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ATI-33 MINUTES of the General Meeting of- the Asbestos Textile Institute held on Friday, Gent. 16, 19^9, at the SarrinGsr Hotel, Charlotte, North Carolina, IF ATTENDANCE: J 3-IlANVILLE COR?. S. V. Dillon ZZA3BS2 a MATT ISON CO. 17. C, Scott D. 7. Uidsayer PHILADELPHIA ASBESTOS CO. A. J. Scanlan 2. R. Teubner ' RAY3ZST0S-KAHIIATTAF . IFC. J. A. Settes C. J. Geilfuss A. F. Heinsohn G. 17. Marshall SOU CO. G. S. Fabel 0. C. Ferens J. T. C-riffis G. J. Harris J. D. HcCluer J, A, Tennant UFION IPS : RUDDER CO A. R. Byrnes R. 2. Cryor T. S. Sadler < CAPUA LAPZR. WICSSRSHAT! c: TAFT C. G. Chanpe RUTGERS LTIVZRSITY H. C. `Shaw 1, The President, Hr. G. S. Fabel, called the nesting to order and with a few brief remarks welcomed the Group to Charlotte for this occassion. 2. The President directed the Secretary to read the Minutes of the last meeting. There being no additions or corrections to the Minutes as read, they were unanimously approved, 3. The Treasurer's Report was presented by 17. C. Scott. (Copy ' attached). After a brief discussion the Treasurer's Report was unanimously approved and the Secretary was directed to nalte this report a pert of the Minutes of this meetins. 4. The Secretary's Report was read by K. C. Shaw and was unanimous^ EXHIBIT B - 'i PRODUCED JM - 83 MS 002400 MT-001804 approved by the meeting (copy attached) ATI-33 5. The Air Hygiene Committee had no formal report to give and G. V. Marshall advised that no further actions had been tahen in con nection with the work he reported upon at the last nesting in reference to the article "Cancer and Environment", published in Scientific American. 6. - Mr. G. !?. Marshall reported on the activities of the Fiber Cocaittee and a lengthy discussion covering this subject followed. a) The group was advised that Mr. J. 21. !7eaver, Raybestos- Manhattan, Inc., is sailing for Europe within a few days with a group of Federal representatives in the interest of the asbestos fiber stockpiling efforts which have been under way for the past year. . ` "it was generally agreed that the reports of an alleged critical shortage of all types of asbestos which had . cone out in connection with the Federal Stockpiling - activities are having deleterious effects upon the asbestos textile industry" ' Presumed scarcities of certain asbestos fibers have prompted the Navy and other Federal agencies to place certain asbestos pro ducts on the critical list and neve directed the replacement of these products with substitutes composed of other fibers. This situation is imposing a hardship on this Industry since the fibers actually covered by the stockpiling efforts and those * which may be considered critically short In supply do not re present the major fiber source for the industry. In an effort to clarify this situation and to advise the Federal authorities of the true picture within our industry, the President appointed the following committee to make contact with the Federal stock piling authorities and other Federal agencies: G. !7. Marshall, -.V * i at ~ 13 4 < ^e.1 {IN i "Pm MS 002401 PRODUCED JM - 83....... NIT-001805 R. 2. Cryor and 2. R. Teubner ATI-33 b) A discussion covering the Canadian fiber supply revealed a narked dissatisfaction with the materials coning from this source. Poorly graded fibers are presently being supplied from this location and there appears to be little that can be done to correct this situation except to seel: sources of supply which will serve naterials of an iaproved quality. n .- * - '. The Sales Promotion Comaittee report was presented "by S. V. 1 Dillon and portions of a letter from the Chairman of this Com mittee, Hr. H. T. Bain, were read. (Letter attached) The meet ing was advised that the six `additional Visual Aid Displays are scheduled for delivery about October 1, 1949. It was suggested that the Committee give some though to the improvement of the packing case for these cabinets so that a minimum amount of damage may be incurred * The present cabinet was considerably damaged in transit from Hew York to Charlotte and this exper ience prompted the attentions in this connection. * The Technical Committee Report written by Hr. J. I. Weaver was read by Hr. J. A. Bettes (copy attached). The Technical Com mittee in meeting on July 15, 1949, reestablished the research project program of the Fellowship and this new program was sub mitted to the meeting for consideration and approval. After a full discussion of the subject it was moved .by R. 2. Cryor, seconded by 2. R.. Teubner and unanimously approved that the program of research work submitted by the Technical Committee be approved. It was also suggested that some attention should be directed toward the accumulation of information covering the durability of glass cloth under conditions of high humidity or MS 002402 PRODUCED JM 83 MT-001806 _. ` T ATI-33 steam such as nay be encountered in firefighting suits. It v;cs felt that the suits recently developed at bright Fielf, composed of glass cloth and metal foils, may fail under high moisture conditions due to the deterioration of the glass cloth. The likllhood of this possibility should be investigated by the Technical Committee. Following this discussion the Technical Committee Report was given unanimous approval. 