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FILE NAME Manville JMA DATE 1972 DOC JMA072 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Meeting Minutes with Attendee Lists - Asbestos Information Association ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION NORTH AMERICA Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting December 14 1972 The Williams Club New York City A meeting of the Board of Directors was held pursuant to notice on December 14 1972 at 10 A.M. at The Williams Club New York New York The following directors were present George Barge A. E. Alpine Proxy Martin Sendecki Proxy A. R. Hooker Paul I. Weiner Esq F. J. Solon Jr. A. H. Fay J. K. Whittaker E. C. Bratt J. H. Marsh Kurt Schwarz W. N. Johnson Proxy Was Sauerland Atlas Asbestos Company Ltd. Certain Products Company Congoleum Industries Inc. The Flintkote Company GAF Corporation Manville Corporation National Gypsum Company Nicolet Industries Inc. H. K. Porter Company Inc. Raybestos Supradur Corporation Union Carbide Corporation Jim Walter Corporation Also present were E. M. Fenner and R. P. Carter Esq JohnsManville Frank Zimmerman National Gypsum C. N. Codding Jim Walter Corporation M. M. Swetonic Executive Secretary AIA Katherine Buchman AIA David Mallino Government Research Company Mike Isser Cunningham & Walsh and Bradley Burns Van Kirk Jube & Kafer Walls Mr. Marsh the President presided and Mr. Walls the Secretary kept the minutes The minutes of the Board of Directors meeting held on September 14 1972 were on motion duly made and seconded unanimously approved as reproduced and distributed The Treasurer reported that the monthly bank statement had not been as yet received A check with the books and with the bank indicates that we are within budget and that there are PRODUCED JM - 83 on hand 32,825 in the checking account and a 50,000 sixty note which comes due in January 1973. The Treasurer's report was approved as presented Environmental Control Mr. Fenner summarized the preliminary report from LFE Environmental Analysis Laboratories Division entitled Statistical Evaluation for the Procedure of Counting Asbestos Fibers on Membrane Filters a copy of which had been made available to each director He interpreted the conclusions set forth in that study as indicating that the accuracy of the method is plus or minus 40 with a 95 confidence level Mr. Fenner reported that the final report is expected in approximately two weeks It was the consensus of the Board that a study of microscope variation should be sponsored if the Environmental Control Committee believes it is important to do so It was also the consensus of the Board that gravimetric studies appear to be useless and there was no need to pursue work in that area Compliance Manual Mr. Fenner reported that the Compliance Manual is about thirds completed and that the finished draft will be made available to all Directors as soon as possible PRODUCED JM - 83 Coal Mine Asbestos Standard Copies of the proposed rulemaking by the Bureau of Mines which would establish a two fiber asbestos dust standard in surface coal mine operations were distributed to the Directors together with Mr. Swetonic's letter of December 6 which analyzes the proposed standard Mr. Swetonic noted that it is essential members should make a record with the Bureau of opposition to this proposal The standard proposed by the Bureau of Mines of two fibers is more strict than the OSHA standard Mr. Swetonic stated that comments on behalf of AIA will be prepared and submitted to the Bureau of Mines on or before December 22nd Copies of these comments will be sent to all members Mr. Swetonic noted that a new asbestos mine standard of five fibers per cc should be forthcoming in the near future It is essential that material should be developed for presentation at possible hearings on this standard Mr. Swetonic also noted that there is a movement in Washington to transfer mining health standard development and enforcement from the Bureau of Mines to OSHA EPA Asbestos Standard Mr. Swetonic reported that a demolition standard which had been eliminated from the draft proposals for the EPA asbestos emission regulations has now been reinstated It is expected that the final draft of the EPA asbestos standards will be issued by the middle of February 1973 PRODUCED JM - 83 Washington Round David Mallino of Government Research Company reported that 1973 will be an important year for labor contract negotiations Compromise will be necessary if the unions are to adhere to voluntary wage controls Otherwise if the unions either strike or ignore the guidelines the entire structure of Phase III will be destroyed It was Mr. Mallino's opinion that labor Secretary designate Brennan will have a difficult job convincing labor to hold the wage control line One way of placating unions would be to take more active steps regarding occupational safety and health It is apparent that the new Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA will have to be a man acceptable to the unions There is considerable speculation as to Mr. Guenther's successor Mr. Mallino noted that an under secretary of labor must be named first Thereafter the Assistant Secretary will be named It was his opinion that an active unionist an Nixon man would not be eligible as under secretary It is likely that a controversial type union leader or a professional bureaucrat would be appointed to that post With respect to contract nogotiations in 1973 it is expected the unions will use increased productivity figures to justify wage claims Lyon Conference Dr. George W. Wright was unable to attend because of illness However he submitted a copy of a report of the Advisory Committee on Asbestos Cancers which summarizes the information PRODUCED JM - 83 presented at the International Meeting in Lyon in October The underlining in the report was done by Dr. Wright Chest Auscultation Study This proposal submitted by Dr. Murphy at the request of Dr. Wright was distributed to the members It was requested that each member consult with his medical advisor and be prepared to make a recommendation at the next meeting Epidemiological Study of Chrysotile Asbestos Plant Dr. Wright has for a long time been looking for a plant using nothing but Chrysotile Asbestos Mr. Whittaker suggested that Nicolet's Norristown plant be used for this study It has been in operation for nearly 100 years and medical records from 1934 on are complete The number of employees involved however 150 to 200 may not be sufficient to provide the basis for a satisfactory study The smallest cohort used by Dr. Selikoff was 650 Dr. Mc Donald's study of Chrysotile mines included 10,000 The subject will be discussed further with Dr. Wright Radio & TV Guidelines Mr. Swetonic commented briefly on the radio and TV guidelines which had been distributed previously It was agreed these guidelines should be followed in order to avoid the unfortunate experience suffered by Manville when taped interviews were edited greatly to the disadvantage of the company PRODUCEDPRODUCED JM - 83 Report Series on OSHA A copy of the November 27 issue was distributed This is one of the few favorable articles published recently and was accomplished with the cooperation of Mr. Swetonic Additional copies are available Asbestos Magazine AIA will take a full page ad in an upcoming issue This should be helpful in our campaign to attract new members The magazine has also agreed to run quarterly reports written by Mr. Swetonic on developments in the asbestos area Cunningham & Walsh Activities Mr. Mike Isser of Cunningham & Walsh described his activities to date A full package of new position papers will be delivered to Mr. Swetonic before the end of the year Employee Safety & Health Guide Mr. F. Zimmerman of National Gypsum objected to publication of the Employee Safety and Health Guide on the grounds that it would attract compensation cases It was agreed that the outline would go back to Mr. Swetonic for revision AIA Brief for OSHA Law Suit It was agreed to submit the third draft of the AIA brief prepared by AIA for review Attorney legal Field counsel to Mr. L. Field of Kansas City is recognized as the leading authority in asbestos compensation cases PRODUCED JM - 83 Industry Affairs In September Mr. Swetonic asked all members to submit to him information concerning customer problems in order that we might identify the areas of greatest concern There was very little response to this request For this reason the President polled each member at the Directors meeting to try to determine what the problems are Replies were mixed However the area of greatest concern seemed to be the possibility of engineering asbestos out of many applications where suitable substitutes could be found Part of the Cunningham & Walsh program will be addressed to this very question by emphasizing the essential uses of asbestos Mr. Solon reported on a joint QAMA meeting He reported that the QAMA people were quite astonished at the depth and scope of AIA's activities and he is hopeful that there will be further meetings to encourage cooperation between the two associations Mr. Whittaker agreed to be chairman of a revitalized Membership Committee The opinion was also expressed that the mining companies ought to make more significant contributions Compiled from the notes of Bradley M. Walls John H. Marsh and Matthew M. Swetonic Submitted by Matthew M. Executive Secretary Swetonic PRODUCED PRODUCED JM - 83 ATTENDEES ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING AMERICA nd RAYBESTOS J. H. Marsh ATLAS ASBESTOS COMPANY George Barge CERTAIN PRODUCTS CORP A. E. Alpine CONGOLEUM INDUSTRIES INC Martin Sendecki THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY A. R. Hooker GAF CORPORATION Paul Weiner MANVILLE CORPORATION F. J. Solon Jr. E. M. Fenner R. P. Carter NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY A. H. Fay Frank