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HT5UTES of the General besting of the Asbestos Textile Institute held on March 8, 1957 in P hi ladelphiay-Pa-T- 31 ATTENDANCE* Jo A, Bettes, Jr., President PA.I3ZSTCS'MANHATTAN, E*IC. AS TEN-H i l.L HAND.* AC. JEIhu CO. * D. R. Holmes J0HNS-MANVTLL2 CCRP. K. Q, Beyard Edw. Beale L. Hoff W. S. Hough E. A, Schuman F, J. Waken KEAS3EY MATTISON CO. R. L. Lar.z A. E. Hay ' A. E. Whitfield D. Vi. Kidmayer RAISESTCS-HAIfHATTAN, ZiC. "V H. V/. Oliver R. 3, Smith SOUTHERN ASBESTOS CO. J. T. Griffis J, L. Mitchell IALL1 i/vN-McCLUSKZT FABRICS CO. T. C. HcCluskey T. C, HcCluskey, Jr. ASBESTOS COR?., LTD. Paul LeClerc CASSIAR ASBESTOS COR?., LTD. Tr T. Tigert NORTH AMERICAN ASBESTOS OCR?. A, F. Jerome CAXv.-ALADZR, V/ICKERSHAil & TAFT H. I. Ruddock ASBESTOS TZtTLLE INSTITUTE M. G. Shaw Luncheon Guests: Hr. E. Huehleck, Ueasbey G Hattiscn Co. . Hr. Charles H. Jackson, Atlas Asbestos Co., Ltd., i.cn^real, oanada 1, The meeting was called to order by President Bettes and an address of welcome was extended to all of those in attendance, Eeccgriiicn and welcome was extended to la*. T, 0, HcCluskey, Talhnar.-l IcCluskey Fabrics C cap any, cn this his first attendance as a regular tender of tits Institute. 2. The minutes of the last meeting were submitted for reading, however, since all members had received copies of these r.ir.utes and were familiar with the actions there taken, it was moved by D. 1J. Hide ayer, seconded by D. w. Holmes and unanimously agreed that tire reading of the minutes be emitted at this time. .ns Areasu Report was presented by the Assistant Treasurer and upon the recc.--er.daticn of the Board of Governors who had previously considered this report, it was moved by ?. J. './alien, seconded by R. 1/idmaycr arc unanimously agreed that the report be approved and attached as a part cf the minutes of this meeting. The Secretary's Report was next presented and among the subjects discussed were: a) A new publication entitled "Asbestos0 by Charles Z. CarrollPorczynsld. which was reviewed and particulars related to methods of procurement given* ' b) Another magazine publication entitled "Research & Engineering11 was cited and a review of an article titled "And flow Plastic Missies11 in the January 1957 issue of this magazine v/as presented, c) The next General Meeting of the Institute which is scheduled to be held at the 'Warwick Hotel, Philadelphia on Thursday and Friday, June 6 and 7 5, President Bettes next called upon legal counsel, Hr. H. I. Ruddock, to address the meeting in regard to any legal developments in which this association and its activities might be interested, Mr, Ruddock addressed the group concerning Senate Bill 11 on which hearings were about to be held by the Senate Judiciary Antitrust ar.d Monopoly Legislation Subcom mittee of which Sen, Kefauver is Chariman, Llr. Ruddock explained in detail the manner in which this bill, which is a proposed amendment of the ?.cbir.son-?atman Act, would limit the right cf a manufacturer to lover his price in good faith to meet a competitors lower price. Hr. Ruddock stated that in his opinion the bill would actually impede the normal functioning rf free and open competition. He then distributed to all member companies a "Special Legal Bulletin11 analyzing Senate Bill 11 in detail and listing the membership of the Senate and House committees which would deal with the bill. . 6, The next segment of the meeting was devoted to reports by the Chairmen of the several active committees of the Institute. a) Hr. D. R. Holmes, Chairman of the Air Hygiene Committee, presented tbs first report on behalf of his cormittee. The formal report as presented is attached as a part of the minutes of this meeting. During the course * cf this presentation it was revealed that through the suggestion and action by the Board of Governors this committee will from this date forward be known as the `CAih-Hygiene and Manufacturing Committee0. It was felt that in most cases the two functions are closely related and that since this committee has in the past very capably considered ar.d acted upon matters specifically related to manufacturing problems, it should new be formally recognized as a function of this group. b) The Technical Committee report was presented by Chairman H. W, Oliver who reported regarding the work of this committee during the past quarter and in session during this meeting. This committee has been primarily interested during recent months in the revision of the standard cloth list and in the establishment of lot acceptance test procedures and tolerances for the cloths included cn this list. Mr. Oliver's Report covered these subjects in detail and a copy of this formal report as pre sented is attached as a part