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It w a s moved, seconded, and carried chat emergency loans t o employees be a u thorized, that such loans be carried on the books a s assets, that the total unpaid loans shall not exceed $2,500, that all employees of the AMBRICAN CHKMICAL S O -
CIETY with 12 months' or more service be eligible, that the maximum loan to any employee be one month's salary or $500, whichever is less, that repayment be made by monthly salary deductions, maturity not t o exceed 18 months, that 4 % true interest per annum be charged, payable in advance and credited t o a reserve account to cover possible losses, that applications for such loans be considered by a committee of three persons employed in the Washington office, two constituting a quorum, that all loans made be evidenced by a note, to be held for collection in the Treasurer's office, and that no formal application b e required unless the volume of applications so warrants. It was moved, seconded, and carried that t h e action of the Board of Directors on Sept. 5, 1948, relative to setting up a reserve for losses arising from advertising * accounts receivable be rescinded. It was moved, seconded, and carried that a reserve fund amounting to 10% of the advertising accounts receivable less commissions payable upon collection be set aside from General Surplus on Dec. 31, 1948, t o cover losses arising from advertising accounts receivable; that at the end of
each year thereafter the reserve be adjusted to 10% of the advertising accounts receivable less commissions payable upon collection; that the offsetting entries be reflected in the current year's oi rations; and that the Controller be and i s hereby authorized and instructed to do all things necessary to set up and maintain this fund. It was moved, seconded, and carried that R V I 4 be amended by striking out "twenty-eight hundred dollars ($2,800)" and substituting therefor "thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500)." It was moved, seconded, and carried that the registration fee for each of the 1949 national meetings be five dollars ($5.00) for a member, student, foreign visitor, or nonchemist or nonchcmical engineer, and ten dollars ($10) for chemists and chemical engineers residing in the United States and not members of the ACS. Miscellaneous It was moved, seconded, and carried that the Board of Directors express to Charles L. Parsons, retiring as Regional Director on Dec. 3 1 , its sincere thanks for his willingness to continue to serve Che Society in this capacity after retiring as Secretary, its deep appreciation of his significant contributions t o the welfare o f the organization during 42 years, its genuine regret that h e feels it necessary to retire from active participation in AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY affairs, and its hope
that his counsel always will be available to those in positions of responsibility. It was moved, seconded, and carried that the Board of Directors express to Samuel C. Lind i t s thanks for his many services to the AMERICAN CHEMICAL, SO-
CIETY—as President in 1940, 6 years on the Board of Directors, 16 years as a Councilor, and 16 years as Editor o f the Journal of Physical and Colloid Chemistry—
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and its regret that o n Dec. 31 he will retire a s a Regional Director. It was moved, seconded, and carried that the Board of Directors express to W, Albert Noyes, Jr., its thanks for his conscientious service as President of the ACS, as a Director for 4 years, as a Councilor for 8 years and a s Editor of Chemical Reviews for 10 years and its satisfaction that he shortly will assume another official responsibility as Editor of the Journal of the A merican Chemical Society. It was moved, seconded, and carried that the Board of Directors express to Willard H . Dow its thanks for his 12 years of service as a Director-at-Large and its regret that he must relinquish that post. It was moved, seconded, and carried that the following statement of policy be adopted: T h e AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY will
administer only such awards as meet all of the following requirements: 1. The field to b e recognized shall be broad, in order to assure that properly qualified candidates will be available throughout the life of the award. 2. The award shall include an honorarium of not less than SI,000. 3. The award shall be made available for five presentations at intervals of not less than one year. After five awards have been presented, the donor and the AMERICAN CHEMICAL
SOCIETY may consider extension of the arrangement under such policies as are in force at that time. It was moved, seconded, and carried that the Executive Secretary be permitted to provide a mailing service to advertisers in ACS journals under conditions approved b y him. T h e meeting adjourned at 11:00 A.M., Dec. 5. ALDEN H. E M E R Y ,
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JOHN R. SKEEN A N I L I N E , t h e first of t h e dye intermediates, has been produced commercially for over 9 0 years. While somewhat less than half of the total dyes now made derive from aniline, this percentage is represented in colors manufactured for cotton, wool, rayon, leather, fur, spirit varnish, paint, paper, and butter. Aniline i s of major importance to the processing o f rubber, contributing a long list of accelerators and antioxidants, and is essential to t h e manufacture of seed disinfectants, plastics, explosives, and many drugs. Last year, 107 million pounds of aniline were produced in the United States, almost three times the amount made in the
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immediate prewar years. Yet the demand was not satisfied. T h e present supply appears to be nearly adequate for all needs. Capacity t o make aniline has generally exceeded the demand. However, in 1941 existing plants could not supply the greatly increased requirements for making acetanilide, dimethylaniline, diphenylamine, hydroquinone, and other chemicals. Accordingly, the War Production Board planned additions of nearly 2 5 million pounds and tentatively recommended the installation in three ordnance plants of facilities for about 30 million pounds more. Allocation was also undertaken under the provisions of Order M-184. B y t h e end
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of 1942 capacity was about 130 million pounds. I n spite of these provisions, aniline remained scarce. It is probable that the civilian economy received no more than 4 0 % of the amount made during war years. Since then, the necessary raw materials for aniline have been in poor supply, particularly benzene. For the past three years production of this chemical has been erratic due t o successive strikes in the coal and steel industries and the extraordinary competition for benzene in order to make other major chemicals. Aniline is made in one method b y nitrating benzene to produce nitrobenzene, which is then reduced with finely divided
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