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Communication and Signal Section Medical Section Committee on Grade Crossings Mechanical Division Engineering Division The Safety Section holds an annual meet ing and sponsors several regional meetings during the year It issues a monthly news letter, produces special posters, and publishes pamphlets on railroad safety The address of the Bureau for the Safe Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles is 2 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001 Bituminous Coal Operators' Association 918 16th St NW , Washington, DC 20006 The Bituminous Coal Operators' Associa tion has a Safety Department to furnish health and accident services to its members Can Manufacturers Institute, Inc 821 15th St NW , Washington, DC 20005 Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI), the manufacturing trade association for companies who make all-metal cans out of tin plate, black plate, teme plate, aluminum, or a combina tion thereof, acts as a clearinghouse of infor mation on the metal can industry in the United States Most ofthe operations are earned on through standing committees, one of which is the Safety and Industnal Hygiene Committee This committee administers a Safety Program for the members that is designed to cover operations peculiar to can plants In other safety matters, the committee provides re ferral service The program consists ofcommittee-planned material on metal can safety, a monthly Safety Report, statistics, safety contest, Safety Man ual, and articles of special interest The Chlorine Institute 342 Madison Ave, New York, N Y 10017 Founded in 1924, the institute provides "a means for chlonne producers and firms with related interests to deal constructively with common industry problems--especially m safety, transportation, regulations and legisla tion, and community relations " Safety, transportation, medical, and related experiences and problems of all members and their customers are shared through com mittees, principally the Technical Committee on Container Specifications and Safety, the Transportation Committee, and the Com mittee on Environmental Health Results of committee deliberations are dis tributed worldwide to chlonne producers, consumers, and other interested groups and persons In addition to the Chlonne Manual, some 70 engmeenng and design recommen dations, specifications, and drawings are con tinually reviewed and revised Compressed Gas Association, Inc 500 Fifth Ave , New York, N Y 10036 The major purpose of the Compressed Gas Association is to provide, develop, and co ordinate technical activities in the compressed gas industnes, in the interest of safety and efficiency Most of the work of the association is done bv more that 30 technical committees, made up of representatives of of member companies who are highly qualified technically in their respective areas Atmospheric gases nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and the rare gases. Cryogenic and Low Temperature Gases, Hydrocarbons propane, butane, etc , Refrigerants ammonia, fluorocarbons, Aerosol propellants. Poisonous gases hydrogen cyanide, phos gene, etc Medical gases nitrous oxide, cyclopropane, ethylene, etc, Other gases anhydrous ammonia, chlorine, methylammes, sulfur dioxide, carbon mon oxide, fluorine The association publishes the Handbook of Compressed Gases, which contains com plete descriptions of 49 widely used gases, and gives the safest recognized methods for handling and storing them More than 50 standards and bulletins are published A list is available on request to CGA Gray and Ductile Iron Founders' Society, Inc 930 National City, East Sixth Bldg , Cleveland, Ohio 44114 The Crayand Ductile Iron Founders' Soci ety is a trade association which represents 335