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( r o.tel IN ATTEiMDAMCE : Minutes GENERAL ['SITING Asbestos Textile Institute June 4, 1965 Le Frovence, Thetford Mines, Canada AFRICAN ASBESTOS TEXTILE CORP. H.K. TORTER COMPANY. INC. J. W. Weber J,L. Rain e y T.T. Griffis J.D. McCluer G.S. Fabel' D.E. Childers J.W. Christenbury Wm. Maaskant RAYBESTOS-i AMIIATTAH, IKC. D.F. Quealy J.A. Brown* Jr. L.C. Williams ASBESTOS CORPORATION LTD. J. ?. Wronski G.F. Jenkins i-'.lv. Oliver T*.S. LeClerc (A.C.S. Ltd,) R.2. Smith E.L. Alexander ('A.C.S. Ltd.) J.W. Hawkins W.W. Oughtred M.P.Carson TALLllAK-MC CLUSKEY FABRICS CO. A.L. Penhale Ted D. McClusksy G.F.A. Brink M-C. Pharo TURNER a KEWALL LTD. Bernard Lincoln BELL ASBESTOS MIMES LTD. G.V;. Smith U.S, RUBBER CQi-PANY F.r. Smith A.C. Link V/m.J.W. Smith a D.T. Austin, Jr. R. Doclds-Hebron --S.J. feele, Jr. Norman L. Barr B.D. Hubbard J.H. Wolfsie (Dr.) CASSIAS. ASBESTOS CORE. J.D. Christian BRITISH.BELTING & ASBESTOS LTD. M. Gritzuk J.L. Mitchell T.T. Tigert R. Parson (Ontario Research CADV/ALADERjV/ICKGESilAM <: TAFT Foundation) r.Jay Flocken (Legal Counsd. ) JOHNS-MAIF/ILLE COR?, W.S. Hough E.A. Schtunan W.C. Atkinson C.L..Sheckler Dr. IC.Vi. Smith ASBESTOS TEXTILE INSTITUTE II.E. Sunbury (Exec. Secretary) SCCIETE AHCiiYME FRAMCAISB DU HERO Monsieur Collineau *T Decaestecksr LAKE ASBESTOS OF QUEBEC LTD, P.J. Kessei U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Dr. L.J. Cralley E.A. Farrell K.W. Kelson JOHNS-MAHVILLE CO. OF CANADA LTD. ii.W. liendry ** GUESTS ** ICarl V. Lindell, Chairman, Canadian Johns-Manville Co., Ltd. J.O.Eby,Vice Pres.& Genl.i gr. , Jeffrey Mine,Can.Johns-Man\i lie Co.Lt V R. Gagnon, Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd. L. Piuze, Mine Mgr., Ldce Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd. M. J. Mcssel, President, Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd. A.L. Penhale, Chairman a. President, Asbestos Corporation Ltd. G.F. Jenkins, Director, Asbestos Corporation Ltd. . iinutes - General Meeting - continued: Ones ts : ( -2- L. i'ontpetit, Manager, tlicolet Asbestos Tines Ltd. Jvan Sabourin, O.C., Montreal C.B. Brown, Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd. Marcotte, Director, Asbestos Corporation Ltd. Dr. R-J. Terrill, Mgr., Carey-Canadian Mines Ltd. F.P. Hodgson, Manager, rlintkote Mines Ltd. . Lachance, Q.A.T.A. Dust Engineer, Thetford Industrial Clinic R.S. Coleman, Manager, National Asbestos Tines Ltd. Dr. L.J. Cralley, U.S. Public Health Service, Cincinnati, Ohio Dr .1C .W. Smith, Medical Director, Johns-Manvi lie Corp.,Kew York, KT.y. Dr .J .11.Violfsie,Medical Director,United States Rubber Co ,K:ew Ycrk.rV Hr-N.L.Barr,Director,Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd.,Sales Mgr.,Atlas Asb.Co Dr. R. Marson, Director, Ontario Research Foundation T- Gritcuk, Asst, to the Genl. Mgr., Cassinr Asbestos Ccrp., Ltd. Dr. Paul Cartier, Thetford Industrial Clinic, Thetford Tires Geo. S. Fa.be!, American Asbestos Textile Corn. A. Collineau, Societe Anonyme Francaise Du Fercdo T. Oecacstecker, " " n" u In addition to the above guests we were privileged to have thirty ladies accompany their husbands to our luncheon on Friday, June 4ti ----- Minutes of the Meeting ----- ticn, Ltcl.; Cell Asbestos .Mines Limited; Canadian Johns-.'anvilie Co., LLttd.; Cassiar Asbestos Corporation Limited; aid Lake Asbestos of Cue- bee Limited, for their wonderful hospitality and meticulous handling of the many details incidental to the meeting. The miners* committee who handled the local arrangements consisted of M.F. Carson, Asbestos Corp.; if.1.*:. Hendry of Can. Johns-Hanville Co.; Roland Gagnon, Lake Asbestos of Quebec; V/m.J.lV. Smith of Dell A.sbestos Mines representing Cassiar Asbestos Ccrp.; and F.ParkeS* Smith, Dell Asbestos Tines, who was Chairman To all of these gentlemen we extend individual thanks for a job that was exceedingly well done* President Drown then introduced a number of the special guests v/ho were attending this meeting, following which he explained that due to the fact that some of the ren had to leave before noontime in or der to catch a midafterncon flight out of Montreal, the usual agsida had been reversed to enable them to hear our several guest speakers. 