9. The Fellowship Report was read by E. C. Shaw and after a dis cussion of the contents it was unanimously approved. 10. . The President advised the meeting that he had been requested by Hr. T. L. Gatke, President, Asbestos Textile Company, to submit the resignation of that company from the Institute. After a C . thorough discussion of this natter*the' following resolution was moved by E. R. Teubner, seconded by G. tt. Harshall and .. unanimously approved: ' . . "Resolved that the resignation of the Asbestos Textile Company be accepted with regrets but with the hopes that they will decide to reestablish this association at some later date.* 11. In recent months attention has been directed upon the procedures followed by the Institute for determining the various assess ment figures for the membership. During the past quarter the members were polled in an effort to ascertain what production figures are being reported by each member in the quarterly reports submitted to Test, Flint u Co, It was pointed out by counsel that Section 6 of the By-Laws called for reporting all card room production of Roving, Laps, and wicks irrespective of the end use to which such production was to be put. It was produced __1L^83_ MS 002403 MT-001807 ATI-33 Generally agreed that this was the intent of the membership. Thereupon, following a thorough discussion of the subject the following resolution was moved by E. R. Teubner, seconded by R. 2. Cryor and'unanimously approved: ' WHEREAS the method of assessment heretofore in effect ha3 not resulted in an equitable division of the expenses of. the Institute between its members, and "7HZREA3 it is the concensus of the membership that the assessments should continue to be based upon the same production as heretofore, but that the minimum general-assessment should be increased from 0500 to 1,000 per year, it is RESOLVED, that Section 6 of the By-Laws be and it hereby is amended to read as follows: "6* Initiation Fees, Dues and Assessments. Each Member of the Institute shall pay an Initiation fee of 0500 at the time it Joins the Institute. Additional funds required ' for expenditures authorised by the members and by the Board of Governors of the Institute shall be collected by assessments from each member upon the following bases: . general assessments, Fellowship assessments and Air Hygiene assessments shall be made in accordance with each member's proportion of production to the total production for ' the calendar year of all members of the Institute of such products as may from time to tine be prescribed by the members for that purpose, with a minimum general assess ment of 1,000 for oach member for each calendar year, the balance of the total * general assessment over any minimum payments being prorated among the members whoso com puted general assessments are greater than 1,000; assessments for publicity shall be made in accordance with each member's proportion of textile sales in pounds to the total textile sales in pounds for the calendar year of all members of the Institute. The said total production for a calendar year PRODUCED MS 002404 MT-001808 ATI-33 and the said total sales shall be determined by an outside Independent accountant appointed by the Board of Governors for such purpose. Each member shall furnish to said accountant the data necessary to establish such per centages." ' 12. The President next introduced the subject of Institute member ship and suggested that it would bp desirable to add other companies in the industry as members. After a brief discussion it was agreed that the matter should receive further considera- tlon and a committee was appointed to supply the President with further Information on the subject and to submit names of ' eligible firms which night be considered for membership in the . Institute. The committee consists of: Mr. G. W. Marshall, Hr. D. !7. tfldmaycr, and Hr. A.. R. 3yrnes. * 13. The next order of business to cone before the meeting concerned the election of the Board of Governors and Institute officers to serve during the next year. At this point the Incumbent Board of Governors met and selected the following members to serve for the coning year: A R. Byrnes S. V, Dillon A. J. Scanlan G. W. Marshall" D. "7. Widnayer The new Board of Governors .in meeting then elected the follow ing officers to serve during the next year: , President - G, S. Fabel Vice-Pres, - A, R. 3ymes Treasurer - T7. c. Scott . ` Secretary . u. C. Shaw Asst. Trees. 14. The President brought the meeting to a close with the announce ment that the next meeting will bo held in Philadelphia on MS 002405 PRODUCED JM--83---- WIT-001809 ATI-33 Dec. 3, 1949, with the Board of Governors holding an inforaal session on the evening of Dec. 7, 1949, at the meeting hotel. There being no further business to come before the meeting it was unanimously agreed that the meeting be adjourned. Hyril C. Shaw Secretary MS 002406 PRODUCED JM-83 MT-001810