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AIA-4 ORIGli' AFFIDAVIT OF ROBERT C. COHEN STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA ) ) ss ) ROBERT C. COHEN, of full Age,upon hi* oath, deposes send says: 1. I as principal in the firs of Knipes Cohen Associates , a shorthand reporting service located at *00 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2. In 1978 Knipes Cohen Associates was designated as the official 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 Snipes Cohen Associates. _ A. 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 chose 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. Whenever copies of chose minutes are requested by a party to the asbestos litigation, they are xeroxed by Knipes Cohen Associates' employees under my direction and ere 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. AIA-4 page 2 9. There hevc been no additions to, deletion iron or alterations to the documents as identified by Ms. Fagan on Septenebr 9, 1980. Sworn to and subscribed before ae this aL* .^ day of Oetebcr.1966 iiAktz Pfasti i r=* ROBERT C. COHEN General Heetinc June 7, 1573 Krfv Bridge Harriett, Arlington, Virginia In Attendance 7 HATES COBPOrtATJOJJ V. Kaaskar.t tl. J. Scanlon II. n. Walter GABBOCK U:C. S. G. Dixit A. Kutoufc JOBnS-M.dW'XUX cqbpgawicrj C. G. Cuerin 7. f. Jaehson J. P. power (C.J-H5 ?? B. Jleitse C. streib jicoir: xirossrairs, i;:c. E. w. Russell J. E. VhittaJser H. K, POSTER CC*i?A?r-% S. C. Szatt U. E. Childers J. w. ZchuxC I. E. Jlnody 1HC. rArBS7rns-?ad:HArr;wi, rre. >*.. a. Broota J, w. Prasgatcn, Jr. J. W. Eawhinr. H. T. Jtatthev; Q. Sccwcroft I. H. Weaver irtraovAs., nc. . D. Bittir.ger 5. E. Careen 1. F. Dieringer E. jtorris , ' AEDTS70S CORPOEAEICn LVD. P. E. Leeleze t-C. IU Smith ltjx asbestos or ?uzzzz ltd. . 7.. Farrell Ji. Aefehvrc C. E. StieChcr. (Asarce) ::?j!UFAcrjAA'*. juitities s.. R, Arnal Olivo CAT/rj.*AABnR, mcrxzzrz" i tat? . E. J. Lefi ,vrrjc.v? socsnrr for Tssrxrs jwd it-tesiaes P. o. Hicudenus asbestos Ts:-trxis xnsriTvrs .0. Paean, Executive seer GUESTS OF TIES A.T.l. Asberit S.A. Itnrehnlle Cattane" Adorno Asbnntos Inrr=*.ntien Aaseci Berth America ."nrthew **. rwetonic Industrial Safety Equipment .Association Charles H. Piusualt, 7r. n.s. Bureau of Hines . "usbert A. Clifton total attendance during the two-day rooting wee -IE people, incl 10 uennn end 3 jon - representing 15 eenpanies or associaticns AIA-4 Pagc 2 ATI General iiectir.tr C/7/73 k:rc:s5 1. The General rioctinc of the- Asbestos Textile Institute \mr. c ordar by President >.. Q. sce-eroft at It CO P.M., June 7, 1" 2. President Scovcroft veieccert the. members and guests in atte oanea and introduced four guests: namely, Hatthe'/ ii. Swttmic, Executive Secretary, Asbestos Information Arsoeiation/t'orth An 'arehvllo Cattanao Adorno, Asbnrit n.A.; Jlobcrt A. Clifton, Di ef ner-notallic ilinarals, U.C. Curanu cf .`tinea; and Charles n. . --alt, Jr., Sacratary/Treasurer, Industrial Safety rquipnant Association, and neither of its Safety t.'earinc Apparel Product < 3. Pollening past tradition. President 5eo<croft asked each tier xn attendance to rise end state his nans and con?any affiliates 4. President Scovcroft called for the readinn of the ninutes ci last statad General lieetinc. It war. moved by A. Tuxisuk, scccn<: by T. P. Jackson, and so carried, to dispense tilth the reading sans. 5. Treasurer Z. A. Kerris presented the heport of Funds of the Institute as of April 30, 1973. C. F. f5ti*'hn roved the roper accepted. The notion vas saennded by S. G. Tixit and so voted, unanimously. A copy of the full Aeport is attached to these ".inutes. * f. In the absence of w. p. Alcorn, the Lnnal Counsel address a seven by r-53nc, j, of Cadvr.Iadar, Pickershan & Taft. Che: text of his report is attached hereto. Par. T,eff discussed tun cases -- one concerned with the illegal division of the nr.rhce, ant! the other noting a connection between anti-trust violations tno private cnurcise of governmental power. 7. S. Siuith, Technical t Sales **.eprusntativc, Sell A-.brsstcs Mines ltd., delivered the Til-re Produrars* JUiport {sou attached ;*r. Smith stated that exudes ant', ultra-lone spinning fibers cor. to be in short supply hut Medium and short spinning fibers from Grades 3F *to 3". are in fair supply fro nos; producers. ;'o aho in thee* grades is feres sen for' the remninuex of this year and . change in the situation is not indicetrd, at the prac-nt tire, 1974. S. Pursuant to calling for Coer.ittr.-i .".sports by the renuretive Chairmen, President Scowcroft advised that C. C. Guerin had replaced I. Barnett on the ATI Technical Corxsittea. 2a. "he following reports of *.TI activities at the Committee lcvr *'3r- Presented by the respective Cha.-rrv^n to the gr.nrral n.r*.* err A copy of each Peport is attached himto, i.. : AIA-4 Paco 3 -- ATI General r^jerir.rj -- */7 /71 Air Hygiene * 'lannfacturing - r.. r. r.trnon, Ckaircan.A.sbestos Advisory - r. U. Russell. Chairman; Technical - J. v. icher-l, Chnirrcr.: Fil^r research t Testing - C. Z. Ktiefktn, Cknirr,an; Invirentwntal "oalth - I. F. Tisrineer, C'liirraa, IP. It was related hy President Scev'creft that recent techr.el Urcakthroughs in basic yam production technique.-. *nve ir.fluthc Institute to seek wider representation in its usr.kcrshio. was reported that as a result, the ATI Peart' of governors h*.t" approved a change in the Constitution and Sy-bn'w of the Inst involving hssecirt*. ``.eii-tnrsiiip raguirenorts. Article HI, P graph 2 ;c) of the Constitution has hear ravine'1, nr. fnllovs: " weavers of csbcr.tns-cantainino fabrics am* taper,, for resale such, ho do not manufacture the asbestos-containing yarns us same, shall be eligible for Associate Fembcrthip in this Inst. 11. President r.covcrof i referred fen ths new identification cn: cant hart been given to each manlier ir. attendance, ashino that ho returned to the Incentive Secretary for use nt future nut: 12. As statud by President Eseworoft, there sacr.s to he skv: t cuity vith the postal process in that none reservation cards a arriving at .ATI headquarters. In an endeavor to avoid undue pr at future nestings, it was advistd that each rcr.: cr who r.as is rv3orvatiOH with ths p.zaeutivc g.;erutary would receive a ''tic aciu'.owlcdgrunt within approximately tor davs' tire.. If s-.r; ci not arrive in due course, it trould vs wall to so advise the he snry. 13. The next General nesting of the lsh.estor, Tnutile Institute, he held: cstoi.tr 1-r., 1273 *.ycloture harbor Club, fjn.'ichpert, riisanckusctts Gunst ."pecker will be ?ir. J. earliest F.cPrsr.sid, "pideniclopist, "cGaIL tinsvarsity, an'', 'tsdical Adviser tn the r>ue*'.c AsK-.stoc ing Association. !'. President iicoucrcft advised that every 'ffort is '--inn node c.-iiye the wisbus of the ncrVmrr.hip-at-lnrg.-. by scheduling, -v..r possible, future C.nnrnl **:ptii.es of tha Institute to tin* they snd on Fridays, beginning in 1 'H-:, future revtingr. ill ' "'-1 ruary 7-0, 127*,, at the Fills ''yntt Souse, Charleston, tout; Carolina; June f--7, 127*, at Twin Irilccs Harriott, '.vskir.citnr, ~-C.; r.'iptf-nhcr 25-27, 137**, at "hi: Cloister, r.<:n Island, Georg February G-7, 127S, at .holiday Inn-Independence Vail, Philndnip Pennsylvania. Tentative future nuctinq situs include 'cr.tn Vad -1-*" Pontu '#drn leach, Florida, in `'ctoher 1775 and the ::arri an Few Orleans, Louisiana, in February If?.'. r~ T'cJor' introducing the Guest hpethnr, President her*-croft r .errea to five booklets that vnr:: distributed prior to callin': Pile- 4 -- ATI General :ieuti:e ~ C/7/?3 nutting to order. Just off the pros.*, tht- bookless ware pub bv th2 .M'./::;. and are entitled: Thu Asbestos 2r.forrr.tien Ass. tlcn/hcrth Asacrica, "hat As'fbssos ?..--An:* '..'.hern It Is t;r>. Asbestos And Health, -tunstiers and Ann-crs--nbesses .Vwi nnn. and Protecting Clio Asbestos Heritor, hirnl** ccoins cf the hr* arc available frea the AIA/"A, Z2 "ast 4Ctb street, *:.