of the minutes of this meeting. c) The final committee report was presented by Hr. J. T. Griffis, Chairman of the Sale3 Prenotion Committee. This committee is presently engaged in a number of activities designed to promote the effective dis semination of information covering asbestos textiles and to explore new fields of utilisation for these materials. The formal report as presented by* Mr. Griffis is attached as a part of the minutes of this meeting. HIMUTZS 0? THE ASBESTOS TACTILE Ii:5TITbTE AIR HYGIENE AMD RAJHIEACTuEIhG CCM-LITTlE - PLAINTIFF'! i EXHIBIT March ?th, 1957 Do R* Holmes - As ten-Hi 11 Hfg* Co* R, 3, Smith - Raybestos-Hanhattan, Inc, B If, Luttenberger - Rayoes tos-Hanh=ttan Inc, J0 \I. Websr - American Asbsstos Textile Cor?* A * E, Hay - Kassbey Haiti scr. Co* V/, C, Atkinson - Johns-WanviHe Cor?* J* L. Mitchell - Southern Asbestos Co* HORNING SESSION The first item for discussion was the "Memorandum on Proposed Epidemiological St' iy ci Lung Cancer in Asbestos Workers'** for the Asbestos Textile Institute, This proposal had been under discussion for approximately or.s year and the cost of it could run from about 0l7,OGOoG0 to possibly 030,CCQ*CO After a lengthy discussion, the proposal was put to a vota and six of the eight members of the Committee voted against the continuance of the consideration f the proposal, It, therefore, was rejected for the following reasons 1, It Was decided that as the Q.A.H.A* has a similar program,, we should not enter into a program of our own as the results of the Q.A.M.A, investi gation will be mad9 available to us upon the conclusion of that investigation, 2. There is a feeling among certain members that such an investigation would stir up a hornetrs nest and put the whole industry under suspicion, 3o Vfe do not believe there is enough evidence of cancer or asbestosis, or cancer and asbestosis, in this industry to warrant this survey* The second item to be taken, up was a "Memorandum regarding Environmental Dust Survey" for the Asbestos Textile Institute* This survey would have cost in the vicinity of $7500,00 to 08, GOO.,00, and it would have been part of the type survey made for the industry back in 19h7 However, dust counts would only be taken and recommendations made, '"'ere would be little or no engineering information or data made available r such a survey due to its low cost* lifter much discussion by the committee j a vote w as taken on this survey or.d the entire committee voted against it as it was the opinion of the cormittce that we did not believe it to be of great enough value to justify the cost. It was our opinion that we can locate cur own trouble soots involving high dust counts ,A _i. j I f X* ' ;; use the facilities of Tra( _ers Life Insurance Company l( :atories t?. mke a comparison of dust counts for little or no expense similar to the surrey made by the committee three yoars ago* Tho Chairman was instructed by the committee on both of the above pro posals to advise the Industrial. Hygiene Foundation that both of the proposals are to be withdrawn. SESSICM The entire afternoon was taken up with open discussion, concerning methods and means of eliminating dust in plants of member companies. ife discussed the means and methods of eliminating dust from the following time machines: FlyfnamesCards, Twisters, SpinnerSj KickersBlending^ Batching^ Bust Collectors^ etc. It is understandable that when vre have a discussion concerning the eli mination of dust by whatever means that we get into many ramifications involving manufacturing methods, This does not mean, that ire compare or exchange manufacturing ideas or secrets^ but it only means that as far az elimination of dust is concerned, vre do have open discussion and free exchange of information on each type of machine in order that vre may aid each other in eliminating these hazardous dust spots,, This discussion took up the entire afternoon. The committee was very happy to receive in attendance two new members^ Hr, V/, C. Atkinson fror.v Johas-Hartvilla and Hr, Jerry Hitch ell from the Southern Asbestos Company, Hr. Mitchell indicated at the end of our meeting that he would be permanent member of our committee, ' KEf HESTuisC* AGonD! 1, Analysis ar.d discussion of the Southern Asbestos Company Report entitled "'Analysis of Fibres as Received from Bags-'*^ as reported in the ILinntss of the Technical Committee for the December Meeting, 2, A. continued discussion of Dust Collectors and the best methods of opera ting such equipment. 3* A. continued discussion of the removal of dust from any and all, sections of manufacturing by any means, li. A discussion of dust counts in high count areas and methods of correction. D, R, Holmes} Chairman Air Hygiene Committee Asbestos Textile Institute