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(599) MINUTES of th eighty-eighth meeting of the Directors of the Manufacturing emists1 Association, Inc., held at St. Louis, Missouri, on April 14, 1959, at (1:00 a.m. (CST). There were present: Messrs. Alternates: General Counsel: Present by Invitation: John T. Connor R. L. Cunningham Lee V, Dauler David H. Dawson William P. Drake C. B. Edwards Raymond F. Evans J. Robert Fisher Joseph Fistere D. S. Frederick Marlin G. Geiger John L. Gillis John E. Hull Harry B. McClure R. C. McCurdy Glen B. Miller Charles S. Munson S. B. Penick, Jr, George R. Vila James C. White M. F. Crass, Jr. Earle S. Ebers (for George R. Vila) Henry L. Ford (for James C. White) John A. Hill (for Charles S. Munson) Kenneth H. Klipstein (for W. G. Malcolm) William H. McLean (for John T, Connor) Edward C. Page, Jr. (for Henry Bower) Harold E. Thayer (for Joseph Fistere) Donald Williams (for Mark E. Putnam) Henry H. Fowler - Fowler, Leva, Hawes t Symington A. E. Buell - Phillips Petroleum Company A. J. Head - Phillips Chemical Company H. G. Ling - United States Rubber Company H. B. Mathews, Jr. - Mississippi Lime Company R. B. Semple - Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation Wesley H. Sowers - Frontier Chemical Company Floyd K. Thayer - Abbott Laboratories Arthur Thomas, Jr. - United States Rubber Company F. N. Williams - Monsanto Chemical Company Certain events preceded the business meeting. On the previous evening, an executive Committee meeting was held at 5:00 p.m., and a reception and dinner at the tacquet Club, beginning at 6:30 p.m,, to which were invited many of St. Louis' outstanding business leaders as well as executives of member companies located in the area. The dinner concluded with a showing of Mr. Edgar M. Queeny's new film, "The Great Country," * On the morning of April 14, all registrants were transported by bus to Monsanto ^jifluarters and, beginning at 9:30 a.m., were shown through the Company's headquarters ^^Ps and research laboratories. Following The Directors' meeting, those present were guests of Monsanto for luncheon and were then transported by bus to Weldon Springs, where they toured the facilites of the Atomic Energy Commission's Uranium Feed CMA 067622 ^^terials plant operated by Mallinckrodt Chemical Works. (600) At , In calling the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m., Chairman McClure welcomed the Directors, Alternates, and guests, and invited them to enter actively into the discussion. He thanked the Committee on Arrangements, Messrs. Fistere and Gillis, together with ' their deputies, Messrs. Bradshaw and Greene, and the Mallinckrodt and Monsanto mange| ments for the fine program which had been arranged. ' Mr. McClure then briefly discussed the general MCA program as a prelude to the next item on the agenda. I. THE MCA PROGRAM -- A REVIEW. General Hull presented a 10-minute report covering current MCA operations and program. Copy of this report is attached to these Minutes as Exhibit A. II. MINUTES OF MARCH 10, 1959, MEETING. The Minutes of this meeting were duly approved as submitted to the members. III. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Mr. Connor referred to the meeting of the Executive Committee which had been L the previous evening and stated that a number of items had been discussed and would aken up in their respective places on the Board agenda. IV. REPORT OF THE TREASURER. (a) Financial Report, June - March 1959. The financial report for the ten months ending March 31, 1959, was reviewed in detail. ON MOTION duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: That the report be accepted and placed on file. (b) Employment of Independent Auditors. Following recommendation by the Treasurer, ON MOTION duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: That the firm of Bond, Beebe, Bond & Bond, Certified Public Accountants, be retained to audit the Association's financial records for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1959. V. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Ji (a) Amendment of the By-Laws. Submitted to Directors in advance of the meeting ^^e proposals to amend the By-Laws relating to Article III, Section 2, Qualifications for Membership; Article III, Section 4, Election of Applicants; and Article VIII, Section 3, OMA 067623 (601) ^Belating to reports. The proposals originated with the Membership and Policy Study T Committees; had been discussed by the Executive Committee; and were recommended the Board by the Executive Committee for favorable consideration. The proposals are - attached to these Minutes as Exhibit B. Following discussion, ON MOTION duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: That the proposed amendments to the By-Laws be approved and that they be submitted to the membership at the 87th Annual Meeting. (b) Policy Study Committee. Proposed Steering