**' vcr>. York 1301C {bulk* rates on reensenti. lg. President G cove re ft introduced the*. hue-a rpaakcr: Patthe* 2-ctonic, executive Secretary, Klustes Tr.fsrwatior. Asnociati north America. Mr. GwesoteLe {vitosa profile is. nttrehad) disc the AIA/UA, its formation, its history and the -.work it in dni behalf of the aevostos industry in the unitt:d states. l> els talked about the impact of OSliA and F.PA regulations to corstro amount of asbestos dust in the atnospacre. fit discussed the tion: Why lias the Asbestos Industry hasn singled out by cover tlt- prase and various conservative groups? lie stated that tl: industry 13 passing through a crisis period in the n.S. and t closer ties between trade associations ou!d bc< beneficial. : Gwatonic advisee that ha has boon talking wish the prr.as auou asbestos sad health since 1PC5 and that out of l"5-l?r> report, only 2 were over 35. *i.* axe dealing with a ynunn and itloali.v group, he said. frer. a survav taken of the nwaraners sr.d act; toward the use of nnhentor., it wan discover.-*** that asbestos i: relatively unknown to the general public. The situation chan* listia between urban and rural arnar,. It wan interesting to r that the survey indicated tlsat those in the 1T.-75 nrn hr.-nh-t little about asbestos but that awareness increased in these ir viewed who wore between 40 and 43 years of age. A copy of *>-. :k-<;cenie`s presentation, in its entirety, in attached te thusc 'll.-.Cli'S. " . Z>.nz\: being no further **unincss lxs brought before th. ir-.i-unship, the rusetino ''as adgoumn- at npproninntaly 3:23 p. ns par o notion by z:. A. TarmIX, seconded r. A. .".orris, an unanimously approver' *-.y the attending juirbars. Tossactfully r.ubni.* //*'/. Z/e**rr koris h. Kagan, ^ *:::..cnti*v-- Panr'v.arv :1CTi: Inclosed herewith is your copy e lews cf th* Asbestos Tar.sile Institute, ln?3. Paragraph ? of tlie ny~A.v.*s (png. hv the Internal Aavenuc Service. * the ronstitutior. and revised on of Juno 5, ?} is subject to aoprn AIA-4 wscrvos P.tsnrt of ' Balance on Hand January 2, 1S73 General Fund Reserve Tend retry Cash tar-d Total on Hand Receipts Tc reserve Fund -- Interest adjustment to 12/21/72 Dues for Var 1373 To General Tuns --* F.oo!: rales Insurance Credits Total Tnceipts . S l,3'-.33 0,002.30 i r, > i .n 50.no 115.2? 3?,Qfi Disbursisecr.ts Rental of Office Space (5 nonths) Telephone (A norths) r :i.J. Inpicymsnt Tax (*tb Ptr 1272) retleral Inccac Tan (*5th Ctr 1572) rederai Or.crnloynent Tan {1'nar If72) Federal lacera/FICA Taxes list ptr 1373) Fa. ORorolovr*ent Tax ilst Dtr 1273) Pa. Inccrn Tax (1st Per 1272) Secretary's Pet wr.ean {' norths) Insurance for Ret* Office quarters Fostace, Printing. Office Supplier., etc. Revision of Fibre Test Panual* bocal Services 6 Ficpcnr.er. (<th ptr 1572) Score tar:'1 s Travel R::ncns.-. 12/72 merino) Petty Cash ''eschars j"!-!'. __ Total Pishursr.rw.tr, . . . 273.30 135.2? 33.75 70.no is.on 162.02 5.25 12.02 5nn.no l.'S. no nr* **2^7.2 2*7. *tC 17..5.1n3r ; ca. :aon f res t, ARC- 0*1 J1-2Z2. 30, 1373 "unds as of April 33, Guneral Fund Reserve Turd Petty Cash Fund 1373 S 1,462.06 If ,846.01 r. *;> TOTAL F.v:>.n,,-''T.r rr::T.TK.................................. -sr.flts as ef April 23, 1073 -- Total rur.ds ns listed above Accounts Puicoivahic (boo): .Tales) Furniture u ".ejuiurant (noninnl value) .0 21,31'*. 32 f.oo l. an total rcr.rrr . TOTAL T.Tirrt.T- {fit 'o-~a'ry lespectfufl *2 SWiT.lfCZZtT, torts *"*ic;nn y-f* vxt;*ai. nrrr voir*:* s >* ,21 . 5 si,; AIA-4 i. -ii.-- tCrssented at ATC General Meeting, Cure 7, lr"3, at *'..*y hri 'Jarraoet, Arlington, Virginia] There .has been an incren.ninc dcr.nnd throughout the world ir. for a mtrsbnr of fibre grader,, notably ir, *; Group ar.c 7 GrouAfter the fall-off in 1S72 in 5 end croup fibres, this an. has togun to recover, although not to eh sauo antent r. th. prvviously-nentioned 4 and 7 Creeps. Of nain interest to rwnbers of the A.7.1. arc: th;.- spinning Group 3 grades. Cruder, and ultra-long spinning.-, continue in short supply, hut the nediun and short sninr.ines ir. the .' 3S range are in fair sunpiy fror. sent producers. "o shortac foreseen ir. these grades during 1772, althouoh individual n: ccrs ney he tight in sresa specific gradinns. ' - Thvra aro no indications at present that thorn vill ho a r.- change during 1074 ir. spinnings; however, ir. short fibres, current oversupply of 51) fibres say be closer to ha.lar.cn year. Cne or tv:o new nines ir. Canada arc scheduled to esn into y; tien in IP"5, hut there is no liheliheod that they w.ili prof any spinning fibres. Che same is true cf new sources in .Australasia. `iter '.'it!1 ic, Sitich r. faIs >t!& # AIA-4 ,-.rn m : t' ti r. < cor: Curve 7, 137 Asbestos Gentile Imtitut** .ley Sridcro Marriott, Arlington, ^ircir.i. The Coranittise net "ith sirtenr. ncsbsrs and guanas i-i attendnn: raprasnatetivo of ton companies, an folic*-'.**.: Anctcx Corporation n. H. Uniter, norristovn, Rnr.nsy.lvan,,n Asbcrit 5.A. U. Cattanco (Memo), Rio do Jan-wLro, Rrnsii Cadwalader, wiekersher: t raft E. J, luff, I.*cw VerJ: City Canadian Johns-Manville Cownnny ltd. J. P. Power, TJtstasttos# Qusbtc Garieek 2ne. f. C. Sixit, Pairr/ra, ret# York Johns-.'lanvil la Corporation C. G. Guerin, ftnnviilu, *!nw Jersey ti. R. Eeitse, Onnvor., Colorado Lake Anhnstos of Ate. 2. A. rarreil, '**' Yrk city R. 1. Aefehvro, -line*: Lnka/ooobne . H. Portar Ccrn.ar.y, Inc. .7. c. Eratt, Charlotte, Perth Carolina 1. E. Moody, Charlotte, north Carolina Raybcstor.-banhattan, Inc. R. I. Matthew, north Charior.tor., r-mtth Carolina 2, a. "caver, ilnnhein, r.-nnsyI var.ia i* Uniroyal, Inc. . 'h 0. r.ittinenr, trimshoro, r-outh Carolina 2. E. Cordon, kofxnnnvilla, '"nergi.**. l. r. Ditsrinycr, MidAlebury, Connecticut 41 Cl 7*he uactino included discussions in the following areas: dun (fi.'.u-r) counts ii-tprovcnants, special chucking, etc.; and rue expwrienens with OCiC. inspections. When taking dust counts, one etcany no** i*t noir.o a method of placing the filter intake valve naar ah: pernnn't with and r.n- AIA-4 Page 2 - Minutes ef the ATI Air Hygiene r. ::fm Cers.u.ttnc - and in soce eases ill us*, t'o units with thr. senerd on the employe* s shoulder. Also, it wes pointed out, again, that the* height ef the r^heing cheehat has sent bearing on the dust count, test cn sacplas, whan cheeked hy different neo-nlc, shows a diflnrnr. a variation of as nuch ns 5 to 1 and an average ef Oi vara plus cr nanus, with noru variation on higher counts. Spacing of squipswsnt using a larger area an:1, using a second to recirculate the air has shew. sane reduction in dust cou: tihen stripping cards, use hoods placed as lev as possible o' the area end strip with a brush attached to a vacuum sort utilise the Alingten systen when striapang cards. On*', plant reported the usa of a light spray CT-I-X) on nixes roughly 2%, while another plant sprays carrier cr.ly with a r of water nnc ban-sat. Both plants report sens reduction in as a result of using the sprays. In si recant nlant inspection by OHEA, one csrpany received s fines for the following item: * 1) Sene ctployees with no respirators; 25 Corpany had not provided protective clothing in required areas; * ' 25 Citations resulting in ttro SThn.OR fines for exceeding five (5) ii`.*crs in one ar-=h and a ti:r.r.--;aightsc: avnrnga of ovar tan Cl a} fibers in another area. In sects recent canes the or:i*. Agency has reduce;1 fust counts 2ft before actually issuing a citation, torn- plants nrn ur.ir rental uniform and lechers n- sth ffamishot! by the rental unif pr.-cria. The unifcrt3, two ne wnle/fs each wash, avorngas : -2.51 vuc)ily. In cost .eases tlit rental uniform is a short-sltavod shirs ar.d pants only, and this has been acceptable*. Respectfully submitto Hunl r. Card Chair AIA-4 n 1 !L 2 ~ s ashestes rtS'rzr.orty cr,v-.'*rxT June 7, 1973 Asbestos X-j:tile r.ey Bridge Jhr.r: n. vircir.i XT* AX'HlCm* 2 E. V'. Russell/ Chairman X. S. Jackson A. Russule Ti. J. Scamlan Q. Sccucroft 0. li. Fauan, AXI Executive Secretary E. J. Luff, AXI Legal Counsel The Beard of Governors of the Askastss X-?:::til Institute took action at its September 1973 nesting to chance the Institute's Constitution and By-Laws- The change perr.it t c weavers of asbestos-containing fabric-; and tacos, for resale as such, who do not rwmufaccurs the asbestos vnrnn used in sane, to '*e eligible for Associate : bribership. In licet of this action, the Asbestos Advisory Cerr.tt tea vta.s requested to determine a method of extendino re:;'-unship. After considering several alternative-., the Cc: stittee r.c- ceptct the offer of e. Sec.