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AGENDA MEETING OF THE MCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday, November 24, 1969 Board Room, American Iron and Steel Institute New York City I OPENING REMARKS. IIf MINUTES OF OCTOBER 20-21, 1969, MEETING, IlL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER. (Enclosure) IV. i ' I mWr | ( * BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) 19th Semiannual Meeting. (b) Authorized Signatures on Bank Checks. (c) Report of Executive Committee Regarding Annual Meeting Arrangements. (d) Report of Policy Study Committee. (e) Proposed Organization of Task Groups on Vinyl Chloride Monomer Transportation Safety. (f) Proposed Solid Wastes Management Committee - Terms of Reference and Membership. a COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. (a) Chemical Packaging Committee. James E. Penick, Shell Oil Company (b) Education Activities Committee. S. T. Clark, Celanese Corporation (c) Industrial Relations Advisory Committee. .? James H. Hanes, The Dow Chemical Company Francis A. O'Connell, Jr., din Corporation Donald J. Studebaker, Enjay Chemical Company (d) Transportation Equipment Committee. P. E. Granquist, International Minerals & Chemical Corporation E, G. Hansen, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (Enclosure) (Enclosure) (Enclosure) j VI* STAFF REPORT. VH. COMMITTEE REPORT. i Education Activities Committee - Dr. Herman S, Bloch, Chairman VIII. ADJOURNMENT.! ( CMA 069145 I 1234 I MINUTES of the one hundred ninetieth meeting of the Directors of the Manufacturing B Chemists' Association, Inc. , held in the Board Room' of the American Iron and Steel Institute located on the 38th floor of the Socony Mobil Building, New York, New York, on Monday, November 24, 1969, at 4:00 p. m. There were present: F. Leonard Bryant, Chairman L. L. Bott Harry W- Buchanan John T. Connor David H. Dawson George H. Decker Herbert D. Doan William J. Driver Earle S. Ebers Clifton C. Garvin, Jr. Ralph K. Gottshall Maurice F. Granville Roger W. Gunder Kenneth H. Hannan Leonard Hynes Earl T. McBee Harry D, McNeeley W. Kenneth Menke Max A. Minnig Charles S. Munson Joseph A. Neubauer L. John Polite, Jr. Jack M. Pope J- B St. Clair Clifford D. Siverd C. W. Smith ^Robert J. Whitesell James R. Carnes Alternates: Stanley H. Anonsen (for Harold E. Thayer) Louis Bay, 2nd (for L. John Polite, Jr. ) J. E. Burrell (for Joseph A. Neubauer) John W. Clinton (for W. Kenneth Menke) E. Philip Comer (for L. G. Bliss) R. M. Coquillette (for Robert D, Goodall) J. P. Cunningham (for Jack B. St. Clair) C. E. Denoon, Jr. (for'Robert J. Whitesell) Irb H. Fooshee (for John T. Connor) James A. Hughes (for Raymond F. Evans) Edward R. Kane (for David H. Dawson) John K. McKinley (for Maurice F. Granville) Thomas B. Nantz (for Harry B. Warner) Derek Richardson (for C. W. Smith) G. *S. Roberts (for Leonard Hynes) Robert C. Swain (for Clifford D. Siverd) D. O. Swan (for Clifton C. Garvin, Jr. ) R. M. Thomas (for Earl T, McBee) John H. Wiles (for William B. Graham) A. N. Wohlwend (for George S. Dillon) Present by invitation: Bruce M. Barackman, MCA George E. Best, MCA Herman S. Bloch, Universal Oil Products Company Chester M. Brown, Allied Chemical Corporation William E. Chace, MCA Herschel H. Cudd, Amoco Chemicals Corporation CMA 069146 1235 Lee V. Dauler, Neville Chemical Company J. Robert Fisher, Ashland Oil & Refining Company John A. Hill, Air Reduction Company, Inc. Robert F. Huntley, Stauffer Chemical Company Kenneth H. Klipstein Alexander Lewis, Gulf Oil Corporation C. B. McCoy, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Theodore Marvin Thomas S. Nichols, Olin Corporation D. D. Pascal, National Starch and Chemical Corporation S. B. Penick, Jr. , S. B. Penick & Company Victor H. Peterson, MCA Peter C. Reilly, Reilly Tar & Chemical Corporation Joseph E. Rich, Morton International, Inc. * Hans Stauffer, Stauffer Chemical Company Henry A. Thouron, Hercules Incorporated Jesse Werner, GAF Corporation William Wishnick, Witco Chemical Corporation John E. Wood, HI, Vulcan Mater ials Company I. OPENING REMARKS. In calling the meeting to order, Chairman Bryant welcomed the former Directors and current Alternates who were present by special invitation and requested that all those present stand and introduce themselves in order. II. MINUTES OF OCTOBER 21, 1969, MEETING. The Minutes of the October 21 meeting of the Board of Directors were duly approved as submitted to the members. : III. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY -TREASURER. The financial report for the five months ending October 31, 1969, was summarized by the Secretary-Treasurer. ON MOTION, duly made and seconded, it was, VOTED: That the report be accepted and placed on file. IV. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) 19th Semiannual Meeting - Program and Registration. Mr. Barackman, the Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, reported final registration figures for the 19th Semiannual Meeting totalling 1,076 registrants from 138 member companies and the number of registrants indicating an interest in each discussion panel and reviewed plans for the luncheon and banquet on the following CMA 069147 r 1236 day and for the receptions preceding them. Copies of the meeting program and registration list were distributed to those present. (b) Authorized Signatures on Bank Checks. The Secretary-Treasurer recommended that, in view of the prospective succession of William J. Driver to the office of President, the authorization of signatures on checks drawn against the accounts of the Association with National Savings and Trust Company, Washington, D. C. , be modified and limited as follows, effective December 1, 1969, and that the Secretary-Treasurer be authorized to execute resolutions for this purpose in the form required by the bank. Commercial Account - William J. Driver - James R. Carnes - Bruce M. Barackman * (Countersignature only) - Thomas S. Arms, Jr. (Countersignature only) Payroll Account - William J. Driver - James R. Carnes - Bruce M. Barackman ON MOTION, duly made and seconded,' it was, VOTED: That the signature authorization 'i be granted as recommended by the Secretary- Treasurer, and that the Secretary-Treasurer be authorized to execute resolutions confirm ing this authorization in?the form required by the National Savings and Trust Company. * (c) Recommendations of the Executive Committee Regarding Annual Meeting Arrangements. Forwarded to Directors in advance of the meeting and presented by Chairman Siverd of the Executive Committee, were recommenda tions of that committee regarding Annual Meeting arrangements, particularly the assignment to member companies of attendance quotas and a modified procedure whereby requests for such sleeping accommodations would be made direct to the hotel by member companies, copy of the recommendations attached hereto'as Exhibit A, Chairman Bryant invited attention to that portion of the Executive Committee's recommendations concerning excessive coming and going during past Annual Business Sessions and urged that Directors insure the uninterrupted presence of their cbmpany delegations during the Annual Business Session. 