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MAY 7 1948 Wf Mr* Hiurry H. Steldle, Manager i-i Prefabricated Bo o m Manufacturers1 Institute Shoreham Building Yaahington 5# B. 0, Bear Mr* Steldle* 1 was glad to hare your letter of April 15 fomenting upon the work of the National Bureau of Standard* and more particularly on the activities of the Divisions of Commercial Standards and Simplified trade Practices. The artiole in Business *eek to which you refer dealt with a recent exchange of correspondence with the Department* s Policy Committee on Standards* X am enclosing for your, Information a copy of- my letter to the Chairman ^of that Committee# which outlines the Department's policy and program in the field $f; standardisation This letter was prepared inreBponse tcva report^ifcich the Committee had sutmtltted* is stated in that letter it is recognised that no single organisation can expect to encompass the entire field of standards at the present time and that the Department of Commerce therefore wishes to provide ^assistance and encouragement to other qualified groups and organisations to expand and improve their facilities for this work* On the other hind# if particular industries have a definite preference that the Dep&rtment of Commerce rather than sms other organisation 'publish standards, the Department stands deadly to perform this function* The policy of the Department of Commerce is thus to promote, the expansion of voluntary standardisation activities, both' through its own staff mud through other organisations; it is definitely not the policy of the Department to withdraw from this field. Tour interest in writing and your expression of confidence in the standardisation work which the National Burea^ of Standards has been carrying out are appreciated. Any furrier suggestions or V- r e pr o d u c e d a t t h e NATIONAL ARCHIVES questions regarding the Departments program in the field of standardisation ahloh you may hare after rerievlng the attached material mill he most welcome; / Sincerely jvure, ' r * fti iLWWM . * % . .7 : * '<k-- : , j. v (;,5..v : ' .> -I-?* *. *1 -v * 4 : iV*-- : fVi... J.fct . *v. ; . ? .' '.Vi; .V " ' y'.;<fc" -i it*.