Committee of Member Metals producers. Transmitted to Directors in advance of the meeting was a proposed Resolution for the establishment of a Reactive Metals Steering Committee (prepared by General Counsel) with supporting staff memorandum and letter of clearance and recommendation from General Counsel. Dr. Frederick and Mr. Fowler discussed these papers and answered questions relating thereto. Mr. Connor then stated that the matter had been discussed by the Executive Committee, which recommended that the Resolution be favorably considered by the Board. ON MOTION duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: That the Resolution be approved. Copy of the Resolution is attached to these Minutes as Exhibit C. (c) Finance Committee. Mr. Dauler stated that the Finance Committee held a meeting on March 25 and considered staff recommendations relating to expenditure budget, method of financing, surplus, and investment of Association funds for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 1959. Transmitted to Directors in advance of the meeting was a summarization of the Finance Committee's recommendations having to do with these items: 1, Budget. The Committee recommended a sum of $780, 000, including $515, 480 for technical and administrative, $43,240 for Information Service, and $221, 280 for public relations. This represents an 8.7 percent increase over the current budget, and is $23, 365 less than the amount originally proposed by the staff. Mr. Dauler stated that a portion of the recommended increase was attributable to higher fixed charges resulting from the Association's recent move and the balance from new or augmented activity programs on the part of the technical and public relations departments. These include Industrial Relations, Spectral Analysis Research, Traffic Counsel, State Legislative Contact Work, a new Water Pollution Abatement Research Project on Taste and Odors at Franklin Institute, Chemical Industry Activity Committees, a new Food Additives Public Relations Program, and Technical Publicity. 2. Financing. A balanced budget was recommended by the Finance Com mittee. To do this, it will be necessary to increase current membership fee rates approximately 5 percent (the new rate will still be approximately 5 percent CMA 067624 (602) under the regular rate classification) and add to operating funds supplemental income derived from sale of technical publications, profit on general meetings, and a portion of interest income. (See Item 3 below.) Supplemental income has previously been earmarked for surplus, with operating expenses financed wholly from membership fees. 3. Surplus. At the close of the current fiscal year, with an estimated surplus of $380, 000 on hand, the Association will have achieved its six months' operating expense goal. The Finance Committee recommended, therefore, that for fiscal 1959-60 supplemental income be earmarked for operating expense in order to obviate any increase in membership fees, excepting that that portion of interest derived from the six months' surplus figure be assigned to surplus in order to compensate for inflation and other factors. 4. Investment Policy, With respect to surplus, the Finance Committee has studied the possibility of establishing an agency trust fund with a Washington bank, with portfolio consisting of Government bonds, common stocks, and real estate. After considering all aspects of the matter, however, it did not recommend the trust fund concept, at least for this year, and suggested to the Board, instead, that the Treasurer continue his current investment practice; i.e., investment of funds in institutional savings accounts and short and medium-term Government securities. Mr. Connor stated that Mr. Dauler's report and the recommendations of the nance Committee had been discussed by the Executive Committee, which recommended fhat the Directors take affirmative action thereon. ON MOTION duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: That the report be approved and that the budget and method of financing be presented to the membership at the 87th Annual Meeting. (d.) 87th Annual Meeting. In behalf of the Program Committee, Mr. Gillis reported that program for the Annual Meeting had been finalized, with Mr. O. V. Tracy scheduled to address the Annual Business Session and Dr. Milton S, Eisenhower the Annual Banquet. With reference to the education project presentation, apart from the presentation of the awards themaffrM* it was again urged that this be handled not by a representative of the Education Ad'vfHtty' Committee but by a former recipient of an award, and in this connection. Dr. JohnT^irkevich, Princeton University, was mentioned. This was agreed to by those present, and Messrs. Gillis and Penick will present the invitation to Dr. Turkevich. VI. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. The following Committee appointments were approved: (a) Food Additives Committee, K. E. Mulford, Atlas Powder Company, replacing L. A. Coleman, as Chairman. CMA 067625 (603) (b) Government Liaison Technical Committee on Metals. Winslow W. Bennett, Foote Mineral Company, replacing James Fentress. (c) Insurance Committee. N. H. Munson, The Dow Chemical Company,as Chairman. A. J. Dentzer, Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation, as Vice Chairman. (d) Legal Advisory Committee. Fred Bartehst'ein , Jr., Merck & Co., Inc. (e) Research Advisory Committee. Glenn A. Nesty, Allied Chemical Corporation, replacing J. J. Donleavy. Thomas J. Webb, Merck & Co., Inc., replacing Max Tishler. (f) Tax Policy Committee. R. A. Wentz, Jr,, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., replacing John L. Bradley. There being no further business to come before the meeting, it was unanimously resolved to adjourn (12:15 p.m.). M. F. Crass, Jr Secretary APPROVED: Harry B, McClure Chairman 3 Attachments CMA 067626 Remarks of General J,, E. Hull Board of Directors Meeting April 14, 1959, St. Louis, Missouri Exhibit "A' Chairman McClure, Members of the Board, Guests: These regional meetings enable me to visit key chemical industry communities and get more of the "feel" of our industry. , This is of real value to the MCA because such contact enables us f to serve members better. Another desirable result might be that some , of you will become more inclined to avail yourselves of our services and tak a more active part in our technical and functional program. We sincerely hope that this is the case. For those guests today who may not be as familiar with the sp cifics of the MCA as our Board members -- but who would like to know more about our operation -- you will find in your folders a small pamphlet on "THE MCA -- What It Is and What It Does," which ^ you might like to read. i On of the obvious current concerns of our Washington staff is * that of maintaining adequate and proper liaison with Federal regu latory agencies and with the Congress. Hie Congressional situation is somewhat complicated this year by the fact that 18 Senators and 83 Representatives are new. This has caused more than the usual number of changes in committee membership, and these changes in turn have delayed the schedules of some of the committees. Even so, there is extensive activity of interest to the chemical industry. Th Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly, headed by Senator Kefauver, has completed hearings on a new S.ll bill to amend Section 2(b) of the Robinson-Patman Act so as to limit the "good faith" ' meeting of competition defense to a charge of price discrimination. i As you will recall, similar bills were introduced in the 84th and 85th Congresses. We opposed those bills then, and we oppose this * bill now. You have each been sent copies of the statements by the MCA witnessi|felir. Fowler, our General Counsel, and Mr. Eustls, Chairman of the*gj>ajrd of Virginia Smelting Company. Although the bill seems to UtfVwconsiderable support in the Subcommittee, we have hopes that tbe full Senate Judiciary Committee will not favor the bill, at least in its present form. Bills embodying MCA's proposals for a new Federal Hazardous Substances labeling Act have been introduced, on the initiative of the MCA and three other trade groups, in both the Senate and the House. The bills (S.I283 and H.R. 5260) are sponsored by th Committee Chairmen. We are.optimistic about the passage of a bill satisfactory to MC4 (more) CAM 067627 2 To summarize other legislative and Government activity: We have supported legislation to close tax loopholes of co operatives , We have supported tax proposals to encourage private investment overseas. We have urged Government officials, both in Congress and in the Executive Branch, to restrict sales of chemical plants and technology to the Soviets. We have reviewed and commented on proposed amendments to the Antidumping Regulations. We have continued to.help the U.S. Tariff Commission in the updating of the classification of chemicals as authorized by the 1954 Customs Simplification Act, recently in the plastics section, Schedule 4 and the miscellaneous products, Schedule 7. To give added strength and coordination to our legislative efforts, we have the new Legal Advisory Committee. This group helped prepare our testimony on S.11,and it will be available to advise the General Counsel, and through him the Board, on any matters which are not the responsibility of an existing MCA committee. The MCA Industrial Relations Advisory Committee is partici pating actively in current proceedings on The Walsh-Healey Minimum Wage Redetermination for various branches of the chemical industry, and in hearings on simplifying report forms for the recently enacted Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act; and in International Labor Organization proceedings involving the