0 ^Copies of the resolutions executed by the Secretary-Treasurer on December 1, 1969, pursuant to the foregoing, are attached to the permanent copy of these Minutes on file in the Secretary-Treasurer's office. CMA 069148 1237 ON MOTION, duly made and seconded, it was, VOTED: That the recommendations of the Executive Committee regarding Annual Meeting arrangements as set forth in Exhibit A be approved. (d) Report of Policy Study Committee. Summarizing the report of the Policy Study Committee, which had been discussed at the preceding meeting of the Board and final copy sent to Directors in advance of this meeting, Mr. Hannan recommended that the report be approved by the Board as submitted and that implementing action be initiated by the staff and the Association's committees as necessary. In the discussion which followed, Mr. Anonsen urged that the Association's resources be applied to improvement of the chemical industry's public acceptance and proposed that the Public Relations Committee be requested to report to the Board on the steps required to create a favorable image and how much this would cost, and that the necessary funds be provided. Mr. Hannan responded that the assignment of the task to the Public Relations Committee, as recommended by Mr. Anonsen, would preempt the functions of the Board Liaison Committee for public relations as recommended in the report of the Policy Study Committee. Following this discussion, ON MOTION, duly made and seconded, it was, X. VOTED: That the Policy Study Committee report(*) be approved, that implementing actions be initiated by the Association's staff and committees as necessary, and that the Policy Study Committee be dis charged with commendation for the excel lent manner in which its assignment had been carried out. (e) Proposed Organization of Task Group on Vinyl Chloride Monomer Transportation Safety. Forwarded to Directors in advance of the meeting and summarized by Chairman Siverd of the Executive Committee, was a proposal of the Safety and Fire Protection Committee to establish three task groups-to develop useful information on vinyl chloride monomer accident histories and causes, rec ommendations for emergency procedures, and vinyl chloride combustion products, as set forth in Exhibit B. The proposal having been endorsed by the Executive Committee at its .meeting earlier in the day, ON MOTION, duly made and seconded, it was, VOTED: That the task group be estab- lished as proposed. CMA 069149 (*) Original attached to the permanent copy of these Minutes on file in the Secretary-Treasurer's office. 1238 (f) Proposed Solid Wastes Management Committee - Terms of Reference and Membership. Forwarded to Directors in advance of the meeting was a staff proposal for establishment of the Solid Wastes Management Commit tee, including proposed terms of reference, recommendations for appointment of five charter members and provision for the appointment of additional charter members at the two succeeding Board meetings. Chairman Siverd of the Execu tive Committee reported that the proposal had been endorsed by the Executive Committee at its meeting earlier in the day. ON MOTION, duly made and seconded, it was, VOTED: That the proposed Solid Wastes Management Committee be established, its proposed terms of reference approved, and members appointed as set forth in Exhibit C. V. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. The following committee appointments were approved. (a) Chemical Packaging Committee. James E. Penick, Shell Oil Company (b) Education Activities Committee. S. T. Clark, Celanese Corporation (c) Industrial Relations Advisory Committee. James H. Hanes, The Dow Chemical Company Francis A. O'Connell, Jr., Olin Corporation Donald J. Studebaker, Enjay Chemical Company (d) Transportation Equipment Committee. P. E, Granquist, International Minerals & Chemical Corporation E. G. Hansen, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company V!. STAFF REPORT. General Dicker reported upon developments in the Association's program of projects and activities since the last meeting, copy of his report appended as Exhibit D. VII. PRESENTATION OF GIFT AND SCROLL TO RETIRING PRESIDENT. At this point, Chairman Bryant presented to General Decker a silver tray and a scroll inscribed by the members of the Board of Directors in recognition of his contributions to the Association as President from June 1, 1963, to Novem ber 30, 1969. In responding, General Decker thanked the Directors for the gift and sentiments which they symbolized, expressing his esteem for the Directors and their mutual friendships. CMA 069150 VIII. COMMITTEE REPORT. 1239 Chairman H. S. Bloch of the Education Activities Committee reported upon the projects and activities of that committee, copy appended as Exhibit E. There being no further business to come before the meeting, TF*was unanimously resolved to adjourn. James R. Carnes / Secretary-Treasurer Certified Correct: F. Leonard Bryant Chairman of the Board S K /t > v i CMA 069151 363-680-0 Payroll Account RESOLUTION-AUTliGRiZMS FOR B5SM1IZATHRS ftCCOUUT " NATIONAL SAVINGS AND TRl&T COMPANY, Washington, D. C. I( James.. R.... Carn?.s.............................. (the undersigned Secretary of Manufacturing Chemists _As.soiation,__ Inc_............ , do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of a resolution duly adopted Bt ameeting of the 1..... .Board, of.Directors................................................. .of the said Organization duly held at New York, N. Y.___ on the....... ?4th,,,, day of .November........, 19..6 SL, a quorum being present, and that the saitf resolution is in full force and effect at this date: `RESOLVED/ That........James R. Carnes........ the Treasurer of Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc._____________ ____ _______ _____ ___ is authorized and instructed to deposit funds of the Organization in the account with the National Savings and Trust Company of Washington, D. C., in its name, and that said account may be drawn on only by check signed in the name of this Organization by its J___ ?X..........................-- or Secretary-Treasurer -- James R, Carnes Secretary-Treasurer -- ^ruce M. Barackman No Countersignature until further notice in writing to said National Savings and Trust Company, and the said National Savings and Trust Company shall not ?>e required, in any case, to make inquiry respecting the application of any instrument executed in virtue of this resolution or of the proceeds therefrom, nor be under any obligation to see to the application of such instrument or proceeds." 1 The above resolution is in accord with the By-Laws of this Organization. The following are the officers of this Organization, elected at a meeting of the, ',,M_emb ejr s______ held on the...!?^... day of...... ________ .________ _____ 19.&9.________ ___ ________ _____ __ jChairmanof the Board F. Leonard Bryant * President-Eleset. v" -- William J. Driver Secretary- Tre*ararer -- James R. Carnes MivVVjAr,----------------- *>V'* V " 'f , I_ , ^WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my official signature and the seal of the said Organi- m# 1st __ day of December __ ____ 1969 ~ (SEAL) Received___ _______________________ __ AjlA Stemary. 1 Insert members, board of directors, or other governing body. 2 Insert title of officers authorized to sign. 3 Insert title of officers authorized to countersign. * To take^offTte as President, December .1, 1969. CMA 069152 363-684-2 ^1 Commercial Accoun..t. " RESCLUTiOll - MTKOrjZATlOn FC.l GHGAlllZATIOfi ACCOUHT " national savings and trust company, Washington, D. C. ......Jen}..s.,.P. ......................, the undersigned Secretary of ._^?JlHli^l9-A-.TMk.fnists A.~?-9.SAlA.?.P.!.............. , do hereby certify that the following is a true copy of a resolution duly adopted at meeting of the 1__ Board..of..Director.s............... ...................................of the said Organization duly held at_Ae.)*L_X.?.Az...A....X on the .?A1} day of present, and that the said resolution is in full force and effect at this date: ____ , 19.i?.9...., a quorum being "RESOLVED^ That ......Jam.es.A;...Carnes......................... ...... .................................................... , the Treasurer of Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc._____ ____ is authorized and instructed to deposit funds of the Organization in the account with the National Savings and Trust Company of Washington, D. C., in its name, and that said account may be drawn on only by check signed i,n the name of this O_ rganization .by i.ts ,1....... P....r.e9.s..i.d...e...n..t.......... ..............N.......-..-......W.....i.l.l.i..a..m......J......D. .r..i.v...e...r............. or Secretary-Treasurer -- James R, Carnes and countersigned by its L.-A?..*?.*TM^..-?.5AF.Al.y.7A95.iA9.H9.1:...*^ruce Barackman or Office Manager Thomas S.Arms, Jr. until further notice in writing to said National Savings and Trust Company, and the said National Saving- and Trust Company shall not be required, in any case, to make inquiry respecting the application of any instrument executed in virtue of this resolution or of the proceeds therefrom, nor be under any obligation to see to the application of such instrument or proceeds." / The above resolution is in accord with the By-Laws of this Organization. The following are the officers of this Organization, elected at a meeting of the 1__.......................... _...... .... held an the .J;.?^.^.. day of___ J.HHe................................. , 19A9.______ ___ ___________ ______ ,,CMi.rman ol.the.^^^ President-Elect _____ William J. Driver Secretary-Treasurer -- James R. Carnes *v ^ ^ |IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my official signature and the seal of the said Organi- f Al ...A ...... 1st..... i..... day of....December._________ ______1 2 3 (seal) f ,.jvtived__ ___________________ _______ ___________ _______ , 19 L9_.. ' lb d, Secretary, j 1 Insert members, board of directors, or other governing body. 2 Insert title of officers authorized to sign. 3 Insert title of officers authorized to countersign. * To take office as President, December 1, 1969- CMA 069153 EXHIBIT A RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REGARDING ANNUAL MEETING ARRANGEMENTS As the result of its review of current arrangements and space limita tions for the Association's Annual Meeting at The Greenbrier, the Executive Committee recommends that the Board of Directors approve the following policy and procedures for promulgation to member companies with respect to future Annual Meetings: With the exception of former officers, directors and guests of the Association, attendance shall be limited to current full-time employees of member companies. Individual company quotas will be assigned providing a minimum of two and a maximum of 25 registrants for each member company, with quotas in excess of two being assigned in proportion to individual membership fees for the preceding fiscal year. Any quotas not to be used by the com panies to which assigned initially will be available j^o fill the re quests of other member companies for space in excess of their quotas. Requests for room reservations will be made by member companies to The Greenbrier direct instead of through the Associ ation staff as in the past, subject to procedures to be announced to member companies, together with their individual registration quotas, early in March 1970. In addition, the Executive Committee is concerned regarding the exces sive number of member company representatives entering and leaving the hall while the Annual Business Session is in progress and particularly during the principal address. In the interest of decorum, member companies will be re quested to insure the uninterrupted presence of all members of their company delegation during the entire Annual Business Session, To this end, the Execu tive Committee has authorized the meeting to begin at 9:00 a.m. , thus providing additional time for golf or other recreation following the meeting. November 24, 1969 CMA 069154 EXHIBIT B PROPOSAL OF THE SAFETY AND FIRE PROTECTION COMMITTEE TO ORGANIZE TASK GROUPS ON VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER TRANSPORTATION SAFETY Producers, of vinyl chloride monomer recently became