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V 2 PLAINTIFF'S i EXHIBIT A TI-S7 .i ! i 1 l c I \ j-Zinutea SAiZi ?ro::ot2o:i cc.r.rrx-2 Asbestos Textile Institute June , 1962 - Regency 2yatt House, Atlanta,Ga. The Seles ?romoion Coasittee met on June 6, 1963 with represent* ativea or Tour member coiapanJ.es in attendance* Kan;* of you will recall past reports of this eoamittoe which des cribed our eoncem of the threat of Imported Japanese asbestos cloth. The latest reports obtained thru the Department of Ccssaarc* show that cloth imported Into the G.6, from Japan increased yo in 1967 vereus 1966. Such a large percentage increase is alarming and the committee spent much of its time discussing weapons available to cmabet this threat. Sobs members feel that, because of the extremely low prices that this cloth la selling for, a possible charge of "dialing* might be leveled against the Japsneee Industry* Ve requested Counsel to investigate tu# possibility through an .approach to the Board of Trade Cab,scission, Hany felt that an effec tive approach to the problem would be to attack In the market place since reports indicate that the Japanese are producing a generally inferior textile product, Slnoe member* reported a con flict in test results of Japanese cloth, it was decided to ask the Board of Oovereor* to approach the Technical Comittee for a cooperative effort on correlating test data in this area. Hope fully, this data will prose conclusively that Japanese cloth Is dMonstratsably inferior and that this data will be available for the use of all members in the field. At our last nesting It was reported that the lovermmnt procure* nent poller was suoh that member companies were discouraged in bid ding, be felt that the Government procedure* hindered us in submitting our best bids because of the exeeesive inventories that net be maintained In order to fulfill their ofttimes sTin rims 1 demands*' lir, Richard Clark and Z visited their offices In Colmabus, Ohio, in order to eda? eate ourselves on ths reasons for their pol ity and to ascertain whether or not we could Influence them to ch ange the prooedore, tfe discussed this subject in detail at our meeting and arrived at the conclusion that as long as ths system teently employed was. In truth, working to ths best advantage to the * Government. (though indeed not to the Industry) we stood little ahanoe of sueoese to alter it. As has become customary, we discussed at length the problem of the haaards involved in ths processing snd us* of asbestos textile products, t.'e r--sin vitally concerned about ths problem and seek avenues leading to ooeperative efforts of ths otheroosuittees. Many suggestions were made and discussed thoroughly but each > * ed to introduce more problems than solutions, however it dac seem desirable to make a beginning in educating salesman in ths field so tnat they can answer queries concerning the health hasard, Ve feel that thle should be th* responsibility of each member com pany and it was decided that, for ths time being, we should not try to approach the problem by collective action. Respectfully submitted, sco-jcnoft, 4* j