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1 FMSI-0149 ASBESTOS TEXTILE INSTITUTE General Meeting June 7, 1973 Hey Bridge Marriott, Arlington,- Virginia In Attendance AMATEX COnPOf-vr.TON W. Maas, k ant M. J. Scanlnn H. II. Walter ueuu aspestos mimes ltd. ij. H. Smith GARLOCX IIIC. S. G. Dixit A. Kuznuk lake E. R. C. asbestos of 7.. Farrell Lcfebvre E. Stiefkcr. cuecec ltd. (Ar.arco) JOIIUS -MAKVILLE CORPOPATIQI! C. G. Cuerin T. P. Jackson J. P. Power (C.J-M) VI. B. Reitze '>'. C. Streib RICOLr? IIID'JSTRIES, IUC E. V!, Russell J. K. IRiittaker IIA2IUFACTURAf MULTIPLES S.A. H. Arnal Olivo CAEWALADEH, l/ICREP.SPAM & E. J. Leff AMERICA" SOCIETY FOR TESTING AMD MATERIALS P. O. IJicodenus H. K. PORTER COMPANY, E. C. Bratt 0. E. Childers J. W, Echercl L. E. Moody IUC. ASBESTOS TEXTILE INSTITUTE 0. I*;. Fagan, Executive Secretary EAYEESTOS-MIdlllATTAIl, H. M. Brooks J. VI. Franpton, Jr J. VI. ITav/kinn X. T. Matthew K. Q. Scci/croft I. il. Weaver i:ic URIROYAL, INC. W. D. Bittir.aer 3. E. Carden L. F. Dieringor E. A. Morris GUESTS OF THE A.T.I. Asberit S.A. Unrchollo Cattanao Adorno Asbestos Information /Association/ north America Matthew m. fv/ctonic Industrial Safety Equipment Association Charles IJ. cuna/alt, 7r. CORPORATION LTD P. E. Leclerc S. Bureau of Minos Robert A. Clifton Total attendance during the two-day nap.ting was AS people, including 10 wenun and 3S men - representing 10 companies or associations. T Page 2 ATI General Meeting C/7/73 !1 I l? U T r: s 1. The General Hooting of the Asbestos Textile Institute was called to order by President ?1. Q. Ccowcroft at 1:00 Juno 7, 1073. 2. President Scovcroft v.elcomed the members and guests in atten dance* and introduced four guests; namely, Matthew M. ilwntonic, Executive Secretary, Asbestos Information Association/bort.h America; .''arc hello Cattaneo Adorno, Asbarit E.A.; Robert A. Clifton, Division of Honnetallic Minerals, U.S. Duraau of Hines; and Charles FT. Eurnwalt, Jr., Secretary/Treasurer, Industrial .Safety Equipment Association, and member of its Safety Scaring Apparel Product Group. 3^`Following pant tradition, President Sco\'crot asked each nont-cr in attendance to rise and state his none and company affiliation. 4. President Scov:croft called, for the reading of the minutes of the last stated General fleeting. It was moved hy A. riuzmui:, seconded by T. P. Jackson, and so carried, to dispense with the reading of same. 5. Treasurer Z. A. Morris presented the Report of Funds or the Institute as of April 30, 1973. C. r.. .Rtir'fk.en mov-.d the report accepted. The notion was sscom'.uc1. by E. G. Dixit and 30 voted, unanimously. A copy of the full Report is attached to these 'linutes. ho C. In the absence of M. P,, Alcorn, the legal Counsel address was given hy Eugene J. buff of r.udwniador, Vickershan f< Taft. The full text of his report is attached hereto. Mr. T.off discussed two cases -- one concerned with the illegal division of the narkot, and the other noting a connection between anti-trust violations and the private exercise of governmental power, 7. V7. H. Smith, Technical r. Sales Representative, Pell A-.ko.stoc Mines Ltd., delivered the Fibre Producers' Report (see attached). Mr. Smith stated that crudes and ultra-long spinning fibers continue to be in short supply but medium and short spinning fibers fron Grades 3F to 37. arc in fair supply from most producers. :,o shortage in those grades is foreseen for the remaind of this year .and a channo in the situation is r.ot indicated, n. the present tire, for 1974 r 7. Pursuant to calling for Cor.tr.ittee Reports by the renunetivc Chairmen, President Rcovcroft advised that C. G. Guerin had replaced I. Barnett on the ATI Technical Committee. 9. The following reports of ATI activities at the Committee level were presented by the respective Chairman to the general mar*! ership. 7. copy of each .Report is attached hereto, i.e.: TT Page 3 'I General Meeting -- P/7/73 Air Hygiene A Manufacturing - E. E. Cardan, Chairman; Asbestos Advisory - E. i.7. Pun.sell, Chairman; Technical - J. Vi. Echesrd, Chr.irr.an; Fiber P-esearch Costing - C. 2. Eticfken, Chairman; Environmental Tioalth - L-. F. Ditrir.gor, Chairman. 10. It was related by President Gcovcroft that recent technological orenkthroughs in basic yarn production techniques have influenced the Institute to seek wider representation in its membership. It was reported that ns a result, the ATI board of Governors had approved a change in the Constitution and By-Lawn of the Institute involving Associate Member ship requirements. Article IIJ., Para graph 2 (c) of the Constitution has been revised as follows: "those weavers of asbestos-containing fabrics ant' tapes, for resale os such, who do not manufacture the asbestos-containing yarns usee- in same, shall ba eligible for Associate Membership in this Institute." 11. President fcovcroft referred to the new identification cards that had been given to each member in attendance, ashing that they be returned to the Executive Secretary for use at future nvetings. 12. As stated by President C covcrof t, there secr.s ho ho sc:r: diffi culty with the postal process in that some reservation cards are not arriving at ATI headquarters. In an endeavor to avoid undue prcble,-s at future meetings, it was advised that each men!-or who makes a reservation with the Executive Eecrutary would receive a brief acknowledgment within approximately tty' days' tint:. If sane does not arrive in due course, it would ho veil to so advise the Grcrr.-tnry. 13. The next General Meeting of the bestos be held: October 3-f., 1.07 3 Wyclmere Harbor Club, h.-.rwickport, 'entile Institute Massachusetts will Guest Speaker vail be* Mr. J. Corbett UcEonald, Epidemiologist, McGill University, and Medical Advisor to the OueNiC Asbestos Iliuing Association. 10, President Bcowcroft advised that every effort is '''ing node to oblige tha wishes of the men!worship--at--2arge by scheduling, >'konover possible, future General Meetings of the Institute so that they end on Fridays, beginning in 1^7''., future noo ings will ho: February 7-G, 107<i, at the Mills Hyatt House, Charleston, Mouth Carolina; June f.-7, 1974, at Twin Mridgos Marriott, ''ashing ton, O.C.; September 2S-27, 197*', at '"he Cloister, fen Island, Georgia; February C-7, 1D75, nt .Holiday Inn-Indopnndencr. ".all, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tentative future n.:oting sites include Ponte Vtdra Club,, Ponte Ved.ra Poach, Florida, in ''ctohur 1173 and the Marriott in i'.ew Orleans, houisiana, in February IP?'. 15. before introducing 3:o r.uest Mponkar, President Mcos.-oroft rtfjrroci to fiv; l-onhl'it.i th.it 'Kin: distributed prior to c.illino the Pnyc: 4 ATX General fleeting C/7/73 meeting to order. Just off the press, the booklets were publish'd by tha .AIA/N.A and are entitled: The Asbestos Information Associa tion/North America, what Asbestos Is--'low And '..'here It Is Used, Asbestos And Health, Questions and Answers--Asbestos And Health, and Protecting The .Asbestos Worker. .Tingle copies of the booklets arc available from the AIA/FA, 2?. .la.-t 40th Street, ?;<w York, *'nw York 1001G [bulk-.rates on request] . 1C. rrisid'jr.t Scowcroft introduced the Guest Spaakcr: Matthew r'. Gwetonic, Executive Secretary, .Asbestos Information Association/ North America. Mr. Gvetonic ('.'hose profile is. attached 1 discussed the A.IA/WA, its formation, its history and the -.work it is doi.ne on behalf of the asbestos industry ir. the Unitc:d rotates. Ho also talked n.bout the impact of 0GII.A and K?A regulations to control the amount of asbestos dust in the atmosphere. He discussed the ques tion: bfiy has the Asbestos Industry been singled out by government, the prase and various conservative groups? I!o stated that the .industry is passing through a crisis period in the il.f.. and that closer tics between trade associations would be beneficial. Mr. Gwotonic advised that ho has been talking with the press about asbestos and health since l'.'GO and that out of 110-173 reporters, only 2 were over 33. i' are dealing with a ynnr.n and idoa.listic group, lie said. From a survey taken of the awareness and attitudes toward the use of asbestos, it van discovered that asbestos is relativaly unknown to the general public. The situation changer, little between urban and rural areas..- It was interesting to note that the survey indicated that those in the 1.3-73 ago brae]:.'**; .'-now little about asbestos but that awareness increased in those inter viewed who wore between 40 and 43 years of age. A copy of Mr. . Gwotonic's presentation, in its entir--'ty, is attached to th-*so Minutes. 17. There- being no further ?*nsiness to bo broug'i t before the* membership, the meeting was adjourned at approy.i nntely 2: 00 * t as per a notion by I!. A. Farrell, seconded by r. A. Hnrri g / nnc. unanimously approver- by the attending members. respectfully submitted, / :'-/d Moris Hi. Fagaii, ty Hxa.-cu hive Seery MOTE: Enclosed herewith is your copy of th>: Constitution and DyLaws of the Asbestos Textile Institute, ro-vj.sod as of Juno C, 1^7 3. Paragraph 3 of the ny-bnvs (pay.- 7) is subject to approval by the Internal Mevenue Nervier-. asbeccos tretier institute. ?: pert of i-unds ns of April 30, 19 7" Balance on Hand January 2, 197 3 General Fund Reserve Fund Petty Cash Tund Total on Hand Receipts To Reserve Fund -- Interest adjustment to 12/31/72 Dues for Year 1073 To General Fund -- Too!: Rales Insurance Credits Total Receipts S 1,39*.93 3,one.on 10n. TO . 01 14,750.GO 115.29 37.00 Disbursements Rental of Office Space (5 nonths) C Telephone <4 nonths) H.J. Employment Tax (4th Qtr 1977) Federal Income Tax (-5th Qtr 1972) Tederal Unemployment Tax (Year 1972) Federal Incore/FICA Taxes (1st Qtr 1973) Ta. Unemployment Tax (1st Qtr 1973) Pa. Income Tax (1st Qtr 1.973) Secretary' s Net Wages (4 months) Insurance for '!ev Office quarters Postage, Printing, Office. Supplies, 'etc. Revision of Fibre Test Manual Legal Cervices r< Expenses (4th Qtr 1572) Secretary's Travel Expense (2/72 meeting) Petty Cash vouchors 301-1C __ Total Disbursements ... 270.00 135.97 33.75 70.00 15.0 0 162.fi.? 3.2 5 12.0 9 503.00 145.00 210.09 26.32 007.40 175.19 Miscalculation from last Statement ............................ BALANCE. 0*T HAND APRIL 30, 197 3 . funds as of April General Fund Reserve Tund Petty Cash Fund 30, 1973 0 1,402.06 19,046.51 7. n5 TOTAL H.'NBB ....................................... is sets as of April 30, 1973 -- Total Funds as listed a>>ovt* .Accounts Receivable (boo); F.nlon} Furniture t, Equipment (nominal value) 5* 21,31'". 92 6 . r0 ___________1. oo C&O^L^S S/7t TOTAL AC C RTF . . OTAL L7'.FTT.T'r'rnr. 20aspect fully submit terf,- >oris Eaoan V*f 3 9,593.82 3 14,402.3.0 r. 23,.9^5.13 0 2,686,21 5 21,395.92 7.00 5 21,316.92 21,316.92 5 21,323.92 rnsRi: ?RCDi:cEP.n r.LPor.T (rrcsented at ATI General Meeting, Juno 7, 1973, at key rridge Marriott, Arlington, Virginia] There hnn an increasing domar.d throughout the world in 1373 for a number of fibre grades, notably ir. 4 Group and 7 Group. Aftor the fall-off in 1972 in 5 and fi Grotto fibres, this market has begun to recover, although not to the sane e;:tcnt as the previously-mentioned 4 and 7 Groups. Of main interest to members of the A.7.I. arc the spinning fibre Group 3 grades. Grudun and ultra-long .spinning.", continue to bo in short supply, but the nodiun and short spinnings in the 3F to 3Z range are in fair supply from most producers. 'To shortage is foreseen in these grader, during 1973, .although individual produ cers may bo tight in some specific gradings. ' There are no indications at present that there will he a marked change during 1974 in spinnings; however, in short fibres, the current ovcrsunply of f>I) fibres nay he: closer to J-.a.Iar.ce rv.;;:t year. One or tv7o new nines ir. Canada arc scheduled to cone into produc tion in 1975, hut there is no liJtolib.ood that they vm.ll produce any spinning fil.-res. The same is true of nov sourers in Australasia. Walter II. Fmith Technical /. Calcs hep re s or. t a tivo r.oll Asbestos Minus, Ltd. TT MIVW c - Ain in'GiEtiK >, fi;vf7UFr.cTuni:iG co.-iriTTri: Asbastor. Textile Inr.fci.fcuto Juno 7, 1973 - - Roy Bridge. Harriott/ Arlington, Virginia The Committee mot with sixteen members and guusts in attandar.ee representative of ton companies, as follows: 7imr.tex Corporation I!. H. Unitor, Morristown, Pennsylvania iiSberit 3. A. M. Cattanco (Adorno), rio do Janeiro, Brazil Ccdwalader, Uickershcn L Taft K. J. Luff, How YorJ: City Canadian Johns-'lanvillc Company Ltd. J. P. Power, Asbestos, Quebec Carlock Inc. V>. G. Dixit, Palmyra, Few York Johns-Hanvilla Corporation C. G. Guerin, Manvilla, Mow Jersey H. R. P.eitzc, Donver, Colorado Labe Ar.bastos of Quebec Ltd. E. A. Farrell, Few Yor): City P. L. Lcfobvro, Rlnc.''. Lni;a, Quebec II. I'. Porter Company, Inc. E. C. Eratt, Charlotte, Forth Carolina I,. E. iloody, Charlotte, Forth Carolina Raybostos-F.nnhnttan, Inc. R. T. Matthew, Forth Charleston, Couth Carolina I. 71. Weaver, Hnnhoin, rrnnsylvanic Uniroyal, Inc. H. D. Pittincer, Winnshoro, Gouth Carolina P. E. Carden, koyansvillo, Georgia L. F. Diwringer, Fiddlcbury, Connecticut The Meeting included discussions in the following areas: dust (fiber) counts improvements, special chocking, etc.; arid recent experiences with OPil'. inspections. Uhen taking dust counts, one company now is using a method, of placing the* filter* intal: valv. ' noa.r th-*, person ' r. nouV.b arid nos Pago 2_ -- Minuter, of the API Air Hygiene ft Ufa. Cannitte.o - <'/7/73 am1, in rows cases v'ill use two units with the second on the employee's shoulder. Also, it was pointed out, again, that the height of the person being checked has some bearing on the dust count. Gust cn fiber samples, v>hsn checked Jjy different people, shows n difference or a variation of as nuc'n as 5 to 1 and an average of '10% variation, plus or minus, with no re variation on higher counts. Spacing of aguipinnnt using a larger area and using a second unit to recirculate the air has shown sonc reduction in dust counts. 