chemical industry. In the plastics field, the Underwriters Laboratories has issued a bulletin prescribing rigid tests for plastic components in room air-conditioners which would, in effect, bar most plastics in this service. Contact by member representatives disclosed that the Underwriters Laboratories apparently was engaged in a new program to bar the use of all but non-flammable and non melting materials in most appliances offered for approval. Representatives of the Plastics Committee, together with other groups from the fabricating industry, met with officials of the Underwriters Laboratories and the fire insurance associa tion (they control the laboratories) on March 20th. The most recent report indicated the original ruling was issued for discussion only. Representatives will continue to cooperate with the Laboratories to work out a satisfactory solution that will permit judicious use of plastics and maximum safety to the user. (more) CMA 067628 3 The proposal for a new fundamental research project on plastics, as reported in October, has been approved and the work was b gun at Case Institute of Technology last December 1. Ibe objective of this activity is to promote research that will incr ase basic understanding of the physical behavior of plastics; train students in the science and technology of plastics; and to act as liaison between the plastics industry and university and professional organizations. A special study committee, set up by the International Conference of Building Officials, has issued on a tentative basis its recommendations for revision of the Plastics Chapter of the West Coast Uniform Building Code. Disregarding the arguments of plastics industry representatives, a smoke-density maximum rating as determined under the Underwriters Laboratories' Tunnel Test is proposed for all plastics. Ibis can be expected to obstruct to a great extent the use of certain plastics for lighting wherever the International Conference of Building Officials Uniform Building Code prevails. Further representations in behalf of the industry will be made. As part of a long-term program to do away with misunderstanding and excessive restriction of plastics in building, the Plastics Committee has authorized an initial research project in the field of plastics flammability. The Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio, Texas, has been engaged fcr a one-year study -- to be financed from our Plastics-in-Building Program -- to investi gate such fire hazards as may be prevented by the use of plastics in construction. The Labels and Precautionary Information Committee has been engaged in extensive negotiations with the American Medical Association and other associations, resulting in publication of a Model Hazardous Substances Labeling Bill on January 5th. Ibis bill, which was introduced in Congress, represents a wide area of agreement with the American Medical Association. There also has been contact with a number of states interested in precaution ary labeling legislation. During the past six months, the MCA Air and Water Pollution Abatement committees have held two workshops. One on air pollution was held in New York City, October 15, and the Water Pollution Abatement Committee held a workshop January 13th in Atlanta. In addition to the workshops, the committees held a joint industry-government conference in Cincinnati March 18th and 19th. Some 130 persons attended, including 15 representatives of the U.S. Public Health Service and the Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission, (more) CMA 067629 4 The Air Pollution Abatement Committee took an active role in th U.S. Surgeon General's recent National Air Pollution Conference. In addition, both the Air and Water Pollution Abatement Committees have active liaison subcommittees which investigate ways and means to extend cooperation with the Public Health Service. The MCA Industrial Alcohol Technical Committee has been busy developing regulations to implement the new internal revenue code on alcohol. About 40 to 50 different sets of regulations have been reviewed by the committee, and comments relayed to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division. Hie committee plans to meet May 4th through 6th to instruct plant managers on the new regulations. The MCA Nuclear Committee is preparing and will recommend to the Board policy declarations on the various phases of the atomic industry development program and is endeavoring to es tablish more effective chemical industry liaison with the Atomic Energy Commission and Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy. Ihe Government Liaison Technical Committee on Metals, an ad hoc committee established to assist Government agencies with prob lems relating to storage of strategic materials and the barter program, has made recommendations to the General Services Admini stration on storage of ferrochrome and