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DRAFT A atut C%emtca& ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA November 4, 1970 1 Mr. W. J. Driver, President Manufacturing Chemists Association 1825 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20009 Dear Mr. Driver: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of October 23, 1970 reporting on the development of the Chemical Transportation Emergency Center. Our Safety Director, Mr. Leonard Ball, has been designated to coordinate CHEMTREC with our existing emergency procedures and further correspondence should be channelled through him. Very truly yours, AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. Edward Donley President AP00037250 JAMES a CARNES SECRET ARY.TREASURER MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION 182S CONNECTICUT AVENUE. N. W. * WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20009 * (202) 483-6126 KECEIVEO 0CT 2 3/570 October 21 1 970lEwiJW's ohice TO THE EXECUTIVE CONTACTS OF MEMBER FIRMS Dear Sirs: In accordance with Article III, Section 4, of the Bylaws, this is to ad vise you that, by action of the Board of Directors on October 20, 1970, the following firms were elected to membership in the Manufacturing Chemists As sociation: Name of Firm Principal Products Manufactured Principal Plant Location Oxirane Chemical Company 10801 Choate Road Houston, Texas 77062 Propylene Oxide Propylene Glycols Isobutylene T-Butyl Alcohol Bayport, Texas Roane Electric Furnace Division of Woodward Company, A Division of The Mead Corporation P. O. Box 298 Rockwood, Tennessee 37854 Ferromanganese Silicomanganese Ferrosilicon Rockwood, Tenn. Sincerely yours, JRC: rb AP00037251 i1 MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20000 1202) 4934120 Number 992 October 14, 1970 HMMMMaMIIIHariUtflKIUOIiMUMJIMaUMIIUUIIIIHIIIIMIMaillMllltmmiUMMUIimMIMINIIH*<IN4MUSfNIIUIINMNHlSWMnfllM^ CONTENTS CALENDAR -- BACK OF THIS PAGE '.3 CTlr; 1970 nc Page 1 Senator Birch Bayh to address Semiannual Meeting Page 2 Registration information on Semiannual Meeting Details of Panels I and II Page 3 Details of Panels III and IV Job Safety Legislation Page 4 Job Safety Legislation (cont'd) New Series of Washington Forums Equal Employment Air Quality Legislation Mercury Study Considered Page 5 International Trade Metric Study Public Relations Briefs Page 6 Public Relations Briefs (cont'd) Education Staff Additions nmaneiMimsteiH iiimsimhumiimmiuhim*m MMIIWiimihummmmi m 4 AP00037252 CALENDAR Oct. 20-21 Oct. 26-27 Oct. 26-30 Nov. 4 Nov. 5 Nov. 17 NOV. 23 Nov. 23 Nov. Dec. 24 3 Water Resources Committee Richmond, Va. Chemical Packaging Committee Madison, Wise. Technical Seminar--Water Pollution Control for Industrial Wastes Nashville, Tenn. Food, Drug & Cosmetic Chemicals Committee Washington, D.C. Industrial Relations Advisory Committee Washington, D.C. Chemical Forum Luncheon Washington, D.C. Plastics Committee and Plastics Group Dinner Reactive Metals Group Meeting and Dinner New York, N.Y. `New York, N.Y. Semiannual Meeting Solid Wastes Management Committee New York, N.Y. Washington, D.C. AP00037253 1 SENATOR BIRCH BAYH TO ADDRESS SEMIANNUAL MEETING Senator Birch Bayh <D.-Ind.) will be the principal speaker at MCA's 20th Semiannual Meeting on Tuesday, November 24 at the New York Hilton. As previously announced, Mrs. Virginia Knauer, President Nixon's Special Assistant for Consumer Affairs, is expected to make an important policy speech on consumerism at the luncheon. *********************** ****** * * Before you read further -- If you have not registered, * ** * please do so prior to the deadline date of *********************** O*c*to*be*r *3*0. * * Senator Bayh, Chairman of the Constitutional Amendments Sub committee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is regarded as one of the nation's outstanding constitu tional authorities. He wrote and guided to passage the 25th Amend ment to the Constitution which deals with presidential inability and vice presidential succession. The story of this historic accom plishment is graphically related in his book, "One Heartbeat Away." The Senator is currently working on what he hopes will be the 26th Constitutional Amend ment. As author of the Senate Resolution which could give the people their right to vote directly for President and Vice President, he is leading the effort to abolish the Electoral Colleqe. Senator Bayh is also spear heading the effort to assure equal rights for women, through a constitutional amendment pro hibiting discrimination because of sex. The Indiana Senator has worked consistently to broaden citizen participation through out the electoral system. He was a leader in seeking the ex tension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He is currently serving on the Democratic Party's Commission on Party Structure -- the reform com mission established in 1969 to revise delegate selection procedures for the Democratic National Convention. And he has been one of the prime forces behind the movement to lower the voting age to 18. Deeply concerned about the nation's domestic needs, Senator Bayh has called for a re-ordering of American priorities and a mobi lization of natural resources to deal effectively with such prob lems as pollution control, poverty, poor schools, and