A . S. Weygandt, Du Pont, Vice Chairman of the meeting, M . J. Rentschler, Barium & Chemicals, Inc., Chairman of the Reception Committee/ H . P. Lankelma, Western Reserve, Chairman, Group Meals Committee; and E. A . Arnold, Case School of Applied Science, General Vice Chairman.
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• SOCIETY m e t in the Euclid Ball Room, Hotel Statler, Cleveland, Ohio, a t 9:30 A. M., April 3, 1944, with President Midgley presiding. The following Coun cilors a n d substitutes were present:
Councilors and Substitutes Ex Officio. L. H . Adams, Roger Adams. Robert T . Baldwin, Erie M. Billings, Mar•ton T. Bogert, C. L. Brown, E. J. Crane. Per K. Frolich, G. E. HUbert, Harry N . Holmes, E . W. D. Huffman, Arthur B. Lamb. 8. C. Lind, Carl S. Marvel, Jamos W. McBain, Thomas Midgley, Jr., Walter J. Murphy, E. M . Nelson, Charles L. Parsons. Laurence L. Quill, Oscar K. Rice, Walter A. Schmidt. R. Norris Shreve, John H. Speer. Gilbert Thiessen, C. A. Thomas, Ε. Η. Volwiler, F. C . Wbitmcre. Councilors-At-Large. George D. Beal. M. L. Cro&sley, G ustaν Egloff, Boary Gilman. H . B. Hass. G. E. F . LundelI, W. A. Noyes, Jr., R. L. Shrincr. Local Sections. Akton, F . W. Cox (subs.). R. F. Dunbrook. Thos. L. Greshmn, L. J . Kitchen (subs.). C. R. Milono (subs.)· A. W. Sloan, Harlan Trumbull. Alabama, Stewart J. Lloyd, H. E . Wilcox. Ames, W. F . Coover, L. A. Underkofler (subs.). Baton. Rouge, W. H. Jones (subs.), Ο. Ε . Kurt (subs.). Binghamton, Donald P. Germann. Calxfornia, Irving M. Abrams (subs.). F. A. Arnmeld (subs.). S. A. Ballard (subs.). K. R. Edlund (subs.), A. W. Fairbairn (subs.), K.
E. Marple (subs.), Robert Matteson, Sydney Ross (subs.). L. V. Steck, William E. Vaughan (subs.). Carolina-Piedmont, C. Artom (subs.). Central Pennsylvania, A. Witt Hutchison (subs.), Russell C. Miller. Central Texas, Henry R . Henze, Esmond E . Snell (subs.). Chicago, M. H . Arveson, George W. Ayers (subs.)· Richard E. Burgess (subs.), M. T. Carpenter, R . N. DuPnis, L. M. Henderson, W. F . Henderson, Charles D . Hurd. Warren C. Johnson, Robert F Mârschner (subs.), L. E . May, C . S. Miner, Jr. (subs.), H . S. Mitchell (subs.), R o y C. Newton, A. W. Ralston (subs.), H . I. Schlesinger, G. M . Sohmeing, Arthur Schroder, A. E. Sidwell, Jr.» H. Gladys Swope (subs.), L. M. Tolman (sabs.), V. Voorhees (subs.), T . F. Young. Cincinnati, J. S. Brod (subs.), C. C. Ruchhoft (subs.), Robert S. Shelton, A. O. Snoddy (subs.). Cleveland, M . J . Bahnsen, W. J . Bartlett, H. S. Booth, M . R. Hat6eld, G . M. Juredine, E." C. Mateja, G. H. Mclntyre. Colorado, H. B . Van Valkenburgh. Columbus, Cecil E . Boord, A. B . Garrett. Connecticut Valley, C. Pauline Burt. Dallas-Fort Worth, Carl S. Kuhn, Jr. (subs.). Dayton, John D. Coleman. Ν . Ν . T. Samaras (subs.). Delaware, W . W . Beck (subs.), W. F. Gresham (subs.), R . S. George (subs.), J. T. Hays (subs.), W. A. Mosher (subs.), R. W. Sapp (subs.), J . H. Shipp, Glenn S. Skinner (subs.). J. M. Tinker (subs.). Detroit, Robert B . Bennett. G. Calingaert (subs.), Joseph J. Jasper, Frances W. Lamb (subs.), Maurice L. Moore (subs.), C. Rautenberg, Helen I. Miner, Hymin Shapiro (subs.). Boat Tennessee, A. D . Melaven, Stanley WawzOnek (subs.)· East ern New York, Orlan M. Arnold, A. L. Marshall, C. M. Suter. Erie, John E .
