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CONFIDENTIAL Subject to Protective Order in Boss v. Conoco, Inc., No. 90-4837 14th Judicial District Court Calcasieu Parish,, Louisiana 1350 MINUTES of the two hundred eleventh meeting of the Directors of the Manu facturing Chemists' Association, Inc., held at Del Monte Lodge, Pebble Beach, California, on Wednesday, March 15, 1972, at 9:30 a.m. There were present: Max A. Minnig, Chairman Werner C. Brown F. L. Byrom C. C. Candee Herschel H. Cudd Lee V. Dauler David H. Dawson William J. Driver Carl A. Gerstacker John M. Henske William W. Huisking James A. Hughes T. G. Hughes L. G, Lillieo Harry D. McNeeley Thomas B. Nantz P. C. Reilly Luther S. Roehm George W. Russell Robert J. Whitesell John E. Wood, HI James R. Carnes Alternates: Wayne T. Barrett (for L. G. Bliss) Frederick L. Bissinger (for John T. Connor) C. A. Cash (for James A. Hughes) John L. Gillis (for Edward J. Bock) Edward R. Kane (for David H. Dawson) Gordon Kiddoo (for D. G, Stevens) John M. Martin (for Werner C. Brown) Richard M. Morrow (for Herschel H. Cudd) Thomas E. Reilly, Jr. (for P. C. Reilly) R. T. Savage (for T. G. Hughes) Clifford D. Siverd (for George W. Russell) William S. Sneath (for F. Perry Wilson) E. J. Sullivan (for Max A. Minnig) Francis W. Theis (for John W. Brooks) Harry B. Warner (for Thomas B. Nantz) Robert J. Zedler (for H. E. Hirschland) General Counsel: Lloyd Symington Present by invitation: Other member company executives, in addition to Directors and Alternates, as they appear in the Regional Meeting Attendance List, attached as Exhibit A. nr p. 1 REDACTED ..... CONFIDENTIAL Subject to Protective Order in Ross v. Conoco, Inc., No. 90-4837 14th Judicial District Court Calcasieu Parish,, Louisiana PHTHALATES. . . ...were the topic at a meeting on February 24 at MCA Headquarters. Discussion centered on reported findings of medical researchers con cerning phthalate extraction by blood when stored in bags made of phthalate-plasticized polyvinyl chloride film, and observances of birth defects in rats when injected with types of phthalate esters used as plasticizers in plastics, particularly polyvinyl chloride. Forty-five representatives of 31 companies attended. They wish to consider the development of a technical program, and eight com panies volunteered representatives as an Ad Hoc Planning Group on Phthalate Studies, with the understanding that any program proposal involving MCA administration would require your approval. CMA 012525