2. Our first sneaker was Mr. M.J. Messel, President of Lake Asbestos of f-uebec, Limited, v/ho welcomed the re nbers of A.T.I. with these re marks: "President Brown, Members of A.T.I., Guests: It is a pleas ure, on behalf of the Canadian Asbestos Miners, to welcome you to asbestos country with its man-made mountains and to tell you how pleased and honoured we are to have you hold your meeting in Thetford fines. Vifiile I have not been very active in A.T.I., 2 have followed its work very closely through the reading of the fine and comprehensive re ports which your Secretary so ably mRs together. I have also fol lowed closely the cooperative work which your technical conni.i.ees have been doing with the Quebec /vsbestos . iiung Association, viiich i Minutes - General Meeting - conti nued: - 3 - Is much appreciated and mutually beneficial. I know the work ci an association such as yours is a difficult one due to wide ran<=*e and As yet there is no shortage of Group 3 spinning fibres from the mir:<* in Canada, as I can still see plenty of order-takers around. How- ' -- t are indications of rossiola shortages in sons of ac besros cement grades. At one tine the spinning fibre grades were the mainstay of the asbestos producing industry, but this has now been supplanted by the asbestos cement fibre grades together ith expanded uses of the shorter fibres. During 1964, the Canadian Asbestos producing industry employed over 6D00 reorle ?r.d exported approximately 1,333,000 tons of" asbestos v/iirh an approximate gross value of $155,COO ,OQC - Cf this total' only 34,6^7 tons were crude and spinning grades with an approximate totad value of $14,000,000. The U.S.A. market consumed approximately 14,600 tons of crudes and spinning fibres with a value of approxi mately $6,400,000, and this has remained rather constant for the Das 3 or 4 years. The only other large suppliers of spinning fibres are Russia and Rhodesia* The figures we obtained during our visit to Russia would indicate approximately 20 to 25 thousand tons of spin ning fibres out of an estimated total production of 1,600.000 t!ns; so Canada still holds its dominant position as supplier of textile f ibres .* The cooperative work that is being carried on for improved fibre testing re thods and standards should lead to a better understanding bb etween the producing and consuming asbestos industries. ii Sabourin, as attorney for C.A.M.A., will tell you somethirg o the work that is being considered with resnect to the health of the workers in our industry. X feel there should be room for cooperative work between the A.T.I. and G.A.IMA. I hope your visit among us will be a most happy and pleas?n t one and will result in a better understanding of our mutual problems, aid I know the.Local Commit tees of A.T.I. and the Canadian Asbestos Miners have done a splendid job in making your stay amongst us both happy and memorable." 3. President Brown then introduced Dr. Kenneth W. Smith, Medical Director of Johns-Manville Corporation, who stressed the desirabili ty, indeed the necessity, of the asbestos industry telling the truth, about the health of its employees and giving me aningful reports as to company experience. Ke pointed out that some of the more prolific writers on so-called "as'oestosis" have relatively little background of actual "cases" on which to base their theories or conclusions, as compared with our collective and also individual company experience over many years time. Dr. Smith urged full cooperation on the part of various companies to open their records, and full cooperation with the work of the U.S. Public Health Service. lie stated that the gen eral overall health of johns-Kanville longtime employees compared favorably with industry in general, and pointed to the steadily ex panding membership in their 25 year club as evidence of this fact. 4. President Drown then introduced Mr. Karl V. Lindell, Chairman, Canadian Johnsl? anville Co., Ltd.-, who expressed his pleasure at hav ing the opportunity to attend this meeting, and*.said that *.e would line to have f r. Ivan Sabo urrn, y.C., attorney for the c ****** A.,tell uc about the work that has been done in past years to protect the utos - Generali - contlm _4 dust counting and for X-ray procedures. Also worked `with those hos pitals in Canada that had compiled background experience in the fie'-o' resnirat or y diseases,. Paid tribute to Ur. Paul Cartier of the Thetford Industrial Clinic, pointing out that Or. Cartie:: had contributed many valuable pacers* and. reports on asbestoses over a span of many years. Also that Dr. Grainger of Canadian Jolms-Manville Co, Ltd,, Dr. George V/right of Cleveland, and Or. A.J. Voiwald of Detroit deserved much credit for their work and contributions to the increasing fund of general knowledge regarding acbestosis. Stressed that the mining industries reauire their doctors to keep up with the work being dene by others on pneumoconiosis research, and to attend meetings both here and abroad, and participate in the dis cussions at those meetings. He stated with great