritnoy, which pro scribes rulms for thtl nne re- otraint of intern:ate corncrco, and prot,ie2.a ontra- judcial tribunalt fnr daterninatinn And punithmant n: vitlatinnn, and thun "inane:2.4z upon the pnwor nf national lecrislaturo ant: vinlatna the ntatute t:1.4:, Chmman Act)." 3:2 r. r. at 4C:. ^c, long an privat.: nem:Janie:. retain enmpotitiv and n*.striat thnir joie t nfff_rtu to em--truetivn rnancna!Ay zervr1 Ct.= t:v..nn litt:e antartat -gf'eu't4 an. .7,:mone Tieff, ;.ttorn.n.