Cavelti. Florida, V. T . Jackson (subs.). Ralph A. Morgen. Georgia, Osborne R . Quayie (subs.), Paul Weber (subs.) Hawaii, John H. P a y n e (subs.). Indiana, Earl R . Bockstahler (subs.), Edward J . Hughes (subs.), John R . Kuebler, Jerome L. Martin, J . L Riebsomer. Iowa, George Glockler (subs.). Kalamazoo, H . Jensen. Kanawha Valley, J. N . Wickert (subs.). Kansas City, James . A . Austin. Kansas State College, H. H. King. Lehigh Valley, H. M . Cyr, F . S. Eisenhauer, W. Ξ . Hanford, M. J . Reider (subs.). Lexington, Martin E . Weeks. Louisiana, A. Watson Chapman. W. J . Horton (subs.), Evald L . Skau. Louis ville* R. C. Ernst. Paul Kolachov. Mary land, A H. Corwin, Waiter H . H a r t u n g (subs.), S . S. Jenkins (snbs.K P . K . Leatherman. F . Y. Wiselogle. Memphis, D . P . Nealon. L. N . Rogers (subs.). Michigan State College, Erwin J . Benne. Midland, Edgar C . Britton, W . R. Yeasey. MidHudson, Harry C . Becker (subs.)· H a r r y Levin. Milwaukee, E . Leon Foreman (eube.), C . O. Miller. Minnesota, Richard T. Arnold (subs.), Harold P . Klug (subs,), L. H . Reyerson, Lee Irvin Smith. Nebraska, T. J . Thompson (subs.). New Haven, C. M . Doede. New York, Ross A. Baker, Wm. H . Bowman (subs.), Erwin Brand, B . L. Clarke (subs.), A. C . Cope, Susie E . Doebbeling, Ralph L. Evans, Louie Freedman, Charles N . Frey (subs.), Harold A. Horan, Wm, R . Johnston, D. H . Killeffer, C. G. King, R . E . Kirk, S. D. Kirkpatrick (subs.), H . Burton Lowe (subs.), H . B . McClure, Bernard L. Oser (subs.), Donald F . Othmer (subs.), Donald Price, W. J. Riley (subs.), John E . Ricci, Foster Dee Snell, Robert L. Taylor (subs.). F . M. Turner (subs.). W m . W. Win-
£ l L N S ? i f l L ' V Ç I A Çrodiictt, Oiifrman of Registration/ Frank Hovorlce, of Western Reserve University, Chairman of Personnel Committee*. «3. H . Mdnryr·, Ferro Enamels, Chitrmanof the Cleveland Section and a Vice Chairman of the meeting/ M . J . Bahnsen, Ferro Enamels, ChaKmeAr the General Services Committee/ and William von Fischer, Case School of Applied Science, Chairman of the Equipment and Supplies Committee. S9*
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ship (subs.), XJOÎS Zucker (subs.). Theodore F. Zucker (subs.). North Carolina, R. W. Bost, Paul Gross. North Jersey, Carl R. Addinall, E. B . Allen (subs.), Ivey Allen, Jr., Karl Folkers, C . J. Frosch, P. M. Giesy, J. W. Haughfc, TV. A. Herbst (subs.). R. H. Kienle, Simon Klosky, Charles S. Lynch (subs.), Robert J. Moore, E . H. Northey, R. D. Reed, H. E . Riley (subs.), O. C. Slotterbeck (subs.), H. T . Wakefield, Byron L. West, Frank J. "Wolf (subs.). Northeast Tennessee, R. B. HCiokey (subs.), Chester H. Penning (subs.). Wortheast Wisconsin, Harry F. Lewis. NOrtheozstem, Chester M. Alter, Lawrence W . Bass (subs.), A. H. Bump (subs.), C. 1?. Dyer (subs.), Gustavus J. Esselen, J. Α.. Funkhouser (subs.), Ε. Η. Huntress (subs.). H. A. Iddles (subs.), Thomas P. Kichdiae (subs.), Raymond Stevens, Alberto F*. Thompson, Jr. (subs.), John A. Timm (subs.). Northern West Virginia, Homer A. Hoskins. Oklahoma, J. C . Colbert, 0. C Dermer (subs.), V. G. Heller (subs.). Pennsylvania-New York Western Border, R. C. Amero (subs.). Peoria, G. C . Baker (subs.), Robert D . Goghill (subs.). Philadelphia, Ralph Con nor, Edward L. Kaenisch, J. Bennett Hill, Edward F. Kohrnan (subs.), Hiram S. Lukene, John M. Mcllvain, W. B. Mel drum, Wm. Rogers, Jr. (subs.), Wm. Stericker, Floyd T. Tyson, Horace M. Weir. Pitts burgh, Leonard H. Cretcher, H. H. Craver (subs.), Herbert 23. Longenecker, H. H. Sehrenk, Donald R. Stevens (subs.), M. Tosterud (subs.). E. K. Wallace, J. C. Warner, W m . B. "Warren (subs.), Helen B. Wigman. Princeton, N . H. Funnan (subs.). Purdue, E. T. BlcBee, M. G. Mellon. Rhode Island* W. Oeorge Parks. Rochester, K. Hickman. St. Joseph Valley, A. J. Boyle, H. D . Hinton (euros.). St. Lout*, Albert Q. Butler, Henry L. Dahm, Chas. N. Jordan, F. £>. Smith, Chester A. Snell (subs.), Lynn A. Watt, H. E. Wiedemann (subs.). Sioux Valley, Alvin L . Moxon (subs.). South Jersey, W. S. Calcott, R. C. Hansford (subs.). Southeastern Texas, P. L. Brandt (subs.), W. O. Milligan . Furlong, Irving Gagnebin. C. L. Garner, Roy C . Gazzolo, Frank H. Geiser, William B . 