ferromanganese, and now is studying the storage problem for other materials. Our General Safety Committee, which records the disabling injury statistics of member companies, has announced a record low injury frequency rate for 1958. This rate was 2.98 for each million man-hours worked, or 61% lower than the rate of 7.65 in 1946, when the Committee was first organized. The MCA has awarded Certificates of Achievement to 426 plants of member companies which worked the calendar year of 1958 without a disabling injury. This total, too, established a record. A chemical industry safety workshop has been scheduled for May 21st in Chicago, You will find a printed program of this workshop in your agenda folder. The MCA Insurance Committee has completed its first full year of operation. It has held regional study group conferences in Detroit, New York and Chicago open to all area Association repre sentatives. Subjects discussed have included Use and Occupancy Insurance, Product Liability, and Boiler and Machinery Insurance. The Committee has continued the fire and explosion loss reporting program. Indications are that this year approximately 70 member companies will take part -- about 25 more than last year. (more) CMA 067630 5 Expected to be of great interest throughout the industry is the MCA Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Chemical Products, scheduled for April 29 and 30 at Cleveland, Ohio, with an expected attendance of between 400 and 500. Expansion of our aid-to-education activities continues. The demand for the MCA general science materials and senior high school experiments remains extensive, and thousands of students have used these aids. Those of you from St. Louis probably will be interested in a listing of schools in this area using our materials. We have prepared such a list, and it is available here today. The new chemistry teaching films -- one entitled, "OxidationReduction," and the other, "The Chemistry of Water" -- are nearing the production stage and should be completed sometime this summer. Work is progressing also on a new program -- the preparation of a booklet of "open-end" experiments for use by teachers at the elementary-school level. The MCA has begun the production of a booklet to be used by high-school counselors in guiding students toward career opportunities in chemistry. Nominations have closed for the MCA's 1959 College Chemistry Teacher Awards. Six awards, each consisting of a citation, a medal and a $1,000 honorarium, will be presented during our Annual Meeting in June. A compilation of the MCA Information Service, the annual con struction survey of the industry, again was given wide distribution. This survey has done much to add to the prestige and reputation of the industry on many fronts, and is now regarded by many groups as a standard reference point, The Public Relations Staff, with the aid of the Information Service and with the assistance of many of our member companies, presently is engaged in updating and revising the chemical in dustry Facts Book. This widely accepted reference work, both within and out of the industry, will be ready for distribution September 1st. This later-than-usual issue date makes possible inclusion of all the latest Government and other statistics for 1958. Increasing public relations activity is underway with particu lar emphasis on combating adverse impressions of "chemicals in foods." Now that the Food Additive Law is in effect, there is every indication that a broad information program now is necessary. The meeting here this week is particularly appropriate, since this is Chemical Progress Week. This annual event is being ob served in many areas, and is part of the continuing program known as Chemical Industry Activity Committees in local areas. Special A promotion materials have been provided these local groups by TM the MCA to aid in making their industry better understood at the local level. (more) CMA 067631 6 I hope that this report has brought you up to date on some of our accomplishments and aims. 1 feel it is'indicative of good, sound growth which can continue in the times ahead to aid and benefit all of our members. # CMA 067632 Proposed Amendments to By-Laws Approved by the Board of Directors on April 14, 1959 (New Material is Underscored) Exhibit B 1. Amend Article III, Membership, Section 2, to read as follows: "Section 2. Qualifications for Membership. "Any other individual, partnership, corporation or division of a corporation, which, for a period of not less than one year has been itself or through a predecessor in interest, and is currently, primarily engaged in the operation of a chemical manu facturing plant within the United States of America, or Canada, and selling to others in the open market a substantial portion of the chemicals produced in such plant, shall be eligible to membership in the Association. A corporation or a division of a corpora tion organized or established primarily for the purpose of securing membersTKp in the Association shall, however, not be considered eligible." 