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s1''" V "% . .y 51 ' , . ' : ' ' " . : CHICLEDEVELOPMENTCOMPANY 500 FIFTH AVENUE New Yor k. December 2nd 1955. Messrs. N. Buck W.C. Arkell, P.L. Becker, C.W. Dunn R. A. Kehoe S. C. Prescott G.R. Cosr^ill. n \\ Gentlemen:- f \\ \ n Enclosed''herewith please find -- __ V < memorandum of the conference~lield^in Mr-. 'Becker's office on // \ X \\ November 21st 1955. /This memorandum, was prepared by Mr. M.A. Gordon. ; Very truly yours, CHICLE DEVELOPMENT COMPANT, SSY- W President. " 0Q06408 Memorandum o f Co n feren ce h e ld in M r. Bo o k er's O ffic e Th ursday , Novem ber 21, 1985. Those p r e se n t w ere: Am erio&n C h ic le Com pany Beeoh- Hu t Pack in g Com pany Mr. Beoker Gordon Mr. E llit h o r p Mr. Pic k e t t i Mr. Grant ' s C h ic le Developm ent Company C o lle g e o f M ed icin e C in c in n a t i, O h io . Subject discussed - Chicle- X. / M r. Yates -- \ Kehoe. I \ // The fo llo w in g w i l l r e co r d t h e d e o ia io n s a r r iv e r f .+ A . - i, , ~_ 1e fe r r e d t o in t h e . .\ d u r in g t h e d on feren oe preparation end CHICLE v' !I n o t la iiS kr-owa ab ou t t h e v a r ia t io n in X" from one b lo ck t o an oth er in a ^ - - - - g ip p a t , i* nd u n t fl^ t h is was known i t u ld be im p o ssib le t o La j r o u t a sam p lin g p ro ced u re w h ioh w i l l in s u r e t h e a n a ly s is sh ow in g t h e t r u e t e n t o f a lo t o f C h ic le , av erag e " 'r" ^" oon- 8_5, P o e t ic a l m ethod o f b le n d in g C h ic le J^ io h w i l l in s u r e m a t e r ia l f o r each gum b a t ch n o t ex ce e d in g a s p e c if ie d am ount o f " X " . S ? if d r t ?+S ia iyi da^ in c r e a t i o n w it h t h e ab ov e, i t was . ^ * e Am erican C h ic le , Beech - Hu t an d T T r it le v w ou ld each send t o D r . Ro b e r t A . Seh oe, C o lle g e o f S e in e Eden Avenue, C in c in n a t i, O h io , sam ple o ' C h ic le from # .o r e j sou rces as fo llo w s t - Am erican C h id e La g u n a M r id a - 5t h sh ip m en t, 1935-86 L&ndB ",X#t *hip8M*nt, 1885-86 10t h afcijaaeat, 1936-88 a*-** Z Beoch-Nut Tuxpena Los Chenes Herida Tfrigley Souroes to be decided later by Mr* Yates The shipments chosen for sampling are to consist of preferably 100 bags or more* 10 bags are to be selected from each shipment, and handled as follows*- 1. 1 | 1* Remove one representative block (actually a half block since the full block was out in two in jMfxico for in spection ) from eaoh bag a n d ^ ut~~tK3e~ln^half* One half is to be sent to Dr* Kehoe and the other\half retained. 2 After the above blooks^have been removed, grind and drytthe remainder of/ifre 10 bagsi A four pound sample of the dried chicleshall be prepared by taking a representative ssmjplexfroia eacV tray and mixing and quartering down H&lfof th/Sample is to be sent to l>r. Keho and the other half retained* S* The samplto^6f~^tK the block and the dried chicle are to be placed ixs ordinary paper bags such as are used by grocers' The bags are \to be marked to show ;I Source \\ Shipment --Season / // and in the oase of the blooks, are to be numbered 1 to 1 Arbitrarily The results of the detej-minations of will be shown by Dr. Kehoe on a dry \bdsis The AmerAoan Chicle Company will send Pr* Kehoe a copy of thex2ylol e;fch.od for determining moisture in chicle, while the Beeoh-Kut Paojang-Cga^any will send an outline of the Vacuum Oven method* FINISHED GUMS It was also decided to send Pr. Kehoe one box each of current production of the finished gums listed below* The samples are to be selected so as to make sure all of the gum in a box is definitely from one batoh only* American Chicle Company Beeman*s Pepsin Bentyne Chiclets - Peppermint Mr* Gordon will personally select the above gum and will also arrange to have 10 extra boxes of eaoh stored in our files, m  :.;'x".I;?',, .'"A ':.'... ..v &''.*:::'' 'V' ' ^ 'i-C 3* Beech-Nut Packing Company Oralgene Ppperaiafc F.pe&rminfc ' A decision -will "be made regarding the sending of additional samples after the receipt of the results of the tests on the ^ o v e * The Beech-Nut Packing Company arranged with Br. Echo to send one of their chemists the first week in December to his laboratory to learn his method of determining "A* and to carry out tester ' it Mr. Becker plans to write Dr. Echo in abotri; a weelTjt'o *ind out when it will be convenient to send a man from here to his'Ta^br&tory. This man will be a chemist who is not at present- ~in our employ 'bud. who has not yafc been selected. \\ \i \' ./ / signed MAS 1T"-" HBGtEF K ^ 00064i1