Zimmerman NICOLET INDUSTRIES INC J. K. Whittaker H. K. PORTER E. C. Bratt SUPRADUR MANUFACTURING CORP Kurt Schwartz UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION W. N. Johnson JIM WALTER CORPORATION Wes Sauerland = C. N. Codding ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION M. M. Swetonic Katherine Buchman LEGAL COUNSEL Bradley Walls Gary Lachman ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL George W. Wright M.D. GOVERNMENT RESEARCH COMPANY David Mallino PUBLIC RELATIONS COUNSEL Mike Isser PRODUCED PRODUCED JM - 83 ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION AMERICA MEMBER COMPANIES American Asbestos Textile Corporation Atlas Asbestos Company Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Cement Asbestos Products Company Certain Products Corporation Congoleum Industries Incorporated The Flintkote Company GAF Corporation Manville Corporation Kentile Floors Incorporated National Gypsum Company Nicolet Industries Incorporated North American Asbestos Corporation H. K. Porter Company Incorporated Raybestos Supradur Manufacturing Corporation Union Carbide Corporation Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company Jim Walter Corporation - J. L. Rainey - George Barge - J. D. Christian - S. D. Weaver - W. E. Gatewood - J. R. Stetson - A. R. Hooker - Paul Weiner - F. J. Solon Jr. - C. A. Neumann - A. H. Fay - J. D. Whittaker - C. G. Morgan - E. C. Bratt - J. H. Marsh ~ Kurt Schwarz - J. W. Rawlings - H. Randolph Brown - Wes Sauerland PRODUCED JM - 83 ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION AMERICA Minutes of Annual Meeting of Members September 14 1972 The Harvard Club New York New York The Annual Meeting of the members of the Asbestos In- formation Association America was held on September 14 1972 at the Harvard Club New York New York The following members were present by their indicated representatives American Asbestos Textile Corp. Atlas Asbestos Company Certain Products Corp. Congoleum Industries Inc. The Flintkote Company GAF Corporation Manville Corporation Kentile Floors Incorporated National Gypsum Company Nicolet Industries Inc. North American Asbestos Corp. H. K. Porter Company Inc. Raybestos Supradur Manufacturing Corp. Union Carbide Corporation Jim Walter Corporation J. L. Rainey George Barge M. M. Swetonic by J. R. Stetson A. R. Hooker Paul Weiner F. J. Solon Esq Jr. C. A. Neumann A. H. Fay J. D. Whittaker C. G. Mergan E. C. Bratt J. H. Marsh Kurt Schwarz W. N. Johnson Wes Sauerland proxy Also present were E. M. Fenner Manville Corporation Union Carbide James Armstrong Bendix Corporation P. J. Morgan Jack Steinberg and Mike Isser Cunningham & Walsh Corporation Secretary AIA Bradley Incorporated M. M. Swetenic Executive Walls and Martin Neville Burns Van Kirk Jube & Kafer Mr. Mr. Fay the President presided over the Neville acted as secretary and kept the minutes meeting and thereof Mr. Fay expressed his Fay apappreciatpion reciation to the members for their cooperation with the Association during the past year PRODUCED JM - 83 2 Amendment to Article 2 Section 1 of Laws Mr. Walls explained that the number of members of the Association had increased to nineteen so that under the present Laws in which the number of members of the Board of Directors was limited to fifteen several members were without representa- tion on the Board Thereafter a motion was made seconded and unanimously approved to amend the Laws Article 2 Section 1 first para- graph to read as follows The Property affairs and business of the Association shall be managed by its Board of Directors consisting of one director representing each member company each director shall be the designated representative of a member during his or her directorship Election of Board of Directors Mr. Fay announced that nominees for the Board of Directors were as follows J. L. Rainey George Barge J. D. Christian S. D. Weaver W. E. Gatewood J. R. Stetson A. R. Hooker Paul Weiner F. J. Solon Jr. C. A. Neumann A. H. D. Fay Whittaker C. G. Morgan E. C. Bratt J. H. Marsh American Asbestos Textile Corporation Atlas Asbestos Company Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Cement Asbestos Products Company Certain Products Corporation Congoleum Industries Inc. The Flintkote Company GAF Corporation Manville Corporation Kentile Floors Incorporated National Gypsum Company Nicolet Industries Inc. North American Asbestos Corporation H. K. Porter Company Inc. Manhattan PRODUCED J-M 83 Kurt Schwarz J. W. Rawlings H. Randolph Brown Dayton Todd Supradur Manufacturing Corporation Union Carbide Corporation Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company Jim Walter Corporation Upon the vote of the members the nominees were elected as Directors to serve until the next Annual Meeting Reporotf Nomination Committee and Election of Officers Mr. Fay called for the report of the Nominating Committee appointed by the President and consisting of Mr. Solon Chairman Mr. Barge