2. Amend Article III, Membership, Section 4, to read as follows: "Section 4i Election of Applicants. "The Membership Committee shall consider each application for membership and submit to the Board of Directors its report on the eligibility of the applicant. It shall kalso include, in its report on an eligible applicant, its recommendations with regard to Ihe desirability of electing said applicant to membership; provided, that competitive considerations may not be a factor in the formulation of such recommendations. After the Membership Committee shall have reported that an applicant is eligible for member ship, such applicant may be elected to membership by a majority vote of the members present at any meeting of the Association at which there is a quorum, or, if thirty days' written notice has been given to all members of the Association of the applicant to be acted upon, and no objection to such applicant has been received, by a majority vote of all members of the Board of Directors. Following election to membership, notice there of shall be mailed to the applicant by the Secretary and upon payment of the entrance fee and membership fee the applicant shall become a member of the Association. "Upon request of the Membership Committee, any applicant for membership or member of the Association shall furnish information specified by the Committee relating to its existing or cowtinuing eligibility for membership in the Association. The Board of Directors may t. fuch action as it deems necessary with respect to a report of ineligibility by the mittee. " 3. Amend Article VIII, Miscellaneous, Section 3, to read as follows: "Section 3, Reports. . "The Board of Directors and the. Officers shall render such reports at the time and In the manner required by law.r Officers and committees shall render such additional reports as may be required by the Board of Directors, and, in any case, each standing committee shall render regular reports not less than once in each year." CMA 067633 Proposed Resolution for Adoption by MCA Board of Directors for Establishment of Reactive Metals Steering Committee Approved by Board on April 14, 1959 Exhibit "C" WHEREAS, the Policy Study Committee has recommended to the Board the establishment of a Steering Committee for Reactive Metals Producers /or other appropriate name/ with the functions set forth below; and WHEREAS, the Board feels that the establishment of such a Steering Committee under the terms and conditions set forth herein is the most appropriate means of providing for certain special needs of the producers of reactive metals within the traditional framework of MCA, which needs cannot at this time be fully or effectively handled through the existing functional committees of MCA; and WHEREAS, the establishment of such a Committee is specifically permitted under Section 3 of the Board's Resolution of October 9, 1951, which states in part as follows: ", . . it is hereby recognized that there may be from time to time a need for special committees in cases where manufacturers of a particular product or class of products have a special problem that is peculiar to that segment of the industry and which cannot by its very nature be effectively handled at the outset through the existing functional committee structure. - and which contemplates that, in any such case, "... the Board will prescribe by resolution the duties and functions of such special committee which shall be limited to specified problems, and, whenever practicable, to a stated duration. " NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc., hereby RESOLVES: CMA 067634 1) That, pursuant to Section 8 of Article V of the By-Laws of the Association and the said Section 3 of the Resolution of October 9, 1951, there is hereby established a special committee to be known as /the Steering Committee for Reactive Metals Producers/. 2) That the members of the Steering Committee shall not exceed seven (7), who shall be appointed on a rotating basis by the Board from member producers of reactive metals in such a way that, to the maximum extent practicable, the members of the committee do not at any time, taken collectively, represent in numbers or volume of production a predominant position in the industry or any major segment ther of. 3) That the Steering Committee is authorized to select its own Chairman and other officers, and to adopt such other procedural rules as may be necessary or desirable within the framework of this Resolution. 4) That the Steering Committee shall keep and file with the Board of Directors adequate minutes of its meetings, and shall keep adequate written records of its other operations and proceedings which shall be available to the Board at its request. 