'Then stripping cards, use hoods placed ns low as possible over the area and strip with a hrush attached to a vacuum. Gore plants utilize the Aldington system when stripping cards. One plant reported the use of a light spray (T-G-X) on mixes using roughly 2%, while another plant sprays carrier only with a nixturc of water and ban-snt. both plants report sene reduction in dust as a result of using the sprays. In a recent plant inspection hy OHHA, one company received several fines for the following items: 1) Game employees with no respirators; 2) Company had not provided protective* clothing in required areas; ' 3) Citations resulting in two G700,on fines for exceeding five (5) iiJ.-ors in one ar.ua and a time-weighted average of over ten (in) fibers in .another area. In some recent cases the Of'll Agency has reduced dust counts by 25* before actually issuing a citation. Gome plants are using rental uniforms and lockers both furnished hy the rental uniform people. Che uniforms, two per employee each week, averages about ?2.50 v/eokly. In most cases the rental uniform is a short-sleeved shirt and pants only, and this has been acceptable*. Respectfully s ubn i 11 o c!, r.unl r. Carden, Chairman MINUTES ASBESTOS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Asbestos Textile Institute June 7, 1973 -- Mey Bridge Marriott, Arlington, Virginia III ATTENDANCE; E. V7. Russell, Chairman T. P. Jackson A. r.u enuk M. j. Scanlan ri. o. Scov/croft D. M. Fagan, ATI Executive Secret ary E. J. Leff, ATI Legal Counsel The Board of Governors of the Asbestos Textile Institute tool; action at its September 197?. meeting to change the Institute's Constitution and By-Laws. The change permitted weavers of asbestos-containing fabrics and tapes, for resale as such, who do not manufacture the asbestos yarns usc-d in sane, to be eligible for Associate Membership. In light of this action, tho Asbestos Advisory Committee was requested to determine a method of extending membership. After considering several alternatives, the Committee ac cepted the offer of M. Q. Scowcroft to prepare a news release for insertion in the July 1973 issue of ASBESTOS magazine. The release will state the !!y-bav change and will publiclv extend membership to those qualified and interested. T. P. Jackson of Johr.s-Manville Corporation will servo as Membership Chairman. Respectfully submitted, K. r. llussnll, Chairman T TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Asbestos Textile Institute June G & 7, 1973 - - Any bridge Marriott, Arlington, Virginia Itf ATTENDANCE: J \J P C V*. I'awkins, nayhcstos-ilnnhnttan, Ire. Mnnoharst, Anntujc Corporation o. nicoGemun, General electric Compnny/;>.f TM G. Guerin, Johnn~.Manvi.llo Corporation V. Echcrd (Chairman), !T. Porter Company, Inc. Carl G. Guerin, of Johns-Manvillo Corporation, van welcomed. as a new member of the ATI Technical Committer, replacing Irvin bax-nett. A special meeting of the Committee xns held on June *th to review the AGTK Standards for Tarn, Paving, and Lap. The Committee'z proponed statement:; cn precision and. accuracy mere approved, by the Editorial Committee of AtTy D-13 ns being editorial. However, the statements were rejected hy the /AST.'. Standards Editor mho spe cified. they must he put to latter ballot after avnigninn -. schedule for intor-laboratory testing. The samples of yarn, roving and lap will he analysed hy r.aybostos-Manhnttnn, Inc., Ar.ntnx Corporation, General Electric Company, Oarlock Inc. and H. E. Porter Company, Inc. Testing should be completed prior to the Spring l?7>i meeting. The Johns-Hanviile tumblor-test procedure van discussed as a means to determine the relative dustiness of various asbestos products. J, ?. Hawkins will determine if this equipment is available for ATI evaluation. The feasibility of building a similar tester also will be considered. AST:; Subcommittee .013. Id has been requested by the iJ.S. navy to chancre 0-315 Asbestos Tapes to conform, with rv.darnl Specification "'J-T-17S3 so it nay ho used for direct procurement pumoscs. Havision would require the addition of a quality assurance provision, a section or. packaging anct an obsolete table on tape styles. The ATI Technical Committee feels that thin information should not be included in a "Material Epocif iention." P. 0. Mioounr.us "ill re view the objectionable items with ACT.'! before replying to the Envy. A dra. t of proposed Military Spec i f i cr. tion ; MI.-1 - 3 0 5 3E-- "Insula tion, Electrical, Asheston-? ibor. Treated and Untreated" war. submitted for approval. Tho Chairman wan instructed to request an extension for comments until after the October 107?. Committee r. mg. Haspcctfully nu` tod, t v n rchsrd Chairman H I il U T E FIBER RESEARCH S TESTING COHIflTTEE Juno 7, 197.1 Asbestos TciXtile Institute 'Toy p.ridgo Harriott, .Arlington, Virginia III ATTENDANCE: C. Etrcilj, Johns-Manville Corporation '! H. Smith, Toll 7ishustos .'linos bfcc D. E. Childers, II. E. Porter Company. Ir.c. C. E. Stiefb.un (Chairman), Ancricsj. M..i siting 6 Refining Co. The footing was totally devoted to discussions of the progress of tha 3rd Edition of the Chrynotile Asbestos Tost manual. It v;as noted that the ACrA (Asbestos Cement Products Association) has become defunct and all references to that organization have been removed from the now manual. It was decided that for future test deletions, a substitute pr.c-j would be inserted into the manual, containing the previous test number with an explanation of the reason for deletion. It would be indicated that the test could bo obtained from 7iTI, if required. Since AC?7; is defunct, the AT sponsor an original ACI'A test Products, ?-3. as, for tiie record, aorond to strength in Asbestos Cement Tost G-9, Tail .Magnetic bolting, has been npprovs->d for snonsorship by the ATI. The Test Manual has noon assembled in rough form, requiring some editorial changes. This draft will now be reviewed by the ATI Fiber Research r, Testing Committee. Chon approved, the draft will be submitted to the printer for a roasor.r.bly-nccurnto cost estimate. All original typing, sketches and photographs will then bo asstir.ibled for printing, hopefully by the end of this summer. It will be helpful for the membership to submit copy romiirom tnts to Doris Fagan as soon as possible nr:'ii>t>r;tf ully subm.i tted , r r tiofhon, Chairman IUT'lMlKn OF COlFifF.L dr.huston Taxtilo Institute General 'Vv>ting Juno 7, 1073, Arlington, Virgin!a 't the February General Maeting in Atlanta, irrsndall Alcorn presentee to you remarks of counsel dealing with illegal divisions of territory among competing collars. The canes ho. referral to than dealt with explicit agreements in which the nap was carves' un among the selling companies involved on the. principle of "cut region one company". Che decided cases have held such agreements to be unlawful, with a feu.' United exceptions. recent case has focused attention on tho division of markets whore th--: agreement cr plan is not clearly spalled out. In Hobart .brothers Cci.'oany V. y.alcoln T. Gill land, Inc'., -:7i P.2d l?5f (5th Cir. 1573), cert. cionied^ *il~ U.f..L.'J. 3C?.2 (May 23, 1373), a distributor of welding equipment wan assigned by the manufacturer "primary responsibility" for distribution in worthnrn Georgia, The" natural comir.ercial instincts of the firm., however, led it to begin selling in Tennessee, which was not only outside the northern Georgia " territory, but was within an area supplied directly by the manufac turer. Fvontunlly, the distributorship agreement wan cancelled by the manufacturer, and the distributor sued the Manufacturer, " charging an illegal division of territories. The defense emphasized the absence: of a written contract prohibit ing tho distributor from .selling ir. any Dnrticular area, There had bean such an agreement years earlier, but counnl had rom.odio.d that problem by drafting rev; contracts as.sign inn "areas of primer)' r aspens ilsi lity " , which did not on thair face limit salts olsc'lmrc. The courts novarthulcs.'i hold the arrangement to be illegal. The Fifth Circuit Court cf .appeals stated that silent understanding can la shewn by the course of conduct of the parties." The chief damaging evidence was an intra-office nemo fro:.; the Tennessee dis trict ropror.entntivo of. tho manufacturer to tho homo office which reported the distributor's sales in Tennessee*. and urged the manu facturer to "counter" by selling directly in the distributor's territory, northern Georgia. One of tho important teachings of this cas: is that compliance . tho antitrust lav.w. - whether tho issue is prices, distribution schemes, refusals tc dec. with certain companies, or any othn.r sonsitiv-'. trade regulation natter - is r.ot achieved .by ncrolv avoiding uhs obvious, .spelled out forms of tmusfiraanior,. Gar- r'.uvt taken not to lessen competition indirectly or through unexpressed understandings as veil. having mentioned violations of the law through more devious moans, which Pewr;s to no appropriate at this gathering, so close to the h>.tergate building, I would .lib.-:', to note another connection tw-.en antitrust law and oolitic-.. IT Pages 2 - Minuter; of the A"I rr.vironnental Health ("or.nj.ttec - #1/7/7.1 morbidity data, no new reported adverse coments and. initia tion of nev? studies not available for a nur-har of years, the subcommittee on asbestos stated, "It is therefore r.-'corrx-'cnded that no changes he x.iade at the present tine, hut that the standard Ho leapt under rsvinv,11 3) Pages S-17, Eiolocioal effects of Cancer - Poport of the Advisory Committee on Asbestos Cancers to the Piroctor of the International Agency for hosoarch on Cancer - P.eport divided into t*o parts, the first n quostion-and-nnsr.jer section devoted to the latest thinking on the relation of asbestos exposure and cancer, and r.iia second to recomendatimr, for future research ir. epidemiology, pathologv and physics and chemistry of acbestor.-rclatnd cancer. P<aspcctfully submit.ted , J.. hiarinear, Chairman T  = . i! I ! 2 i 5 s ENVIno::.' TNTAL HEALTH COMMITTEE Asbestos Textile Institute June 7, 1973 -- ICey Bridge Harriott, Arlington, Virginia Me formal meeting of the Committee '.'nr. Hold, and. the throe r.onh?r sat in on the discussions of the Air Hygiene " Hanufacturir.q Committee. -As of mooting tine, the following is the status of various pro posed OSTLA occupational health standards which are of interest to r.embar conpanies: 1) Hois-a -- A Department of Labor itandcrds Advisory Connittc-e is meeting periodically to consider this standard. At its mooting in Boston on ".ay 21, 157.2, the American Confer ence of governmental Hygienists (ACCl!:) recommended the adoption of a notice, of intent to change the 'loiso Threshold Limit Values to CD rillA for an C-hour-n-day, tine-weighted exposure. .At the C`"!!IA Standards Advisory Committee mcetintr in Washington, D.C., on .`Jay 30, 1373, Dr. V. II. gild yard, * Committee Chairman, stated that the level of exposure to noise for employees will probably remain at PI dHA. 2) heat .7.trass - r.CCIh also rncor.-mendc.-d at its Boston pectin the adoption of the heat .1 tress Threshold Limit Values which were published .as a notice of intent in 1P72. It differs slightly from those recommended by uxor.!', in its criteria pnehage in that permissible work-rest regimens are specified The status of the proposed standards is deeded by recant criticism that the !~'GC inch::: is not an adequate indicator of heat stress. Proposals have bean mad'' that sweat rates and heart rates are more indicative of ho.at stress. Accent articles of interest from the .Annuals of Occupational Hy giene, Volume it, 1973, Jmuso organ for the r.r.itish Occupational Hygiene Society, are: 1) Pages 1-5, hygiene standards for Airborne hr.osito Asbac tors Lust - "Tho subcommittee (on ns host os) has reviewed the information on human exposure to airborne .Amosite dust and animal experiment.';. The suhcomm.itt. : belief's it has insuf ficient knowledge of the r< latiorship l at*.on airborne Amosito dust exposure and the risk of nr.v>ostosis to permit an. accurate statement of tha of protection afforded by a specified hygiene standard. nevertheless, on the basis of comparisons '.et"aon tne affects of Amosita and Chrysotilr dust on w.cui and animals, it i.i recommended that the standard cn Ar.osito should, be no less ssrinnent than those for Chrvso til,a. ' ' ?.) rage. 7, ::<.-vi.:w or the ''ygieuu standard for `.Varysotilo Asbestos Unfit - based r-n i nfnrrvihion /->f; nuv'ncr nil f.s! i ;-y nn,l T Page 2 Panarhs of Counsal General Footing - 6/7/73 Gracia asr.ociations >13 veil as other commercial nrnuos run afcul of the* lav; by assuming pc*w?*r in their private activities which pro perly belongs to the govornnent. The early price-fixing eater, reflect the view that private parties should not to permitted to rsnulato so sensitive a fcatviro of the economy ns prices. Finilarly, any joint notion which excluder, certain companion fron important commercial benefits in viewed hy the courts as the imposition of n punishment - which is a power reserved to the courts. In Fashion Originators' Guild, Inc, v. r<;dornl '"'rr.de Cormi.