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GUEST LIST for the
PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL RECEPTION AND BUFFET TO MEET THE
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS . of the
MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION !
MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1974 THE MADISON HOTEL WASHINGTON, D. C,
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Hon. Hon. HonHon. Hon. Hon.
Thomas J. McIntyre (N.H.) Jennings Randolph (W. Va.)
Richard s. Schweiker (Pa.)
Robert T. Stafford and Mrs. Stafford Robert Taft, Jr. (Ohio)
Harrison a. williams, Jr. (N.J.)
(Vt.)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Hon. Hon. Hon. Hon. Hon.
Glenn M. Anderson (Calif.) Bill Archer (Tex.) Jack Brooks (Tex.) J. Herbert Burke (Fla.) Charles E. Chamberlain (Mich.)
Hon. Hon. Hon. Hon. Hon.
Bill Chapell, Jr. (Fla.) Del Clawson (Calif.) Barber B. Conable, jr. (N.Y.) Silvio 0. Conte (Mass.) Paul W. Cronin (Mass.)
Hon. Dominick V. Daniels (N.J.)
Hon. Samuel L. Devine (Ohio)
Hon. Harold D. Donohue (Mass.)
Hon. Marvin L. Esch (Mich.)
Hon. Hamilton Fish, Jr. (N.Y.)
Hon. Richard h. Fulton (Tenn.)
Hon. Don Fuqua (Fla.) Hon. Thomas S. Gettys (S.C.) Hon. Robert Giaimo (Conn.) Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman (N.Y.) Hon. George A. Goodling (Pa.) Hon. Bill Gunter (Fla.)
Hon, William H. Harsha and Mrs. Harsha (Ohio) Hon. Andrew J. Hinshaw and Andrew Hinshaw, Jr. (Calif.) Hon. Craig Hosmer (calif.) Hon. William H. Hudnut, III (Ind.) Hon. William L. Hungate (Mo.)
i Hon. John E. Hunt (N.J.) j Hon. James R. Jones (Okla.) I Hon. Peter N. Kyros (Maine)
rJ Hon. Robert Lagomarsino and Mrs. Lagomarsino (Calif.) William Lehman (Fla.)
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Robert McClory (111.) Torbert H. Macdonald (Mass.) James R. Mann (S.C.) James G. Martin (N.C.) Donald J. Mitchell (N.J.) G. V. Montgomery (Miss.) George M. O'Brien and Mrs. Carl D- Perkins (Ky.) W. R. Poage (Tex.) Melvin price (111.) William Randall (Mo.) Ralph S. Regula (Ohio) Matthew j. Rinaldo (N.J.) Ronald A. Sarasin (conn.) Robert G. Stephens, Jr. (Ga.) Al Ullman and Mrs. Ullman (Oreg.) Charles A. Vanik and Mrs. Vanik (Ohio) Joseph P. Vigorito (Pa.) G. William Whitehurst (Va*) William B. Widnall (N.J.) Lawrence G. Williams (Pa.) Wendell Wyatt, Mrs. Wyatt and Mark Wyatt Gus Yatron (Pa.) Samuel H. Young (111.) Clement L. Zablocki (Wis.) Roger H. Zion (Ind.)
(Oreg.)
CONGRESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS
Mr. Hunter Alexander
Legislative Assistant to Senator Scott (Va.)
Mr. Tom Allison
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Staff counsel to Senator Magnuson (Wash.)
Mr. Donald K. Anderson
Floor Manager, office of the Doorkeeper, u.S. House of Representativ
Mr. Leonard Eickwit Legislative Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee
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Mr. Eugene Brown
Legislative Assistant to Rep. Moss (calif.)
Mr. Michael Clark
Executive Assistant to Rep. Flood (Pa.)
Mr. Frederic Cleary
District Administrator to Rep. Hinshaw (calif.)
Mr. william Mew. Cochrane
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Staff Director, Senate committee on Rules and Administration
Ms. Pauline Crosby
Receptionist, Office Rep. Scherle (Iowa)
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fir. Paul Cunningham
Staff Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee fir. Philip Cummings
Assistant Chief Clerk, Senate Public Works Committee Mr. Marian Czarnecki
Chief of Staff, House Foreign Affairs committee
Mr. Dack Dalrymple Legislative Assistant to Rep. Rogers (Fla.)