concerned when a railroad accident received wide public attention, particularly because of the evacuation of some 30,000 people prompted by an errone ous report of potential hazard from phosgene as a combustion product. Further, one suggested emergency measure -- fortunately not followed -was to pump out the contents of the tank car and set it afire. Consequently, a meeting of the vinyl chloride monomer producers' representatives was held on October 23 under the aegis of MCA's Safety and Fire Protection Committee. As a result of that conference, it is proposed to organize three task groups to develop useful information on vinyl chloride monomer accident histories and causes, recommenda tions for emergency procedures, and vinyl chloride combustion products, respectively. The attached details the assignments and personnel to be involved. Approval for this undertaking is recommended. * MCA- 11 / 24 / 6 9 CMA069155 Manufacturing Chemists Association SAFETY AND FIRE PROTECTION COMMITTEE Task Group "A" on Vinyl Chloride Monomer Transportation Safety Assignment: To accumulate information on VCM transportation accidents that have occurred. membership: R, L. Daniel, Chairman - The Dow Chemical Company Liaison: MCA Safety and Fire Protection Committee - S. M. MacCutcheon The Society of the Plastics Industry - A. L. Kling Task Group "B" on Vinyl Chloride Monomer Transportation Safety Assignment: To develop recommendations for emergency procedures in the event of VCM transportation accidents, including various types of accidents and whether fire is or is not involved. Membership: f I Liaison: D. L. Dowell, Chairman H. D. Butter J. R. Little J. H. Rains P. M. Reed M. E. Sutherland T. G. Taylor S. F. Goodrich Chemical Company Continental Oil Company Monochem Incorporated Ethyl Corporation Tenneco, Hydrocarbon Division Union Carbide Corporation PPG Industries MCA Safety and Fire Protection Committee - S. M. MacCutcheon Task Group "C" on Vinyl Chloride Monomer Transportation Safety Assignment: To prepare a report on the chemistry of the combustion products of VCM. Membership: Liaison: L. G. Crider, Chairman R. L. Daniel G. Kitazawa M. J. Kleinfeld B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Company Borden Inc/Chemical Division UNIROYAL, Inc., Chemical Division MCA Safety and Fire Protection Committee - S. M. MacCutcheon General Administration The three named task groups will function as organizational units under the jurisdiction of the Safety and Fire Protection Committee, and be governed by that Committee's Rules of Organization and Procedure in addition to MCA's "General Principles Applicable to they Structure and Operations of Committees." MCA-11/24/69 CMA 069156 Proposed SOLID WASTES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE EXHIBIT C Background For the past several years interest has been building in an organized MCA program concerning solid wastes. The control of land pollution is rapidly catching up to air and water pollution in public concern, and guidance is desirable for response to Federal and other legislative and regulatory developments. This gap in MCA's attention to environmental management is becoming increasingly conspicuous. Designated solid wastes representatives of all member com panies were invited to a meeting on July 23, 1969; 41 individuals representing 35 companies attended and were unanimous in support of MCA's initiating a solid wastes program. A volunteer Planning Group, including representatives of the Air Quality, Environmental Health Advisory, and Water Resources Committees, met on September 12. Their recommendations, concurred in by all who participated in the July meet ing, are advanced in this proposal. * i Proposal It is proposed that the creation of a SOLID WASTES MANAGE MENT COMMITTEE be authorized in accord with the accompanying Terms of Reference. Discussion Conscious of the additional time and expense for meetings and program activities that an additional committee would impose on member companies and their representatives, planners explored adding solid wastes to an existing committee's scope of responsibility. It was concluded, however, that the central disciplines are sufficiently different that a new committee should be formed. Air Quality and Water Resources Committees have important corollary interests, and close liaison with them, should be maintained. No dissent from these views has been heard. Membership Five nominations have been received for appointment if the committee is authorized, and others are known to be in early prospect. Upon approval, then, it is recommended that these appointments be made, but that the charter member list include also those appointed at the next two succeeding Board of Directors' meetings. R. J. Austin G. E. Brown G. N. McDermott S. S. Paist, Jr. P. E. Reed Amoco Chemicals Corporation Mallinckrodt Chemical Works The Procter & Gamble Company Rohm and Haas Company UNI ROYAL, Inc. * MCA-1 1/24/69 CMA 069157 Wastes management of import to the chemical industry, except that concerning the treatment of air- and water-borne materials and their impact on the ambient atmosphere and on receiving water bodies. purposes 1. To encourage chemical manufacturing practices that minimize the quantity of wastes for disposal, and yield wastes of such character as to minimize impact on the receptor environment. 2. To foster re-use of waste materials, thus working toward re cycling of resources as a desirable objective. 3. To identify current and potential wastes disposal problems associated with the practices and products of chemical manufacturing, and to provide information helpful to their amelioration'. 4. To promote liaison and exchange of information concerning good practices in wastes management within the chemical industry, with other branches of industry, with equipment suppliers, with trade and profes sional organizations, and with all levels of government. 