-croft to prepare a news release for insertion ir. the duly 1973 issue o. nag.asine. Che release --ill state: the i will publicly extend r.nr.korship to chos.: qua!;., interested. X. P. daekson of Joh-a-Eanvill.: Ci will serve as Eorbcrship Chairman. Respectfully submitted. *..* ** AIA-4 I! Ill E I rzcr~c?& cc*::z??r- 7une C i ibestos Tortile Insti te 1573 - Toy Eridgu Mr.rrio , A: ngton * -- j- iM atteudcec: j. V. Wjhi.r.s, Er.ybostos-Manhattan, Inc. n. nnashant, Ann ten corporation ?. o. nicethe-un, r.nngral Tlr.crrir. Cor.pany/.-.'m C. 3. C.uorin, Jchnr.-i'.nnvi?.lr Corporation j. !. Echoed (Chaintan), Portnr Eonpeny, 2 Carl C. Guerin, of CJohns-'Utnville Corporation, war. welcomed ar, now meaner of the .\TI Technical Counttter, rool.-cing Irvin Cam *. special meeting of the Comittee vas hr If or. June *th to ravi ACT?: Standards for Sara, Moving, ant- Lap. The Continue*!' = propor.rO statements on precision and act-.urrcy were e.pnrovnd by . aha Editorial Countttca of .'."O' 0-13 an being editorial. Hov-v. the statements vrerw rejected by the ACT *. ntnndards Editor who =; cifiad alley rail ha put to latter ballot after asnigninn a srh.-*. for inter-Iabcratcry* testing. Th.: samples of yarn, roving and I vt 11 h.i analysed by Aaybastos-:'anhattan, Inc., Aretes Corporate: General Electric Cor.pnr,y, Carlock Cr.c. and E. Tortnr Cor.nr.nv Inc. Testing siicux-1 )*n completed prior to the Soring 1??4 nct.-t. The Cohns-!isn"iil*8 tumbler-test procedure war. disennsed as a ssc: to d.etemne the relative dustiness of varietm asbestos product: Eawhirt '.'ill detamiine if t_':ic nnutr-r.rnt is available for evaluation. The feasibiiity of hi'il.uing a stralar tester a] vi11 ha considered. .'.iv:; Suhcenrittee M13.14 has been raou-aste'.' by the t;.c. navy to change G-315 Anhestcs Tapes to cc-ixorr. with iv.dnrni Cpccifiea :T1-T-17*2 so it nay ho u**.nd for direct proeerarena pmonos. li vision *-'ould require the addition of a reality assurance prov a suction on pacLaging ano an obsolete table or. tape stylos. ATI Technical Coixaittee feels that tl.ir. ir.lcrrr.tier. should nc included in a Tutorial f.pncification." E. riaoucr.us win re vie-.,* thu objectionable itettr. with ACTE before replying to the draft of proposal Military '"pccificacion Mr.L-I-30S3v--"insula tion, Electrical, hsliactos-Eiher, Treated nr.d Hr. trot toI' war. cuhnittad for approval. Tba Chairman van instructed to rvr.n:::t extension for cements until after the artelr 1'577 Corrutrat: rt ing. nisnaetrullv nuhnitto reherd., Thairr AIA-4 Z VV "* --'*7 . *vr**y*T** f..7*Z'Z "I T2*" June 7, 1573 Arbesres c* hey ?ridcn : ; Isssi into ristt, Arlinoten, "irri: in attendance: w. C. rtrcib, Aoims-.Nsr.vill- Cor70rr.t-.or :, a, Erit.h, Dell Asbestos Mines it;.. P. r.. Childers, 21. ?.. Ferrer C.orspo.r." Fee. C. E. miefJ.en (Ci/iim), .hncriesj. *:.jt hriinirr phe rentier was totally devoted to discussions of the procr.the 3rd Edition of the Chrysctilc Asr nstos font .N.nr.ual. It was noted that the ACTE (asbestos C-:sroenr Products -Vssneia has iwcoita defunct and ell references tc that arce-iaction herr. renovod frer. the new nnnual. It was decided that for ftturn test ecletisnr, a sub-st *00id be inserted into th* r.hnunl, ccntAirirc the prru mrsber with an acrsiar.ntion of the reason far deletion, be indicated that the test csuld bo obtain'd fro:: ATI, ruouiree. ti Dine-.- ACTA is dafrtrst. the sponsor an orieir.nl ACTA ti Products, r-3. tas, for - rtrunc ftcnrd, aerrne* tc Achattos Cenent utinr hr hern .w-.'. for enounces r. been ester.1-i-'-d is rewf-. fnrr, rarv.irir.- r editorial chancer. This draft ill now ut revi :> hy the Fiber Easenreh t. ' anting Cnmittwo. Mien npprnv,*1., the draft will be suhruttad to the printer for n reasonably-accurate cz antistate. All or nir.nl typiisc shrtrhws and nimto^rnphn than bo' aasenhslnd for printing, hopefully ;* thr. end cf th suCEu'sr. $' M It will h>- helpful for the 'imrnhip *:o r. wits to Doris Fauns as soo: as possible. eery rocoiro- '''nspeotfully cubr.ittcr' C. mi ofv.eni Chair AIA-4 II1 = rrrvxno- cx.'r-irrr: .'.shorter. Tftxriie Institute June 7, IS'73 -- ::ey Zridea harriett, Arlington, Virgini. f.c fortxnl renting of the Cssr,i*tf;c nr; held, nr.:' the three me: sat in 0:1 the discussions of the Air "yrtinne ; hnnufici^rir.s Ccrartittse. ,*.s of mtinr tiiw, the folloirinn in the status of various per posid OSTLh occanation.nl health standards eh arc of interest rarshne earniar-ias; 13 7eia -- ' Department of Labor ".tenderCs Advisory Terr te as nusiting periodically to consider this nt.nr.dnrd. A its snooting in Boston er. 'tay 21, 1173, the American Con ft usee of Covcrnnental Hygienists CAC"!?:) reeerrtandicrt the adoption of a notice ef intent to ehnnnc the hoir.c ?hrzsH Bir.it Vaiuus to 25 dA*. for an C-'.our-r.-dny, tirvi-vcichtud u.'nsosurs. At the C'.'LT. Ctardordr Advisory comittaa tseati in' '..'ashinuton, O.C., on .'lay 32, 1273, Hr*. V. Aildvard, Ccmittis Chairman, stated that the level of asnar.ure to seise for euploycas trill pro.' ..ahly rattain at PC dAA. 2; hast Stress - 'ACCi:: also rnen.-c.-.cndad at its Dotson rno tha -tccr.sior. of the r.uat .'Stress Threshold Licit vnluas <-\i. ware cur.llshud as s notice of intent in i??2. It differs slightly fror. those rucn.-zner.->.d hy `Cf:." in its criterin p.tehnoi* i- that permissible trorh-rttst rsnirw. ar;= specif: Thu status of th*- proposed standards is deeded hy recant criticism that the '33(7.' infer ir. rot an rc.o'niaco iodirntcj of heat stress. Proposal* hav- been n.*/'' that svaat rater ar.d heart rates are rsorc indacatavc of hont stress. Decant articles of interest fmr> tha .'.anaals cf Ocrurntional v'ler.e, Vcluma If, 1P73, h<">u-.v" organ far th*..- r.rir.tsh Cecegnticr.c hygiene society, arc: 1) Pages 1-5, '.tyyi jnr: ot,-rr'nrc'.s for hirhomc Arcsito *sh-r ton'Lust - "The suhcnttf'ittco (on ask--.tot) has reviewed s'* information on human enponuro to airborne Amors isr dun:t in ' animal expurinentr,. Che suheotraitsau !.climb.* it has insv ficiant hr.ovludge o'! th.- n laticrship 1 afw.n nir" -orr Arositc- d.u*t ernor.ure an:1, the ri.-;.': of nr,hen tori* at |>.:rr-.it an.accurate statement of the de'/ror of protection affords >*y n specified hygiene standard. riov.-rtscl^ss, on the has of cot.parasor.s Let* **> tnn affects of 'a..onia.-` and Chr^sor.i oust on : sea and animalr, it is recowuintW'. that the .stanch er. Aruasita should hr nr last strir;n.*nt than those for Chr tile.- 2# Pace 7, h.vi.sw of t.wc ''yd.iv.'.e Ctar.dard rr,r C'-.rysr.ti 1.. Ashmntus iiiir.t -- l i nCnrm.oaj on ^F n, r- i AIA-4 ea nr th 7.VX rsvimrs*' r C ~ morbidity tier*, no ne*-' renertad advert *> cerr'entr and ini tion of nsv studies net available for a nx-.'".r cf years, suher-rr-ictee on asbestos sc.*.ted, "tt is thernlor* racer.-' Choc no cOanno? he ttsde at tit': present tine, hat that eh standard ho iiept under rovio"." 3) Pace.; f-17, Cioiooie.nl effects cl Cancer - report of Advisory Comittfee or. Asbestos C sneers to the Piroetrr Xntarnatier.nl Acancy for hosnnrsh or. Cancer - Ccport <li into fct'a parts, the first r. euesticnnmi->nRs*?*r section devoted to the latest thinking nn the* relation of ashes exposure and cancer, and the noesnd to r* cot-nenda terns future rose nrch ir. epireriolnyy, ja;!*,r.inr/ and physics eheniscry of arhcsaos-relatnd cancer. ! o> . < a Hespcctfuily inti :Ci I, Mirrino r'uxi AIA-4 vrr^vzr. or cstr^" d si aster. Vc:rtile Institute fter.ertl *'ewt:.ng dune 7, ID73, Arlington, virgsni.- f.t the rohruary Ccncral hooting in Atlanta, rnnd-i; Alcorn -- to vou rnr.;srhs * of counsel dealing with illegal divisions of territory anon? cersiwting sell-ern. The* cases ho refurm** to th dealt with nap licit acrvener.ts in which the nap war carved -:r> .* the soiling eornrnnics involved on thr. principle of "ens ror;ror.i company", The decided cases have held such ngreonc-nts to t unlawful, v/ith a fev United eresptionr.. .7 recant ease hns focused nttenti.cn on the division c.f norbets the agreement cr plan is not clearly -spelled out. Ir. Hobart r.r Ccnoa.nv v. ;talcclr."....giliiand, fr.c., -:71 r.2d OS* (Sen Car. I cert, cfinieo, *1 u.d.l.h. jw.