-sion, 312 U. Q. 457 (1041)/ for example, a combination of manufacturers of women's garments and manufacturers of textiles tried to prevent the copying of their fashionable clothes by sc-called "stylo pirates". ?h<j fashionable clothes group refused to sell their product? to manufacturers or retailers of garments who dealt with the competing "styls pirates". "he Supreme Court rejected the defense that such, a practice was justified bv tha necessity of ridding the business of unncrupulouG garment dooigncr3. Che Court nnid; "... tho combination is in reality an extra-governmental agency, which prescribes rules for the regulation and re straint of interstate commerce, and provides extra judicial tribunals for do termination and punishment of violations, and thus 'trenches upon tho pov/or of the national legislature and violates the statute' ti.e., the Chernan ^ct]." 312 r.T. at 4C5. So long an private conpnnlc; retain their competitive indin'idunlity, '.wivvr, and restrict their jcint. of forts to constructive objectives which reasonably serve that individuality, there is little danger of antitrust difficultics. rugone h. 7,eff, Attorney UD ,Ji/lD.ry./ k;*l *% *4:.i e. T ABOUT THE SPEAKER The names Matthew M. Swetonic and Asbestos Infor mation Associaticn/North America are synonymous. It was Matt who developed the original AIA/NA Prospectus in the Fall of 1970 and who prepared the presentations for both the introductory and the organization meetings. Upon J-M's decision to move its corporate head quarters to Denver and Matt's electing not to make the move, he was employed as AIA/NA1s first full-time Executive Secretary. For the first three months of 1972 he handled two jobs: Manager of Environmental Affairs for J-M and Executive ' Secretary for AIA/NA. During this time he orga nized the industry effort for the EPA and OSHA hearings and wrote for others or presented himself six major presentations in a period of 45 days, a record which he states he hopes he "will be never asked to break." Matt is 30 years of age and is married. He is a native New Yorker, was reared in Easton, Penna., and now resides in Manhattan. He holds a B.A. in Creative Writing and an M.S. in Journalism. Following a tenure as Feature Writer for The Eas ton Express, he joined J-M in July 1965 as Associate Editor of News/Pic, an employee maga zine. He was promoted to Editor in January 1967 and one year later was named Coordinator, Special Projects. This is the job that granted him the expertise to superbly fulfil his duties as Ex< cu- tive Secretary of the AIA/NA as the major respon sibilities included writing J-M asbestos-health ` position papers, preparing speeches on asbestos- health for top J-M executives, working with J-M public relations counsel and learning asbestos- health literature backwards and forwards. WHY ASBESTOS ? A Presentation Before the Asbestos Textile Institute Arlington, Virginia - June 7, 1973 Ey: Matthew M. Suetonic, Executive Secretary Tusbastos Information Association/Morth America I am sure that many of you have asked yourselves, as I have asked myself, why has the ashestos industry seemingly been singled cut as the prime target for so many assaults by government, labor, the press, certain segments of the medical profession, and by various environmental and consumer activist groups? Why us? Can asbestos really be all that bad? Are the products ws produce truly going to kill millions of Americans, as some experts have predicted? Or is there some sort of nefarious conspiracy afoot to destroy the asbestos industry? The ansvrer to the question of "Why us" is both complex and simple. Connie:: because it is a coiTJaina tion of three interrelated but separate factors. Simple because each of the factors is, v;hcn considered by itself, quite obvious. The three factors are (1) ashestos can cause disease, (2) a spokes man arose to champion the need for asbestos control, and (3) a cornucopia of new government agencies were set up to control materials and products that can cause disease. Let us lock at each of these factors in turn. First, there is no doubt that the inhalation of substantial amounts of asbestos can lead to increased rates of various types of lung disease, including two forms of cancer. These are facts which can not be denied, even if they do not apply in ail circumstances and under all conditions. The medical literature is full of solid evi dence linking asbestos to disease. In ny office, I have on file more than 2,000 medical papers dealing with the health risks oz asbestos and hundreds more are published every year. Secondly, the spreading of concern over the health risks of asbes tos has as its prime spokesman one of the most talented medical publicists of the ago -- Dr. Irving J. Sciikoff of Mow York's !*.nu a Sinai Hospital. Wet only is Dr. f.elikoff capable of arousing the ire and moral indignation of the most conservative reporter or politician viith his graphic descriptions and predictions of the ravages of asbestos, but he has also surrounded himself with a group of similarly talented associates vho have, carried the Mount Sinai message to the far corners of the nation. While Dr. Solikoff has, in his zeal, unquestionably painted a far darker picture than the facts vrr.rrart, \,c should ni**nys ter.cr.bor in his defense, that the insulation wnrknr.s he her. *o.->n sruky-ing fr- Page 2 - Why Asbestos?^ by II. n. Swetonic, AXA/WA Presented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 norc than a decade were and still are dying from asbestos related disanso at an appalling rnto. Such a situation would bo sufficit?:* to make a crusader out of the most conservative of scientists. Finally, in the past decade there has been a trcnnr.dous growth in public and governmental interest in environmental and occupational health matters. This interest has been translated into a scries of far-rcaching lavs affecting industry in a manner hitherto unknown in this or any other country. I believe it is accurate tc say that these new lavs, such as the Occupational Safety and Heal 7.ct, the Clean Air Act, the Consumer Product Safety 7.ct, and others have forever altered the concent of the free enterprise system as i was knov;n in this country for a hundred and fifty years. Thus, in combination, those throe factors created a situation in which a cadre of freshly created federal agencies, with strong statutory authority, were prodded into assigning priority status tc nshestos by Dr. Selikoff and his followers, who achieved these ends through skillful use of the great wealth of negative asbcstcs-healc data contained in the medical literature. in short, the asbestos industry was singled out because it was vulnerable to attack, because there wa.s someone willing to lead tar. attack, and because Congress had graciously provided the vehicles for such nn assault. The background of industry efforts to deal with the asbc-stcs-hcalra problem as a national issue goes back nearly a decade, to Dr. Selikoff's r.ou famous 1964 seminar on asbestos disease at the !'ev York Academy of Sciences. While this seminar did much to prick th= industry's conscience about asbestos and health, the problem, still remained one of limited public and press interest until around 1967, when the media began heating the medical hushes snarcliir. g fc: stories that would graphically portray American industry's sue pose: disregard for the environment and for' the health and safety of its workmen and the American public. The asbestos-health problem `was found to be tailor-made for such stories. As a result, start! ng with Paul Brodaur's infamous Mow Yorker article of `larch 196B, asbestos has since grown into an item of major press interest. In those years, industry efforts to combat the spate or negative press articles on asbestos were carried on primarily by the Johns- Manvillo Corporation, which sot up a task force of specialists in various fields to do v.'hat it could to portray the problem in its proper perspective. While some minor successes were achieved, was found that no one company acting independently could aueguatai-.or effectively represent an entire industry in dealing with the press and with government officials. As a result, in late 197 0, eight companies gathered in Now York Ciz to launch the Asbestos Information Ansoti.ifion of North /irnoriCJ, Page 3 - tfhv Asbestos?1, by M. M. Swctonic, AIA/MA Presented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 which was patterned after the British /isbes tos Information Commit tee, which had been established some three years earlier. In our original concept, the Association would licit its activitie to providing accurate, unbiased information on asbestos and health to the press, to the public and to interested politicians and othc government officials. It must be remembered that at this particu lar time, the enormous problems that would later develop with regard to OSKA and other Federal regulatory agencies were as vet c the distant horizon and basically unrecognized by the industry. Fortunately -- and properly -- the Association has had the wisdom to alter its original limited concept of its proper functions, ar.d nov; endeavors to assume whatever activities and responsibilities i dooms necessary to protect the interests of the asbestos manufac turing industry in the United States vis-a-vis asbestos-health. From this rather narrow initial public relations concept, the Association has grovm in the last two years into an organization with priorities in eight major fields of endeavor. These are: Medical Affairs, Legal Affairs, F.nvironmer.tal Control, Customer Relations, Employee Relations, Inter-incustry Relations, Publicicy and Public Relations, and Government Affairs. To take these activities one at a time, lot us start with modicai affairs. . It is an obvious fact that if an organization is tc speak authori tatively on a medical matter, it nust not only be steeped in tha literature of that particular medical subject, but it nust also keep itself constantly informed of new discoveries and development This we have accomplished in a number of ways. For cxcr.pie, by sending representatives to important medical meetings, such as the 1S72 Lyon, France, international conference on the biolcgic.nl effects of asbestos, which was sponsored by the !*cria Health Organ: zaticn. -. Wo also moot on an irregular basis with various medical experts ir. the field, both iron the United States and abroad, to review and discuss recent developments and discoveries. Our literature research is eased considerably by receiving the ^ monthly medical paper distribution of the Institute of Occupationa. and Environmental health in Montreal, which is funtied by the Cueezz Asbestos Mining Association. This year, for the first time, the AIA has elected to sponsor medical research of its own. Currently underv;ay is a completely AIA/n/v funded study of chest sounds, which is being conducted by Dr. Raymond Murphy of the Harvard School of Public Health. The purpose of tha study is to find a now not hod of determining ar. individual's potential susceptibility to asbestos disease. Page 4 - Why Asbestos?, by M. M. Swctonic, AIA/NA Presented to the 7iTI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 The Association has also recently decided to contribute to seme v oxciting research into a possible core for mesothelioma through olectrcmotive treatment. Hospital in Hew Jersey. This study is being conducted at Soner In the legal affairs area, the Association participated in an amicus curiae capacity in the lav/ suit brought by the Industrial Union Department of the AFL/CIO against the Occtpaiional Safety c: Health Administration on the asbestos standards. In our brief th* Association supporred GSHA acainst the ILO, scravhat of a unique position for an industry to find itself in vis-a-vis a government, regulatory agency.*. Oral argument on the case was held April 4 in Washington. iThiie a decision has yet to be handed down by the Cc of Appeals, v/e are confident that the case will be decided in our favor. The Association has retained the services of a special technical consultant on .environmental control affairs. At the present time, he is wording with the AIA/HA Environmental Control Sub-Comnittcc cn the development of a seri.es of five Association compliance manuals on the OSHA standards. Last year, because of the well established unreliability of the membrane filter method as a monitoring tool in the asbestos industry, the AI7. undertook the sponsorship of a study at a research laboratory in California, to determine the effect of cert: variables, on the overall accuracy of the method. The results of the study showed an error factor cf plus or minus SO per cent ur.ct the most favorable of measuring conditions. These results were si to both OSHA and to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. A number of the recommendations contained in the stur for improving the accuracy of the method have beer, incorporated ir. a scon-to-be-released revised NICSI1 operations manual on fiber counting. In the customer relations area, the total effect of negative press publicity nr.d government regulations on industry customers is stil today rather poorly defined. Seme members of the Association ha-, re-ported serious problems in this area', ,.:i:ilo others have experienced few or nu difficulties thus far. Where customer problems do exist, they normally fall into one cf five categories. First, the customer has thoroughly investigated his situation and lias found that ho can no longer afford to continue using asbestos or asbestos-containing products, cither because the cost of control is too high oi: because ho would have to raise the price c: his product to a level that would make it non-conpctitivc with non-asbestos containing substitutes. Second, the customer has not thoroughly investigated his si tuntior and nnlv things tlint he enn no longer effort: to continue 'ls >n" T Page 5 - Uhy Asbestos?