5. To cooperate in the development and adoption of sound legis lation and regulations governing wastes handling, treatment, and disposal. Composition Membership on the committee to be available to full time employees of member companies, whose responsibilities within their respective companies include some aspect of wastes management as defined under the foregoing Scope and Purposes. (No initial limit, but future determina tion of limitation and rotation if and when membership reaches 25.) Operation Administration of committee activities to be in accord with ap proved Rules of Organization and Procedure, to be prepared by the com mittee subsequent to its formation, consistent with the MCA "General Principles Applicable to the Structure and Operation of Committees," and with guidance from an assigned MCA staff representative serving as committee secretary. k MCA- 11/24/69 CMA 069158 EXHIBIT D STAFF REPORT November 24, 1969 Presented by General G. H. Decker This is my final staff report as president of the Association. On more than sixty previous occasions I have presented these accounts of the staff's prog ress and I wish to thank you for the forbearance, patience, and interest with which you have always received them. 5|S ijc 5jS SfC <$ The Administration's trade bill was sent to the House Ways and Means Committee on November 18. Included in the bill is the controversial provision calling for repeal of the American Selling Price method of customs valuation. While there is no possibility of significant action on the pleasure this year, the Administration considered it important to transmit its trade proposals before the separate agreement lapses on December 31. On the same date the President's message was sent to the Hill, I released a statement to the pr^ss reaffirming MCA's opposition to the provision that would eliminate ASP. ** i Elsewhere on the trade front, a key subcommittee of the Joint Economic Committee has announced plans for initial hearings in early December to explore U.S. foreign trade, investment and development assistance policies. The American Selling Price question will be among subjects studied. Witnesses will include John Powers, President and Chairman of the Board of Chas. Pfizer & Co. , Inc. The Joint Economic Committee expects the December discussions to identify trade and investment issues which will be scrutinized at a series of four later hearings throughout 1970. The series, each of which will last one or two weeks, will begin about March. The MCA has asked to be heard. sjesjcsjeslsajt^t:}:^! The Senate Finance Committee completed its consideration of the tax reform bill October 31 and has ordered it reported to the Senate, with a number of amendments. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield has expressed the hope that the Senate can debate the bill promptly and pass it early in December; also that a conference can resolve differences between House and Senate versions in time to permit enactment before the end of the year. A less optimistic Senator has predicted enactment may not come before the end of February. A week before the Senate Finance Committee completed consideration of the bill MCA contacted member companies urging them to communicate with CMA069159 2- - Senators to request a corporate rate reduction amendment. Such an amendment would be important in offsetting adverse effects of investment tax credit repeaL. Thus far, the level of MCA member company responses reported to us has been somewhat disappointing. I therefore appeal to companies that have not already done so to contact members of the Senate advocating such an amendment. Hearings continue in both the House and Senate on proposals for a federal occupational'health and safety law. The MCA appeared October 9 as a witness before the House Select Subcommittee on Labor. House hearings will probably conclude early in December. Senate hearings are being conducted by the Sub committee on Labor of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. MCA will appear as a witness, probably in early December, with Committee consideration due to conclude during that month. Prospects appear likely that a federal job safety and health law will be enacted during the second session of the present Congress. A significant piece of labor legislation would be valuable to both parties in an election year. Labor lobbying interests continue to press for strong legislation with arbitrary powers of standards-setting and enforcement penalties being vested in the Secretary of Labor and the Federal Government. President Nixon has proposed a more mod erate approach, with powers retained by an independent standards-setting board and by the states. On November 14 the Interstate Commerce Commission denied the request filed by MCA and others for suspension of rate increases proposed by the Bulk Carriers Conference for liquid and dry bulk commodities (Docket 329-S). This ruling, confirming the action of the ICC Suspension Board on November 10, is not subject to further appeal and will allow motor carrier rate increases gener ally ranging from 4 to 5. 5%. It has been estimated that MCA member company shipments will provide about half the $8. 8 million added annual revenue the in creases are expected to produce. >|t s',; sic Despite protests, including those of MCA, the ICC ruled to permit an across-the-board 6% increase in rail freight rates to become effective on Novem ber 18 (Ex Parte 262). A request for court injunction to stay the order was de nied. The increase is subject to ICC investigation, and subsequent refund to the extent later disallowed. Investigatory hearings will be confined to discrimina tory effects. This matter will be considered further by MCA's Transportation and Distribution Committee to determine what, if any, additional action by MCA is to be recommended. Added cost to chemical shippers has been estimated at $47 million annually. CMA069A60 -3- On October 24, MCA submitted comments to HEW concerning the pro posed amendment to the good manufacturing practice regulations for drugs. Clarification was urged to assure that the regulations will continue to apply only to the production of finished drugs and not to the production of drug com ponents . jf: a}: * ;J: >}: sf: :{! The Chemical Packaging, Transportation and Distribution, and Transpor tation Equipment Committees have adopted similar resolutions calling for estab lishment of a special MCA task group to develop a program with two objectives: (1) to counter adverse, unjustified publicity and (2) to establish proper alloca tion of cause in transportation accidents involving chemicals. ^ ^|% ^ #p r0p^ \ Over 20 legal counsel representatives of member companies met Octo ber 28 to discuss organization of the recently approved Joint Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution Legislation and Regulations. They a^e considering holding a one-day lawyers' workshop in connection with the next joint meeting of the Air Quality and Water Resources Committees* They agreed that legal staffs should be brought into environmental management decision-making at an early phase, thus permitting them to function in their classical "preventive" role, rather than being called on only for defensive action. MCA was asked to stress to management the importance of this role of their counsels, and the need to budget adequate time of their legal staff for such activities. sis :{: & # # $ "Atmospheric Emissions from Hydrochloric Acid Manufacturing Pro cesses" was added this month to the list of reports issued by the joint MCANAPCA project. The report on wet process phosphoric acid is expected to be published before the end of the year. s^^ss^!