*l (hay 2D, 1P735 , a distributor c voicing aguipr-ent war. assigned by the :ianufactarar "orirnr; responsibility" for distriiiutien in "ertkem C-woryia.. The* nr.tr. eoranarciri instincts cf thn firr., .However, led it to hagin noil in Tennessee, which uas net only outside ahs 'Jorthorn Saorcis territory, but was within an area sncpliet! cirwctlv by the nnr.v rarer, rventunlly, the* disrri-r.ttr.rr.hio ncrsr-.r.nt as cancelled the* na.-.ufacturer, ant*, the distributor sued the na.r.wf securer, charyirn an illegal division of territories. "he defense e:?.phasis!!d the absence of a written contract prohih; ing thn distributor frea solli.se in any oarthcul.ar axwa. There been such an acrconont yaaxs earlier, hut couns.l had remedint* * nrs-hl.-sr. by drafting r:*v contracts assigning "areas of yrirhry raapr.n.sihiliry ", which did not on their fata linic sftlsr oisr**H. The courts nevertheless held thn arrangement to he illegal. g;. Tifth circuit Court cf Appeals stated that cil-est undarstarr: can >shown by the ccursa of conduct of t.V; parties." The chi. dar.\sgins. tvifi.-ncn was ar. ir.trn-nf-fier. worn fro:.-, tha Tan-ossno c'i trie: rprur.catetiva of -ha r.rr.uf.*.ct*.*.r*r to the here office whi: roper tee the distributor's talcs ir. Tsr.nw.asco and urged the r.ar.% Cacturur to "counter" by selling directly in the distributor's territory, "ortiic-rat Gorgia. of the important teachings of this cat: is that eopplinncc * the antitrust laws - -'hethor the issue is prims, distri'-.-.tirn s.,'h..-'c-, refusals tc deal with certain corpar.ics, or ary n,.-..-itiv*' trade rauulatton natter - is not achi.--vi.-u }:*> ncrolv avoiding t!;a o' virus, .spoiled out f.^z:\s of transgression, ".nr-* a-.uv/t l-a taken not to lassan corspetition indirectly or through ur.-s-prasr.v.c1. understandings a-, i-dl. J-nvi.ay mv.ntior.cd violations nr th> la-.- tHro.no.i, r.rr-; devious menu waich R:..jTi to. re; appropriate at this Catherine, so close.to the <stargate huildine, X -would like, to ,-.r>L< another oos'sectivo Hr.-- antitrust law and ;xi) ities. ABOUT THE SPEAKER The names Matthew H. Swetonic and Asbestos Infernation ftsscetation/North .America are synonymous. It was watt who developed the original AIA/NA Prospectus in the Fall of 1970 and who prepares the presentations for both the introductory* an; the organization meetings. Upon J-M's decision to move its corporate headcuarters 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 J-M ar.d Executive Secretary for AIA/NA. During this time he orga nized the industry effort for the EPA and CSKA hearings and wrote for others or presented himself six major presentations in a period of 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 Hew Yorker, was reared in Easton, Penna., and new 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 Eas ton Express, he joined J-M in July 1965 as Associate Editor of News/?ic, an employee maga zine. He was promoted to Editor in January i67 and one year later was named Coordinator, Special Projects. This is the job that granted him the expertise to superbly fulfil his duties as Execu tive Secretary of the AIA/WA as the major respon sibilities 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. AIA-4 IJKY nSSCST05 A Presentation Before the Asbestos Textile Institute Arlington, Virginia June 7, 1973 Zyt Matthew M. Suetonie, Executive Secretary /asbestos Information Assoeiatien/borth America 2 an sure that many of you have asked yourselves, as 2 have as nvself, why has the asbestos industry seemingly been singled c as the prime target for so many assaults by government, labor the press, certain segments of the medical profession, and by various environmental and consumer activist croups? Why us? Can asbestos really be all that bad? Are the product: produce truly going to kill millions of Americans, as some oxpt have predicted? Or is there seme sort of nefarious conspiracy afoot to destroy the asbestos industry? The answer to the question of "Why us" in both complex and simj contic:: because it is a combination of three interrelated but separate factors. Simple because each of the factors is, when considered by itself, quite obvious. The three factors are (13 asbestos can cause disease, (2) a sue man arose to champion the naed for asbestos control, and (3) a cornucopia of new government agencies were set up to control materials and products that can cause disease. Let us lock at aach r.f these factors in turn. "irst, there is r.o doubt that the inhalation of substantial amc cf asbestos can lead to increased rates of various types of lur disease, including two forms of cancer. These are facts which net be denied, even if they do not apply in ail circumstances under ail cenditions. The medical literature is full cf solid dor.es linking asfcestcs to disease. In ny office, 2 have on fi: mere than 2,099 medical papers dealing with the health risks o: asbestos end hundreds more are published every year. Secondly,' the spreading of concern over the health risks of asl tes has as its prime spokesman one cf the most talented mediea: publicists of the age ~ Sr. Irving J. Selikoff of haw Verb's : Sinai iinspitni. net cnly is Dr. r.olikoff capable of arousing t ire and moral indignation of the most conservative reporter or politician with his graphic descriptions and prodictions of the ravages of asbestos, hut ho has also surrounded himself with a group r.f similarly talented associates vho have carried the floe Sinai message to the far comers of the nation. *":hilc Dr. Selikoff has, in his zaal, unquestionably painted a i ~nrher picture than the. facts warrant, we should always remenbt in his defense that the innnlanion workers he hnr. crtirtyin; AIA-4 p.ncc 2 - TJiiv Asbestos?, by M. . Swetonic, Air*/*'.' __ Presented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/?/,2 mere than a decade were and 3tili are dying fror. asbestos rci disease at an appalling rate. Such a situation would be suff to cake a crusader out of the cost conservative cr scientists Finally, in the past decade there lias teen a tremendous crewt: public' and governmental interest in environmental and occr.p.-.t. health matters. This interest hns born translated into a scr. of far-rcaching laws affecting inductin' in a center hitherto unknown in this or any other country. 1 believe it is accural say that these new lows, 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 free enterprise systcr was known in this country for a hundred and fifty years. Thus, in combination, those three factors created a situation which a cadre of freshly created federal agencies, with strong statutory authority, were prodded into assigning priority star asbestos by Dr. Selikoff and his followers. who achieved these through skillful use of the great wealth of negative asbestosdata contained in the nodical literature. In short, the asbestos industry was singled out because it was vulnerable to attack, because there was someone willing to ies* attach, and because Congress had graciously provided the vehic for such an assault. The background of industry efforts to deal with the ashestes-hi problem, as a national issue goes back nearly a decade, to Dr. Selikoff's now famous 196*5 seminar on asbestos disease at the : York Academy of Sciences. t?hile this seminar did much to pric> industrys eonscaance abeut asbestos and health, the problem st romainad or.e of limited public and press interest until around 1267, rhea the media began beating the medical bushes searching stories that would graphically portray American industry's suet disregard for the environment and for* the health and safety of workmen and the American public. The asbestos-health problem found to ba tailor-made for such stories. As a result, startir with Paul Orcdeur's infamous ?lew Yorker article of .".arch 1965, asbestos has since grown into ar. item of major press interest. In those years, industry efforts to combat the spate of nognti\ cress articles on asbestos were carried on primarily by the ho!;innvilie Corporation, which set up a task force of specialists various fields to do what it could to portray the problem in it proper perspective. Uhile some minor successes wore achieved, v>as ound that no one company acting independently could adeqoa or effectively represent an entire industry in dealing with the press and with government officials. **s a result, in late 1970, eight companies gathered in Mew York to launch the Asbestos Information Association of North America AIA-4 P.-ice 3 - Vfhv Asbestos?, by K. M. Suctc.