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Minutes GENERAL MEETING Asbestos Textile Institute October'6'," 1967 William Hilton Inn, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina In attendance: AMERICAN ASBESTOS TEXTILE CORP. J.L. Rainey J.W, Christenbury Wb. Maaskant G.S. Fabel H.H. Walter GARLOCK, INC. N.L.A. Msrtucci f$JiO'i'HHYNSW-MeAifNsVIL1B CORP. E.A, Sebuaan W.C. Atkinson C.L. Sheckler W.C. Streib H.K. PORTER COMPANY, INC J.A. Gallagher J.D. McCluer D.B. Childers RAYBBSTOS-MANHATTAN. INC W.S. Sampson S.R. Zimmerman, Jr. J.A. Brown, Jr. G.P. Ducker H.W. Oliver J.W. Hawkins f' .Q. Scowcroft R.B. Smith J.P* Wronski TALLMAN-MC CLUSKEY FABRICS CO. J.L. Mitchell UNIROYAL, INC. R.r. Clark D.T. Austin, Jr. li.M. Willingham S.J. Peele, Jr. P.C. Phillips W.L. Wylie ASBESTOS CORPORATION LIMITED M.P. Carson G.P-A. Brink P.E. Lecierc BELL ASBESTOS MINES LIMITED Wm.J.W. Smith R. Dodds-Hebron LAKE ASBESTOS OP QUEBEC UP. fc.A. Farrell K.W. Nelson CADWALADBR, WICKBRSHAM & TAFT fr.Jay Flocken (Legal Counsel) ASBESTOS TEXTILE INSTITUTE k.E. Sunbury (Secretary) UU .S. PrCuPbAl1icC Health Service br. L.J Cralley **** MliUltCA ********* 1. President Rainey called the meeting to order at 9r<0 A.F., and asked each person in attendance to stand and identify hioself and his company affiliations He mentioned that it was particularly grat ifying to have the following company officials present at this Annual Meeting: Mr. W.S. Simpson, President - Raybestos-Mauhattan, Inc.; Mr. S.R. Zimmerman, Jr., Exec, Vice President, RaybestosoJlanhattaa, Inc.; Mr. E.H, Wells, Vice President A Gen. Her.. Johns-Manvi 11c t a(C7 Minutes - General Meeting - continued: l 1 rage -2- I 2. The minutes of the last me eting were presented for reading. Mr. J.A. Brown, Jr., moved that reading be omitted; seconded by Mr. N.L.A. Hartucci. So voted. 3. The Financial Report was presented by Treasurer Martucci. Mr. E.A. Schuman moved that report be accented; Mr. J.A. Brown, Jr., seconded the motion, and it was so voted. The Report is attached to these minutes. I 4. Mr. P.Jay Flocken, Legal Counsel, discussed some of the legal aspects of voluntary product standards and certification programs. Mr. Flocken first analyzed the antitrust considerations.relevant .to individual comoany and trade association participation in the initia tion, formulation, and approval of voluntary standards. He stated that standardization or simplification have been attacked in cases alleging price-fixing where such a program was utilized as part of a broader effort to secure uniformity of prices or to limit production and to indirectly reduce price competition. The legality of a standards program does not depend upon the mere ex istence of an agreement to standardize but upon an appraisal of the program in the setting of all the circumstances, counsel stated. .He briefly reviewed several cases including United States v. National Malleable and Steel Castings Company, The Douglas Fir Plywood Associ ation and Asbestos-Cement Pipe cases. . l Counsel also discussed two forms of certificati on, self-certification by a producer that a product complies with a given standard and third-party certification by a trade association or testing labora i tory in conjunction with a registered certification mark under the II trademark laws. Counsel discussed various specific certification i marks registered under the Lanham Act and the provisions of that act providing for cancelation of a nark if the registrant discriminates or refuses to certify goods or services which meet the standards in volved. ' Counsel noted that two requisites for a valid certificati on program using a trademark are "control" of use of the mark and avail ability of the mark to anyone maintaining the standards which the mark certifies, whether or not a member of the certifying organiza tion. In this regard, the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Radiant Burners v. American Gas Association was noted. 5. The Fibre Producers Report was given by Mr. M.P. Carson, Vice President - Sales, Asbestos Corporation Limited. He mentioned that- slow economic conditions in several countries had adversely affected total shipments of Canadian asbestos fibres in the first eight months of this year - down 8.8% - however, total sales of spinning fibres were up about 1% in that period. Group 4 fibres for use in asbestos-cement products were off, as were spinning fibre sales in Italy, France and Germany. Japan has made a good recovery. The em bargo on Rhodesian fibre continues. However, some Rhodesian is reaching markets thru a third country. 6. President JU-ney introduced Dr. Clinton II. Whitehurst, Jr., Hesd- ' Dept, of Industrial Management, Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.. who gave a most interesting talk entitled: "Operations Research Techniques". We were privileged indeed to have the opportunity to hear Dr. Whitehurst, a well-known authority in the field of o * o Minutes - General Meeting - continued: Page -3- Industrial Management. An abstract of his talk follows: , ABSTRACT *'It is profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy books and by eminent people when they are making speechesj that we should oil- tivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing; The precise opposite is the case. Civilization advances by extending the number of important opera* tions which we can perform without thinking about them." The above quotation by Alfred North Whitehead was both an introduc tion and, in fact, a summary of the address "Operations Research Techniques" delivered by Dr. C.H. Whitehurst of Clemson University before the Asbestos Textile Institute at Hilton Head, South Carolina on October 6, 1967. In specific terms the address covered in capsule form ten OR tech niques that could .be utilized in a typical industrial organization. Each technique was illustrated by a simple example designed to show its potential as an aid to management decision making. Included were examples making use of linear programming, Markov processes, econometrics, multiple graphic correlation analysis, input-output models, matrix algebra, industrial dynamics, and a Monte Carlo simu lation model. In each case the relevance of the technique to com puter programming was emphasized. The large number of techniques discussed was made possible by dis tributing handouts to the audience which contained the specific ex ample, relevant technique, and at least one library reference. The handouts together with explanatory illustrations on an easel board was successful in imparting the potential for OR analysis in a firra*s operations. 7. Jack Christian, President of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd., wrote the Secretary prior to this meeting that neither he nor Tom Tiggert would be able to attend due to the fact that their new Clinton mine, at Clinton Creek, B.C., was due to start production and they would be busy there. President Rainey asked Mr. Wm.J.W. Smith, Bell Asbestos ; ines Limited, sales representatives for Cassiar, to tell us something about che new mine. Mr. Smith said the Clinton Mine is 600 to 700 miles north of the pre sent Cassiar mine, close to the border of Alaska. Problem of trans porting fibre is somewhat similar to shipments from Cassiar. The type of fibre from the Clinton line is generally similar to Cassiar fibre, but there could be some considerable differences. There are both long and abort fibres - but Clinton will produce primarily tt-1 Group fibres, and a secondary grade will be Group 5. Because yicll from ore is never precisely known in advance, Mr. Smith stated thi,; perhaps grades may be produced, other than those presently antici pated. itlautea - General Meeting - continuedi rage -5- 15. There being no further business to eov-e before the taecti ng , it recessed for luncheon to which wives of ner.bers had been invited. There were anoroxirmtely thirty ladies rresent, tasking the luncheon a inost enjoyable affair. There was a great deal of favorable con vent on the choice of the ,'illia'. J lilt on Inn as location for th is sieeting, and oany expressed the hone tnot we could return for sone future neeting. Pollovdug luncheon the faceting adjourned. Respectfully submitted.