ammonia solutions, 103 ECA study of USA methods, 262 eyes, protection, 225 Federal Safety Council, 294 motor vehicle inspection, 294 wood working machinery, 80 Safety Code Correlating Com, ASA, 91; 130 Sampling, legality, 282 Savings from stdzn bldg materials, 120 economics of stdzn, 190 Philadelphia Electric Co, 281 purchasing, 241 survey for ECA, 305; marginal note Nov 1951 shipping, 394 Union Carbide & Carbon Co, 241 see also Company stdzn Schedule numbers, pipe, 173 Schoeffel, M. F., Some adventures in military stdzn, 277 Screw threads, 188 Sectional com mbrship, ASA, 31 Service awards, ASA, 86 Signboards, bldg code requirements, 141 Sizer, H. S., 16 Slichter, Sumner H., 184 Small, Alvah, 402 Soaps, ASTM com, 249 inks, letter press, 197 stds institute discontinues work, 374 Spectrophotometric measurement of color, Sprocket teeth, transmission, 167 Standards Council, ASA, 189; 226; 402; 404 Statistics, accident, 92; 118; 159; 185; 254; Steel ASTM emergency alternate specs, 360 R. F. BAKER, Vice-President, The Texas Co- G. B. BUTTERFIELD, Secretary, Hartford Accident RICHARD A. COLGAN, JR, Exec Vice-President, R. M. GATES, President, Air Preheater Corp- C. E. HODGES, President, American Mutual Liability Insurance Co-National Association of Mutual Casualty Companies THOMAS D. JOLLY, Vice-President, Aluminum R. OAKLEY KENNEDY, Formerly Vice-President, *H.S. OSBORNE, Chief Engr, Amer Tel & Tel CoVice-President, ASA H. S. SIZER, Assistant to the Director of Design, Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Co-National Machine Tool Builders Assn MAURICE STANLEY, Chairman of Board, Fafnir Bearing Co, Anti-Friction Bearing Manufacturers Assn, Inc Col. J. G. VINCENT, Engineering Consultant, Packard Motor Car Co, Automobile Manufacturers Assn B. S. VOORHEES, Vice-President, New York Central System, Assn of American Railroads W. C. WAGNER, Exec Dept, Philadelphia Elec Co -Chairman, ASA Standards Council *Members of the Executive Committee Standards Council W. C. WAGNER, Exec Dept, Philadelphia Elec Co, Chairman J. R. TOWNSEND, Bell Tel Labs, Vice-Chairman Chairmen of Correlating Committees BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION-Theodore 1. Coe, Technical Secretary, Amer Inst of Architects, CONSUMER-Mrs Elizabeth S. Herbert, Acting Chairman, Household Equipment Editor, McCall's ELECTRICAL-C. R. Harte, Connecticut Company, New Haven, Conn. HIGHWAY-S. J. Williams, Asst to Pres, Nat Safety Council, Chicago, III. MECHANICAL-F. T. Ward, Wilton, Conn. MINING-Lucien Eaton, Consulting Engineer, Milton, Massachusetts MISCELLANEOUS-G. H. Harnden, Standards Div, Executive Dept, General Electric Co, Schenectady, N. Y. PHOTOGRAPHIC-Paul Arnold, Ansco, Binghamton, N. Y. SAFETY-Myron Park Davis, Otis Elevator Co, Yonkers, N. Y. Amer Inst of Elec Engrs Amer Inst of Steel Construction, Inc Amer Iron & Steel Inst Amer Ladder Inst Amer Petroleum Inst American Railway Car Inst Amer Soc of Civil Engrs Amer Soc of Mech Engrs Associated Gen Contractors of Assn of Amer Railroads Assn of Casualty and Surety Cos, Accident Prevention Dept Automobile Mfrs Assn Cast Iron Pipe Research Assn Conveyor Equipment Mfrs Assn Copper & Brass Research Assn Acoustical Soc of Amer Amer Assn of Textile Chemists and Colorists Amer Gear Mfrs Assn Amer Hotel Assn Amer Inst of Architects Amer Inst of Laundering Amer Soc of Lubrication Engrs Amer Welding Soc Assn of Consulting Management Engrs, Inc ASA Member-Bodies Elec Light and Power Group: Nat Bd of Fire Underwriters Heating, Piping and Air Conditioning Contractors Nat Assn Industrial Fasteners Institute Mfrs Stdzn Soc of the Valve Nat Aircraft Stds Com Nat Assn of Purchasing Agents Nat Lumber Mfrs Assn Associate Members Assn of Iron and Steel Engrs Certified Ballast Manufacturers Compressed Gas Assn, Inc Douglas Fir Plywood Assn Heat Exchange Inst Illuminating Eng Soc Indiana Limestone Inst Industrial Safety Equip. Assn Instrument Soc of America Insulation Board Inst Internat Acetylene Assn Marble Inst of Amer Metal Lath Mfrs Assn Metal Window Inst Nat Assn of Finishers of Textile Fabrics Nat Assn of Wool Mfrs Nat Machine Tool Builders' Nat Office Management Assn Oxychloride Cement Assn Eastman Kodak Co Soc of Automotive Engrs, Inc U.S. Independent Tel Assn Nat Concrete Masonry Assn Nat Restaurant Assn Photographic Soc of Amer, Inc Spring Washer Inst Textile Color Card Assn of the Textile Distributors Inst, Inc Company Members-More than 1900 companies hold membership either directly or by group arrangement through their respective trade associations. Marginal notes "Public Relations in Action"— Information was the keynote of the First National Standardization Conference, including the 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Standards Association, held November 27, 28, and 29 at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York. The active discussion that followed the sessions on industrial mobilization, purchasing, construction, consumer goods, and on company use of standards, showed the vital interest of those present and indicated how badly such opportunities for exchange of ideas are needed. The Annual Meeting at the American Standards Association, held the first morning, was presided over by Dr Harold S. Osborne, chief engineer of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and vice-president of ASA. In serving industry during 1950, Dr Osborne said, ASA has approved 149 American Standards, 66 new and 83 revised. Among these were standards for the building industry, textiles, gas-burning appliances, highway traffic, motion pictures, photography, electrical products, industrial safety, and mechanical industries. They bring the total of American Standards to 1,139. Information on costs and results of American Standards Association activities never show the enormous expenditure of time and effort given by technical leaders in industry who have initiated and carried forward standardization projects, Walter C. Wagner said in his report as chairman of Standards Council. Some 4,000 experts from a wide variety of fields are now serving on ASA committees, he said. Mr Wagner paused to pay tribute to one of these men who is now retiring from active duty. "Dr E. C. Crittenden, Associate Director of the National Bureau of Standards, has played a major part in the approval of basic standards," he said. "He has served outstandingly in the reorganization of ASA in 1928, and over the years has often acted as our Chief Delegate to the International Electrotechnical Com- "Voluntary standards are public "The ASA has been the greatest Those who heard FTC's Lowell B. ened by the fact that he had just re- Picture Credits Acme News Pictures: Front cover; Gene Dauber, New York City: Pages 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22; Page 23, bottom right; Page |