*, by M. 11. Swetonic, AIA/IIA Presented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - (3/7/73 Third, the customer has reed one or more negative articles on asbestos in the public press and has made the snap decision that "v/e ought to get that dangerous stuff out of our plant." Often, decisions of this nature are forced on top rsnagrtent by illinformed medical advisors or safety and health directors. Fourth, the customer has neither a control problem nor is he parti cularly afraid of using asbestos in his own plant. Ho'-ev.or, he is fearful that those of his competitors -hose, finished products do act contain asbestos will stress the adverse health effects of asbestos in trying to take business away from hin. Customer fears of this nature are essentially "gut" reactions and am hcr.cc extremely difficult to deal v/ith. Fifth, the customer has none of .these problems cr fears but he has been advised by a government official or inspector that he would kz better off if he quit using asbestos or asbestos-containing produces in his plant. While this problem docs not appear to bo widespread, we have learned of a number of situations where it has occurred. Actions of this nature by government officials are totally uncalled for and should bn dealt with promptly and decisively. The best solution is to obtain complete details on the incident and then to register a formal complaint wish the offending official's immediate superior cr with the government agency involved. The Association's first reaction to the overall customer relations problem was to approve funds for a scries of. four regional seminars at uhich industry customers would be given a number of basic presen tations on the various aspects of the asbestos-health problem. The seminars wore tentatively scheduled for the Spring of 1973. Hovrevcr, the experiences of a number cf our member companies shewed that general "catchall" type seminars of the; type originally contemplated v;ould not be effective in dealing with the majority cf customer relations problems. In erder to do the job properly, it was found that customer presentations have to bo tailored to the needs and problems of the individual customer. As a result, the Association cancelled its scheduled series of seminars and instead ducted to develop a number of packaged slice presentations on such topics as "The Facts About Asbestos and health," and "Understanding the OSHA Reyulrt ions," which could be . used by member companies as part of a tailored presentation to individual customers. As with customer relations, the Association feels that employee relations is a pr j'olcr. best handled by the individual member companies. Thus far, the AI.V s sole contribution in this area of industry concern her, been tc prepare thj draft of an Employee Pafcty and Health Guide or. Asbestos-Health. The draft v/.as made available to the member companies for their own use- and at least one has prr.duccd it in booklet fsrn for distribution to all its employees. Page 6 - Khy Asbestos?`f by M. II. Gwetonic, AI7v/JIA Presented tc the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 I personally believe that the employee relations aspect of the asbestos-health profclcn is one that has been sorely neglected by most companies within the industry, and that it could develop intc a major problem area in the near future ar.d that steps should bo taken now to deal with it. V.'e knew that various organized labor groups are planning a full scale campaign to bring their interpre tation cf the asbestos-health problcn to the attention of asbestos industry employees throughout the nation. If the industry permits this interpretation to bo disseminated without rebuttal, the consequences could bo grove indeed. Inter-ir.dustry relations arc best defined as keeping the industry informed about important net.* developments on the governmental, medical and press relations fronts that affect asbestos. This is accomplished within the AIA by periodic distributions of documents and information to the member companies and 'to others on our mailing list. The value of this activity can be gauged by the fact that our overall mailing list increased from approximately a dozen names in 1971 to more than 60 a year later. TIhilo we have had to trim the list somewhat til is year for logistical reexsens, :;e assume from the frequent requests wa still receive to bo placed on the list that the material we send out is being read and is of considerable value to those receiving it. Next to government affairs, our public relations and publicity activities constitute the single largest consumer of time, effort and money within the Association. Those cf you who are familiar with the treatment that asbestos has been receiving in the public press over the years can readily understand why this activity ranks so high on our priority list. I'aat you may not understand are the reasons why c.ur extensive efforts in dealing with the nation's press have been sc. unsuccess ful to date in producing the theoretical "balanced" or "positive" story on asbestos and health. The simple fact is that from the standpoint cf today's young activist reporter, industry is the bad guy, and nothing vo do, sav or achieve can ever change this impression. If wo spend S10C nil ion dollars on environmental control, the press wither rays no. oughw to have done it ten years ago or that we should have spent 2200 million. If wo sponsor medical research, they sav v/o are trying to buy favorable results. If v/o are opposed sc ridiculously atringsnt standards, they say we arcs in f.iv'-r r>f, letting our employees die. A television executive; in Minneapolis described this new breed of reporter as being "so intent on demolishing the establishment that they would hlindly destroy the credibility cf the media in tive bar gain." 7nothcr TV executive, this time in Chicago, stated "they Pago 7 - Why Asbestos?, by M. M. Swetonic, AIA/37A Presented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 want to make moral and political and social judgments on their assignments and then take sides, never mind getting the facts straight." I\s a result of this "industry is a monster" philosophy, asbestos v;i31 remain a hot news item only so long as the news is bad. The "goed" that asbestos does in protecting lives and property is of no concern to the press. Likewise, industry efforts to protect workmen and the general public from asbestos exposure will always be given minimal coverage, since such information is directly contrary to the portrait of an irresponsible industry producing a "killer" product that is the sole element of news worthiness in the asbestos story. The press relations battle will therefore he won, not when the media starts to print positive or balanced articles about asbestos, but when the press ceases to print anything about asbestos at all. As long as negative news on asbestos-health continues to be generated, the media v;ill continue to eat it up. The media will only cease to carry such stories when the generation of negative news ceases. It is as simple as that. Positive or balanced stories are a chimera, since they are, by definition, not newsworthy. Let me give you a very specific example of this last principle ir. action. As most of you already knew, the Association is currently engaged in an extensive campaign to interest the trade press in articles on the benefits of asbestos and on industry accomplish ments in the environmental control area. The trade press, unlike the national or public media, is much more receptive to articles of this .nature and we expect to be seeing a number of positive 5wcri.es in the trade press in the next few months. In any case, v/c also frem time to time put out press releases on various subjects relating to asbestos-health. A few weeks ago, issued a release on the report of the advisory committee on asbestos cancers of the World Health Organization. In brief, the report concluded that the general public is not in danger from asbestos in the environment. Thus far, we have received nearly two dozen press clippings frem trade publications that carried the story. To the best of our knowledge, not a single newspaper, n<r.:r magazine, re iio or TV station, or any other segment of the public media ran the story, with the solitary exception of a French ^ language paper in Toronto. As I said before, if the news is gooc. Che press simply isn't interested. Nonetheless, the Association has no intention of abandoning cur efforts vis-a-vis the national media. We will continue to issue appropriate press releases, cooperate with feature writers doing stories on asbestos, v/ritu letters to the editor when those stories appear, and in short, do all we can to present the press with a balanced view of the asbestos-health situation. Page 0 - Why Asbestos?1, by fl. fl. Swetonic, AIA/HA Presented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 Our most recent effort in this regard has been the preparation ar.z printing of an Asbestos and Health Information File, which vc have nailed to sene 3,000 newspapers, magazines, trade publications, radio and TV stations, science writers, etc., across the United States. Dasically, the file contains copies of five industry position papers on asbestos and .asbestos-health, as well as a number of important medical papers ar.cl a pair cf photographs illustrating the benefits of asbestos and industry efforts at environmental control. While we don't expect our information file to change the whole attitude of the press toward asbestos, we are hoping that the media will nake use of it to accurately report the industry's position when doing stories on the subject. And now, having heard the bad side of the public relations problem, it's time for some good navs. . . And the good nev/c is that despite all the negative articles on asbestos-health that have appeared in the press over the pest half dozen years, very few people have been paying attention. Let me explain. In February, the Association undertook a personal interview research survey of the- American public to determine its attitude toward asbestos and its avrereness of .the health issue. The survey was conducted by the Opinion Research Corporation during Harch mi April. Coro than 2,000 dcnogrnphicaliy selected Americans wore interviewed. *. Without going into enormous detail, the results she,/ that only 22 per cent of the ,'jr.cricnn public arc r.vare of the health ha*r.r::s rz asbestos, and that 80 per cent of these consider it a hazard only to those v/ho arc occupationally exposed. 7, mere three per cent of those interviewed stated that they considered asbestos a health hazard to the general public, and less than one quarter of one per cent considered it the most dangerous material on the list they '/eru given to choose from. Surprisingly, the college age veuthe of America arc no mere aware of the hazards of asbestos than their parents and grandparents. These results should tu reassuring to those industry customers \;hr fear that the general public will stop buying their products because they contain asbestos. nuforc going on to describe our activities in the government relations area, I think it night be interesting at this point to_ take a very brief look at the manner in which Dr. Sclikoff and his supporters have used his research results to dramatize and exaggerate the cnri'inrnnss of the asbestos-health problem. II hhave two charts which point this <ut rat-hnr conclusively. Page 9 - tliy A.shostos?, by ;j. i:. Duetonic, r.IA/d.a Presented%to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 Che first chart -shows the actual results of Cr. Sclikoff's four mortality studies'cf asbestos workers. The numbers in parentheses beside the figures fer total nunbor of workers indicate those who have so far died from all causes. The percentage figures alongside the total number of deaths from a^her.tosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma are based on ths total number of deaths from all causes, not on the number of workers in the study. The most inportnnt study of the "group is the second from the top, showing the deaths from asbestos-related disease among all members of the insulation workers union, regardless of length of exposure. You will note that 34 per cent of those workers ''ho have* died thus far have died from one of tho three asbestos-related diseases. These, then, are the facts Cr. Dolikoff works freo. This is what he knows from his own investigations. Hew let us take a leek at what he has done with those figures in order to dramatize the problem. Chart number II shows Dr. C-olikof f' s predictions. about ashestrsruletcd deaths in the United States. Without going intc details. Dr. Gciihoff has arrived at his projections .by the simple proccdur= of multiplying the percentage of deaths frcti asbestos-related, dissacu among his insulation workers by tho total number cf employees in the entire industry. You will also note that he has raised his projected death estimate to enormous heights over the past year by simply increasing the banc figure of employees exposed, "bile still retaining the percentage multiplier of 34 par cent being experienced; by the insulation workers. I night point out that this tactic, however deceptive, has been a: enormous success since each raising of the estimate has earned Dr. fiClikoff correspondingly greater coverage '*y the media. >lc finer example exists of the total gullibility of the press than the manner in which it allowed its prejudices t1"' bn manipulated and played upon in this situation. ' Please don't get no wrong. I have- ne doubt that the insulation workers are .ir. fact dying as rapidly as Dr. says, they a.r. The problem is that he has tr; 'slated their mortality experience to tho rest of the entire industry, which is ccmnlctely erroneous. In the first place, the estimated number of nrployoos in tho industry is too high -- five times tor; high to bo precise. Ever, mere important, according to an analysis )/' the .V.socrntaon of more than a dozen mortality studies, including those of Dr. ,a.;li- koff, our prediction is that approximately 7.5, OOh past and prssxrx employees in the asbestos industry have died or "ill eventually dia of .