Ms. Yvonne Eider and Mr. Eider Personal Secretary to Senator Burdick (N. Dak.)
Mr. Clifton W. Enfield and Mrs. Enfield
Minority counsel, House Public Works Committee Mr. Orman S. Fink
Minority Staff Director, House Banking and currency committee Ms. Doris Freedman
Legislative Assistant to Rep. Mezvinsky (Iowa) Mr. Howard 0. Greene, jr.
Assistant Minority Secretary, United States Senate Mr. H. Thomas Greene
Minority Staff Assistant, House Interstate and Foreign Commerce comm. Mr. Richard Grundy
professional Staff Member, senate Public Works Committee
Mr. Edward Hamberger
Special Assistant to Senator Scott (Pa.) Mr. Richard A. Heilman
Minority Counsel, Senate public Works Committee Mr. Dayle Henington
Administrative Assistant to Rep. Poage (Tex.) Mr. William Hildenbrand
Minority Secretary, United States senate Mr, Rick Hornburg
Legislative Assistant to Rep. Smith (N.Y.) Mr. Edward Howard and Mrs, Howard
Legislative Assistant to Rep. Matsunaga (Hawaii) Mr. craig Hudson
Legislative Aide to Senator Hartke (Ind.) Mr. John E. Hunnicutt
Executive Assistant to Senator Schweiker (Pa.) Mr. Patrick Hynes and Mrs. Hynes
Assistant Majority Secretary, United States Senate Mr. jon Kent
Administrative Assistant to Rep. Mezvinsky (Iowa)
Mr. J. Stanley Kimmit
Majority Secretary, united states Senate Ms. Denise King and Mr. King
Legislative Assistant to Rep. Scherle (Iowa) Mr. Greg Lashutka
Administrative Aide to Rep, Devine (Ohio) Ms. Shari A. Leber
Professional Staff Member, senate commerce Committee
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Minority Counsel, Senate Inte:
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Ms , Jeane McBurney
Research Assistant to Rep. Chappell (Fla.)
Mr , Charles Mellody
Assistant Majority Floor Manager, U. S. House of Representatives
Mr. Edward Merlis and Mrs. Merlis
Professional Staff Member, Senate Commerce Committee
Mr , M. Barry Meyer
Chief Counsel and Chief Clerk, Senate Public Works Committee
Ms . Donna Norton
Executive Assistant to Rep. Hillis (Ind.)
Mr, Joseph O'Leary and Mrs. O'Leary
Professional Staff Member, House Committee on Rules and Administrate
Mr, Peter Ottmar
Administrative Assistant to Rep. Cronin (Mass.)
Mr . Jack Peterson
Special Assistant to Rep. Carney (Ohio)
Mr, Willard Phillips
Administrative Assistant to Rep. Mizell (N.C.)
Mr . Richard Ray
Administrative Assistant to Senator Nunn (Ga.)
Ms . Barbara Rose
Legislative Assistant to Senator Metzenbaum (Ohio)
Mr. Robert v. Rota
Postmaster, u. S,, House of Representatives
Mr, Lincoln Schrock
Special Assistant to Senator Hartke (Ind.)
Mr , Francis R, Valeo
Secretary of the Senate Mr . Herbert Wadsworth
Administrative Assistant to Rep. Fuqua (Fla.)
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Mr ,, William H. Wannall
Sergeant at Arms, United States Senate
Ms, Polly West
Staff Counsel to Senator Magnuson (Wash.)
