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-3 method of operations were consistent with these principles. For further information, excerpts from the report of the MCA Policy Study Committee were reported on briefly by the Secretary and a copy is enclosed with these minutes. Nominating Committee A Nominating Committee, composed of J. T. Castles, Chairman, Donald M. Joseph and Henry Avery, was appointed to nominate five new Committee members. They were asked to have a report ready for consideration by the Committee in the May 2 meeting. The Secretary advised that H, R. Dinges of Spencer Chemical Co. had been assigned new duties and, no longer being in the Plastics Division, had resigned from the Committee. Financial Package The Secretary reported that budgeted activities were running within the forecast and there would be a modest sur plus, since it appeared the Underwriters' smoke project was not moving as fast as anticipated. Funds for the SPE Engi neering Handbook had not been required during the fiscal year (the money was diverted to the building standards survey); accordingly, $10,000 for that project and $15,000 for a new fundamental research project, as agreed upon in a previous meeting, are to be Included in next year's Package. At this time, no estimates are possible on what may be required for building standards, and it was agreed that this must await the Yankelovich report before budgeting for the next fiscal year on this part of the plastics program could be established. Next Meeting The next meeting of the Committee was scheduled for 10:00 A.M. at Springfield, N. J., May 2, 1963. The Committee was joined at luncheon by MCA President, General J. E. Hull; Assistant to the President, General George H. Decker; and General Counsel, Lloyd Symington. Respectfully submitted FHC:amm Enclosures April 10, 1963 Qc: Mr. Lloyd Symington F. H. Carman Committee Secretary CMA 078545 loearch For Management Division |p.el Yankelovich, Inc. 1 Madison Avenue afyork 22, New York ;TRADE ASSOCIATIONS Job #926 March, 1963 History of adoption of standards program and documentation of all major changes in scope (broader or narrower). ,Initial weaknesses of program. Present standards and certification prdgram. Ilxtent of industry participation :3anizational set-up. CMA 078546 2- Nature of standards (i.e., how tests are devised, type of tests used to establish standards, use of other institutions' established tests--American Standard Association ' A.S.T.M., SAE, etc., extent of physical facilities used for testing). Attitudes toward and use of the program on the part of: Manufacturers , * --stributors , retailers, etc. sers or consumers CMA 078547 2- - ' Nature of standards (i e * -tailish standards, use ;fhoLrinsSutdeViSed' ^ f **. -a* ^ Standard Association, A.s.T.M used for testing) , SAE SAE' *`utlons established tests--Americ et=-- extent of physical acilu* an Attitudes toward and use of the program on the part of Manufacturers Distributors, retailers, etc. sers or consumers CMA 078548 -31 Effect of the program on industry sales, uture plans for the progr am. CMA 078549 Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc. Excerpts from REPORT OF MCA POLICY STUDY COMMITTEE January 1963 .. BASIC OBJECTIVES OF MCA 1. Saving Money - To conduct or sponsor lawful activities designed .0 achieve worthwhile savings to Association members where individual ompany efforts cannot effectively accomplish the desired result. Background comment: Evidently, if by a certain expenditure of :fort by, or under the auspices of, the Association, the member companies in make worthwhile savings, greater than they could make on their own, :.e pursuit of these is a desirable objective. There is ample evidence ;.at substantial savings are in fact being made in this way. 2. Safety and Environment - To provide leadership and guidance and -undertake programs to improve the chemical industry's service to the ilic by developing and promoting safe practices in the manufacture, :ansportation, handling, and use of chemicals and chemical products which all benefit both the chemical industry and the community. Background comment: The need to work for safety and the avoidance : pollution in the manufacture and transportation of chemicals and of ``ducts made with chemicals has long been plain. Moreover, with the teasing output of chemical substances, together with the widening spread : uses and proliferation of products, we find that the appropriateness of -roducing many of these into the environment is questioned. While there ' be little doubt that these concerns often tend to be exaggerated, it clearly in the interests of the industry to see that the benefits pro-ed by our products are offset by the minimum deleterious side effects and his environment. 