-.ic, AIA/RA presented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 whicr was octternec after the Eritish Asbestos Information Cc~ tee, which'hoc been established seme three years earlier. In our original concept, the Association would licit its activ to providing accurate', unbiased information cr. asbestos and he to the press, to the public and to interested politicians and government officials. It must be remembered that at this part lar time, the enomous problems that would later develop wish ragard to 0SKA and other Federal regulatory aconci.es were as y the distent horizon arid basically unrecognized hy the industry Fortunately -- and properly ~ the Association has hnd the vis to alter its original United concept of its proper functions, now endeavors to assume whatever activities and responsibiliti deems necessary to protect the interests of ths asbestos mnnuf. turing industry in the United States vis-a-vis asbestos-health From this rather narrow initial public relations concept, the Association has grown in the last two years into an organizatu with priorities in eight major fields of endeavor. These are: Medical Affairs, Legal Affairs, Environmental Control, Customs: Relations, Employee Relations, later-industry Relations, Rubin and Public Relations, and Government Affairs. To take these activities one at a time, let us start with medic affairs. It is an obvicus fact that if an organisation is te speak authc tativcly on a medical natter, it must not only be steeped in ti literature of that particular medical subject, but it must als< keep itself constantly ir.fcrr.ed of new discoveries and develop: This vc have asssnslished in a number of ways. For crample, b-. sending representativas to important medical meetings, such ns 1572 lycn. Franca, international conference on the biological effects cf nsoestos, which was sponsored by the T,erld Health O: vie also meet on an irregular basis with various medical expert the field,, both from the United States and abroad, to review a discuss recent developments and discoveries. Our literature research is eased considerably by receiving the monthly medical paper distribution of the Institute of Occupat and Environmental Health in Montreal, which is funded hy the Q: -Asbestos Mining Association. This year, for the first time, the AIA has elected to sponsor medical research of its own. Currently underway is a complete: AIA/UA funded study of chest sounds, which is being conducted ! Dr. Raymond Murphy of the Harvard School of Public Health. Th. purpose of the study is to find a now method of determining rn individual's potential susceptibility to asbestos disease. T>a<jo <5 - Why Asbestos? by i:. M. Swetcn Presences to the ATI at Arlington# Virr. i/IA 6/7/73 -he Association has also recently decided to contribute to sc oncittng research into a possible core for mesothelioma three iecrrcnctivc treatment. This study is being conductsd at. S hospital in Hew Jersey. In the legal affairs area, the Association participated in ar. amicus curiae capacity in the lav; suit brought by the Inuuscr Union Department of the AFl/CIO against tr.c Occupational Safe Health Administration cn the asbestos standards. In cur brie Association supported G5HA against the I'll, senewhat of a uni position for an industry to find itsalf in vis-a-vis a govern; regulatory agency. Oral argument or. the case was held April Washington. While a decision has yet to be handed down by th. of Appeals, we are confident that the case will be decided in favor* The Association has retained the services of a special tcchr.i: consultant on environmental control affairs. At the present he is wording with thw AIA/JIA Envi-enncntal Control Sub-Corr.it en the development of a series of five Association compliance manuals on the OSKA standards. last year, because cf the well established unreliability of th manoranc filter r.athcu as a monitoring tctl in the asbestes industry, the AIA undertook the sponsorship of a study at a research laboratory in California to determine the effect of c variables on the overall accuracy of the method. The results the study showed an error factor cf plus or minus SO per cent the most favorable of measuring rendition;:. These results wer to both OSKA and to the Rational Institute for Occupational Sa and Health. A number of the recommendations contained in the fer improving the accuracy of the method have beer, incorporate a seen-to-be-released revised ;ncs:i operations manual on* fiber In the customer relations arse, the total offart cf negative p publicity and government regulations on industry customers is" today rather poorly defined. Seme numbers of the Association reported serious problems in this area, untie others have experienced few ox no difficulties thus far. Whore customer problems do exist, they normally fall into one five categories. " First, the customer has thoroughly investiuntad his situation has found that he can no longer afford to continue using asbns or asbestos-containing products, cither because the cost of control is too high or because he would have to raise the pric his product to a level that would make it non-cer.potiti.vo with non-asbestos containing substitutes. ' Second, the customer has not thoroughly investigated his situn end only thinks that he can no longer effort to continue unins asbestos." " AIA-4 Page 5 - TThv As5cst.es?, by M. M. r.watanie, M.V?:a Presented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - C./7/72 Third, the customer has reed one or more negative articles on asbestos in the public press and has crnce the snap decision th "we ought to get that dangerous stuff out of our plant." Cfte decisions of this nature are forced on top rnnagoment by illiafomofi medical advisors or safety and health directors. Fourth, the customer has neither a control pmbler nor is he p cularly afraid of using asbestos in his own plant. !?o'*2var, h fearful that those of his competitors vtiasr. finished products contain asbestos will stress the adverse health affects of asb in trying to take business away from him. Customer fears of t. nature era essentially "gut" reactiens and are hcr.ce extremely difficult to deal with. Fifth, the easterner has none of these problems cr fears but he been advised by a government official or inspector that he woul bettor off if ho quit using asbestos or asbestos-containing or; in his plant, while this problem does not appear to be widest: we have learned of a number of situations where it has nccurre: Actions of this nature by government officials are totally unco for and should bn dealt with promptly and decisively. The best solution is to obtain complete details on the incident cad then register a formal complaint with the offending official's immec superior cr with the government agency involved. The Association's first reection to the overall customer relate problem was to approve funds for a scries of four regional soma at which industry customers would be given a number of basic pr cations oa the various aspects of the .asbestos-health problem, seminars were tentatively scheduled for the Spring of 1573. However, the experiences of a number rf our member companies sh that general "catchall" type seminars of tha type originally contemplated would not he effective in dealing with the najnric customer relations problems. In order to do the jrb properly,' as found that customer presentations have to be tailored to" th needs and problems of the individual customer. As a result, the /association cancelled its scheduled series of seminars .tr.C instead elected to develop n author of packaged cl presentations ~n such topics as "The Facts About Asbestos"end health," and "Understanding the CSHA Regulations," which could ; used by member companies as part of a tailored presentation to individual customers. As xjith customer relations, the Association feels that employee relations is a pr >blur. best handled by the individual member companies. Thus far, the ATA's sole contribution ir, this area r industry concern has been to prepare thdraft of an Employee r.and Health Guide e- Ashestos-itaalth. The draft was made availed to the number companies for their own use and at least one has produced it in booklet form for distribution to all its employee AIA-4 PaM C - Khv Asbestos?, by