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{_) Minutes GENERAL meeting PLAINTIFFS , EXHIBIT 13)10,60 Asbestos Textile Institute October 6, 1967 William Hilton Inn, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina In attendance: AMERICAN ASBESTOS TBXTIIE CORP. J.L. Rainey J.W. Christenbury Wm. Maaskant G.S. Fabel H.H. Walter GARLOCK, INC, N.L.A. Ma.rtucci JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP. E.H. Wells E.A. Schuman W.C. Atkinson C.L. Sheckler W.C. Streib H.K. PORTER COMPANY. INC. J.A. Gallagher J .T). McCluer D.E. Childers RAYBESTOS-MANHATTAN. INC. VJ.S. Simpson S.R. Zimmerman, Jr. J.A. Brown, Jr, G.F. Ducker M.W. Oliver J.W. Hawkins i'.Q. Scowcroft R.n. Smith J.P. Wronski TALLHAN-MC CLUSKEY FABRICS CO. J.L. Mitchell UNIROYAL. INC. R.P. Clark D.T. Austin, Jr, . li.M. Willingham S.J. Peele, Jr, F.C. Phillips W.L. Wylie ASBESTOS CORPORATION LIMITED M.P. Carson G.F.A. Brink P.E. Leclerc BELL ASBESTOS MINES LIMITED Wm.J.W. Smith R. Dodds-Hebron LAKE ASBESTOS OF QUEBEC LTD. E.A. Farrell K.W. Nelson CAOWALADER, WICKERS! iAM ft TAFT P.Jay Flocken (Legal Counsel) ASBESTOS TETTILE INSTITUTE H.E. Sunbury (Secretary) U.S. Public Health Service, tor, L.J. Cralley PLAINTIFFS g EXHIBIT ****** Minutes ******* 1. President Rainey called the meeting to order at 9:40 A.I- ., ar asked each person in attendance to stand and identify himself and his company affiliation. He mentioned that it was particularly grat ifying to have the following comnanv officials nrpspnt at thic dn^-iai __________________ _______ .... Also welcomed to the meeting were: u vr\.. I | WiilXVI/U., illUrf . Geo.S. Fabel, President of A.T.I. in 1949-1950; Dr. L.J. Cralley, U.S. Public Health Service; and F.C, Phillips, Marketing Manager of UNIROYAL, INC. Minutes_- General I'ei^Ang - continued: Page -2- 2. The minutes of the last me eting were presented for reading. Mr. J.A. Brown, Jr,,, moved that reading be omitted; seconded by Mr. N.L.A. Hartucci. So voted. 3. The Financial Report was presented by Treasurer Martucci. Mr. E.A. Schuroan moved that report be accented; Mr. J.A. Brown, Jr., seconded, the motion, and it was so voted. The Report is attached to these minutes. 40 Mr. P.Jay Flocken. Legal Counsel, discussed some of the legal aspects of voluntary product standards and certification programs. Mr. Flocken fi rst analyzed the antitrust considerations relevant to individual company and trade association participation in the initia tion, formulation, and aprroval of voluntary standards. He stated that standardization or simplification have been attacked in cases alleging price-fixing where such a program was utilized as part of a broader effort to secure uniformity of prices or to limit production and to indirectly reduce price competition. The legality of a standards program does not depend upon the mere ex istence of an agreement to standardize but upon an appraisal of the program in the setting of all the circumstances, counsel stated. He briefly reviewed several cases including United States v. National Malleable and Steel Castings Conrany, The Douglas Fir Plywood Associ ation and Asbestos-Cement Pipe cases. Counsel also discussed two forms of certificati. on, self-certifica tion by a producer that a product complies with a given standard and, third-party certification by a trade association or testing labora tory in conjunction with a registered certification mark under the trademark laws. Counsel discussed various specific certification marks registered under the Lanham Act and the provisions of that act providing for cancelation of a mark if the registrant discriminates or refuses to certify goods or services which meet the standards in volved. Counsel noted that two requisites for a valid certification program using a trademark are "control'' of use of the mark and avail ability of the mark to anyone maintaining the standards which the mark certifies, whether or not a member of the certifying organiza tion. In this regard, the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Radiant Burners v. American Gas Association *;as noted. 