{ss{c^s{i5{e MCA continues its efforts to secure regulations for fuel additive regis tration that are in accord with authorizations of Section 210 of the Air Quality Act of 1967. Although pointing out the burdensome and duplicative efforts that the proposed regulations would require, our major emphasis is being placed on absence of statutory authority for proposed regulatory requirements relat ing to atmospheric emissions, toxicity data, etc. Close liaison is being main tained with the American Petroleum Institute. CMA 069161 I -4- Charles L. Sercu and J. Floyd Bryd, chairman and vice chairman respec tively, of the Water Resources Committee, represented MCA before the National Water Commission at its national conference in Washington on November 6. They cited chemical industry contributions to progress in research and management of water pollution control and suggested areas in which further research would be useful. sis**!}:*!}!!}:* Within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) there`has been a move to eliminate five specific industrial committees -- those on Chemicals, Machinery, Paper, Steel, and Textiles -- from participation in its program for industry. A recommendation to that effect, made by OECD's professional leadership, has been strongly supported by certain foreign delegations and the U. S. Department of State. Only recently, however, with help of industry representatives, the Commerce Department has come to recognize the value of these committees and has informed the State Department it favors their retention. We will support the Commerce Department in this matter. To enhance cooperative dialogue between the chemical industry and the nation's top officials concerned with environmental quality, three representatives from MCA's Air Quality Committee and Water Resources Committee recently briefed Presidential Science Advisor Dr. Lee A. DuBridge and members of his staff. Dr. DuBridge is Executive Secretary of the Environmental Quality Council which develops overall policy recommendations for the Departments of Interior, HEW, and other agencies concerned with the environment. The meeting at the White House Executive Office Building followed an interview with Dr, DuBridge in PILOT, MCA's internal environmental health information monthly. Dr, M. V. Anthony, Stauffer Chemical, described the industry's efforts in air pollution control, emphasizing activities of the Air Quality Committee, of which he is chairman. James H. Rook of American Cyanamid, past chairman of the Water Resources Committee, detailed wastewater treatment and pollution prevention efforts. Discussing the industry's overall commitment to environmental quality was Hooker Chemical's Jerome Wilkenfeld, past chairman of both committees. Dr. DuBridge was joined in the one and one-half hour briefing by Drs. John L. Buckley and Warren Hall. All three engaged in candid questioning, and expressed their appreciation for the briefing session on the industry's efforts. They also requested the industry to respond in depth to spec if ic ,.que stions. The Air Quality Committee and Water Resources Committee are responding promptly, and hope to maintain continuing liaison with the staff of the Environmental Quality Council. 1 i ! ' \ ' CMA 069162 -5- When I became president of MCA, Chemical Industry Councils were active in only seven areas: Eastern Contra Costa County (California), Delaware, Chicago, Maryland, New Jersey, Louisiana and Texas. The latter two are polit ically-oriented state associations which conduct a few community-related pro grams. Within four years, additional Councils were organized in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle-Portland, Connecticut, Ohio, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Greater St. Louis and former Councils in Michigan and New York were re activated, Recently, however, the ClCs in Ohio, Pittsburgh and Maryland have disbanded, and activity in the Los Angeles area is virtually non-existent. The most effective CICs are those which retain outside PR counsel. They are the ones in New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Michigan and San Francisco. These five spend some $40,000 a year in retainers -- nearly 50% of the overall cost of voluntary CIC programs. CICs which do not retain outside PR are find ing it increasingly difficult to maintain effective leadership and continuity in operations. Less than half of MCA's member companies support CICs and 50% of those support only one. Only two MCA member companies support 10 or more CICs, yet neither spends more than $6, 000 a year, not counting man hours or in-house services provided to CICs. Some 125 non-MCA member companies support CIC programs. A majority are in New Jersey: others are in Chicago, St. Louis, and San Francisco. They contribute about $12, 000 in dues. Five years ago the MCA Community Relations staff comprised two men, with a project budget of $26, 000. For more than a year the staff has been re duced to one man and the current project budget is $17, 000. Clearly, if the industry is to maintain and expand its image-improvement efforts at the grassroots level, the entire CIC program requires serious atten tion. The fourth GOOD LIVING radio show on chemical contributions to con sumers was taped on November 11. Subject: plastics as related to home furnishings and medicine. A total of 12 shows are scheduled for fiscal 196970, each going to more than 440 stations with an estimated listening audience of seven million. November 12 was the scheduled completion date for the conversion of Union Carbide Corporation's filmstrip, "WOULD YOU BELIEVE TOMORROW, " into a slide program, with 1000 sets to be distributed to club groups throughout the country by MCA. This first MCA slide program tells the "Chemistry is Everywhere" story in generic terms. The donor company receives recogni tion. We hope this donation will spur other member companies to make sim ilar donations