\si.>--ist:w3-rr.-rnfod '.Hsor.s-j. V'n.s ir. l-'sn rh.-m .'no- t>-;-c.-r- T Page 10 -- friiy Asbestos?, by l'. II. Fwotnnic, M7:/!!A PrcjicntP'.' ths ATS at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 of Dr. Co.likcff'r. most recent estimate. In addition, our figures shov tiwt 20 r.f the 25,000 rtcntns ---- rr C0 -- vrill nesur cccnn thorn in the insulation trades. labile these cstirates should he reassuring te those in the mining and manufacturing areas of the inductin', wo should not forgot that 5,000 of our workmen arc r.till going tr die of asbestos-related disease and that, all things considered, there is absolutely nothing that \/o can do tr, prevent it. The only thing "e can do is to claan up cur plants to assure that those entering the industry in the future will not have the same experience. tJithin the past year and a half, the nain thrust cf Association effort has shifted to the government affairs front. The principal agencies in Washington with which wo hava bean ric-aling aro the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; tho Invirnnnc-ntnl Protection Agency; the Food and Brug Administration; the Bureau of 'lines; and, to n lesser degree, the national Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, and the national Institutes of Health, both of which are mainly involved, in research efforts. In addition, a fw weeks ago ve were contacted ky the .Federal rrad; Corralssion, which had received a petition from the Center for Science in the Public Interest requesting an investigation of consumer uses of ashestrs nr.-r tiu: purpose or datorr.'ining whothor certain products ought to la labeled, as hazardous and whether warnings should he required on all advertisements for these pro ducts. On the basis cf a preliminary meeting with an investigater from the FTC it 'would, appear that we have, little to worry about in this particular area. ** The Occupational Safety r.r/d Health Administration has ''cer. of enormous concern to the. industry over the past II months. As nest of you already knew, the Association expended tremendous efforts during the nix nor.th period. leading to the promulgation of last June's OCHA standards on anl;*>stou. I think it is a gauge of the effectiveness ef the total industry involvement in this most crucial matter that of isi.-vcr. mein renuiromontn in the .itr.nMan'.s, the industry position was accepted, totally 'ey OSTA on nine of the eleven, about fifty per cent on a tenth, and totally rejected, on only one. OSIIA is no:; planning tn redo the standard package and. wo are work ing closely with then on this orojuct. The first stop ''ill he the formation of a 15 nan advisory corenitt;:e to review t'n: currant standards and any additional nodical arid technical data that has become available in the year since the standards were promulgated. 'Jerking in cooperation with nine o ther trade associations ''O havo cclcictud four individuals as indus try-wide reconr-'cnlatirns to 001'A ~or tho four si.-c.allad " .-r-.jjl oyer " ;pots on th.a advisory committee. Page 11 - Why Asbestos?, hy n. Swetcnic, AIA/:?A Presented to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 In discussing the formation of the advisory connittae with John o'lToill of tho OEnA Standards Development Section, wc 'era ashed to add a couple of names tc the list so that OC'IA would have ncre of a selection to choose from. This we havrs agreed to do. The committee will ba given up to nine nonths to ccnplctc its deliberations aj.'l prepare fer C31IA a revised, standard package. This will bo followed by public hearings, approximately a year from now. V.ti do not tr sue a new standard promulgated, before the Fall of 1974. It is of course impossible to determine at this tire what the now standard.s will look lil'.e, hewaver, I wculd venture to say that they will certainly net be less strict than the ones we have today, although they will probably be less confusing and leave less rnen for employer interpretation. .sor-.ethinvj -/ill unques tionably be done tr improve the current difficulties with the monitoring requirements. The main function cf the national Institute for Occupational Safer and Health is to conduct research and to prepare so-called Criteri Packages, which arc Gssantially recrnnand.ations to OSJIA fer stan dards on various materials, chonicnlr. and activities. Such a package on asbestos was prepared by *!IO?ir at the tine of the OSEA proceedings last year. iHChl1 trill net bo preparing e new or rovis criteria package for the upcoming review of the ashestcs standards I do net believe it wculd. ho unfair tc say that of nil the agen- cics in 'Tashington dealing with asbestos, Dr. f> elikoff has had his greatest influence on the young idealistic scio r.tists and doctors at illCSII. Consequently, industry influence in weakest in this agency. It van niOSP, after all, that made the original rooorv.cr.dation for a tun fiber standard, in the United S tatss asbestos industry. ext to ODEA, the Environmental Protection Agency lias the greatest potential cf any federal agency for adversely affecting the future of the asbestos industry in this country. Hot only is the EPA responsible for devolopino and o.nforcing air and watsr pollution standards, but the T'-xic Substances Control Act, not; ponding in Congress, will also br.conc an i!P.\ function after passage. Fer this reason, I an pleased to ha able tr say that tha industry has an excellent relationship with tho EPo. or iinr.r accepted either in toto or in principle : v;hich werr published in early April of tl at the public hoarirns that was n~t final standar ds, ar. e are presently working with the EDA rn water effluent standards for asbanto:". rn.-w cveicpment of was ce ri Page 12 - Uhy /ishesto.s?^ by M. M. Ewctonic, P.IA/ITA Presented" to the ATI at .hrlingtcn, Virginia - f/1/12 certainly hope that these standards will turn out to bo as reason able as the air pollution regulations. The proposed effluent standards are scheduled to be published in the Tadaral Register sonatina this Sumer, to be followed by public hearings, with the final standards being promulgated in the Tall, perhaps as early as October. -fa are also planning, in the near future, to meet in T-Tnshington with representatives fron the standards development and enforcemen branches, of the KPA to discuss with then questions of interprotati and compliance policy with regard to the new air pollution regulations. Ue have already resolved one interpretation question that ir. of special interest to the asbestos textile industry* Anprcrrimtely two weeks ago I was askac! by a member company of the Association to find out whether the ZPA was planning to require the manufac turers of asbestos safety clothing to register as potential emission sources under the law. In discussing the situation over the phone wit]'. F?A compliance officials, I argued that the producer's of asbestos safety clothing weru net manufacturers as defined, in the regulations but wore inst only fabricators of an asbestos product, and as ouch, should not have to register as potential emission sources. l.ftcr our phono conversation ended:, a brief nceting was held among the HP A compliance people. I vms then called .hack nr.d informed that they agreed with me that the? safety clothing producers should not bo required: to register. Vhilo this rather minor problem tool: approximately an hour and a half and two or three phone calls to resolve, it in indicative of the type of day-to-day services that the Association provides for its tether companies. Over the past year the Food and Drug /'dninistrntion ha:s shown an increased interest in nsJ'octna .an a nosr.i!--lc hasnrdcu:)s con t a r.ii n r.~ in various foods, beverages and. drugs. J.nta in lf72 they net up a: asbestos task force to review the situation .and. to propose regula tions "anc! guidelines where appropriate. Thus far they have concentrated their efforts in two areas on the use of nsber.tcc-contnninatnd. talc in food packaging and in cosmetics, and secondly, on the use of asbestos ec-luloso filter pa s in the beverage and d;rug industries. In our first neeting with the FDA task force last *J.* vcrbnr on the filter problem, they donor .stmted and. admitted, to an appalling ignorance about the hrnltl , hatarcs of asbestos. Tinea then, they hevo ijouucn one hoc): of a l<-t ,'inr.rt'r, duo nt least in part tc the tri-jr.iondous amount of data ~nd. information vhic1' the i n r i on T Page 13 - VThy Asbestos?, by M. lj. Cwetonic, AIA/I1A - rrcscntcJ to the ATI at Arlington, Virginia - 6/7/73 has been supplying to then. As a consequence, the FDA is today less panicky about asbostes and thoraforc less likely to propose foolish, unsupportable regulations. Bpokosmen fren the FD7. have, in fact, defended the filter industry against environmentalist attacks in the press and elsewhere in recent months. This is, quite obviously, a hoalthy sign. Our activities in the area of Congressional relations have bean quite minimal to date, although v/c arc preparing for the upcoming struggle in Congress over workmen's compensation reform, at `which time asbestos is unquestionably going to be racked over the coals by Dr. Calikoff and by representatives of organized labor. Unfortunateiy, the Association has neither the manpower nor the time to embark on a full-scale legislative information program. Vie have met on occasion with the legislative and legal assistants to various Senators who have attacked asbestos, however much more needs to bo done in this area and' I am afraid individual member companies are going to have to be the prime ball carriers and not the Association. For essentially the sane reason, our government activities at the state and local level have declined to essentially zero over tha past year and. a half. This has not been too serious a deficiency as most of the authority of the cities end states in asbestos con trol has been usurped by various Federal regulatory agencies, nonetheless, more individual company Activity is required at those levels of government. In conclusion, I think we can all be justifiably pleased with what we have been able to accomplish in th:: past tew years in resolving the cornucopia of interrelated problems that constitute the asbestos-health situation. _ Our plants are cleaner and nur workmen better protected. The gene ral public has been shown to be in no d.nngcr from asbestos, if it ever was. V'hilc we have been regulated, extensively, fer the rr.ast part the standards that have been d.ovclcpcd have net been as bad. as we feared they might be, and in some coses they turned out far bet ter than we ever dared hone. In addition, v;hilc we are still takfng cur lumps in the public press, the net effect of all this adverse publicity has been shown to bn surprisingly small. Wo hava cwoatetl n lot an:'. wc have groaned a let, but -,-u are still standing and wc are still viable. I sense today within tho indus try a greater faeling of confidence in the future than at any time in the past faw years. But we must not rest contented. tie must remember that Dr. Selikoff has to date boon far less suc cessful than our industry hn?t in influencing tha decisions of the various governmental regulatory nyeneicc. This will make him try IT -pec. 4.1997 12:03PM UILENTZ GOLEnPN SF2R f>- 000 1 12 NO. <186/SSP.S-J . /lSCL.S res n*Ti -ZWar/ rire I so sure :r.sr.y cf you have *s/:td yourselves, IS I hive eskec ayseif, why he* e.**.e iitestoJ ir.descry seesirri;, been sinc'.ad out as cha r:~~* ear^ec dor a*r.y aasults by jovarrLTsnT, labor, the press, certain segments of cr.o ossdicai profession, and by various enyirtnr.enssi a*"d censure? activist groups? Why us? Can asbestos really =a all chat bad? ,Vr .* eh* products w* produce truly going to kill aillicns of Americaas, as scse experts have predicted? Cr is there soaa sore of nefarious conspiracy a feet to destroy the asheser* industry? tr.c ca tn< gucsticr. oi "Why us* is both couo'.ex aad siepia. Complex because is :s a ccr-Mnaticr. ei tr.rea interrelated but separata factors. 5irr.p 1 = because each of the factors is, when cc.-.sidccad by itself, t-uatc .tavirus. `fho tiraa factors are (Li asbestos dis&ese, (2) spokesman arose eo champion the r.vu;; :sr ti.-.;tOi ur.-.r.:-;1., T DEC. -04' 97(THU) 11:27 WILENTZ TEL: 90885561 1 7 -3- P. 002 and (31 a cornucs?!* of new gov* r.