5. The Fibre Producers Repbrt was given by Mr. M.P. Carson, Vice President - Sales, Asbestos Corporation Limited. He mentioned that slow economic conditions in several countries had adversely affected total shipments of Canadian asbestos fibres in the first eight months of this year - down 8.8% - however, total sales of spinning fibres were up about 1% in that period. Group 4 fibres for use in asbestos-cement products were off, as were spinning fibre sales in Italy, France and Germany. Japan has made a good recovery. The em bargo on Rhodesian fibre continues. However, some Rhodesian is reaching markets thru a third country. 6. President Rainey introduced J)r. Clinton II. Whitehurst, Jr., HeadBept. of Industrial Management, Clemson University, Clemson, S.C.. who gave a most interesting talk entitled: "Operations Research Techniques". We were privileged, indeed to have the opportunity to h*ar Dr. Whitehurst, a well-known authority in the field of O Minutes - General Meeting - continued: J Page -3- Industrial Management An abstract of his talk follows: ABSTRACT - "It is profoundly erroneous truism, repeated by all copy books and by eminent people when they are making speeches, that we should cul tivate the habit of thinking of what we are doing* The precise oprosite is the case* Civilization advances by extending the number of important opera* tions which we can perform without thinking about them*". The above quotation by Alfred North Whitehead was both an introduc tion and, in fact, a summary of the address "Operations Research Techniques" delivered by Dr. C.H. Whitehurst of Clemson University before the Asbestos Textile Institute at Hilton Head, South Carolina on October 6, 1967. In specific terms the address covered in capsule form ten OR tech niques that could be utilized in a typical industrial organization. Each technique was illustrated by a simple example designed to show its potential as an aid to management decision making. Included were examples making use of linear programming, Markov processes, econometrics, multiple graphic correlation analysis, input-output models, matrix algebra, industrial dynamics, and a Monte Carlo simu lation model. In each case the relevance of the technique to com puter programming was emphasized. N The large number of techniques discussed was made possible by dis tributing handouts to the audience which contained the specific ex ample, relevant technique, and at least one library reference. The handouts together with explanatory illustrations on an easel board was successful in imparting the potential for OR analysis in a firm's operations* 7. Jack Christian, President of Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Ltd., wrote the Secretary prior to this meeting that neither he nor Tom Tiggert would be able to attend due to the fact that their new Clinton mine, at Clinton Creek, B.C., was due to start production and they would be busy there. President Rainey asked Mr. Wm.J.W. Smith, Bell Asbestos Mines Limited, sales representatives for Cassiar, to tell us something about the new mine* Mr. Smith said the Clinton Mine is 600 to 700 miles north of the pre sent Cassiar mine, close to the border of Alaska. Problem of trensporting fibre is somewhat similar to shipments from Cassiar. The type of fibre from the Clinton line is generally similar to Cassiar fibre, but there could be some considerable differences. There are both long and short fibres - but Clinton will produce primarily #4 Group fibres, and a secondary grade will be Group 5. Because yield from ore is never precisely knoxm in advance, Mr. Smith stated t!?aj perhaps grades may be produced, other than those presently antici** pated. o Minutes - General Meeting - continued: Page -4- B,, The committee reports were given by the respective chairmen as listed belowj Air Hygiene Sc Manufacturing Committee - Y/.C. Atkinson, Chm. Sales Promotion Committee - E.A. Schuman, Chm* Technical Committee - J.D. McCluer, Chm. Fiber Testing Committee - J.P. Wronski, Chm. The full text of their reports is atta ched to these minutes. 