3* Public Affairs - To provide leadership in developing and main*ing a clear and favorable image of the chemical industry and the part ^ plays in our national, state, and local economy; and in appropriate, 1 ;ly and effective manner make known the accomplishments, views and | *-3wnendations of the industry to those outside the industry, whose f'ions, decisions and actions affect the industry. | f" f Background comment: The previous two objectives cover mainly usually referred to as the technical activities of the Association, *,e being the things that the Association does to assist the industry in ` actual operations. The third objective deals broadly with the field CMA 078550 -3- v- flrould ease somewhat the pressure for Board membership, and it cannot but |ive many directors a greater participation in Association affairs. t* ingst 3) Following on from (d) we believe that there is also a further need in contact between the committees and the member companies. Particulary a- t ox member companies not represented on the Board, it is most difficult to asoi$-st a real feeling for what goes into these programs. We recommend that the Association institute a meeting, of about one |oy's duration to be held once a year, attendance at which would be limited ) ;executive contacts of member companies, and representatives of the t irious committees. The purpose of this meeting wuld be to enable the l1 i sponsible executives from member companies to hear from the committees at ft yarding their programs and accomplishments. By limiting attendance as asp ^commended, the groups should be small enough to make question-and-answer aimfdi.rrods fruitful, it, ion*!;) in order to provide coordination, policy guidance, and unity of pur- . f :se where such is required, the MCA staff should meet once a year with I amittee chairmen as a group. | :) We believe that committees, after consultation with the staff, should | r.thin the general ground rules, and subject to Board approval) determine -sir size and select their members. Committees should exercise diligence : insure that qualified members are chosen to serve, and should initiate :oposals to eliminate people who do not carry their share of the work. - There is a desire on the part of certain committees to be informed, i promptly as possible by the staff, of state and local legislative activ-es that appear to be of significance in relation to their programs. It 'sears reasonable to us that this be done. Committee service, as we inferred earlier, is often a substantial 'tribution and something for which members certainly deserve some appro bate recognition. Several suggestions were passed on to the management to how this might be done, and we hope that the Association will choose pursue the thought. Whether or not MCA as a whole continues to set up Policy Study com'tees such as this, the review of committees, in some form such as ^ted here, should be carried on at regular intervals, say every two or se years, to see whether an adequate and necessary function is being "formed and whether adequate staff servicing is being provided. Af CMA 078551 ~4~ (k) A review of the nature of the work of the various committees shows that most of them engage in activities that involve more than one of MCA's main organizational branches. While it is usually true that the committees that are working on the "Save Money" objective (for instance Mechanical Technical, Plastics, Research, Traffic, etc.) fall naturally within the "technical" branch of the MCA organization, and can pr-------their work with a minimum of involvement with such things as Pub Government Relations, this is usually not so when we come to corta pursuing the "Environmental" objective (for example Air and Wate: lution, Pood Additives, LAPI, Safety, etc.). These latter commi' deal with subjects that can be quite technical in content, yet o: erable interest to Government Relations, Public Relations, or bol same is often true, of course, for committees working on the "Pul Affairs" objective (for example International Trade, Public Relal Tax Policy, Patent, etc.). As a result of this, it is apparent that while most MCA commi are "functional" from the committee point of view, they tend to 1 functional when viewed from the standpoint of the functional divi the MCA staff organization. In other words, most of the committe not fit neatly within the sphere of responsibility of any one of organizational branches. It would thus seem likely to be a mistake if one tends to thb committee as "belonging" to some branch or another of the MCA org< (for instance the branch in which the committee's staff secretary This might lead on to the assumption that this branch of the orgai should be responsible for all the committee's doings, which cannot be so, as explained above. Actually, in general, committees "belc MCA as a whole, rather than to its departments, and the staff sect when serving a certain committee, pretty much has to wear a non-dap mental hat for the time, and represent whatever branch of the MCA zation is appropriate to the subject matter. We mention all this not with the idea that there is anything about it, but because multifunctional problems of this sort are or quite difficult ones, while the resultant need for coordination c formidable consumer of time. The organization has already been work to develop flexible practices and attitudes in dealing with of problem, and our committee endorses these efforts wholehearted*! February 20, 1963 **** CMA 078552