inade quate health care. As a member of the Sub committee on Air and Water Pollution of the Senate Com mittee on Public Works, Senator Bayh has been actively involved in all major legislation on en vironmental improvement since 1963. MCA/GB #992 Page 1 AP00037254 Registration information and forms, together with a flier des cribing the program of the forthcoming Semiannual Meeting, which were mailed to recipients of the General Bulletin on September 25, are still available on request. All MCA member company personnel are welcome. A $50 fee includes admission to all panels, two receptions, lun cheon, and the evening banquet. Registration forms should be sent to: Bruce M. Barackman Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Manufacturing Chemists Association 1825 Connecticut Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20009 Tickets for registrants will be available at the registration desks starting at 8 a.m., November 24, on the Ballroom Floor of the New York Hilton. I CONCURRENT PANEL SESSIONS AT 10 A.M. PANEL I PANEL II "Economic Outlook for the Chemical Industry" "The Chemical Industry's Role in a Clean Environment" Modz/iaton.: Dr. Earl T. McBee Chairman of the Board Great Lakes Chemical Corporation Modz/iatoti: Clifton C. Garvin, Jr. Executive Vice President Standard Oil Company of New Jersey PanzZl6t4>: Hon. Murray L. Weldenbaum Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Pol Icy Fa.nzl4.6t6 Herbert D. Doan President The Dow Chemical Company George Champion Director, Chase Manhattan Bank Nathaniel Goldfinger Director, Department of Research, AFL-CI0 Dr. Carl A. Gerstacker Chairman of the Board The Dow Chemical Company Dr. John T. Middleton Commissioner, National Air Pollution Control Administrati on Dr. Carroll L. Wilson Sloan School of Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology MCA/GB #992 Page 2 i AP00037255 1 CONCURRENT PANEL SESSIONS AT 2:30 P.M. PANEL III PANEL IV "Productivity Denominator of Growth "Outlook for U. S. Chemical Exports" ModeJi&tosti Harry B. Warner President The B. F. Goodrich Company Modziatoti: William B. Graham President Baxter Laboratories, Inc. PcLYittitZ* i Hon. Geoffrey H. Moore Commissioner of Labor Statistics U. S. Department of Labor Pa.nzl-i6t&: Harold B. Scott Director, Bureau of International Commerce U. S. Department of Commerce Dr. John W. Kendrick The George Washington University Dr. Miroslav A. Kriz Vice President Economics Department First National City Bank JOB SAFETY Few issues on Capitol Hill have evoked a larger volume of protests than H.R. 16785, the job safety bill introduced by Rep. Dominick Daniels (D.-N.J.). It would empower the Secre tary of Labor to set occu pational health and safety standards, police compli ance, and punish violators. MCA believes such con centration of authority is extreme and unnecessary to improve occupational safety and health. In addition, certain provisions of the Daniels bill could be used as leverage in collective bargaining, labor disputes and strike situations. A bipartisan substi tute bill, introduced by Representatives William A.. Steiger (R.-Wis.) and Robert L. F. Sikes (D.-Fla.), would eliminate many of these objectionable features. George C. Wells Vice President Union Carbide Corporation Dr. Peter B. Kenen Provost Columbia University Current focus on job safety, however, is in the Senate where floor action has been postponed until after the recess. Introduced by Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D.-N.J.), some provisions of this bill are, in industry's view, more objectionable than the Daniels version. Also, Senator Jacob Javits, (R.-N.Y.), added an amendment to S.2193 which would establish a National Commission on State Workmen's Compensation Laws. Such a Commission would examine Mserious questions" which have been raised con cerning "the fairness and adequacy of present workmen's MCA/GB #992 Page 3 AP00037256 compensation laws in the light of the growth of the economy, the changing nature of the labor force/ increases in medical knowledge, changes in the hazards associated with various types of employment , new technology creating new risks to health and safety, and increases in the general level of wages and the cost of living." This would be the pre cursor of Federal jurisdic tion over state workmen's compensation which Senator Javits has frequently advo cated. Legislative contacts in member companies were urged to oppose S.2193 (the Williams bill) and support S.4404 to be offered as a substitute by Senator Peter H. Dominick (R.-Col.). The Dominick bill is the Senate counterpart of the Steiger/ Sikes bill in the House. NEW SERIES OF WASHINGTON FORUMS Representatives Steiger and Sikes were featured speakers at the season's first Chemical Forum on October 5th. Both urged vigorous industry action to support their measure in the House and S.4404 to be intro duced by Senator Peter Dominick (R.-Col.). Senator Jack Miller (R.-Iowa) will address the next Forum on Tuesday, November 17. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT The Senate approved a bill endowing the Equal Employ ment Opportunity Commission with cease and desist powers. It rejected a substitute measure which would have authorized the Commission to go to court to seek enforce ment of its decisions. 