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1 MINUTES OF METING OF THE-MPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Edgewater Beach Hotels Chicago, III. June 26, 1945 2. J. H. Baldwin, as Chairman of the Supply Committee, reported to the Board the following activities of the Supply Committee at its meeting held June 25tiu- A. The Committee had been requested by the NAPA Detroit office to make a recommendation in the matter of an American Brakeblok Brake Shoe Exchange Program. The Committee's recommendation was that American Brakeblok should get into the brake shoe busi ness either on an unlined or lined, new or reconditioned basis, this being the first step in any shoe program} also that American . Brakeblok should supply oatalogs and price lists for a Brake Shoo Exchange Program. lids recommendation was disoussed with the American Brakeblok officials at a meeting held June 25th, which resulted in American'Brakeblok taking the matter tinder consideration. B. The Committee's conclusion was that American Brakeblok should supply drilled and countersunk sets to match similar sets supplied by com petitors to the greatest extent feasible. This was also discussed with the Amerioan Brakeblok officials at the conference mentioned in the preceding paragraph. (j *. ' G. The Committee discussed the survey on secondary brake lining which was made by the Detroit office, and its conclusion was that this survey be turned over to the American Brakeblok Division for study by it. This is reaffirmation of the same conclusion which was arrived at in a previous NAPA Board meeting. ______________ SCF-NAPA-0325