-..ran; agcnci-sa v-'i j up to control things that cause disease. tec ua. lock ae auch of tAiii fwujJ in w:=. ri~zz, t-i;i *a no doubt that cbe inhalation of substantial a-tcunts ci n:(u:i can load 00 incraaaad ratal of various types cf Ion? disease, including two faraa of eencsr, *iasa are facts which Cannes :< daniad, even if they do not ^ apply in all cirs-tscances and under *11 conditions. The radical literature ;s full of solid evidence linkis; asbestos to disease. In -'/ effioe, I nave on file rara **.-. 2,:t3 cadical papers dialing vatr the health risks of asbestos and hundreds nore are published every year. ' Secondly, the spreading of alert: ever the health risk: of aabeetoa has as its prira spekaesaa ene cd she cost talented SMdieal publicists od she age ---- or. Sevang C. S*ii>.o<J *< Kew York's xouac Sinai Hospital. Hot cr.ly is 9r. Salikodf T DEC. -04 97 (THU) 11 = 27 W[LENTZ TEL: 9088556[17 P. 003 CA?Sfila { arousing cha in se?*i i.-.iii.-.jjisr. of cha constrvativa or politician with his graphic descripji; tr.4 predictions of the ravages of astascos, bus ha has alio surroundtd hirsaii with 4 group of similarly tala-cad puhlicic;; conscious associica* who hiva carriad cha .'tcunc Sinai canags co eta ::: corr.urs 0: cha nacic; >1 Whii* Or. Sulc.Vioff has. in his zail, unguaacia.-.alJ peinead a fir dirhar plectra chan cha warrant, wa should always rar.er.har in Ms dafar.sa chic cha inaulacisn worhara ha has taan studying sera chan a decide vara ar.d scill ara dyis? f::c asbestos related disease it an appalling :t:t. this would ta enough to cloud any nan's thinking. Finally, in cha pale decade chan has taan 1 crezar.di' growth in public and gsv-rjr.ar.crl in environmental . and eesupacicnai health .utters, This incarast has taan translated into a stem of far-reaching laws iffarcing i.-.dustr ara:>"hir T DEC. -04' 97 (THU) 11:28 UK I LENTZ TEL.'9088556117 mS. P. 004 in a m*nr.r hithar:a unknown ;n this or any othar country. 2 believe is ij to say that theaa naw laws, men a the Octupaurral Safety and ffealth Ac:, the Clean AX; a;:, the Car.su.tar Pratezsian Art, and others, have ferever eletrad she cor.eaa: of :.*.s fra# enterprise syseea a; it was known in this country for a Au.-.irtc *r.d fifty years, Thus, in car-amecicn, these thrta factor* crested a situation in which a cadre a* freshly created federal tyer-eic with strsn* statutory authority, were prodded into issim.*.? priority status to asbestos by Cr. Seiihcff and has fsiiovsrs, who used and in sen* eases sisuaed she freat wealth of .negative asbeatoe-health data contained in the medical literature to achieve these ends. . In short, the asbestos industry was si.vjlsd out because it was vuir.arahU to attack, because there was sonacne wiili.-.p, Alhss: Shuidux, ea 1 Jad citwt astAOle. and because Contrast had graciousiy provided the vehicles for such an aosav: I W1LENTZ TEL:9088556 1 1 7 - - ` P- 005 Haw much of whit Cr. Soiikaff say* about atts-.s, true, end *> ff.is.iar is wr.ioh ha has ibuead eft* avasiasi* c<; daca is order to blew vp *n essentially ccsupccionel prstlca. into & national eaiixity ire copies which we shall ejeasin* a bis late?. Tfte background cf industry efforts to deel with the asbestos-health oroolaia *a 4 national issvi* goes becx nearly 4 decide, Co Cr. Selikoff '.* now fsr-ous 1)64 seelnac. on esbestc disease ec the Sew York Xeadaxy of Sciences. While ehii did sash -o prick the industry's ccftictanee about asbeitcs *r.d ' health, the orobles still remained one of liaised public end preie interest until around 1)67, whan sfta madia began beating the nodical bushes searching for stsrtes that would graphical! portray American industry's euppoaed earpiece disregard for Che efivirs.-jranc and for the health and sefaev of ita workmen afld the American public. The asbestos-health prebias was found I T DEC. .-04' 97(THU) 11:28 WiLENTZ TEL: 90885561 1 7 -J- ?. 006 to be eailor-aade Jar sue?. and ar. Seli^cff w -oc hesitant in catering eo cne sensaeicnaiisc whies of the prus. As e result, sesroine with Paul aredtur's infaecus Ha',/ ferkar ar-ieia of March 19a, asbestos has sine* srewn into an its of sajo; p:mi In these years, industry efforts ea cerate the spat* of negative press articles on asbestos war* carried on primarily by the Johns-Mar.v ill* Corporation, which sat up t task fore* of specialists in various fields CO do vhat it could to portray site-prctlea in its proper perspective. While sec* ai.nor successes were achieved, it wee found that no on* cespany acting independently could adequately or effectively represent an er.cir industry ift dealing Wic.1 the press ess with java.-rnaa: criieiiis ke e result, in lata 1970, ei?ht cospanies fathered in X<n> Vork City to launch the Asbestos Snforaation Aasociaeisn of Nerci; Altar ica, which was frankly patterned after the British DEC. -04' 97 (THU) 11 28 I LENTZ TEL;90885561 1 7 P. 00* . Mbcue* Cemittae, which had rten astabU s.-.d ic;i three years earlier. In our erifi*ai sencepe, tna Ajiociatian veuld Ux: Its activities ea providing 4ecurate, unbiased inforr-aeian on xxbeacoa and health ta the prass, to the public and to politicians and athar gcvt*-.eant off Heals. It oust be racerier* that ae this particular tins, cho anoraous probliai* that would , a later develop with to OSHA and ot.nr federal regulatory agencies were as yet on eha distant horizon and basically u.irecogni sac by the industry. ' fortunately-----and prcrecly --- chb Associates.*. has had th4 uisdsr. to altar its original l in tad concept of its proper functions, and now endeavors to asiuna whatever activitie and responsibilities it daac necessary eo protact the interests of tho asbestet nantfactoring industry an the United Staeas T W!LENTZ TEL: 9088556 1 1 7 -9- p. aos Fron ocr :i-*f narrow initial public eolations ec.-.os- tbs Association hes grew* in :>. Iji: tvo yaers into <n organisation with prioritias in sight no joe fiilii of andasvor. Tnaio orai .Medical Affairs Legal Affairs Government Affairs environmental Control Publicity and Public Relations Customer Relations Employee Relations. and Inter-industry Raiscions ' . ' ' . In briefly discussing ACA activities in each of these fields. ! will leave government affairs for lest, not because it has 4 low priority within tAs Association --- la fact it Is currently the bcic important --- but beeausa ic is the *ai: ' cosplicaced and requires the icoac discussion. a turn WILENTZ TEL: 9088556117 P. 009 TO M** acstvisioa one r, 4 tirvj 6.-.M ........... ecdicel affairs. Is is *n obvious lac; that if an orqanicatien i* ta speak authcritascveiy on * nodical mattar, ie muss net only bo scoped in the neeratura of that particular medical subjte:, bus is muse also keep issoif constantly indorsed of naw discavo: and developments. This wo have accomplished in a aunboc of ways 'v roc txanple, by sendi.-.q representatives to important nodical ecocinqs, such as the 1972 international conforonco on the bielcqical effeess of asbestos held as iyof. in franco, which was sponsored by world Health Crqanicacion. .Josh John Marsh, the Preside.-.: of tha and 2 attended that conference on behalf ci the Aeseeiacion. Wo also noot on an irreqular baais with various nodical exports in the fiald, both fvoa tn# United States and abroad, to review and discuss racan; dovelspcontc end dieesvertts. * .1 T DEC-.-04' 97 [THU) 1129 WILENTZ TEL: 90885561 1 7 * 11 - P. 010 Our literature research is eased considerably by receiving the Monthly eedical paper distribution .of ths Inscituts of Occupational and 5nvi;c:w.eftel Wealth ta Montreal, which is funded by the Quebec As testes Mining Association. mis year, far the first tis*, the A2A ha* elected so Spenser codicil fem.-cli of its own. Currently underway is a '' #. . completely AIA/MA funded study of chest sounds, which is being conducted by Sr. Rhymcrd Murphy of the Karvard School of public Health. The purpose of the study is so find a new cashed o: determining an individual's potential susceptibility to asbestes disease. The Association has also recently decided to contribute to loea very excising research into a possible cure for e .. aesothelioBA through electromotive treatment. this study is being coniurtod at Somerset Hospital in Mew Jersey. in the legal affairs area, tbs Association participated ir. an ansi cur curai capacity in the lew suit brought by the T 29 WILENTZ TEL: 90885561 1 7 12 P. Oil Industrial Orion Department at the A/i/CIC against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration an the standards. Zn our bruf, which w considered by the Justice Department eo be eho best ana filed, the Association supported OSXA against the 203. acsevhat oi * uniec posieian (oc an ' . industry to find isif ir. vis--vi* a govrn.-antai regulatory- -agoncy. Oral argument on the case -was bald April 4 in Washington. While a decision has yes to t* handed down by the Court of Appeals, va are confident that the ease will be decided in our favor. ?ha Association has retained the services of C. 1. Sheckler, with whoa ovary oi you are familiar, as our special consultant cn environmental control affairs. At the present time. Cliff la working with the AZA/HA Environmental Control Sub-Committee on the devoiopmo.-.e of a series of five Association compliance manuals on the OS.ha standards, we expect to have i these manual* available within a short period of ;i'.a. DEC. -04' 97(THU) 11:30 WlLENTZ TEL: 90885561 1 7 13 - P. 312 Late yea;, bncauaa a.4 the well established un.-aliah;'.; 4 of till aKi:in lilti ? :ias a monitoring tool in the ass*a s industry, ths AfA undertook tha sponsorship of a study at a rassarch laboratory in CaliItzr.n co detaralna tha i'/ic: of certain variables cn the overall accuracy of the method. The results of :>.i s*-;/ ..-.awed an error factor of plus or sinus 30 per cant under the nose tavertbla of neaauring conditions, mesa results wera sane to both CSHA and to tha National Institute for Cerupaticr.il safety and Haaltn. A nunder ai the raeectsaftdasiens eor.tainad in tha study for improving the accuracy of the saehed nava been incorporated into a soen-tobe-releaiad revised Niosx operations manual on fiber counting. Zn cAe cascoisas ralatiros area, tha total effect of aegativo press publicity and gcverr.tar.o regulations on industry cur toners is still today rat/, si- poorly defined. Sorts eariiero of the Association have rioartid serious prosier..* in this area 9 while ethers have experienced far.* or no didiicuiti** thus. far. DEC. -04' 97(THU'I 11:30 W1LENTZ TEL: 90885561 17 - i -j - P. 013 Whsre customer prsoleK* is exist, er.ey norr-aiiy ii'-l Into on* of five categories, rirs:. the eustcmsr has thoroughly investigated Ms situstion and rus found that he can no longer afford eo continue using asbestos or sstestos~oor.tsir.ir.; products, either becsute the core of control is eco high cr because hi would have eo .P raise the price of hij produce eo e level eh*r would maJtt it non-ccir.pesitiv with non-asbestos coneainor.; substitutes. Second, the custoosr has see thoroughly investrgssed his situssion and only thinks thse he csn r.o lender sfford to continue using asbestos. . Third, the customer has read cr.o or nor a negative Articles on asbestos in eh* public press and has r-ada the snap decision that *w ought to get that dangerous stuff out of eu; plant.* Ofan, decisions of this nature are forced on tap nagc:t*Kt by ill-indented nodical advisors or safety and a he*:til directors. DEC. -04' 97(THU) 11:30 HILENTZ TEL: 9088556IJ7 IS P. ON Four, c.w.o customer has r.aithar a control pros;** r.cr is It* particularly afraid of uainq asbestos in his own plant. Kowavr, ha'is fearful tnat ehose of hi* cenpetitiors wheat finished products do not contain asbestos will strati ths adverts health affects of ascastca -r. erymq ea take business sway froa hia. Custmer fears of this nature are essantially 'fuc* rtactions and htnsa axtcsr-aly difficult to deal with. And ..T. rivt, chs cusccaer has r.or.t of chasa problems or faars but ha has haan advised by a qovtrme.-.e official or inspector that ha would be better off if ha quae usin? asbestos or asbestos* eor.talninf products in has plant, While this profclee does not appear ta be widespread, vi have laarr.ad af a number of situations where is has occurrsd. Actions of this naeura by pcverhzar.t officials arc totally uncalled for and should bo dealt with promptly and decisively. The base solution is to obtain escalate details on the incident and then to register a fersal complaint DEC..-04'97 (THU) 11:30 WILENTZ tv TEL.-9088S56M7 - U- P. 015 with the offending official 'a irsedista superior or with the gevarnaene agency involved. the Association's first reaction to the overall customer relations problem was to approve funds for seriesof four re?iwhich industry customers would be give* a nvirier of basi-c presentations on the various aspects * * '' of the asbestos-health prselaa. the seminars ware tentatively scheduled fer the Spring of this year. However, the emperrer.ces of e number of our memser companies showed that general catchall type seminars of the type originally contemplated would net be effective in dealing with the majority of customer relariCQS problems. In order to do the job properly, i.e ve found that customer presentations have to he tsilorad to the needs end problems of the individual custosar. -.1 T DEC..-04' 97(THU) 11.3! WILENTZ TEL: 90885561 1 7 - 17 - F. 016 As 4 cast!:, the As sociatsn cancelled is* scheduled uriii of k:L'.s:i +r.i ia*;i4J Ueu4 to dsvtiop a nurher oi packaged slide presentations on s<*sh topics 49 "The rst Abcui Asbestos and Health,' and *Under. j ti.