m. . Swetonic. Presented tc the AT-- at Arlington, Virginia * 6/7/73 I personally believe that thn employee relations aspect cf the asbestos-health problem is one that has been sorely neglected tnst cosipanies within the industry, and that it could develop a major prnblen area in the near future ar.d that steps should taken now to deni with it. knew that various organised lai groups are planning a full scale campaign to brine their inter tation ef the asbestos-health problem to the attention of nsbt industry employees throughout the nation, if the industry per this interpretation tc be disseminated without rebuttal, the consequences could be grave indued. Inter-industry relations are best defined as keeping the indus informed about important new developments on the governmental, medical and press relations fronts that affect asbestos. This accomplished within the AIT. by periodic distributions of dccun and information to the neither companies end to others on our nailing list. the value of this activity can be gauged by the fact that our overall nailing list increased fsea approximately a drsen nanc: 1971 tc more than 60 a year later. Tlhile we have had to trip, list senewhat tills year fer logistical reasens, we assune from frequent requests we still recuive to be placed or. the list th; the 'material wo send out is being read and is of considerable value tc those receiving it. Tiext to government affairs, cur public relations .-.an publicity activities constitute the single largest consumer of tine, cf fn and neney within the Association. Those cf ycu who are far.iiiia with the treatment that asbestos has been receiving in the pub! press ever the years can readily understand why this activity r so high on our priority list. * tir.at you may not understand are the reasons why cur extensive efforts in dealing with the nation's press have bean so unsucce ul to date in producing the theoretical "balanced'* or "pcsitiv story on asbestos and health. The simple fact is that frees, the standpoint cf today * s young activist reporter, industry is the bad guy, and nothing wt* dr, or achieve can ever change this impression. If we spend HOC million dollars on environmental control, the press either nays ought to have done it ten years ago or that we should have sper. 5700 million. If vie sponsor raedieaJ research, they say we are trying to buy favorable results. If we arc opposed tr ridieuln stringent standards, they say we are in fav: of letting cur employees die. A television executive in Minneapolis described this now breed reporter as being "an intent on dcmclianing the establishment t they would blindly destroy the credibility*c the media in the gain." Another TV executive, this time in Chicago, stated "the AIA-4 Paco 7 - Why Asbestos?, by M. tt. Swetnnic, AIA/!'A Presented to the ATI .it Arlington, Virginia - S/7/73 want to take moral and political and social judgments on their assignments and then take sides, never mind getting -he facts straight.* As a result of this "industry is a monster* philosophy, ashest will remain a Act news item only so long as the news is bad. "good" that asbestos does in protecting lives and property is no concern to the press. Likewise, industry efforts to prntec workmen and the general public frem asbestos exposure will alx. be given minimal coverage, since such information is directly contrary to the portrait of an irresponsible industry products "killer" product that is the sole element ef news worthiness i the asbestos story. The press relations battle will therefore be won, not when the media starts to print positive or balanced articles about 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 give you a very specific example of this last principle action. As most of you already knew, the Association is eurra: encaged in an extensive campaign to interest the trade press i: articles on the benefits of asbestos and on industry accomplish meats in the environmental control area. The trade press, uni; the national or public media, is much more receptive to article cf this nature and we expect tr be seeing a number of positive stories ir, the trade press in the next few months. In any case, ve also from tine to time put out press releases c various subjects relating to asbestos-health. A few weeks ago, issued n release on the report of the advisory committee on asbestos cancers of the World Health Organisation. In brief, report concluded that the general public is net in danger from asbestos in the environment. Thus far, we have received near!; two dozen press clippings from trade publications that carried story. To the best of cur knowledge, not a single newspaper, : magazine, radio or TV station, or any ether segment of the cub mdin 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 abandoning ou: efforts vis-a-vis the national media. We will continue to isst appropriate press releases, cooperate with feature writers dni: stories on asbestos, write letters to the editor when those stories appear, and in short, do all wo can tr present the pre: with a balanced view of the asbestos-health situation. AIA-4 Pane 0 - Why Asbusies?, by ti. iU Cwetcnie, AIV"'. _ Presented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia " 6/7/7 3 Cur mess recent, effect ir. this regard has been the preparatic printing of an Asbestos ant', health Ir.fcrruscirn rile, which '--c nailed to sura* 3,000 newspapers, sacatir.es, trade pcblienticr. radic and TV stations, science writers, etc., across the Unit 3 tares. ' Lasicnlly, the file contains copies of five industry position papers on asbestos and asbestos-health, as well as a r.trustr o. important Medical papers and a pair ef photographs illtstrati: the benefits of asbestos and industry efforts at envirosaenta. control. While we don't aspect our information file to change whole attitude of the press toward asbestos, wc are hoping th; the media will nnke use of it to accurately report the indust: position when doing stories on the subject. And new-;, having heard the bad side of the public relations pre it's time for some good news. And the good n*ws is that despite all the negative articles or asbestos-health that have appeared in the press over the past dozen years, vary few people have been paying attention. Let explain. In February, the Association undertook a personal interview research survey of the American public trs determine its attisu toward asbestos and its awareness of the health issue. The su was conducted by the Opinion nesecrch Corporation during .'larch April, hare than 2,000 danographically selected Americans war interviewed. without going into enormous detail, the results she*., that only per cent of the American public are aware of the health hazard asbestos, and that SO per cent of these consider it a hazard o to those who are occupationally exposed. A mere three per cer. cf those interviewed stated that they considered asbestos .a he hazard to the general public, and less than one quarter of one cunt considered it the most dangerous mnturial on the list th: were given to choose from. Surprisingly, the college age ycut of America are no mart aware of the hazards of asbestos than t parents and grandparents. ` These results should he reassuring to those industry customers fear that the general public will stop buying their products because they contain asbestos. * before going on to describe our activities in the government relations area, I think it night be intorcstino at this point take a very brief look at the manner in which Dr. Selikoff an;1, supporters have used his research results tc. dramatise and exaggerate the s"t*inr.n"ss of the asbestos-health problem. I two charts which point thir. ,.t rnrhor eonolunrvoly. AIA-4 Pngs 9 - Thy Asbestos?, by <*U r:. Swstonic, :.Z:./~.::, Presented to the ATI at Arlington, virgsr.se - 4/7/73 The first chart shown the actual results of Er. Ociiknff's fc. mortality studies cf asbestos <orkcrs. The numbers in rnrentbeside the figures fer total number cf workers indicate these t have sr far died fret: all causes. The percentage figures clcr the total nur-ber of deaths frm nobenensis, lung center anti necctheiiem are based on -the total number of deaths free, all causes, not on the number of workers in the study. The most inport ant study of the -group is the seernd frer. t`12 t shotting the deaths frer. asbestos-related disease among all man of the insulation workers unien, regardless of length of expos you will note that 34 per cent of those workers 'ho have died far have died from cne of the three asbestos-ml*tad diseases. These, than, are the facts Or. Cc-likaff tnrl:s frer.. This is he )e.s from his own investigations. ev let ur. take a lech what he has done with those figures in order to draratite the problem.. Chart number II shows Or. Eclihnff's predicticr.s aheut asbeser rulated deaths in the United States, ''ithout going sntc r.et.