9. All four of the committee chairmen have now completed the normal two years service, and President Rainey expressed sincere appreci ation on behalf of the Board of Governors and Members of the Institute for the faithful and efficient performance of their duties. A review of the minutes for the past two years gives abundant proof of the great amount of work done by each committee under their capable leadership. 10. Mr. J.A. Brown,Jr.,Chairman of the nominating committee, re ported that the members of the Eoard of Governors for the coming .year would be: J.A. Brown,Jr. - Raybestos-I.!anhattan,Inc. E.A. Schuman, - Johns-Manville Corporation J.L. Rainey - American Asbestos Textile Corp. J.A. Gallagher - H.K. Porter Company,Inc. J.L. Mitchell - Tallman-I/icCluskey Fabrics Co. G.P. Y/iess - GARLOCK INC. R.P. Clark - Uniroyal,Inc. H.Mr. J.A. Brown,Jr.,informed the members that the Board of Gov ernors had met on October 5, 1967,and re-elected incumbent officers -to serve for another year, namely: President - J.L. Rainey Vice President - E.A. Schuman Treasurer - N.L.A. Martucci 12. President Rainey announced that the Board of Governors had appointed new committee chairmen ^s listed below: Air Hygiene & Manufacturing - H.H. V/alter, American Asb.Tex.Corp. Sales Promotion - M.Q. Scowcroft, Raybestos-Manhattan,Inc. Technical - J.W, Hawkins, Raybestos-Manhattan,Inc. Fiber Testing -G.F.A. Brink, Asbestos Corporation Ltd. 13. President Rainey Informed the members that the application of HILADOS Y TETIDOS DE ASBESTO,S.A., Toluca, Mexico, for Associate Membership in A.T.I. had been approved by the Board of Governors. This fine company is a leading manufacturer of asbestos textiles as well as other asbestos products, in Mexico. We are very pleased to welcome them as a new member of the Institute. 14. The next General Meeting of the Institute will be held at the Hotel Roosevelt, New York City, on February 8th and 9th, 1968. Registration is on February 7th. Y-e anticipate an interesting meeting. o iUmitcs - General Testing - continuers ) Pa^e -5 15o '`.'here being no further business to cov** before the w^cti ng, it recessed for luncheon to v:hich xfives of neirbers had been invited0 There v:ere annroxinately thirty ladies n resent, nailing the luncheon a nost enjoyable affair* There vas a great deal of favorable con necting, an*"1 nany expressed the hone that -:e could return for so^e future neeting# Polloving luncheon the cceting adjourned# Respectfully submitted. ) Report of rands Balance On Hand at Last Report (May 8.1967) September 11. 1967 General Fund Savings Fund Petty Cash Fund Receipts To Savings Fund (Interest) To General Fund (Handbook Acct.) To General Fund (Book Sales) To General Fund (1967 Dues) y 5924.20 195S9.74 4,93 218.60 3218.01 151.47 500.00 Total On Hand and Received Dlsburs ements Legal Retainer ( 6 mos.ending 8/31/67) . 1000.00 Legal expenses ( " '* " ") 161.64 Secretary's salary ( 4 mos.) 478.00 F.I.C.A. Tax (2nd Qtr,lS67 ) 33.00 Secretary's travel 160.90 Office rent ( 4 mos.) 300.00 Revision of ASTIJ Specs.(Travel Exp.) 312.14 Printing *: Office supplies 193.63 Stenographic expense 20.00 Meeting expense (June 1967) 1013.60 Telephone ( 4 mos.) 182.63 Handbook Exp. (Copyright) 6.00 Petty Cash (Vouchers 310-327 incl.) 61.23 $25518.87 4088.08 $ 29606.95 Balance On Hand Sept.11, 1967 3925.87 $ 25680.08 Funds General Fund (Baric Statemnt of 9/11/67)$ 832.97 Savings Fund (interest to June 30,1967) 24808.34 (*) Petty Cash Fund 38.77 Total Funds V Assets as of Sept.11. 