and Mr. Rainey Mr. Solon reported that the nominees selected by the Nomination Committee were John H. Marsh A. H. Fay J. D. Whittaker Bradley Walls Matthew M. Swetonic - President - Vice President - Vice President - Secretary - Executive Secretary Upon motion duly made seconded and unanimously carried the nominees were elected as the Association's officers Mr. Marsh | then assumed the chair and presided over the remainder of the meeting Mr. Marsh expressed to Mr. Fay the Association's thanks for his devoted and unstinting efforts as President during the last year Amendment to Laws Article 2 Section 3 Mr. Walls reported that the President had requested that PRODUCED JM - 83 - the Laws be amended to specify the composition of the Executive Committee comprising the President two Vice Presidents the Treasurer the Executive Secretary and two directors designated by the President Following discussion a motion was duly made seconded and unanimously adopted to amend the Laws Article 2 Section 3 to read as follows The Board of Directors may in its discretion by the affirmative vote of the majority of the whole Board of Directors appoint committees including an Executive Committee which shall have and may exercise such powers as may be conferred or author- ized by the resolutions appointing them The Executive Committee shall be composed of the President two Vice Presidents the Treasurer the Executive Secretary and two directors designated by the President The majority of any such committee if the committee is composed of more than two members may determine its action and fix the time and place of its meetings unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide The Board of Directors shall have power at any time to fill vacan- cies in to change the membership of or to discharge any such committee Pursuant to adoption of the Law amendment Mr. Marsh stated that the members of the Executive Committee were John H. Marsh President A. H. Fay Vice President J. D. Whittaker Vice President Bradley Walls Secretary Matthew M. Swetonic Executive Secretary F. J. Solon Jr. Director and C. A. Neumann Director PRODUCED JM - 83 5 Financial Report Mr. Swetonic presented the Financial Report of the Association for the period January 1 1972 to August 31 1972 A copy of that report is hereto attached and made a part of these minutes as Exhibit A. By unanimous vote the Financial Report was accepted Review of Proposed Expenditures for Balance of 1972 Mr. Swetonic presented a statement of proposed expendi- tures for the balance of 1972 and a copy of that report is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes as Exhibit B. The proposed expenditures on motion duly made and seconded were unanimously approved with the exception of item 12 a General Public Awareness Survey which the members decided should be deferred to 1973 Review of Proposed Budget for 1973 Mr. Swetonic presented a statement of the proposed budget for 1973 and a copy of that report is attached hereto and made a part of these minutes as Exhibit C. After discussion on motion duly made seconded and unanimously carried the budget Exhibit C together with item 12 deferred from the 1972 budget was adopted Assessment of Dues for 1973 over PRODUCED The members approved an increase of .25 mils the JM - 83 6 1972 assessment It was decided that the first quarter assessment for 1973 would be based upon 1971 market value asbestos purchases and that the balance of the year would be based upon the 1972 figures On motion duly made seconded and unanimously carried it was resolved that dues for the calendar year 1973 be assessed each manufacturing member at the rate of 2.5 mills per dollar market value of asbestos purchased freight excluded with a minimum assessmenfotr manufacturing members of 2,000 and it was further resolved that the minimum assessment for manufac- turing members for 1973 shall be 2,000 per member Other Business Following discussion a motion was made seconded and unanimously carried ratifying the actions of the past Board of Directors taken since the last annual meeting September 15 1972 Martin J. Neville Acting Secretary PRODUCED JM - 83 NOMINATING COMMITTEE Chairman F. J. Solon Jr. Manville Jack L. Rainey - American Asbestos George Barge - Atlas Asbestos Co. Textile Corp. NOMINEES President Vice President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Executive Secretary John H. Marsh - Raybestos J. K. Whittaker - Nicollet Al H. Fay National Gypsum Bradley Walls - Burns Kafer Van Kirk Jube & Matthew M. Swetonic - AIA PRODUCEDPRODUCED JM - 83 Po Vit Vit N ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION AMERICA Minutes of Board of Directors September 14 1972 _ _ -=! Meeting The Harvard Club New York New York A meeting of the Board of Directors was held pursuant to notice on September 14 1972 at 1:00 P.M. at the Harvard Club New York New York The following directors were present J. L. Rainey George Barge J. R. Stetson A. R. Hooker