-.dir.f the 05HA Sec-iitiOAS,* which could be visod by aetabar , it * I ccspanits 44 pars of 4 tailored presentation to individual - custcsaers. These slide presentations arc still in the work*, ' but should be available shortly. A4 with custsssr relethe Association feels that employee relations is a pras'.ta best handled by the individual renber eerpanias. Thus far, she A-A's sole ctr.tri* bution in this area c: industry concern has been to prepare the draft of an Capicyeo Safety and Health Guide an AsbastssHeelth. The draft vat Ride available so the p.eriser eospaniee for their cvn use and at least one, MySestoe-.Manhact.i.-., has produced it in bboooklet fora fer distribution to all its erpioyee W1LENTZ TEL:90885561 1 7 - ii - 0_17_ _ _ 2 personally baiiava that tha ainpioyea culaeior.s iia; ; etc asbaaeos-fcaaith prsblac is on# that has bath soraly AAflactad by coat cospaniaa within the industry, Z lit'. :hj: thij could davalop ihto A major probla* araa in the naar fusurt and thus leaps should bo eakar. now to daai wish it. Wa know Chit or, Saiikaff and various organlxad labor groups art * planning a dull seala campaign to brinf thair Incarpratatioa . ' ot eha asiastes-haaith prcblcn to tha assention of asbastos industry aroloyaas throughout tha nation. If tha industry parstiss this intarpeaeseion to b dissaminaead unohalianqad, tha censaquanoaa could ba grova indaad W[LENTZ TEL: 9088556117 dtfintd 49 kitp:;.; industry ir.farrud ihous i.tporrjas saw dvlopr.tntj on tilt ** ]ovrniauL stdies! tr.d priu nUtisni front* t>.4t tfiic: u:i:si. This Is acessp'isJicd within tilt &XA by periodic distributions of dosurunta *r.d iadarsaticr. to t>.s *anir . cosyrniss *nd to others cr. cu? sailing list. Tilt Vtlut Of this itftiOity eon b yfud by th ,*4C- tiut our overall ciiii.15 list l.-e?tA4d from appraaizaftly t dozen mm* la 1971 to sort than 0 year latar, While we have had co t?i the list sonawhat chit year for logistical W!LENTZ TEL:908 8556117 - jo - P.019 reasons, va assess .'::a cha Ire^-tne rccuoscs va receivt to bo placed on the list that ehe material w send owe is read and is of considerable value ta chess receiving it. Hext to gsvernaans affairs, ovir public relations and publicity actititias censcisute the single U:;ut comesr at tins, flare ar.d xcr.ey within ;ha Assccistien. fhosa of you who are fmill as with the treatment that asbestos has bssa * receiving in the public prass ovor the years can readily understand why this activity ranks so sign <sn our priority list What yeu nay net understand are eha reasons why cur extensive efforts in dealing with the nation's press have been so , unsuccessful to data in producing the theoretics, balanced* cr `positive* story or. asbestos and health. 3EC- -04` 97ITHU) il;32 WILENTZ TEL9088556117 21 P. 020 ths nir.pl-* fact is that iron the standpoint ot m' ; today's young activist rsporter, industry is the bad guy, and .nothing vo da,say or ie.Miv can aver chaaga this iaprsssior.. It va spa ad 5100 million dollars an anviransentai control, the proas either ssys va ought eo have dona ie can yaars ego ' or that v should have spans 200 Billion, It va sponsor Bidleal research, they say va ara trying to buy favorable results. Id va ara oopesad to ridiculously stringent standards, ebay say va ara in favor of lotting our aeployees die. A television executive in .Hinnaapolic described this nav bread of reporter as being *so intent on demolishing the assablishngat that they would blindly destroy ths credibility of tha aadia in the bargain.* Another Vi executive, this tisa la Chicago, stacad "they want to sake ssral and political ip and social judgments on theie assignments and then take eidaa. raver Kind getting the facts straight.* fi DEC.-04'97(THU) 11:32 WlLENTZ TEL:90 8 8556 1 1 7 > 31 P.021 JU a ai eftia "industry iis a .tesr.zsr* phUescp.-.y, aibaseea will raraifl * *`-cc news iztm tsly s 2=y st* new* la bad. ?nt 'feed" ebac aabaasai deaf is jssxar:.rs liiraj ,*.d ptOparsy la od r.a aer.ecrn to cMa preas.. Xiteti**., iaisaxey efforts ?:3:c: wockaan cr.i esa. ras^ droa *sb j *. xpesura will always ba fives ei.-.irAl sat**?.***,. trtxis* roeh Indorsation la directly contrary to cia parxnuif uf as * m irresponsible Industry produai.-.f a *ki21as" jvxtucx. ?at la the aola elaunt oi r.awa worthiness ir. ts utsaarrea rbsxj. the praaa relutisr.s battle tvll ha vcr., not when the Sadia ir:i ea print pos-ti:** s isxOiscxd articles about asbestos, bus whan the ;stsx cmaa* sa prist a anything about asbestos at all. As 1ir u .se5s.rs.-7a sows an uhaatoa-haaltA continues ea ba generism, tisa ausdia will continue to cat it up. the a*dia will ssly c&asa xa carry .such stories whan the fenerstion of rufots.'** news ceases ... tr DEC.-04'97(THU) 11:32 WlLENTZ TEL:90885561 17 21 - P.022 it la aa eirple ** t-kat. positive or balincad scoriae 4 chi&ars, since e-key are, by definition, not newsworthy. toe r-a give you 4 very steelJis example q* <1ti;-- principle in action, is /nose of you already knov, e,-. Association la currently enga-jad la aft axtsntiva campaign to latarasc the trade prats in artielaa on the benefits of asbestos and ba industry ecaaapliehser.ee in the environmental control '* araa. tha trade praaa, unlike tke national or public asdla, ' * . la .tuck sore receptive to articles of nature and wo expect to bo seeing a nuriar 0J positive sesrias in eka trade press in eke next Jaw nonths. , Za any ease, va also frsa cisa to e;.T-a pus out praaa releases on various subjects relating to esbestaa-htaiek. A Jaw weeks *50, vo leaverad a ralaaae on eka report oJ tne advisory ccnnittat on asdiatoa cancers of the World Health. Organisetian. in brief, eka report concludad that the general public is not in danger Jrru asbostos in tko environaent. Thus Jar, w have DEC .-04' 97ITHU) 11 = 32 WlLENTZ TEL: 9088556 1 1 7 - 24 - P. 323 r*C*ivd nearly two doren p: elippir.qi irea trad* publications that carritd "eg nor/. To eh* bst oi our knowledge, not a newspaper, now* aagatir.*, radio or TV station, or any oeh*r seysiant of ch* public cadla ran eh* story, with th* single exception oj a mr.eh paper in Toronto. A* Z. said before, ii th* news is seed, th* prose Ain't inc*rstd. nonetheless, eh* Association has no ir.tancion of v abandoning our efforts vis-a-vis the national*cedi*. W* will contir.ua eo issua apprspriatt prass releases, cooparae* with i*afar* uri-.iM cri.-.; :;?.* er. sstestss, writ* seething litters to th* editor whan thos* stort** appear, and in short, do all w* can to present th* prass with a balanced view of th* asbestos-health situation. Our cast recent effort in thia regard has been the preparatian end printer.? of an Asbestos and Health information * file, which w* have sailed to aesa 2,023 newspapers, na-;*zir.es, T DEC. -04' 9' (THU) 11:33 if WlLtNTZ TEL: 908855611 7 - 25 - P. 324 trttf publications, radio and -v stations, sclents wnctri ace. across the United States. X have brought a half-dorm fiias ilonq with ee that you can cake a look at altar ehe casting, asically, the file contains capita or the iv* w-.oustry petition papers which wort distributed earlier, ta wall at 4 number at important sedicai papers and a pair at photographs illustrating the benefits of asbestos and industry efforts at *m environmental control. You nay bo interested to know that til item chcsaa to illustrate the benefits of aabeatse ia a {ire-pcsof astossss suit. while we don't expect our information file to change the whole attitude 0f tne press esvard asbestos, wa ara hoping that tha madia will oaks use of it ta. accurately report the industry's peeicion when doing stortes on tha subject. . And now. having hoard the bad sida of the public relations prebloa, it's tiso for the good news. - T WILENTZ TEL: 90885561 1 7 - 31 ' P. 025 Xnd cha food now* i* .... daspita U eh* n*9*;iv* i;.jeiu 0n uuiufhiiltA that luv appeared ia (.".a pro** aver the ?a*t half-do:en yiar*, vary fav paopla Hava bean Myin? attention._ Lao *a explain. * In r-struary, ena Aisociacion undertook a parional lacarviaw resaarsh lurvay oi tha American publie to datersia* lu act;:'^ eoward issaieci aad its awaranei* at tha hatleli ' laaua. tha survey waa conducted by tha Opinion 8a*aarea corporation during harsh and April, .nor a onan a,goo das?r*phis*lly selected Anar: car.* vara interviewed. Z hivi hara with aa suiiicianc espial .`s: all oS you ai a luraary oS tha results. ( CCJCidH? rhOX.fCKKAMr 1 Baiora foin? on to daasribo (: aetiviciss in tha covornaonc relation* are*. Z s-hin* i; 3i7.1t b interesting at this point to caXa a vary brio! laoh at tha oannar in DEC. -04' 97 (THU) 11:33 W1 LENTZ TEL--9088S56117 - 27 - P. 026 vtUeft Or Jalikoil and Ki* supporters Have usad his rasearr* results to drwac:. :a and exa??arate tile serieutnosi ., asbestos*hsaieh probien. j have two slides union point out rdt-te? conclusively. st;zt i-------aisiAacK oata K> first slid* shews the actual results o! Dr. ielifcof; four mortality studies of asbestos workers. The niutieri ia * parenthesis beside the figures for total nurier of workers indicate thtsa vho have so far died /-o,tj all causes. The percentage fijur* alongside the total r.uaber of deaths frao isititaiiii li cir and rasathe!ieea an based on the total nunbar of dsaths issa. all causes, not on eh "unsar a? workers in tile study. The nose important study ot the loe Is the seesr.d frost tlft wwis? the deaths frea asbestos-related dissus iseng all Messrs of the insulation workers union, cogarclasc ir K*' DEC. -04 97 (THU) lLOo W!LENTZ TEL: 9088556 1 1 7 21 P. 027 of lahfth of exposure. 7ou will'not# t.`4t 3* p*x e*st at ' theso workers who havo died thus fax a fiid fxzsa or* of cm three iibituivilttid diiimi. These er.an, cna faei* Ex. Ui23:vz ucxra ixsa. This is what he knows irea his owa ia?t%axiq|trl,`mo.> sow lee u* cake look st vhae hs has dons va*A tssi ia order to drvutisa eha problem. * . sl::s s------ p.iisccnccis *' This slid* shows or. Saidkofi.'** scsCirrhcT-i tiaut askastos-relatad deaths in tha vr.itsx! acjezr. ^-iisus gain; into details, Dr. Seliko^f has arrived *a Air josz-teziona by tha sir-pla procedure of suioipi/ing i.tv* j.s-=*r3Juja of deaths ;:a asSastos-roidtad disaasa aror.f hi* inxxlnthae workers by tha total nu-ebor of aapisyees la rho acsira irdtoetry. T DEC. -04' 97 (THU) 11 = 34 WiLENTZ TEL-- 9088556 i 17 - 2S - P. 328 Vou will Also r.oca chat ho ha a cAasac nio prsjoctad d#Ath astinact co anorsoua Haights avar eha post yAr by siapl? increasing the b*n of taploytii exposed, while still rACAir.ir.g the preconcert multiplier of 34 por cane boin? experienced by tho insulation workers. mi?ht point out chat this tactic, however improper And deceptive, hi* Coon n aneroowj suceeaa since aeh raisin* el the osti.ruto rus earned or. Salikoif corroopondi.-jily grstor coverage by the media. No finer example exists of the total gullibility of the p:m than the =a.-..-.ao in which Cr. Seiikoff manipulated And played on choir prejudices eo pain publicity. Z can readily envision the let of ekes up choc* at KeuM Sinai lau?kir.* themselves silly over the ossa with which they baxnioosled tbs proas with these trumped-up prediction*. - C DEC. -04' 9< (THU) 11:34 WILENTZ g TEL;9088556117 a- - P.029 Please den't Oat <M wrar.j, . > have little doubt (.Me tha insulation worxars ui 1a :te: dyin* as rapuij as 8r,, Seliheff says ebay if a. The prabiaa la ha has translat ad their so real ley experience. to tha rase of tha an tin i.-.duatry, which ia absolutely ridiculous. Sa tha firse plica, the satire tad r.usbtr of employees in the industry ia too high --- five tiras toe hlfh to be " , precise. Evan store important, according to an analysis .by, the Association of "ore than a cotan rorcslity studies, inciudinj Chose of 3;. Saliboff, our pradiecian is thee approximately 25,000 pest and present aapidyees in the asbestos industry have died or will eventually dia af ashescas-related disease. e this la leas than ona-cAisxeeiieA af Sc. SeliXoff't mate atlases* Zs addition, our fiflures ahew chat 30 cf the 05,000 deaths -- or 10 per eent ---- will occur anon? those Ia tha insulation trader. ' t T DEC..-04' 97[THU) 11:34 WILENTZ TEL-9088556117 -U- ? OJO While these asetaaee* sheuid be reassuring eo c>.aaa ,* ' * !, <' :\o US i.n eh* ir.ir.f ond sonufierjrin* areas of the industry, wo should rob ferfac thee 3,100 of or workmen ere stii; qai.if IT"eo di* of osbescos-related disease and that, oil chinos considorad. chart is absolutely nothin* choc wo eon do to fr prevent it. The only thir.4 w can do is eo el son up our planes to ossurt that those entering eho industry in tho future will noc hovo thosoao experience, . '' ' sirrr 3 -- ccvishmsnt xcshczzs Within the post yaor ond 0 half, eha main encase of Association effort hos shifted eo tho government offiirs frsr.t. l' the principal agencies in Washington with which va hove bean dealing ara, at course, tha Occupational Safety and Health Administration; tha Environmental Protection Agency; tha rood ond Drug Adoinlscrotiont tha Bureau of Minaa: and, to a Uss* decree, tie national Xascituta of Occupational Safety and Has1th, DEC. .