1957 General Fund . $ Savings Fund Petty Cash Fund Accts Receivable (Book Sales) Postage on hand Furniture u Equipment (Rominal Value) 832.97 24808.34 33.77 31.71 3.49 1.00 * 25680.08 Liabilities (Hone) ITet V/orth Total Assets 25716.28 0 25715.20 (*) $5000.00 transfered from General to Savings Fund on ilay 29, 1967. Respectfully submitted, /<* <r fi K.i.. aiinbury. Asst; treasurer o Minutes .) ASBESTOS TEXTILE INSTITUTE Air Hygiene and Manufacturing Committee October 5, 1967 William Hilton Inn _________ Hilton Head Island, S. C. Attended: Members: W.C. Atkinson, Chairman - Johns-Manville Products, Corp. C.L. Sheckler t R.B. Smith - Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc, J.A. Gallagher - 11 ,K Porter, Inc, H. Willingham - Uni-Royal, Inc, il. Walter - American Asbestos Textile Corp, K.W. Nelson - American Smelting & Refining Absent: T.D. McCluskey L. Garrison A.C. Link L.C. Williams - Tallman McCluskey Fabrics Co, - Garlock, Inc, - Uni-Royal, Inc, - Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc, Visitors: Dr, L.J, Cralley - U.S. Dept, of Health, Educa tion & Welfare Bausch & Lomb Automatic Dust Counter The Chairman reported that the order for the 40-2 Automatic Dust Counter had been placed including auxiliary equipment. The order was as follows: 1 - #379940-2 Dust Counter - $3,985.00 1 - #370106-31 VOM-5 Recorder 675.00 1 - Plastic dust cover for VOM-5 Recorder 5.50 1 - 37-00-7643 VOI't Recorder Carrying Case 25.00 10 - Rolls of chart papers recommended by BSE suitable for industrial dust counting in M.P.P.C.F. 2 - Sets of printed operating instructions Delivery was requested to be in person by a BftL representative to W.C. Atkinson at Jonns-Manville Products Corp,, in Manville, W.J. Delivery is expected some time in December, In the event W.C. Atkin son is not available,'Mr, C.L. Sheckler will accept delivery, Unon delivery Hr, Sheckler will arrange to have his chief technician checked out on the instrument and at the February meeting he will instruct the other members in its use. Federal Legislation C.L. Sheckler discussed a bill introduced by fl.J. Congressman Edward Patten which vo uld give the U.S. Dept, of Health, Education and Welfare the rower to "establish and enforce realistic standards to pro tect the worker by insuring safer working conditions and the public by producing safer materials". The bill has not yet been passed atd there is some question whether it will be passed as written. u -2Federal Legislation - Continued ) A number of newspaper articles regarding claims against one member company were discussed. Environmental Health Survey Dr. Lewis J. Cralley discussed a paper on "Exposure to Metal in the Manufac re of Asbestos Textile Products" by L.J. Cralley, R.G. Kee nan and J.R. Lynch, which was accepted for publication in the Journ al of American Hygiene. The paper deals with the potential exposures of workers processing asbestos to hazardous materials other than asbestos. Investigation was undertaken to define the nature and extent of exposure to metals such as nickel, chromium, cobalt and magnesium in the manufacture of asbestos textile products. It was concluded that the relationship between these metal exposures and the increased pulmonary and other cancer observed in asbestos workers should be investigated and, that it is no longer tenable to look only for asbestos fibers or bodies in the biological tissue and by their presence assume a cause and effect relationship with the disease. It was announced that there will be a meeting in Antigua during the week of Thanksgiving Day, sponsored by the Q./I./i. and by special in vitation. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss toxic materials,, namely asbestos, and the effects of exposure. Dr. Cralley discussed plans for obtaining additional information needed to continue the Environmental Health Survey such as health profiles and employment records, and he stated that the cooperati on of the members of the industry would be needed. It was the concensus of the Committee that the program and informa tion is desirable and necessary and recommends to the Board of Gov ernors that the A.T.I. continue to cooperate with the U.S.P.H.S. in continuing the clinical and environmental studies. Miscellaneous One company renorted that after 14 years of service a set of dust bags made of cotton sateen was still in good condition. Another company is experimenting with a totally enclosed carding machine to eliminate human exposure to dust. The possibility of exchange visits among representatives of member companies for the purpose of cooperative advancement in dast control was discussed. W.C. ATKIWSOIJ, Chairman SALES PHO: OTICN COl3'1TT.SE siting ASH3TOS textile institute October 5, 1967 At WILLIA! 