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fa AGENDA MEETING OF THE MCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 8:30 a.m. (EST), Tuesday, April 9, 1963 Jefferson Room, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C. MINUTES OF MARCH 12, 1963, MEETING. II. REPORT OF THE TREASURER. Financial Report for Period June 1, 1962 - March 3 1, 1963. (Enclosure) III. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) Budget and Financing for Fiscal 1963-64. (b) Program Committee -- 91st Annual Meeting. (c) Committee Organization Proposals -- 1. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Chemicals (Enclosure) 2. International Trade (Enc losure) 3. Environmental Health (Ad Hoc) (Enclosure) 4. Education Activities Committee (d) 51st Annual Meeting -- Chamber of Commerce of the United States. jV. TECHNICAL AND FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. (a) Education Activities Committee. W. C. Fernelius, Koppers Company, Inc. Thomas W. Stephenson, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., replacing Glen Perry. (b) Medical Advisory Committee. A. J. Fleming, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., as Chairman. C. U. Dernehl, Union Carbide Corporation. Joseph Noe, Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation. (c) Public Relations Committee. George H. Baker, Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation, as Chairman. D. J. Forrestal, Monsanto Chemical Company, as Vice Chairman. (d) Tax Policy Committee. E. M. Connery, Commercial Solvents Corporation. (e) Technical Subcommittee on Chemical Propellant Safety. J. G. Chalfant, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, as Chairman. H, R. Neumark, Allied Chemical Corporation, as Vice Chairman. V. STAFF REPORT AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. NOTE: Next Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on Tuesday, tl* May 14, at the Union Club, New York City, beginning at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). 1 CMA068122 (856) MINUTES of the one hundred twenty-seventh meeting of the Directors of the cturing Chemists' Association, Inc,, held at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington on April 9, 1963, at 9:00 a.m. (EST), There were present; Chester M, Brown F. L. Bryant Bennett S- Chappie, Jr. David H. Dawson William P. Drake Ralph K. Gottshall William B. Graham Kenneth H. Hannan John E. Hull Kenneth H. Klipstein Harry B. Marshall R. C. McCurdy W. Kenneth Menke Warren H, Moyer J. A, Neubauer Thomas S. Nichols Charles H. Sommer George R. Vila G. L. Weissenburger W. N. Williams M, F. Crass, Jr, Alternates: Henry Avery (for W. Kenneth Menke) C, W. Baldwin (for Bennett S. Chappie, Jr. ) J. D. Gunther (for John A. Hill) John C. Haas (for D. S. Frederick) William M. Haile (for Kenneth H. Hannan) Karl J. Nelson (for John E. Wood, III) W. T. D. Ross (for Robinson Ord) W. Cooper Willits (for William P, Drake) General Counsel: Lloyd Symington - Fowler, Leva, Hawes & Symington Present by Invitation: William E. Chace - MCA James R. Carnes - MCA George H. Decker - MCA M. J. Harkins - MCA Theodore Marvin - Michigan Chemical Corporation A. E. Settle - MCA The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman Dawson, following conclusion of breakfast. I. MINUTES OF MARCH 12, 1963, MEETING. The Minutes of this meeting were duly approved as submitted to the j members. II. REPORT OF THE TREASURER. Financial Report - June 1, 1962 - March 31, 1963. The financial report the ten months ending March 31, 1963, was summarized by the Treasurer. ON MOTION duly made and seconded, it was VOTED: That the report be accepted and placed on file. CMA 068123 1 . Ad Hoc Planning Committee on Environmental Health. It was ecommended that there be established by the Board an ad hoc planning committee 0f various experts within the industry knowledgeable in the field of environmental 1th, with the following terms of reference: Looking to the coordination of our program over a period of years rather than one directed to specific aspects of present problems, this ad hoc committee is commissioned to formulate and submit recommendations to the Board of Directors for implementing an integrated program for MCA on environmental health, in order that the Association may adequately meet its proper responsibilities for chemical industry leadership in this increasingly significant area. In carrying out its assignment the ad hoc committee is charged with considering both technical and informational aspects - the latter involving both information for distribution within the chemical industry and that for dissemination to the various publics concerned, and is also charged with assessing current MCA activities having environmental health significance as they may relate to long range planning. With regard to the membership of the foregoing Committee, it was agreed that the following interests should be represented, and that where such interest currently came within the aegis of an existing MCA committee the chairman or his designate be appointed: Air pollution control Biochemical research and testing Food, drug, and cosmetic chemicals Legal and legislative considerations Medical evaluation Public relations and informational responsibilities Safety considerations (public safety) Water resources management and pollution control Labeling and precautionary information Agricultural chemicals 2. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Chemicals Committee. Formerly designated as the Food Additives Committee, and in keeping with recommendations of the Policy Study Committee, this group would have an augmented scope and purpose, which would read as follows: To develop and recommend to the Board of Directors policies and positions with respect to legislation and regulations in the field of chemicals --as defined for the general purposes of the Association - -in food, drugs, and cosmetics; to formulate principles pertinent to the use of such chemicals, subject to approval by the Board of Directors; to encourage and support programs and symposia concerned with technical developments on these matters; and through cooperation and coordination with CMA 068124 (859) other trade associations having parallel interests, to supplement their efforts while avoiding interference or unnecessary duplication. 