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Btancarcs '^s: mini/te? y awjal *, + s.- " PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT of the FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITITTE. INC. Tuesday end Wednesday* Jdne 22 end 23, 1971 at 9:00 A.M. at Mount Airy Lodge* Mt. Pocono, Pennsylvania. Aoex Corooratior. American Brakeblok Division Auto Friction Corporation Benoix Corooration Friction Materials Division Brassbestos Ifanufaciuring Corooratior. Carlisle Coroora.ion Maided Materials Division Gatke Corooratior General Motors Corporation Delco Moraine Division Johns-tanville Corporation heremont Corporation Grizzly Brake Division Ravoestos-Manhattan, Inc. neacaway Manufacturing Company* inc. Royal Industries Brake Products Scandura* Inc. Standco Industries* Inc. Wheeling Brake Slock Manufacturing Company World Bestos Comoany* Division of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Corroany REPRESENTATIVES R. CutleS. A. Com ins F. E. Messie' V*. Simor. - E. R. Zacharias F. T. Gatke R. J. Kick C. E. Gill berg J. W. Greener J. L. McGovern, Jr. F. L. Barton, Jr. ft. Osborn A. E. Daly J. M. Dunn L. Burgess R. J. Allemann OTHERS PRESENT' Aoex Corporation American 5rak*:blok Division S. K. lie 11 man Division Auto Friction Corooration Bendix Corporation Friction Materials Division Gatke Corooration , General Motors Corporation Delco Moraine Division Johns-Manville Corporation toremont Corooration Grizzly Brake Division Raybestos-fenhattan, Inc. International Division Royal Industries Brake Products ttheeling Brake Block tanufacturing Company R. E. Nelson R. C. Brigleb J. E. Cl egg S. Comins J. H. Kelly H. Boyle R. E. Kettering M. J. Cowan C. J. De Siase S. V. Lukas P-FMSI- OCuii 11. v*. augers D. E. Gow R. R. Moalli D. Op i 1 v i e ft. M7 Sleeth G. Stratton ,, v' _ s A (*.) it is not sole under F.&L5. I. number, one m-nber felt that it should since it is brake lining. Another felt that unless the services of the Institute are mvaivee, they should not be reoorted. The Chairman announced that the incoming Fee Formula Committee will review the Dresent formula and up-date it so that it conforms to present marketing practices. HISTORICAL SALES REPORTS The meeting was informed that on the reports filed with Marshall Granger, sever al problems had arisen which were unforeseen. In studying the report released for the year 1970, it is apoarent that the figures were not being correctly reoorted oue to a misunderstanding of the word "units*. Unit was meant to indicate a piece and it is believec that soma members were reporting a set as a unit whereas the numoer of pieces in the set constitutes the number of units sold. A conference will be held with the auditors and a clarification of the termi nology will be prepared. After this has been done, they will be requested to release new instructions to which will be attached another form for reporting the sales for 1970 as well as the form for reporting the first six months of 1971. A revised report for 1970 will then be released. . The suggestion that the names of the contributors filing Figures be listed on the reports met with approval as it is impossible to determine any individual member's figures from the totals released. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT . R. B. neitze, Business Manager of the industrial Hygiene Engineering Servicer of Johns-tanville Environmental Control Systems Division spoke on the standards and regulations of the Gccuoational Safety and Health Act signed into law on December 20tt 1970 effective April 23th 1971. He explained that the Act governs all environmental conditions in the work place and that standards are currently being set for a strict regulation of dust, fibre, vaoor, fumes, noise, heat, safety and other in-plant environmental conditions. Since the law governs almost all business establishments in the United States, several thousand irsoectors, industrial hygienists and administrative personnel will be needed within the next few years. He recommended that every person, who has produc tion resoonsibilities, secure and study: 1. A copy of the Act - Public Law 691-596 dated December 29, 1970. To be secured from the Superintendent of Documents. 2. A copy of the Threshold Limit Values - ACGIH. Published by the American Confer ence of Governmental Hygienists. The cost is 0.50 and copies are to be obtained by writing to the Secretary-Treasurer at 1014 Broadway, Cincinnati, Ohio >?45202. 3. A copy of the Federal Register of May 29, 1971 which lists the major portion of the existing standards. This is obtained from the Superintendent of Documents. Under the Act, an employee may file a comolaint of a violation with the union and with the Department of Labor txrt his name is never revealed. The complaint goes to the persons appointed by a three man council (which council has been appointed by the President of the United States), who hear such grievances, violations, etc. An insoector issues a citation which must be posted at the site of the violation warning the employees of the hazardous condition. The company must reply within fifteen (15) ays. If not, it is presumed to be guilty and subject to a fine. If acknowledged, the company may decide to have a hearing before the commission which has the right to A--jii testing Minutes "* - sucooena the records for the hearing.. If no nea-ing is reauestec, in- irso-::?- v*.;:: set a date for the insoection with the union having the right to nave one or ~o*s reoresentatives present. The company records must be available at the time of suer insoection. The enforcement of the Act is the responsibility of the Department of Labor anc the standards are to be established by a newly formed agency under H.E.K. known as the National Institute of Occupational Safety. The director of this agency is a surgeon who is familiar with both sides of the factors involved. For the present, the agency is following the standards in use but within two years, these will be revised. However, to aid them in modifying existing standards or establishing new ones, they are approaching the various industries to appoint reoresentatives to serve voluntarily on some of the committees. Such service is to the advantage of an industry in that the Government will be aware of the existing oroblems within an industry and the re sultant standards such that can be met. By 1976, there will be apDroximately 4,000 inspectors in the field and every plant, within an industry, will have been insoeciec. W. Reitze answered, in great detail with particular examples, the auestions raised by the members. He was roundly applauded for a most timely and extremely interesting subject and the appreciation of the membership was expressed by the Chairman. - As all of the members were interested in securing copies of the three publica tions referred to by Mr. Reitze, the institute Office was directed to release a cuestionnaire to the membership reouesting the number of copies of each publication reauired. The bulk order would then be forwarded and upon receipt, the number of cocies ordered by each member would be forwarded. . **** No further business was brought to the attention of the meeting. Uoon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed, it was RESOLVED: To'adjourn the second day's session of the annual . membership meeting on June 23rd 1971. Adjourned at 11:00 A. M. H. G. DUSCHZK Secretary