1IIT.TOU INN, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. Attending our meeting were Messrs. J.L. Rainey and J.W. Christenbury of American Asbestos Textile Com., N.L.A. 1'artucci of Garlock, Inc., J.A. Brown, Jr., I-.Q. Scowcroft and S.R. Zimmerman of Raybestos-Man hattan, Inc., J.L. I'iitdi ell of Tallman-McCluskey Fabrics Co., R.P. Clark and S.J. Peele, Jr., of UNIROYAL, INC., P.Jay Flocken (legal counsel), H.E. Sunbury (secretary), ane E.A. Schunan of Johns-Manville. The four display cabinets are currently on exhibit at Stevens Insti tute at Hoboken, N.J. Mr. Sunbury and myself examined the cabinets and found they were in need of refurbishing. The Committee voted unanimously to retire the cabinets as they are 10 years old and have served the original purpose. It was voted that we offer the cabinets to our Canadian miners. We had the Edward W. Robothan Co. submit a proposal to the A.T.I. on promoting asbestos textiles by A.T.I. magazine advertising coupled with mailed promotional literature. Preliminary ads were presented and created much interest. The Committee felt that tentatively a segment of the presentation may have merit and should be pursued. The cost for this program would run approximately $1,000 a year. A tentative meeting was set for November with Hr. Robotham, but this was later postponed and the whole matter taken under further advise ment. It was reported that asbestos textile volume still comes in from Japan and this competition is felt to a small degree throughout the United States. The cloth prices quoted for Japanese material is in the low 70C lb. area. The members of the Committee were not pleased with the U.S. Govern ments Policy of ordering asbestos cloth. It is possible for the successful bidder to be required to supply double the quantity he bid on and to supply this material by specified time periods. On the other hand, there is no assurance that the Government at the end of the contract period will take the balance of the cloth inventory that was kept on hand to satisfy the requirements of the contract. Nr. Flocken, our legal counsel, suggested that ve give him full de tails with specific orders and he would pursue this through his Washington office. EAS/p E.A. Schuman Chairman o MINUTES Asbestos Textile Institute Technical Committee fieport October 5 1967 The meeting was held at William Hilton Inn, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina IN ATTENDANCE: J. W. Hawkins William Kaaskant D. T. Austin J. D. McCluer H.# E. Sunbury * Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. - American Asbestos Company - UniRpyal, Inc. - H. K. Porter Company, Inc. - Asbestos Textile Institute The Minutes of the meeting in Atlanta cm August 17th. 4 18th. at Marriott Motor Hotel are combined with the current meeting. ATTENDANCE AT ATIANTA MEETING: J. W. Hawkins D. T. Austin W. Maaskant G. E. Houghton J. D. McCluer P. J. Smith H. E. Sunbury Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. UniRoyal, Inc. American Asbestos Company Garlock, Inc. H. K. Porter Company, Inc. ASTM A. T. I. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Revision of ASTM Specifications D 299. D 37$, and D 1061 At the Atlanta meeting D 299 was revised as the 8th. Draft dated August 17, 1967 and D 375 was revised as the 3rd. Draft dated August 17, 1967. These two were consequently sent to Paul Nicodemus (25 copies of each draft) for letter ballot and to Dr. Scroggie (7 copies of each draft) for editorial comments. During the interin a reply from Dr. Scroggie accepted these two drafts as written with very minor changes and he said the two drafts would be acceptable for printing with the changes he suggested. To gain time, a letter ballot was