emphasis that the' knowledge possessed by the industry's doctors on the biological ef fects of chrysotile asbestos was not surpassed elsewhere in the world, mentioned that contacts have been made with doctors in Rus sia, Hast Germany, Finland, Italy, England and other countries. Expressed his belief that cancer is not necessarily involved due to association v/ith asbestos. Pointed out that the A.M.A. article that appeared only about two weeks ago was not convincing - only informa tive - indicates much further work is needed - regrets adverse pub licity that results from such articles. Expressed the opinion that while the welfare of the worker should be the responsibility of management, we need to know more about the worker's environment after lie leaves the plant. Explained that the Q.A.i-.A. program is still in the formative stage. They seek alliance with some university, such as McGill, for eximple, sc that authoritative background for publicity ran be had. The pro gram will start modestly, v/ith competent men coming into it - men v/ith a vast background of actual experience. They recognize the neec to consolidate experiences, and also having traveled widely in other countries, they find that research units are usually located adjacent to a >-rge, well equipped hospital. Frequently, the worker has a condition that is not attributable to association with asbestos, dis covered through cooperation v/ith the hospital staff, la conclusion Mr. Sabourin expressed the thought that It would be wonderful if the Asbestos Textile Institute could join their efforts tc the Q.A.H.A. program for the benefit of all - deplored.the isola tion of efforts and poor liaison between research laboratories and research units. Suggested that a common--council as a governing body might be the answer and result in more rapid progress. 5. The next speaker was Or. L.J. Cralley, ofthe U.S. Public Health ^.-vic0, \'tuo for the past several years has been supervising the ex tensive Environmental Study of asbestos employees in textile plants in the U.S A. Dr. Cralley said that the Stud'- was going well, and ^ fine cooperation from both management and employees has been experi enced. The U.S. Public Health Service is now extending their work into other asbestos industries suchas asbestos-cement, etc. Fee.s that the results to date certainly justify the program and its ru sr* iher e:rpansion ,, 'inutcs - Ge nrr-Ai . '.ee tang - con ci.nu.2d : 5j la other arc?.s of activity the U.S.P.H. Service presented a paper at the'recent American Industrial Conference at Houston, Texas, v;hich summarized their study experience in five plants. Draft copies of tv/o papers were distributed to our Air Hygiene Committee on June 3rd. The first paper by Jeremiah D. Lynch of the Dept, of Health, Educa tion and Welfare, titled "Asbestos Study - Procedure and Findings" 9PrnnH nahPT "Po7a*;An;h^ A- sucn as universny or Texas, insurance companies, etc. :-;enti oned that since the conference on "Biological Effects of Asbestos", held in Hew York last October, the New York Academy of Sciences has now established a 'Division of Environmental Sciences". At the conclu sion of his talk Dr. Cralley answered several questions from the audience. 6. President Brown then asked iir. N.W. Hendry, General Sales Mana ger for Canadian Johns-Manville Asbestos Limited, to report for the Fibre Committee, Air. Hendry stated that inventories of spinning fibre are amn^e but substantially tjelow the levels of one year ago. Demand for" Group 3 fibres remained relatively flat in 1964 in most countries of the world-with the exception of the U.S. and Europe. The increase in demand in the latter area was considerably greater than in the U.S. Business conditions in Japan are fair, Italy poor, Germany fair, United Kingdom good, and the remainder of Europe relatively good in the asbestos textile and asbestos-cement ^fields. It is expected^ however, 'that the second half of 1965 will show an improverent over the first half in those areas of the world. in which business condi tions have been below average. ^ The average reduction in the -200 mesh McNett content of spinning fibres from 1953 to 1965 is in the order of 50 - 75 per cent. New asbestos fibre production projected from nev; properties in Cana da includes the Clinton Creek' property of Cassiar in 1968, Asbestos fiill of Asbestos Corpcr ation. in 1970, and the possible Reeves proper ty of J.H. in Northern Ontario* This nev/ production will supply the asbestos-cement market principallyRussian production in 1964 at 1,600,000 co.ns exceeded that of Canada for the first time and -his trend is expected to. continue in the forward years.