5) That the Steering Committee may hold regular meetings not more frequ ntly than six (6) times per year, plus such special meetings in event of need as may be authorized by 6) T taring Committee is authorized to make oral reports of its activities to other members of the Reactive Metals industry twice a year at regularly scheduled sessions, at least one of which shall be in conjunction with a semi-annual meeting of the Association as a whole, which session shall also be open to all intereste members of the Association! Any reports on Committee activities to the industry as a whole shall be in writing, other than r ports submitted at these r gularly scheduled CMA 067635 meetings twice a year and at such special meetings as may be authorized by the Board of Directors. 7) That the Steering Committee is authorized to perform the functions set forth below, and such additional functions as may be specifically authorized by sub sequent Resolution of the Board of Directors, subject to the Committee continuing to carry out the Association's basic policy that the several functional committees of the Association, and its Washington office, shall be utilized to the maximum extent possible in the performance of such functions. (a) To provide policy guidance and liaison as between top management of the reactive metals producing concerns and the work of the Association's functional committees and subcommittees that is or may be of particular interest to such producers and to provide effective implementation of such work. (b) To render as effective as possible the participation by the reactive metals producers in the present and future work of such functional committees and subcommittees which now includes the following: (i) Air and water pollution abatement problems. (ii) Studies concerning such problems as minimum construction specifications for pallet boxes, voluntary color code for identification of ferroalloys shipped in bulk, and labeling problems which are currently being studied by the Reactive Metals and Alloys Subcommittee of the Chemical Packaging Committee. (iii) Development of safety data sheets and guides in conjunction with he Association's General Safety Committee. (iv) Import and tariff problems which are being considered by the Petals Subcommittee of the Association's International Trade and Tariff Committee. CMA 067636 -4- (v) Studies of problems relating to freight rates, wharfage rates and similar problems which are being conducted by the Metals Subcommittee of the Association's Traffic Committee. f J I j (vi) Work of the special Government Liaison Technical Committee -on Metals considering problems having to do with the government stockpile of strategic materials, and the regulations on bartering of surplus agricultural products for ' i strategic materials. (vii) Miscellaneous work of metals representatives participating in the ' 'activities of the Education Advisory Committee, the Labels and Precautionary Informatiorj Committee, and the Public Relations Advisory Committee. j (c) To /represent/ /advise/the manufacturers of reactive metals on broad > industry problems arising from the activities of government agencies and, through the Association's Washington office, in connection with legislative matters of interest to the industry. ) (d) To sponsor and make available to all interested persons technical ^literature as required for educational purposes consistent with the over-all public 1 relations activities of the Association. * (e) To promote safety in the use and manufacture of reactive metals I utilizing to the maximum extent possible the existing Safety Committee of the Associatin i and the services of the Association's Washington office*. (f) To develop such other industry-wide problems peculiar to the reactive metals producers as are not being effectively handled by the Association's existing ( functional committees, and to formulate recommended procedures for the handling f such problems for approval by the Board of Directors. The Steering Committee sha^ not concern itself substantively with any such problem or take any action thereon until CMA 067637 4 -5- such time as the Board, by resolution, shall have determined (i) that the problem cannot be effectively handled within any existing functional committee of the Association or by setting up a new functional committee, &nd (ii) that the problem is an appropriate subject for handling by the Steering Committee under such special terms and conditions and for such duration as may be set forth in the resolution. 8) That the Steering Committee shall continue in existence for a period of two (2) years, or for such longer period as the Board may feel to be necessary or desirable at the end of such two-year period. ion ! 9) Any separate or supplemental budget for support of the activities of the Steering Committee shall not be established without its submission and approval by the Board. n CMA 067638