i Mr . John Yago Assistant Chief Clerk, Senate Public Works Committee
EXECUTIVE BRANCH - U.S. GOVERNMENT
Mr. Forest E. Abbuhl Director, Office of International Trade Policy U. S. Department of Commerce
Hon. Italo H. Ablondi Commissioner U. S. Tariff Commission
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gon. Catherine Bedell and Mr. Donald Bedell Chairman U. S. Tariff Commision
Hon. Helen D. Bentley Chairman Federal Maritime commission
non. Peter J. Brennan The secretary of Labor
fir. W. Donald Brewer Vice Chairman Interstate Commerce Commission
(ir. William J. Burns Director, office of Hazardous Materials U. S. Department of Transportation
Gen. F. j. Clarke Executive Director National Commission on Water Quality
Hr. William J. Conner Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hon. C. Marshall Dann Commissioner of Patents, The Patent Office
U. S. Department of Commerce Hr. Daniel B. Denning
Staff Associate, Natural Resources and Environmental Quality U. S. Chamber of Commerce Hr. Lawrence A. Fox Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Economic Policy U. S. Department of Commerce Hon. Barbara Franklin Commissioner Consumer Product and Safety Commission Mr. D. Kent Frizzell and Mrs. Frizzell Solicitor U. S. Department of the interior Hon. Allen H. Garland Chairman, Trade Staff Committee Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations Dr. Gilbert Jackson Engineer, Industrial Pollution Environmental Protection Agency Hon. John Jackson
Deputy Special Representative for Trade Negotiations Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations Dr. Aimison jonnard Chief, Chemicals Division
U. S. Tariff commission
for. William B. Kelly, Jr.
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Senior Economic Advisor
Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
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Mr. Gerald Leighton and Mrs. Leighton Utilities Systems program Manager U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Mr. Charles A. Lewis Director, Forest Products Packaging, printing and Publishing Divi U. S. Department of Commerce
Mr. James A. McNamara Deputy Assistant Special Representative Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations
Ms. Donna Mitchell Assistant to the chairman National Commission on Water Quality
Mr. Paul 01 Day Deputy Director, Bureau of Domestic Commerce U. S. Department of Commerce
Mr. James M. Owens Director, Metals and Minerals Division U. S. Department of Commerce
Mr. Joseph 0. Parker Vice Chairman U. S. Tariff Commission
Mr. A. F. Parks Director, Office of Trade and Industry U. S. Tariff Commission
Hon. Russell W. Peterson Chairman
Council on Environmental Quality Mr. Harry Pfann
Manager, Chemicals and Rubber Program, Bureau of Domestic commerce U. S. Department of Commerce Mr. Morton Pomeranz Executive Secretary, Trade Executive Committee Office of the special Representative for Trade Negotiations Mr. Robert Ritzmann Director, office of Industrial Services U. S. Atomic Energy Commission Mr. Henri F. Rush, jr. Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration U. S. Department of Transportation Mr. Glenn Schweitzer Director, Office of Toxic Substances
Environmental Protection Agency
OTHER GUESTS
Mr. M. Ackovski Minister, Council for Economic Affairs The Yugoslavian Embassy
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|7 I fir. Henry Armstrong I Commercial Counselor I The Canadian Embassy M--r. jean Bosson Commercial Counselor The Embassy of France Mr. F. H. Carman Former Technical Director of MCA Mr. J. R. Carnes Former vice President and Secretary-Treasurer of MCA Gen . George H. Decker Former President of MCA The Ambassador of Ecuador
Mr. A. R. A. Gherson Senior Commercial Counsellor The Canadian Embassy
The Ambassador of Honduras The Ambassador of Jamaica Mr. William D. Kavanaugh
Former Washington Representative of American Cyanamid Gen. A. C. McAuliffe Mr. Donald Mosiman
Washington Attorney Mr. Oskar Rudolph
First Secretary The Embassy of Germany Ms. Barbara Smith Kentucky Educational T. V. Mr. jenkin Thomas First Secretary, Commerce Department Embassy of Great Britain Ms. Donna Turner Kentucky Educational T. V. Mr. D. J. Waddell Counsellor The Canadian Embassy The Ambassador of Yugoslavia
INDUSTRY
Dr. James G. Affleck American Cyanamid Company
i Mr. Robert Barnard Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton
Mr. Everett H. Bellows Olin Corporation
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Mr. Frederick L. Bissinger Allied Chemical Corporation
Dr. Jerome J. Breiter
Hercules Incorporated Mr. Parke C. Brinkley-
National Agricultural Chemicals Association Mr. Werner C. Brown
Hercules Incorporated Mr. Stanley R. Browne
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Mr. Harry W. Buchanan
Virginia Chemicals Inc. Mr. Robert D. Buehler
The B. F. Goodrich Company Mr. j. Earl Burrell
PPG Industries, Inc. Mr. James L. Burridge
FMC Corporation Mr. C. C. Candee
Chemetron Corporation
Mr. E. E. Chipman
Productol Chemica1 Company
Mr. John c. Clay
National Starch and Chemical Corporation Mr. Ore11 T. Collins
Nalco Chemical Company Mr. James T. Conner
Chemagro Division of Baychem Corporation Dr. Francis Cook
Stauffer Chemical Company Mr. jeff Converse
N L industries Mr. C. Preston Cunningham
Mons anto company Mr. Thomas C. Dabovich
Morton-Norwich Products,
Inc.