-.i Or. Oclil-.tff has arrived at his projections by the simple proc of multiplying the percentage cf deaths frer. as `'a s t os - re 1 atod disease among his insulation workers by the tctal number ef employees in the entire industry. You will also note that he has rained his projo-tc*1 death csti to enormous heights ever the past year by simply increasing th bane figure of employees exposed, --kilo still retaining the pcresnar-ca multiplier of 34 par cent being experienced by the insulation workers. * I night paint out that this tactic, however deceptive, has bee annsoas success since each raising of the estimate has earned Eolikcff cnrresocndinwly greater coverage *>y the rclia. Me fi example exists of the tctal gullibility of the prone than the manner in -mich it allowed its prejudices bn manipulated, nr. played upon in this situation. ' ' Please don't get no wrong. Z hnvv no doubt that the ir.sulatic workers are in fact dying as rapidly as Dr. ?*! ihoff says they The problem is that he has translated their mortality r.::perier. to the rest of the entire industry, dutch is cemistaly nrrrnc In the first place, the estimated nurf.tr of arpleycos ir. the industry is tee high -- five tiros ten high to b:> precise. Ev; mere important, according to an analysis the .hosccintion rf r.ssre than a detan mortality studios, including those cf Dr. he, hofff, our prediction is that approximately 23,007 past and. prr: employees in the arl-csins industry have dio*' or **ill eventually die of ashestve--rr letrvl disease. Thin ir- than no-'*; moi AIA-4 CHART ?TPM3S3 I DR seliroff --- research VTA ROHEALITT STCEY OF ' TV70 LOCALS OP imsulatxos WORKERS UTJIOW HORTFilTT STORY OF ALL .HERDERS OF IHSULATICE workers awios MORTALITY STUDY CP WORKERS IK A WORLD WAR -I AKCSICE IKSTLA- tik: plaht 'trv wr at jchks : CORF. ## !'C. OF WCRHFRS nn::r.:r"o:; OF CC-'CRT rno;; rosis CATCI 625 (423) THOSE WITH a mi::i:rei OF 20 years exposure 149 17,300 (10323 ALL WORKERS CM ROLLS 1/1/67 3SS* 923 (404) deposed o;:ly TO AHCSITR lot 639 (19?3 THOSE WITH A mum!" OF 20 TEARS HYPOSORE 66 340 OF THESE DEATHS WERE T.'JOKG THE 5,129 E.'IPLOYFXS WITH G'ULATER THAI! 20 YEARS EXPOSURE --WWrtJELISHED DATA TAXED FROM ARTICLE IK THE HEW YORK POST, ISAY 1372 P.*ir AIA-4 chart nursen zz pa. i. j. selikoff -- predictions nc. or corners descriftic:: OF COHORT TOTAL D: FROH A-WSW***P*.**CW**ST*O<*:> HESOTKE: ARTICLE i:: WALL STREET JOURNAL - 6/8/72 STUDIES SY DR. * ** LEAD Hill TO PREDICT..." 250,000 ALL WORKERS CURRENTLY EMPLOYES III TKH ASPEFTS INDUSTRY 8S, ARTICLE III TEE hex tor:; rims - 6/13/72 - (5 days later) "ir oun exper iences... are a GUIDE..." 500,000 ale norheas currently t previously luffucyco THE AS2ESTQS industry i?n, TESTIMONY AT TOXIC F.UESTAIICES ::r.;.;:i::r, - 2/21/73 - "CUR STUDIES 1,000,000 AP STORY OR TOXIC FUDSTAKCE3 HEARING 1,000,000 ALL UCEEZES c;jnir*mv, PREVIOUSLY , 17HC T-'ILL or r.:~iciiD z:i ASDESTCS industry in Tins century (AS ARCVS) :-;c f 1,000, (EIS-OU ACTUAL OUOTED PREDICTION WAS 02,000, RUT THIS INCLUDED DEATHS FRON GI CANCER, WHICH I HAVE SURTEACTED FROR CHU TOTAL. P.1SO AIA-4 moo 10 - tthy Asbestos?, by hvotonic, *"./!" Presented. to* tha A7I at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 vf Or. Culikcff's rest recent estimate. In addition, ocr 51 cur show that 20 nf the 25,000 deaths --- or 00 -- '-fill occur aneng these in the insulation trades. T'hilc these estimates should he reassuring tr those is the mini ancl nanufacturinn areas el the industry, we should not ferget t 5,300 of our workmen arc still going tr die cf asbrs t os - related disease an;! that, all things considered, there is ahsrlutcly nothing that we can do ts prevent it. The only thin? "o cnr. do to clean up our plants to assure that those entering the indust; in the future will not have the sane experience. I.'ithin the past year and a half, the rutin thrust cf Association effort has shifted to the government affairs front. The prince; agencies in Hashing ton with which we have been tfc-aline are the Occupational Safety and health Artrtinis tration; th- ilnvirnnncntal Protection Agency; thn Fend and Irug Administration; the Bureau `lines; and, to a lesser degree, the national Institute cf Occupational Safety and Health, am', the 'rational Institutes of Health, both of which are mainly involved in research efforts. In addition, a few weeks ego \vs "ere contacted by the federal Ir Comission, which hod receiver1 a petition free* t*j* Center for Cchunce in the Public -Interest rerpucsting an investigation of consumer uses of ashost'-a for thu purpose of daterr-'ining whether certain preducts ought tr- I ;; labeled as hazardous end whether warnings should L-o required on all advertisements for those pro ducts. On the basis of a preliminary wasting with an invastigat fron the rrc it -.'tmid appear that we have little tt worry aLnut this particular area. * '-he Occupational Safety and Health Administration has `-cun of arsrmus concern tn the. industry over the past Id months, .'.s nc: r.f you already knew, the Association expanded trerandous efforts during the six north p.-.rir.d. leading to the promulgation of last June's OCHA standards or. asbestos. 1 think it is a eauge of the effectiveness of the total industry involvement in this nost crucial natter that of olevar. rurin remtirements in the standards the industry position was accepted, totally by OS!"A cn nine of th eleven, alout fifty per cent on a tenth, and. totally rejected, on only one. OSUA is no; planning to redo the standard nrckano am' we are **or! ing closely with then on this nroject. Pha first stop "ill bn t! formation of a 15 nan advisory committee to review the current standards and any additional nodical and technical data that has become available in the year since the standards were nronulgatet forking in cooperation with nine ether tredo associations: .* havsclweted four individuals as industry-wide rucumondatirns to II: the four sw-enllod "wnployer" spots on the advisory comtittec AIA-4 Pngs 11 - *!' Asbestos?, Ky n. ?\rcr:nic, Presented to* the ATI fit Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 In discussing the formation of the advisory cemittes **ith Jc O'l'cill c the ainr. Standards Devclnpnune "-action, **c ware as tc add ,1 csunle of names tc the list sc that OCHA would have of a selection to choose from. This vo have agreed to do. The ciraittec Mill be civan np to nine months to ccrtlot: its deliberations and prepare fer C3HA a revised standard package This uill be fol lot/ed hv public hocrings, aporcxir.ataly a yea from new. ;?e do not c::pnet tr see a new standard promulgated, before the Tall of 1974. It is of course impossible to determine at this tine what the standards will look like, however, I would venture to say tha: they will certainly net he lass strict than the ones wa have today, although they will probably He less confusing and leave less men for enploycr interpretation, .honathinq will uncus: tionably be done to improve the current difficulties with the conitoring requirements. Tha main function e the national Institute fer Occupational S and Health is to conduct research and to prepare so-called. Crr Packages, which ara ossantially recrmcandations to OSHA for st lards on various materials, chemicals and activities. Such a package on asbestos was prepared by niCSI! at the time of the C proceedings last year, HICPP will"not bo preparing a new or r criteria package for the upeoning review of the asbestos stand Z do net believe it weuld hr. unfair tc say that 'f all the age cins in 'Jashingten dealing with as Poston, Tr. Peliknf f has hod greatest ir.flucr.ee on the young idealistic scientists and deet at illCSh. Csnsecuantly, industry influence ir. weakest in this agency. It was after all, that cade the crieir.nl reecr: datien for a two fiber standard in the United States asbestos industry. ::cxt tc ar-TTi, the Environmental Protection Agency has the grra potential cf any federal agency for adversely affecting the fu of the asbestos industry ir. this ceuntry. net only is the EP.