Paul Weiner F. J. Solon Jr. C. A. Neumann A. H. Fay J. D. Whittaker C. G. Morgan E. C. Bratt J. H. Marsh Kurt Schwarz W. N. Johnson Wes Sauerland American Asbestos Textile Corporation Atlas Asbestos Company Congoleum Industries Inc. The Flintkote Company GAF Corporation Manville Corporation Kentile Floors Incorporated National Gypsum Company Nicolet Industries Inc. North American Asbestos Corporation H. K. Porter Company Inc. Raybestos Supradur Manufacturing Corporation Union Carbide Corporation Jim Walter Corporation Also present were E. M. Fenner Manville Corporation James Armstrong Bendix Corporation P. J. Morgan Union Carbide Corporation M. M. Swatonic Executive Secretary AIA Bradley Walls and Martin Neville Burns Van Kirk Jube & Kafer Mr. Fay the President presided over the meeting and Mr. Neville acted as secretary and kept the minutes thereof PRODUCED JM - 83 2 IUD Petition Bradley Walls discussed the filing of a petition on July 28 by the IUD AFL with the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia challenging the OSHA asbestos standard He stated the position that will probably be taken by the AIA in a proposed amicus brief will be essentially that the present OSHA asbestos standard is fair though neither industry nor labor was totally satisfied with the standard He stated however that the decision to file an amicus brief should await review of the IUD brief to determine if it would be in the Association's interest to go on record in the proceeding Mr. Walls understanding is that IUD must file its brief in support of its petition by October 18th at the latest In the interim he said he and Mr. Neville are proceeding to review the entire record and are preparing a motion for permission to file a brief Environmental Control Committee Report Mr. Fenner stated that the committee was currently engaged in four major projects 1 Coordination with ANSI on preparation of a standard for industrial ventilation for asbestos using industries Mr. Fenner reported the development of the final standard is PRODUCED JM - 83 being delayed until promulgation of the EPA airborne emission standard anticipated later this year 2. OSHA compliance booklet This is expected to be completed by the end of the year by C. L. Sheckler AIA Environmental Control Consultant 3. Coordination with OSHA on its Committee To Review Asbestos Fiber Dust Level He reported that appointments to the OSHA Committee had not yet been announced 4. EPA Airborne Emission Standard The target date for the EPA Standard is late October however promulgation may be delayed until December A reduction in its scope to exclude mines field fabrication and site units is anticipated Legal Committee Report Paul Weiner reported that the formation of a legal sub- committee composed of counsel for the members and some non- members met with good response He said replies received from would a number of attorneys indicated they attend the meeting of the committee scheduled for September 27 1972 at the AIA Conference Room He stated the objectives of the subcommittee are to determine possible areas of cooperation between counsel in cases where several members are joined as defendants for an exchange of information concerning legal strategy in such cases and to provide a forum for discussion of recent cases affecting manufacturers of asbestos products PRODUCED JM - 83 Executive Secretary's Report a Lyons Meeting Matt Swetonic reported that several representatives of AIA would attend the asbestos health meeting to be held in France to obtain information on the most recent medical Lyons developments on asbestos health problems b Asbestos in Injectable Drugs Mr. Swetonic reported that a recent study by Dr. Selikoff found asbestos fibers in injectable drugs that Dr. Selikoff attributed to containing microfilters used by drug manufacturers A meeting will be held with representatives of filter manufacturers September 21 in the AIA offices c Warning Signs are being mailed to members d Asbestos in Talc Mr. Swetonic stated that the FDA has issued a proposed regulation banning the use of containing talc as a food additive e AIA Interview on WBAI Mr. Swetonic has been requested to be interviewed on the asbestos health problem in connection with a radio program to be aired in New York on September 21 1972 After discussion of safeguards and procedures to unbiased hearing and treatment attempt to assure a fair the Board authorized Mr. and Swetonic to undertake the interview NOTE On September 18th the Executive Committee after further review withdrew this authority PRODUCED J-M 83 Arthur D. Little Impact Statement the view that the Arthur Several members expressed Little report submitted to the Department of Labor contained many factual errors Members were requested to send correct information to Mr. Swetonic who in turn will furnish the A. D. Little and to the Department of Labor corrections to September 15 1972 Martin J. Neville Acting Secretary PRODUCED JM - 83