Dr. David H. Dawson Chemical industry Trade Advisor
Mr. Morse G. Dial, Jr.
Union carbide Corporation Dr. D. W. Duncan
Virginia Chemicals Inc.
Mr. Russell Ernest Exxon Corporation
Mr. Francis D. Flanagan
W. R. Grace and Company Mr. Brian D. Forrow
Allied chemical Corporation
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Myron T. Foveaux
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Office of the Chemical industry Trade Advisor
jjj:. Paul Frost, II
Union Carbide Corporation
pj, James H. Gardner
Armak Company, A Part of Akzona Incorporated
Charles 0. Gerfen
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works
pr, carl A. Gerstacker
The Dow Chemical Company
jjj;. John Gilbert
Pfizer, Inc.
jjj:. James M. Gill
Ethyl Corporation
Mr. Don A. Goodall American Cyanamid Company
fir. Don Greeley Celanese Corporation
Dr. Samuel Gusman Rohm and Haas Company
Mr. John R. Hall
Ashland chemica1 Company Mr. Carroll W. Hayes
Celanese Corporation Mr. John M. Henske
Olin Corporation
Mr. John s. Hoff
Leva, Hawes, Symington, Martin and Oppenheimer Dr. Paul.F. Hoffman
Velsicol chemical corporation Mr. James A. Hughes
Diamond Shamrock Corporation Mr. William W. Huisking
Glyco Chemicals, Inc. Col. Richard M. Hunt
N L Industries, Inc. Mr. George W. Ingle
Monsanto company Mr. Howard Johnson
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Dr. Edward Kane
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Mr. Robert F. Kelly
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Mr. Jeremiah J. Kenney, Jr.
Union Carbide Corporation Mr. Gordon Kiddoo
Vistron Corporation
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John D. Macomber Celanese Corporation James E. Magoffin, Jr.
Eastman chemical Products, Inc.
Division of Eastman Kodak Company
Mr. Robert H. Mallot FMC Corporation
Mr. Mike Manatos The Procter and Gamble Manufacturing Company
Mr. Charles T. Marck Dow Chemical u. S. A*
Mr. Harry T. Marks Ferro Corporation
Mr. David M. Marsh Business Advisory Council on Federal Reports
Mr. John M. Martin Hercules Incorporated
Mr. Robert H. Miller Tenneco Inc.
Mr. Robert L. Mitchell Celanese Corporation
Mr. Ted Mooney Nalco Chemical Company
Dr. H. Barclay Morley Stauffer Chemical company
Mr. Richard W. Murphy Merck and Company, Inc.
Dr. C. M. Neher Ethyl Corporation
Mr. L. J. O'Connor, Jr. The Standard Oil Company (Ohio)
Ms. Rita O'Glee
PPG Industries Mr. Donald D. Pascal
National starch and chemical Corporation Mr. Sam Pickard
Mons anto Company
Mr. E. R. Pleasants E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Mr. Robert Polack Reilly Tar and Chemical Corporation
Mr. Walter Powell
General Electric company Mr. Robert T. Powers
Nalco Chemical Company Mr. Howard Pyle
Standard oil Company (Indiana) Mr. Peter C. Reilly
Reilly Tar and Chemical corporation Mr. William c. Roher, Jr.
Gulf Oil Corporation
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fir, James A. Rush Nalco Chemical company
fir. George W. Russell American Cyanamid Company
Mr. Lester G. Shapiro Engelhard Industries Division of Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals Corporation
fir. James K. Shiver Hughes, Sears and Shiver
Mr. Arthur j. Smith Shell Chemical Company
Mr. Charles D. Snead Eastman Chemical Products, Inc.