-04'97 (THU) 11:34 W!LENTZ TEL:9088556 1 1 7 35 ~ P. 031 A4 tho Motional institutes of Health, tow of which are mainly involved in research aborts. In addition,'a few veeka ago wo wort contacted by the federal Trad* Carwission, which had rocaivod a position from the Center (or Science in tho Public Interest requesting an investigation of consular uses of asbestos for tho purpoxa of detamining whether cartain products ought to bo labeled ' as haxardoux and whathar warning! should bo required on oil " advertisements for chase products. On tho basis eg my seating with an investigator frea tha rrc I would say chat wo hava littla to worry about in this particular araa. SiI hi i-------OSHA ' o Tha Occupational Safaty and Health Adoinistration has baon of enormous concern to tho industry ovar tho paat II zonths. As uost of you already know, tha Asaeeiation expended trecandous efforts during tha six month period I T DEC. -04' 97 (THU) : 3 5 W!LENTZ *m - 11 - *' TEL:90885561i7 P. 032 * loading to tko promulgation of last June's CSHA scaneards on ubiltai, X think it is a gauge of the tiiieuvanm of the total industry involvement in this Rose crucial matter chat of eleven mala requirements in the standards, tho industry position was accaptad totally by OSXA on nine of tho olsvan, ibout fifty parcanc cn a tent*, and eotally rejected on only ana. Wow, of eoursa, OSNA is planning to rado tna standard * package and wo aro working closely with them on this project. ' ' Tho fir at atap will bo the foraation of a IS man advisory cocaittaa to raviow eke current standards and any additional data and information that has bean developed in the year sines tha standards wars promulgated. o Working in cooperation ia ni.-.a oc.-.ar trade *ssociaticm, including your own, wo hsvo solaetod four individuals as industry wide roeoeaandations to OSHA for tho four so-called employer I T DEC.-04'97ITHU] 11 = 35 VVILENTZ -U - TEL: 908855611" P.053 ll spots on tjia advisory ccrouttaa. Tfc# icur ?cc?io jclacnd wort Cuy Cabrislisn. President of Nicola:; I'xa waavar os Atyfidstos-.Haji.'ia.tcaAi Dr. rrsd Pundsack, Vico Prtsidsnc Sot Msaareh and 3avalopraane aS Johns-Kanviilt; and Clii! Shacklar. In discussing tha formation as tha advisory cosinistaa with John O'Naill oi tha OSKA Standards Savalopr-ant Saceion,' wa van askad to add a coupla oS nanas to tha list so cast ,' OSHA would hava at laase tha saabian.cs ot a stlaction. This . va h*v agreed to do. the will ie given up to nine sa.nths to ccoplata ti*s deliberations and pzapar* dor CSXA a revisad standard package, this will ta Sollswad by public hearings. . approximately a yae* txes .now. l.*n do not axpaec ea saa a 4t now standard pronuigatad before tha Fall oS 1S74. T WlLENTZ TEL: 90885561 17 - 33 P.034 Xe is ei course impassible to datarnir.a at thi* whos the raw standards wall look Hke, however, I would venture to ia/ that shay will certainly not ba laaa Jtric: than the onaa wa hava today, although they will probably ba last cen/uslng and leave laaa room /or aaplo/ar interpretation, Soma thin? will unruaaclonably ba dona eo iaprsva the currant dii/icuities wieh eha monitori.-.g requirements. * SIXDC 3 ---- NXOSK , * These alidaa, by ehe way, ara merely simpli/ied organisation charts o/ tha various agencies wish which wa deal in Washingsen. the rain /unction o/ tha National rnscieuea for Occupational sa/aty and health is sc conduct research and so prepare so-called Criteria Packages, which are essentially racessendeeiens ea OSHA /or standards on various rasarials and chemicals. Such a package on asbaaecs was prepared T DEC. -04' 97 (THU) 11:35 WILENTZ TEL:9088S5611 - -- P. 035 by OSM at the ti*o of the OSHA proceedsr.ga In: year, mxc$k will not be preparing a r.w or revised criteria package Co? the upc:--;r.g review oi the asbesees standards. Z do not believe It would ba unfair eo lay that of all tho agencies in Washington dealing with asbestos, Dr. Saiikoff has had hia greatest influer.co on tha young idaaliseie scientists and doctors at NXOSK. Consequently, . industry influence is veakast la this agency. It waa jftoSI,' ' aftar all, that Bade the original raeosmaedatien for a two fihar standard in the asbestos industry. sues a ---- s?a Nesct to OSHA, the fnvisonsental Protection Agency ha; eha greatest potential of any federal aganey for adversely aiiaccifif th* future of the asbestos industry in this country. Not only la tho E>A responsible for developing and enforcing air and water pollution standards, bus tha Tokic Substances T DEC. -04' 97(THUJ 11 36 Wl LENTZ TEL:90885561 1 7 - 37 - p ggg Control Ace, Mw>cf.iin<J in Congress, w;ii else become an C?a junction after far this rea.-on, 1 am plaased to be abla to sy chat the asbestos industry has an txcellsnc rtlationship with tha Efk. No finer proof of this exists than the fact that there wa* not a single major industry reconaendecion or suggestion made to the EPA at the public hearings on the proposed asbestos . e emission regulations that was r.ot accepted either in tote or ' in principle in the final standard, which were published in early x?rii oi this year. ' Wa are presently worJcsr.g w*ch the E?A on the davelopnent of waste vatar effluent standards for asbestos asnufacturinc plants. We fully'ex>ect that these standards will turn out . to he ae reasonable as the air pollution regulations. The proposed effluent standards are scheduled to be published in the federal Register in early July. This will be followed by' ir DEC. -04' 97 (THU) 11:36 WlLENTZ - IS TEL:90885561I7 ?. 037 public haarin?s, probably in laca July or August, with tho iinal standards bctn? prenulsatad in cha fall* parhaps i *arly as October. w art also planr.in*, in O.a naar fueura, to fr-aac 1a Washington with reprasancacivas fron cAa standard* davalcpmant A.nd aftfaroamtr.c hranehaa of tha c?A to discuss with than quastions of interpratation and conpiiancs policy with ragaxd * CS tha new air pollution.regulations. iVa hava alraady rasolvqd or.a ir.tsrpratatloh question .j.je af special interest to t.*.j textile industry. Approximately two wash* ago 2 was -asAtd by a maebar company of eba Association to find out whether the 2?A was planning to require the iianufacvjrar* oi actuates aafaty alothin* to racists* as potential emission sources under the law. ii ': i i ti ill . li i-l .a; :;.!i t T 11:36 WlLENTZ TEL: 9088556] 17 3) - P. 038 Ifl diSCVStllif chi Situation SV4f phc.TA Witil compliance officials, r arqued that eha producers asbestos ft/ eloehinq vara not aunufactucars as defined in eh# lTJi*cion hue vara Inaeaad only fabrication of an asbestos product, and as such, should noe have eo raqiatar as potential suasion jourcas. - Aftar our phon conversation ended, a briar aaacia? ** w*s held uscnf eha WA compliance people, I was chan called back and infosaed that thay abroad with ea that eha safety clothing producers should r.at ba required eo regiseer. While this richer .iinor problem cook apprexir-ataiy an hour ar.d a half and ewo or tnraa phone calls to resolve, ie is indicative of the type of day-to-day services chat =h# Association provides for its member coapanias. DEC. '04' 97(THU) 11 = 36 WILENTZ TEL: 908855611 7 - 40 P. 039 1 SLJ3S T------ F3A Owc eha 71a? yaar eha food and Orvg Adniniaeraeion F.aa inown an incrcaair.9 Int^raac in asbaaeoa a poaaibia hazardous conearunanc in various food*, bovaragu and dcuga. I Laea in 1J72 they sat up an aabaseo* taaJc forea to rtvt*w tha jieuaeian and ca prapoaa regulations and guldaHnos whara ippropriaea. . _ Thu a far ehay hav coneancraead choir affores in evo trcAj ... on tha uaa of ashaacos-contaminated tale in food padealing and in res-eaeiaa, and saccsdiy on aha uaa of a^besxua ' cilvioaa fiieor pads a*A bavaraga and drug industries. tn our first (taaeing wish tha =-* eaak forca laac Movoaibif on eha filesr probio*, ebay dasor.atracad an appallin; igneranes above eha hcaitn hazards of aafcaacoa. Sinca tnsn, thoy hava gotten ona hack cf a lot saarcar. dua c least in a* part eo ena trcnar.doua amount of data and information which W[LENTZ TEL: 90885561 1 7 - 41 - P. 040 thd Association has been supplying to chair.. As a eemaq-. the 7DA is eoday less panicky about ssbascoo and er.arsfor ll likely ee propose foolish! u.nsiipportsbla regulations Spokesmen from the ft* have, in face, defanCed eha filter i against anvirorrsantoliit ateocka ih the pross and elsawhax secant nontha, This is, guita obviously, a healthy sign. SU3C ------X.NTEPC5T G*OUPS Sinca our eoneacta with the Notional Institutes oi Health have been gules minimal, and since tha hoalth and safety section ef the Bureau of Mi.-.a a ia pranely being reorganised! ve can now precaed to taka a brief look at tha ij various iAcerasc groups cjug hv kn in cfca lanlrant of the assault on asbestoa. These ara eh-s groups and organise: that coast!cuta "tha other side.* ks you can see, there iro e lot of than, and feetvee; tho they can exert powerful pressure on legislators and acbaihls era tors at all laveia of goverr.rjnt. i DEC -34' 97(THU) 11:37 W!LENTZ TEL: 908855611 7 <2 P. 041 SIAc* ti/t is riot available to discuss seen of their Activities end philosophies in detail, 1 would like to say chit w* keep * close waec.n on all of ehem end are always prepared to taka whatever actasn is appropriate whan they a stop out oi Uno. ' suer ?9ojrcroR err --- lisst on Our activities in era area of Congressional relations *m have lean quite mir.iail to dace, although we era preparing for the upcoming struggle in Congress over workman's compensation rafora legislation, ac which tira asbestos is ungues-ionaoly going to la racked over eh* coals by Or. Selikoff and his compatriots in organized labor. Unfortunately, the Association has neither the manpower nor tha eiM to embark on a full-scale legislative information program, we have met on occasion with the legislative and legal assistants to various Senators who have attacked ashostos. ir !1:3? WlLENTZ -o- TEL: 901955611 7 ?. 042 hewavar euah aosa naada to b dona in this cit and X ax afraii individual aambar ccaipanitf art join? to havo to St ehe priat ball eaxriara and not tha AJiociation. For asaantielly cat saxa raaaoa, our jovarnctnt activiciaa at t.-.a acaea add local laval have dacllnad to aisancially *ero awj cha past yar and a half. ThiJ haa not baon too sarious a daficiancy aa coat of cha authority of * the citioa and a caeca in tabasco* control haa bn uaurpod * " by tha varioua Federal rajulatocy ajenciaa. Nonacheleaa# sort individual eonpany activity ia required at chas* lava is of jovarnxanc. In conclusion, X think wa can all fca justifiably plaaaad with vhat wa hava been abla to aesenpliah ir. tha pass daw yaara in rasolvinj cha cornucopia of interrelated proslacs that constitute cha aabaaeoa-hoaltn sicuesion. T DEC. .-04'97 (THU) 11:37 WiLENTZ - m - 44 - TEL: 9088556II7 P 043 Cur plant* are cWa.-.je end our workmen pretested '' i tn# general public ha* iatn shown to bo in no darker troa asbestos, if it tvor was. Whilo wo have seen rsfulaetd extensively, for eho ost part the icor-Curd* that have boon developed hovo nee boon so bad as wo feared ebay might bo, aed in sc.ta cases they turned cue bettor than wo sver dartd hojo. In addition, whilo wo ers still taking our lumps in the public press, tna not efface of all this adverse - . publicity ho boon shewn eo so surpris;..-.? iy snail. ' Wo have tvcetod a lac ar.d wo have groaned a lot, but wo ore still standin? and wo art still viable. Z sense teday within eho industry a greater faali.-.g of eor.fidor.eo m the future than at any tiau in eho past few years. Sue wt must not root contsntod, . I DEC. -04' 97 (THU) 11 = 38 WILENTZ <a - TEL: 90885561 1 7 P. 044 We cuss re.to.?.br chat Cr. Sol;>a!i has to dais bean far less successful thsn our industry hi* in influencing c>. decisions of ehs various $over;unencal regulatory agencies. , mla will MX a hia try lurder. Just last waak 1 caw a speec.n of Mi in whisk he purposely misinterpreted seas data by a distinguished 3?i:isr>. scientist in ordar ea prove chat even two fibers is not a sufficiently safa laval for occupational .* . exposure ca asbastos. - ' . fks scruple is far froa over, w must not only concinua but indeed expand our activities la the various areas of concern if we are to assure tbs future weil-bei.*.* of the asbastos industry in tho United States, , flunk you very much. !: d f Y . ORIGINAL AFFIDAVIT OF ROBERT C. COHEN STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA ') ) ) ss.: ROBERT C. COHEN, of full age.upon his oath, deposes sand says: 1. I am principal in Che firm of Knipes Cohen Associates , a shorthand reporting service located at 400 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2. In 1978 Knipes Cohen Associates was designated as che official repository for documents of che Asbestos Textile Institute. 3. In February 1980 che deposition of Doris Fagan, executive secretary of the Asbestos Textile Institute, was taken at the offices of Knipes Cohen Associates. ._ 4. Ms. Fagan produced at her February 1980 deposition che origimai minutes of ATI meetings as maintained by her as executive secrecarv of che Asbestos Textile Institute. . 5. From Che dac.e of that deposition, I have been custodian of records of chose originial minutes. 6. The originials of the ATI minutes have remained in che drawers ac the offices of Knipes Cohen Associates under my direction since Ms. Fagan's deposition of February 1980. . 7. Whenever copies of those minutes are r guested by a party to che asbestos litigation, they are xeroxed by Knipes Cohen Associates' employees under my direction and are certified. 8. The copies of che ATI minutes which I have provided jre Indicated as Exhibit "A" and are crue and accurate copies of documents identified by Doris Fagan at her deposition on September 9, 1930. page <# 9- There have been no additions to, deletion from or alee radons CO che documencs as idenclfied by Ms. Fagan on Septemebr 9. 1980. Sworn co and subscribed before ne chis **CL7*"1 day of Occooer,1988 kji f CAPSINC7QN l.yNCco.2nrv,^FUs5lo,.ne.EPxnpllaifcipC-,..^Co^ ROEERT C. COHEN T