circulated to all members of the committee with the response that Dr. Scroggie suggestions would be acceptable. Without redrafting, these changes were retyped in the margins of the sheets and resent to Paul Nicodemus and Dr. Scroggie. For all practical purposes this finalizes these two specifications. Also at the Atlanta meeting, D 1061 was revised as the 1st. Draft dated Augxst 18, 1967. This draft was circulated to members only fcr possible discrepancies. At the current meeting, the committee confirmed acceptance of all the changes suggested by Dr. Scroggie in D 299 and D 375* D 1061 was reviewed and no sufficient changes made. Decision was made to send Paul Nicodemus a copy of this draft for his views prior to sending to Dr. Scroggie. 1 At the Atlanta meeting federal specifications Mil-l-l53h9c and SS-C-L66f were revised in the light of current industry practice, both editorially and in the dimensions and weights tables. Copies of these revisions were circulated to members only for possible discrepancies. At the current meeting, these two specifications were discussed again with further changes and decision was made to send revised copies to the appropriate government agencies, with a list of suggested changes in addi tion to the corrected draft. Copies of all ASTM specifications referred to in the drafts are to be enclosed for the benefit of the agencies. The revised drafts with suggested changes on the two above specifications will be sent to H. . Sunbury for him to submit to the appropriate government agencies with the statement that these drafts supersede all prior recommendations sent in by individual companies. In conclusion, the coimittee, during the past two years, has completed revisions on specifications D 1571 - Cloth, D 315 * Tape, D 2100 - Electrical Insulation, D 1918 - Asbestos Content, D 299 - Yarn, D 375 - Roving, and partially conpleted revision of D 1061 - Lap. The specifications yet to be revised are: D 628 - Braided Tubing, 0 1118 - Magnetic Rating, and D 1573 - Heat Ageing. J. D. McCluer Chairman of the Technical Committee -2- oJ Minutes: FIBER TESTING COMMITTEE October 5-6, 1967 William Hilton Inn, Hilton Head Island, S.C Attending: G.F.A. Brink D.E. Childers R. Dodds-Hebron E.A. Farrell W.C.Streib J. Wronski Asbestos Corp., Ltd. H.K.Porter, Inc. Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd Johns-Manville Corp. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. Subjects Discussed 1. The Committee discussed the results of the round-robin magnetic rating tests. Ten companies participated in the tests. Analysis of the test data led to the following tentative conclusions: a) Magnetic rating values obtained by either the Mapes Analyzer or the Turner-Newall equipment are not significantly different for fiber samples containing magnetite in the range of 0.3 to 6.0 magnetic rating. b) Magnetic rating values obtained on either the Mapes or T-N units are not significantly altered by the presence of metal in the immediate vicinity of the equipment provided the units are properly zeroed prior to test and the units are not moved from their locations after zeroing. c) Readings on either the Mapes or T-N units are not significantly changed when the test sample is rotated in the unit. d) Mapes or T-N magnetic rating values reported on fiber sample's in the 0.3 - 6.0 M.R. range will probably vary by about + 20% between laboratories. Some of the laboratories want to re-check their values in the round-robin. As soon as this is completed more positive conclusions can be reached. 2. The Committee agreed to request approval from the Board of Governors to allow the QAMA to set up a schedule of charges on requests for working drawings of test equipment described in the Test Manual. These drawings were prepared by the QAM at appreciable cost in time and money. Their dissemination to applicants also takes time and money. The actual charges agreed upon by QAM would then be submitted to the Board of Governors for final approval. Respectfully submitted, J. Wronski