1 Business spokesmen were successful, however, in adding a provision to the bill for a General Counsel, appointed by the President and approved by the Senate, thus somewhat mitigating the Commission's monopoly of power. A similar bill has been reported by the House Education and Labor Committee. It is presently before the Rules Committee -- held there for the time being by the opposi tion of business and a segment of organized labor. AIR QUALITY The Senate unanimously passed the Muskie Air Quality Standards bill. It now goes to conference' with the House to resolve the disparate provisions. The more moderate House version, which takes economic feasibility into account, is preferred by industry. Present indications are that the House conferees intend to stand firm. However, Senate conferees take with them the unanimous mandate of that body. MERCURY Of 25 MCA member companies with identifiable interest in mercury, 17 favor exploring the desirability of a collectively supported study on mercury in the environment. A meeting for this purpose was set for October 14. Representation included the Chlorine Institute, National Agricultural Chemicals Associa tion, and National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association--to avoid duplication, of effort in any planning that might be initiated. MCA/GB #992 Page 4 AP00037257 I INTERNATIONAL TRADE At the request of the Department of Commerce, John G. Tritsch, staff represen tative on international trade, attended the third session of the Chemical Industry Com mittee in Geneva, Switzerland, September 23 - 25 as a tech nical advisor to the U. S. delegate. The Committee is a permanent group within the Economic Commission for Europe, a branch of the United Nations. This activity is being followed closely since it is necessary to parry attempts by Eastern bloc nations to gain technology through studies, seminars and plant' visits. In addition, statis tical reports in development show promise of usefulness if channelled in the right directions. METRIC 5TUDY MCA*s position regarding conversion to the metric system was presented to the first National Metric Study Con ference. Held under the auspices of the National Bureau of Standards, the Conference was one facet of a study authorized by the Congress. As reported at that Con ference, the chemical industry sees no reason for a change but would cooperate in a nationwide program of metric ation considered to be in the country's overall interest. The cost would be significant but would be minimized by a well-coordinated national plan. '*v PUBLIC RELATIONS BRIEFS Victor H. Peterson, Director of Public Relations, will address chemical industry members of the Association of National Advertisers on October 24. He will report on the public's view of the chemical industry *** 1 MCA will be represented at the Regional Meeting of College Teachers of Textiles and Clothing in Chicago, October 23. Harry Townsley of Union Carbide will speak on Fibers of the Future. *** The Association will also be represented at the Grocery Manufacturers of America's Forum on November 11. James Asbeck of Goodrich will be one of three panelists addressing the subjects The Nature of Change in Consumer Ecological Awareness. *** Through contacts with the General Federation of Women's Clubs, MCA materials are being made available to all GFWC state conservation chairmen. * ** The Association's audio visual efforts continue to receive wide acceptance. To date 26 of 49 television stations offered the threeminute Smithsonian Plastics feature have used it. Also, an estimated 90 percent of nbc-tv affiliated stations have used a three-minute film on the MCA-sponsored water pollution control re- MCA/GB #992 Page 5 AP00037258 search project at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. An additional 40 of 49 tele vision stations offered a oneminute version of the story have used it. *** The Chemical Industry Council of Northern California continues its active dialogue with influential segments in the Bay Area. On November 24, Michael McCloskey, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, will be the CIC Round Table guest speaker. A series of talks before high school chemistry classes are planned, by their speakers bureau. Also, Putney Westerfield, Publisher of Fortune Magazine, will speak at CIC/Northern California's Annual Chemical Progress Week Luncheon on April 23, 1971. EDUCATION Staff members of MCA, ACS and AIChE have begun work on a joint information program about careers in the chemical industry, a project resulting from conferences earlier this year between leaders of the three associations, William J. Driver, Dr. Byron Riegel and A. L. Conn. The initial thrust will be at the junior high school level. STAFF ADDITIONS On September 27, Dr. Robert E. Varnerin joined the staff as Manager of Education. He was formerly Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, Fairfield univer sity, Fairfield, Connecticut, and will succeed Dr. William E. Chace, Director of Educa tion, who retires October 30. *** And, our apologies to Howard B. Brown, who joined the staff on September 15 as Representative to the Water Resources and Solid Wastes Management Committees. In the last General Bulletin (#991 Sept.30) his name was erroneously listed as Harold B. Brown. MCA/GB #992 Page 6 AP00037259