to MCA. CMA 069163 6- - > MCA's Manager of Consumer Information, long active in Home Economists in Business, a section of the American Home Economics Association, has been invited to serve as Program Chairman for the organization's June 1970 Annual Meeting in Cleveland, with an anticipated attendance of 900 members. Mrs. Virginia Knauer, President Nixon's Special Assistant on Consumer Affairs, will speak. Industry representatives will discuss man-made fibers, food additives, and the environment. Press turnout for the Association's Midyear Meeting tomorrow is expected to be heavy. Particular effort is being made to interest the business-oriented press as well as some consumer publications. Tentative plans have been made for a press conference with Representative Gerald Ford, the banquet speaker, ( prior to his appearance in the evening. i >. i \ CMA 069164 Report of Education Activities Committee to Board of Directors Manufacturing Chemists Association November 24, 1969 by H. S. Bloch, Chairman EXHIBIT E It is nearly two years since our Committee last reported directly to this Board, and I therefore welcome this opportunity to bring you up to date on our activities and our plans. I would like to take the oc casion also, on behalf of the Committee, to thank you for the strong sup port we have received from you, from your representative to our Committee, Mr. Menke, and from General Decker and his staff. When Jim Tomecko and John Howard, the former chairmen of our Commit tee, spoke to you in 1967, we had already become gravely concerned over several developing trends in chemical education which we believed posed a threat to the future health of our industry. A widening gap had devel oped between the industrial and the academic sectors of the chemical pro fession. The results of this gap-were very evident in the attitude of students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. They lacked know ledge of chemical processes and procedures having importance to industry. They were antagonistic to the chemical industry and largely unaware of its accomplishments and its relevance in the solution of many of today's social problems. They resisted employment in industry, and'^were slow in adapting to the discipline of economic considerations once they had ac cepted industrial jobs. Further, the increasingly theoretical and abstract nature of the chemistry being taught at both the high school and college levels alien ated and repelled many able youngsters who were seeking careers more clearly related to the real world around them, and enrollments of chem istry and chemical engineering majors showed significant declines. In a nutshell, many able students who might have had useful and satisfying ca reers in the chemical profession were not entering it, and the chemical industry was not getting a fair share of the best students among those who did. Through contacts with individual educators and through the liaison our Committee maintained with organizations of educators, we persisted in pressing our concern over the deficiencies of chemical education and the harmful long-range effects they would have. We urged the adoption of a better balance of course content between the theoretical and the descrip tive chemistry which had been largely eliminated. We found a few educators who agreed with us, and we made a few additional converts. And these people were frank in their opinion that many chemical educators avoided references to industrial chemistry and industrial accomplishments because they were simply unfamiliar with these areas and ill-equipped to discuss them and their significance. Our committee therefore undertook programs which would provide edu cators with information about industrial chemistry in easily accessible, assimilated form. We prepared, for use in high schools and colleges, films and resource papers on basic chemical processes; we published guides on sources of industry education materials, manuals of technologically CMA 069165 2 related experiments, and booklets on industry career opportunities. One of the major achievements of our Committee along these lines has been the publication of the Chemistry in Action Series of books, written largely by industry authorities and designed to provide teachers, students and science-minded laymen with an understanding of industrial chemistry, of how chemists and chemical engineers work, and how chemical principles are applied by industry. Nine of these have been published already, and many more are in preparation. To date, approximately 60,000 have been sold in paperback and hardback editions. The success of this series to date is a tribute to the hard work and persistence of our Vice-Chairman, Dr. Fernelius, -*nd the Association's Director of Education, Dr. Chace. We trust you will continue to purchase the books as gifts to schools in your communities in order to help assure continuance of the Series. During the last year, almost abruptly, after half a dozen years in which our persistent attempts were received largely with indifference by the academic community, we have sensed a change in attitude -- a much more widespread agreement with our viewpoints, and a desire to cooperate with us. There are many signs of this change: * For the first time last year, an industrial chemist was appointed to the American Chemical Society's Committee on Professional Training, which sets standards for under graduate education and certifies colleges which meet these standards. * A year ago, as a representative of the EAC, I was in vited to attend the Biennial Educational Conference of the ACS -- the sole industrial representative among two dozen educators; but industry was represented and my proposals for restoration of descriptive chemistry were heard and adopted as recommendations of the Conference. * Industrial chemists are liberally represented on a Com mittee appointed to administer a grant of approximately $650,000 made by the NSF to develop new textbooks and other curricular materials suited to college courses for chemical technicians, and industrial men are being in cluded in the team of writers which is being recruited. * The EAC met, on invitation, with the National Science Foundation to explain its views on current trends in chemical education, and as a result of the meeting was urged to develop proposals for specific projects to im plement its recommendations. * Last year, the program of Visiting Industrial Scientists for college campuses -- a program initiated by the In- " 'dustrial