3 . International Trade Committee. In accordance with another recomdatin of the Policy Study Committee, it was recommended that the present mem rnational Trade and Tariff Committee and the International Operations Committee Inte aabolished. In their place it was proposed to set up a single unified committee desinatec* t^e Internatinal Trade Committee with the following terms of reference: The Committee will concern itself with and make recommendations to the Board of Directors regarding policies and actions relating to all aspects, here and abroad, peculair to international operations, trade, commerce, and competition in chemicals and allied products of general interest to the chemical industry; and may, from time to time, with approval of the Board of Directors, collect and prepare such information as may be necessary to accomplish the afore mentioned objectives, and disseminate this information to members of the Association, Government agencies, and other interested persons or organizations. With reference to initial membership on the Committee, it was suggested that consideration be given to the following appointments: John G. Tritsch, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. , Inc. , as Chairman H. E. Bramston-Cook, California Chemical Company John M. Fasoli, American Cyanamid Company Myron T. Foveaux, Monsanto Chemical Company Richard F. Hansen, Allied Chemical Corporation Robert P. Kenney, B. F. Goodrich Chemical Company Lewis E. Lloyd, The Dow Chemical Company E. R. Rowley, National Lead Company Clay R. Smith, Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. The parent Committee has already made plans to organize four standing subcommittees, the chairmen of which will be members of the parent Com mittee and the personnel drawn from qualified people within the entire membership of the Association. The four subcommittees are Legislative, Economic Studies, Government Action, and Overseas Activities. The Antidumping Task Group of the * former International Trade and Tariff Committee has been continued as a Task Group under the new Committee. 4. Education Activities Committee. It was recommended that the Atii Bard give favorable consideration to a slightly revised set of Rules of Organization and Procedure of this Committee, which had been circulated to the Board, in order bring the former rules into line with the recently adopted General Principles Applicable to the Structure and Operations of Committees. 1^. After discussion, CMA 068125 a . (860) ON MOTION duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED: That all of the foregoing recommendations be approved. Mr Sommer then discussed briefly current status of the Trade xpans^on ^ct 1962 and its implementation by the Administration. Because of the activity expected in the immediate future, the Executive Committee had created an ad hoc policy group to advise the International Trade Committee. Appointed to membership on this policy group were the following: Chester M. Brown David H. Dawson Kenneth H. Klipstein Charles H. Sommer (d) 51st Annual Meeting -- Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The Association has again been invited by the Chamber of Commerce of the U. S. to provide voting representation at the Chamber's forthcoming Annual Meeting in Washington the latter part of this month. It was the feeling of the Executive Com mittee, concurred in by the Directors, that MCA should decline this request. (e) Economic Study Committee, Mr. Graham, Chairman of the Committee, advised that his group had held several meetings since its appointment last year, , and had given extensive consideration to the pulling together and publication, on an independent basis, of economic data pertinent to the chemical industry, both on a pilot and a full study basis. No recommendations for immediate action were made. I IV. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS. The following committee appointments were approved. (a) Education Activities Committee W. C. Fernelius, Koppers Company, Inc. Thomas W. Stephenson, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., replacing Glen Perry (b) Medical Advisory Committee A. J, Fleming, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., as Chairman C. U. Dernehl, Union Carbide Corporation Joseph Noe, Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation (c) Public Relations Committee George H. Baker, Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation, as Chairman D.. J. Forrestal, Monsanto Chemical Company, as Vice Chairman (d) Tax Policy Committee E. M. Connery, Commercial Solvents Corporation CMA 068126 (e) Technical Subcommittee on Chemical Propellant Safety J, G. Ghalfant, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, as Chairman H. R. Neumark, Allied Chemical Corporation, as Vice Chairman V. STAFF REPORT AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. (a) Federal and State Legislation. James R. Carnes of the staff presented jve-minute report on Federal and State legislative developments of interest. The Senate Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organiza tion is conducting a comprehensive study on Interagency Coordination in Environmental Health under the leadership of Senator Ribicoff. On March 20, Mr. Horne, Chairman of the MCA Tax Policy Committee, testified before the House Ways and Means Committee as to MCA's views on the president's tax proposals. On April 1, Tax Policy Committee members conferred ^th members of the staff of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation and have been requested to draft statutory language covering the more important MCA proposals. Tate last month, Messrs. Penfield and Conner, of the Association's Air Pollution Abatement Committee, testified before the House Subcommittee on Health and Safety with respect to bills which would inject the Federal Government into air pollution enforcement, Mr. Penfield, at the request of Chairman Roberts, later submitted additional documentary information to the Committee. In connection with Chemical Progress Week, beginning April 22, letters signed by General Hull were sent to 402 Mfembers of Congress from the top 25 chemical producing states, discussing Chemical Progress Week and supplying economic data as to the chemical industry in these states, as well as a copy of the Chemical Industry Facts Book. With respect to state bills. Association representatives have cooperated with allied trade associations and supplied testimony at hearings before legislative committees or public bodies in Wisconsin, Connecticut, California, and New York City. Supplementing Mr. Carnes presentation, General Hull reported on con tacts which he had had with Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner, Director, Office of Science and Technology, concerning a survey of Government agencies with respect to agricultural chemicals standards and methods of tests. (b) Payroll Savings Plan. General Hull reported that Mr. C. H. Greenewalt had accepted appointment by the Secretary of the Treasury to serve on a newly created Industrial Payroll Savings Committee on behalf of U. S. Savings Bonds. In that capacity, he had agreed to be chairman of an intensified savings bond drive for the chemical industry. General Hull excerpted portions of a letter received from Mr. Greenewalt, to which was attached outline of the program. This will be carried to the membership in an early issue of the General Bulletin. CMA 068127 T (862) I On the evening of April 8, the Officers and Directors of the Association were L hsts at a recePtion an<* buffet for members of Congress and officials from the e3ceCUtive branch of the Government. Attendance approximated 165 and included a tec ord turnout of Members of Congress. It was agreed that the staff would prepare a accurate attendance list and supply this shortly to individual Directors. There being no further business to come before the meeting, it was unanimously resolved to adjourn. M. F. Crass, Jr. Secretary 1 I APPROVED: David H. Dawson Chairman k j t 4 I t I CMA 068128