% responsible for developing and enforcing air and water pclluti standards, but the T-xic Substances Control Act, now pending i Congress, will also become an I'Vh function after passage. Fer this reason, I an pleased to ha able to say that the ashes industry has an excellent relationship with th.; EFA. no finer proof of this exists than the fact that there was not a single najor industry recommendation made to thu n?.\ at the public ho. ings on the propesec* nsbtrtos omission regulation'* that was n-- accepted either in tote or in principle in the final standards which wore published in early -pri! of this year. nre presently v*nr5*.int with the ETA cn the development of wn vtatnr affluent standards for ar.hostwr. manufacturing plants. * AIA-4 Paee 12 - SHjv ^sbestc-s?, by Tt. !S. r.iwsie, .Mh/TA Presented to' the ATI at hrlinftcn, Virginia - f/7/73 certainly hope that these standards will tarn nut to he as ran: able as the air pollution rsgulatinns. ?hc proposed effluent Stanfords are scheduled to be published i- the Tsdaral hegisccr sc-matime this Sumer, to be followed by public hearings, with t final standards being promulgated in tha rail,perhaps as earl} October. arc- also planning, in the near future, to meet in riashinctor with representative!-. fron the standards dr.volnpr.ent and enforce branches of the HPA to discuss with them, questions of interpret and compliance policy with regard to the new air pollution regulations. T'e have already resolved one interpretation geesticn that in of special interest to the -asbestos tentile industry'- hour cairns t a two weeks ago I was ashed by a neither company of* the As see i atin co find out whether the m. was planning to require the nanufac turers of asbestos safety clothing to register as potential emission sources under the law. In discussing the situation over the phone vrith n?L compliance officials, I argued that the producers of achuntcs safety cloth were net manufacturers as defined in the xegalaticno but'were i only fabricators ox an asbestos product, end as such, should no have to register as potential emission sources. After our phone conversation ended, n brief meeting was held ar.: the n?.\ compliance people. I was then called hack and inferred chat they agreed with me that the safety clothing producers shot not he required, to register. ' '* '.'hi I <5 this rather minor problem cock appreuimstcly an heur and : half and two or three phone calls to resolve, it is indicative < tha type of day-to-day services that the Association provides ft its neither companies. hve- the past year the Food and :*rug Administration has shown a: increased interest in nsbcrtnn ns a eosr.5.Mc hazardous eontami in various fends, beverages and drugs. Lata in Ifni they set u- Asbestos task force to review the situation and. to propose reyu. tions and guidelines where appropriate. "bus far they have concentrated their efforts in two arch: -- on the use of nshurtes-cr.ntrninstnd. talc in food packaging a: in cosmetics, end secondly, on the use of asbestos cu-luloso fill pals in the beverage and drug industries. In our first nontiny with the PDA. tins)- force last 'J.-vnehar on tl falter problem, they doiior.strnrac' and. admitted to an appalling ignorance about tha health, hntnxds of asbestos, gince then, thhavo gotten one heck of a lot cnartar, duo at least in part tc t tremendous snrmnt of data -~nd. ir. formation .hie*' tha ,*.ao i ar ion Page 13 - v*hv r.sbesrns?, by !i. U. Cwetenie, 3.2A/!* Presented to*the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 has beers supplying to then. As a consequence, the H3A is tcr'.c less panicky* about ashestes and therefore loss likely to prnpc foolish, unsupportable regulations. Spokesmen fren the FT.*. hr in fact, defended the filter industry against environmentalist attacks in the press and elsewhere in recent months. This is, quite obviously, a healthy sign. Our activities in the area of Congressional relations have bee quite minimal to date, although wc are preparing for the upern struggle in Congress over workmen ` s compensation refora, at wh. time asbestos is unquestionably going tc be rocked over the co, by Or. Calikoff and by representatives of organiser*, labor. Unfortunately, the Association has neither the mnnpouar nor the time to embark on a full-scale legislative information program, we have met on occasion with the legislative and legal assistnr to various Senators who have attacked asbestos, however much me needs to be done in this area and 2 an afraid individual member companies are going to have to be the prime ball carriers end the' Association. Per essentially the sane reason, our government activities at t state and local level have declined to essentially rero over th past year and a half. This has not been too serious a dafieicn as most of the authority of the cities and states in asbestos ctrol has been usurped hy various Federal regulatory agencies, nonetheless, more individual company activity is required at th; levels of government. In conclusion, 2 think we can all be justifiably pleased with w? ue have been able to accomplish in the past few years in resolv; the cornucopia ef interrelated problems that constitute the asbestos-health situation. Our plants are cleaner and nar workmen hotter protected. The pc ral public has been shorn tc be in no danger from asbestos, if i over was. 1'hile we have been regulated extensively, fer the cos part the standards that have been developed hav- net been as bat we feared they might be, and in some cases they turned out far h ter than we ever dared hope. In addition, while we arc still ta cur lumps in the public press, the not effect of all this advert publicity has heen shown to bo surprisingly small. U have sweated a lot and .> have groaned a let, but *..*e are stil standing and we are still viable. I sense today within the indu try a greater fading of confidence in the future than at any ti: in the past few years, hut we must not rest contented. t:e must remember that Dr. Selikoff has to date been far lass suc cessful than our industry has in influencing the decisions of tht various governmental regulatory agencies. This will rata kir. tr; p~r.c 2 - ircsarha of c;.-.*.ms.il - .""I Concrui hooting * 6/7/73 "rat*-'. asnocisriuns ns fill as other ecrrt-srciri crn5 ca- run a cf the- lat* l-.y assuming pow.**r in their private activities wr-ic.'- ; parly belcngs tr the government. The ctriv price-firing cater reflect the vie*' that private part: should net be permittee! to rsoulntc sc sensitive n feature of t* economy ns prices. Similarly, any joins action which orcindan certain ecmarisr. frer. important eosancrcial burofitr. is viewed 1 the cruras as the ingosicim of a punishment - which is a power reserved to the courts. rachion Originator* Guild,, Inc_^ v. r-rer.-.l "radc yr:.glssi~r, 312 u.s. -3/ U341i, for ers;s>ia, a ec?r>ir.ation of rar.asasr.urar? wesson's oarr.cnts end manufacturer* of textiles triad to prevent copying of their fashionable clrt.'uss Nv se-eallafl "style pirates Th*s fashionable clothes group refused to sail their products to jaanufsecurer* or retailers of garments fho dealt with the cosset "style pirates", "he Cunreme Court rejecter, the defense that su a practice was justified by the necessity of ridding the butir.or of unscrupulous garment designers. Che Court said: "... the cctabinntion is in reality an o::tra-eov/rnr.enaal agency, which prescribes rules for the regulation and re straint of interstate cosncrcj, and pro'*ir.:..e .extra judicial tribunals for determination and punishment of vitiations, and thus 'trenches upon the power of ah' naticnal leoisIncurs and violates the statute' ti.e., the Sherman Act3." 312 r.f, at 4C3. . **o lore as private ccrsanics retain their cor.poti.tiv.-. inwAvituai ho,-.-iv-.-r, and restrict thoir joint offers:; to conr.tructivo ohjoet which nascnr.ily servo that individuality, thorn is little dany- antitrust aifficuitias. * gugenu '. '.off, httorn-y y, -ic... rv.;"i