Research Institute but operated with our coopera tion in recruiting scientists from member companies -elicited requests from 214 campuses for such visitors, a demand approximately double that of the year before. CMA 069166 3 * And finally, requests for help in providing information and articles for the educational journals about industrial pro cesses and products are becoming so numerous that we are able to meet only a fraction cf them. I wish I could claim credit for the EAC for the change in attitude toward industrial chemistry indicated by all these signs. In truth, several more potent forces have been at work. The curtailment of Fed eral support has caused educators to re-examine the relative importance of research and teaching as faculty functions, and to take a new look at the effectiveness with which they are preparing students, whose teaching opportunities are now more restricted, for the industrial jobs toward which more of them are headed. The requests of legislators and the pub lic for an accounting of the benefits received from the large sums spent for science have had a like effect, as have the demands of students to be shown the relevance of what they are being taught to the needs of so ciety. In addition, industry is now viewed as a possible source of at least some of the financial aid withdrawn by Washington. But whatever the cause of this change in attitude, our Committee has geared itself to take full advantage of it, and to^ press more ef fectively the programs on which it has embarked. We do this with a certain sense of urgency, because as you gentlemen very well know, the number cf students studying chemistry and chemical engineering today, and the kind of education they receive, will determine what'*lcind cf products our industry will produce twenty years from now and how well we will be able to meet the demands, a generation hence, of a society of swollen population and dwindling natural resources. Also, the industry must be in a position to meet the threat of foreign competition in the years ahead. We have streamlined our Committee structure to take advantage of, as well as to preserve, the more favorable climate we sense, and I hope that you will share our views sufficiently to support some of the changes we propose. The Awards Committee would continue cur annual awards to high school, junior college, and senior college teachers at the present level. We be lieve that these awards have been so effective in making the MCA and its educational objectives known to educators that they merit continued sup port . In addition, we propose to establish a Citation Program under which the MCA would recognize other organizations for innovative achievements which improve the quality of education in chemistry and chemical engin eering, and the attractiveness of these disciplines as professions. The Citation would require no budgetary supplement for our Committee, but we ask your approval before we undertake it. Our Internal Liaison Committee would serve to enlist the appointment of more Education Contacts from member companies. While MCA now maintains a mailing list of about 150 such contacts, the number qualified to provide the special help we need is inadequate. We require people who can obtain CMA 069167 4 non-proprietary information to answer questions, and provide resource papers about company products and processes; who can help local colleges in framing curricula; who can sponsor local academic-industry confer ences; and who can work with our Committee in a variety of other ways. We therefore ask your approval of a poll of member companies to enlist the cooperation of company staff people who meet these qualifications. Our External Liaison Committee will continue our fruitful collabo ration and exchange of representatives with other organizations such*as the ACS and some of its Divisions; the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Industrial Research Institute, the Research and Engineer ing Society of America, and the Chemical Industry Councils, to avoid duplication of effort and to join forces when we can advantageously do so. Our Publications Committee will continue to recruit new authors for the Chemistry in Action Series, for resource papers, and for other pub lications, and will review and up-date, when necessary, other MCA educa tional publications. The Academic-Industrial Interface Committee will promote additional conferences between educators and industrial chemists, such as took place in Washington last Spring. Three more such conferences are planned for 1970 -- in Missouri, in Ohio and in New Jersey. In addition, the Com mittee will seek other means to attain better understanding between the two groups. A Personnel Committee will have the responsibility of seeking out qualified potential EAC members. As our activities have developed, we find a need for members of specialized backgrounds who are willing to work with us toward our objectives; the Personnel Committee will endeavor to fill these needs from our member companies. In addition to tha.se standing committees, we have appointed an ad hoc Committee to develop proposals to NSF. One such proposal, under which we would cooperate with the ACS as the funded group, is now under consideration by that body. We propose also to establish other ad hoc committees as needed -- for example, to work with IRI on the Visiting In dustrial Scientist Program. To develop our expanding program and to handle the increasing volume of inquiries and number of contacts, it has been arranged for the Director of Education to spend his full time on education activities, made possible by the establishment of the position of Assistant Secretary-Treasurer. And we hope that this full-time Director will be Bill Chace, whose intelli gent and industrious handling of our affairs on a part-time basis has been largely responsible for much of the progress we have made. In summary, we ask for your individual support of our program within your own companies and your approval as the Board of MCA of the following, none of which would require expenditures beyond our present budgetary levels: CMA 069168 5 (1) The establishment of a Citation Program to recog nize other organizations. (2) The recruitment of qualified Education Contacts from more member companies. I hope that you will share our Committee's sense of urgency and that you will give us the cooperation required to make the program ef fective and worthy of the chemical industry at this critical time. > CMA 069169