Mr. William S. Sneath Union Carbide Corporation
Mr. Jack St. Clair Shell chemical Company
Mr. Lloyd Symington Leva, Hawes,Symington, Martin and Oppenheimer
Mr. Walter D. Thomas FMC Corporation
Mr. William H. Thomas Universal Oil Products Company
Mr. Jack Underwood Celanese corporation
Mr. E. A. Von Doersten Ashland Chemical Company Division of Ashland Oil, Inc.
' Mr. Clyde webb Ashland Oil, Inc.
Mr. Edwin M. Wheeler The Fertilizer institute
Mr. Richard N. Williams Olin Corporation
Mr. W. E. Winans Stauffer chemical Company
Mr. jack Woolley PPG Industries, Inc.
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MCA STAFF
Mr. William j. Driver President
Mr. George E. Best vice President; Secretary-Treasurer
Mr. Bruce M, Barackman Assistant Secretary-Treasurer and Staff Counsel
Mr. Richard F. Blewitt Manager, Press Relations
Mr. Howard Brown Assistant Technical Director; Water Resources
Mr. William H. Butterbaugh Assistant Technical Director; Chemical Transportation Equipment and Packaging
Miss Marjorie V. Campbell Director, Information Service
Mr. Albert C. Clark Vice President and Technical Director
Mr. Albert A. Fox, Jr. Washington Representative
Ms. Terri Gratson Secretary, Government Relations Department
Ms. Jody Bamberger Legislative Editor
Mrs. Sharon Higgins Secretary, Public Relations Department
Mr. Morgan M. Hoover Assistant Technical Director; Equipment Engineering; Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Chemicals
Mrs. Ellen Jerome Secretary, Government Relations Department
Dr. Kenneth D. Johnson Assistant Technical Director; Air Quality
Mr. Edward J. Klecka Office Manager
Ms. Darlene Nelson Secretary, Public Relations Department
Mrs. Beth Newton Secretary, Government Relations Department
Mr. Victor H. Peterson Vice President and Director of Public Relations and Education
Mr. Hugh M. Robinson Legislative Counsel; Patent and Trademark; Tax Matters; Technical Information Retrieval
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F. Gordon Stephenson Assistant Technical Director; Safety and Fire Protection; Labels
and Precautionary Information Harry L. Slatin Assistant Technical Director; Occupational Health; Solid Wastes John E. Slavick Publications Specialist
Sharon Smith Secretary, Public Relations Department William M. Stover Vice President and Director of Government Relations John G, Tritsch Assistant Technical Director; Industrial Insurance; International
Trade; Nuclear Mr. James P. Turner
Manager, Environmental Quality Information Dr. Robert E. Varnerin
Manager, Education Ms. Valerie Walk
Secretary, Government Relations Department Mrs Peggy Walton
Manager, Consumer Information Mr . Samuel L. Watts
Assistant Technical Director; Chemical Transportation & Distribution Mr . David C. Williams
Director, Legislative Research; Economic Policy Review; Industrial Relations
Mr . John C. Zercher Manager, Chemical Transportation Emergency Center
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EXHIBIT F
REPORT TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION
GEORGE W. INGLE, CHAIRMAN FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC CHEMICALS COMMITTEE
April 8, 1974
When I reported to you a year ago, i recited some of our Committee's achievements, but also stressed our intention to do better in identifying and representing the Association's interests in foods, drugs and cosmetics. We think we've done well in keeping our membership properly informed of the range of subjects in this area, but more is needed, in developing and presenting MCA views on the critical questions.
To this end, our Committee established four small sub committees--steering. Legislative and Regulatory, Scientific, and Consumer Information (not to be confused with, but closely coordinated with, the Consumer Information Subcommittee of MCA1s Public Relations Committee). These smaller centers of interest and response have already started to operate on a relatively continuous basis in their respective areas. For example, the Scientific Subcommittee is contributing to the preparation and review of monographs defining the safety of individual "GRAS" substances. In addition, through our Committee Secretary's participation in the Ninth Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives last December in the Nether lands, we are actively concerned with international standards for food additives. The Legislative and Regulatory Subcom mittee is monitoring S.2373 (on inspection of food plants), to which GMA has made major contributions. The perennial Nelson bills, now S.2845, are inactive; his proposal, in effect, to extend the Delaney clause to include teratogenicity and mutagenicity has been largely obsoleted by FDA's routine adop tion of tests for the former. Tests for mutagenicity are still too unreliable for routine use.
This plan for action has raised another question--how much activity is considered appropriate to member company interests in drugs and cosmetics? To put this in better per spective, a little historical review is in order. During the fifties, the name of this Committee reflected its primary in terest in food additives. indeed, through this Committee, and its then chairman, Hercules' John Kuniholm, MCA made its views known, at Congressional Hearings, on what became, in 1958, the Food Additives Amendment to the 1938 Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act.
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In 1962 the minutes show that there was agreement that this Committee should change its name to encompass interests in the drug and cosmetic sectors. This much was done, tout until last year, there was no real inquiry as to what more should be done to identify and satisfy member companies' interests in these two fields.
While we have been preparing to be more active in food additives. Congressional activities in drugs and cosmetics have clearly increased in tempo. The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Proprietary Association, and the Cosmetics, Toiletries and Fragrances Association have provided leadership. is this enough for MCA members? Will liaison with these groups suffice for MCA member companies? If not, what more is needed? Should we extend our food additive subcommittee structure to drugs and cosmetics? If so, how many more company representatives will be needed? To best answer these questions, we will review this matter with our membership at next month's meeting, with emphasis on how to best obtain answers to these very questions from MCA member companies.
Their answers will have a major effect on our future activity. In the food additives sector alone, opportunities to tell "the chemical story" to an ever-widening audience have multiplied.
Our Consumer Information Subcommittee has been working closely with your Public Relations Committee's information pro gram and has assisted in thoroughly revising "Everyday Facts on Food Additives," (now known as "Food Additives--Who Needs Them?") and up-dating the more detailed "Food Additives--What They Are/How They are Used." The dollars the Public Relations committee has requested for printing and distributing these up-dated versions will be, in my opinion, your most effective PR investment.
For over ten years your Consumer information program has been telling industry's side of the food additive story by working closely with a variety of programs, through personal contact, news releases, meetings, exhibits, and by creating platforms for industry speakers, in my role as chairman of MCA's FDC Chemicals Committee, I have been called on to participate in many of these activities. These have included taped interviews with broad casters across the country at MCA's suite at the convention of American Women in Radio and TV, and prepared talks at the Univer sities of Iowa, and of Maine, at the Capitol Press Womens Club here in Washington, and most recently at the Los Angeles Nut rition Expo. MCA's materials have been called to the attention
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of -these many professionals who are really interested in the facts about the chemistry of food additives. Most of these people are women--home economists and nutritionists--federal, state and university employees--all of whom have been dedicated to assess ing and transferring their technology long before the House Committee on Science and Technology invented these terms.
If the chemical industry really suffers a credibility gap, it would probably be worse if we had not been continuously providing current and sound information convincingly presented to serious audiences such as these. These presentations have beneficial "multiplier" effects as these listeners, in turn, talk to their audiences through state meetings, news columns and their own radio and TV shows. In this way, MCA information can effectively counter the excessive "anti-chemical" foodfaddist propaganda emitted by the media, and, incidentally, decried at last month's AAAS meeting in San Francisco.
It remains to be seen how much of this type of activity will be appropriate to our interests in drugs and cosmetics, assuming it is decided to expand our program in these product areas. Regardless, in the food additive area alone, there's a major and largely untapped opportunity for responsible spokesmanship.
Finally, a small but potentially very important point. Last year our Committee stretched itself--too far in the view of most members--to provide a temporary "home" for a Toxic Substances Group. This is an elite group of member company representatives--primarily toxicologists--to begin early assis tance to EPA in preparing for its administration of the anti cipated Toxic Substances Control Act. While most of the dis ciplines, and some of the personnel, are common in that group and in our committee, there is real concern that "Toxic Sub stances" are not the best bedfellows for "Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics." Certainly this organization is not publicized, but we do look forward to a more permanent, and more comfortable Committee home for the Toxic Substances Control Group.
I'm pleased to tell you about the FDC Chemicals Committee. I'll try to answer your questions.
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