1 Gustafson, Cari F. Hanahan, Marion L. Harper. H . W. Hartung, J; A. W. Haskell, Walter F. Hasard, C. H . Heitsman, James L. Hershey, J. WiUard Horton, Ralph E . Howard, Guy C. Irwin, Frederick C. Jones, Arthur B. Kessler, Emil H. Kilgore, B. W. Koenigsberg, S. Koppita, Carl G. Kraemer, Elmer O. Landie, Quick Larldn, James E. Laudemann, H . M. Lederer, E. R. Lehnhardt, Ε . Η. Μ. Lindquist, Wilbert Link, A. De Sale, Mantua, Otto Maxson, Ralph N . McAllister, W. H.1 Middleton, A. R. Mighill, Thomas A. Motion, John 1
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Mountford, F. H. Nason, Frank L. Norton, John T., Jr. Palmer* Leroy 8. Pettijohn, Glenn Patton, Leicester Perry, B . Pickett, Earle R. Raiford, L. Charles Raine, Warren A. Reed, Albert W. Ripper, Kurt Robins, Robert L. B«%t>inson, Charles J. Rollins, Dean B. Ruben, Samuel Sacks, Abraham A. Salisbury, Henry M. Saxon, Gordon J. Schilling, Michael L. Schnitser, John L. Senilis. Henry L. Scott, Edwin C. Selke, George H. Shaffer, Lewis G., Jr. Sidener, Charles F.« Sonntag, C. H. Spargo, Frank C. Ticknor, Arthur A. Tiffany, Willard H. Tottingham, W. E . Veitch. F. P. Vittinghoff, H. Vogel, Julius L. F. Waters. Lewis R. Williams, Walter 8. Wilson, Merton W. Windecker, R. E. Worrall, D . E.
T h e President presented a report on t h e condition of the SOCIETY illustrated by lantern charts. A motion t o rescind the action of t h e Council of 1922 authorizing substitute Councilors w a s tabled. I t wt-s v o t e d t h a t a committee be a p pointed t o consider t h e matter of Local Section Councilor representation at Coun cil meetings and report at t h e next meet ing of the Council. T h e Secretary announced t h a t an invi tation had b e e n received t o hold t h e fall meeting of 1945 in Chicago. T h e Council Policy Committee recommended, and the Council approved, that the time and place
C. A . Snell. Aluminum Ore Co., and F. H . Reed, III. Geological Survey. Uft, O n e of the outstanding reasons why Abstracts told so rapidly. of t h e fall meeting of 1944 and the time and place of t h e fall meeting of 1945 be left t o the President and Business M a n ager with power, and t h a t if for any reason a second meeting cannot be held in 1944 that the present meeting be considered the annual meeting.
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mittee for the purpose of undertaking a survey of new activities that might benefit the? membership. The minutes of the Council relating to this action read as follows: It was voted that a committee of the Council be appointed to consider new activities of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL, SOCIETY a n d to>
bring in a report to the Council; furthermore, that at least one half of the mem Thereof said committee be persons who have not passed their 35th birthday. It was voted that the committeetoconeider new activities of the AMERICAN CHEMI-
CAL SOCIETY give consideration to the advisability of creating a continuous^ eraployinent service for the AMERICAN OrEaiiCAU SOCIETY and increasing the subsidies t o local sections and that the committee report at the next meeting. Gilbert Thiessen, Koppers Co. T h e definition of the word ' 'chemist", as presented b y Elisha Hanson, Counsel of t h e SOCIBTT, was approved and will be found on page 613 of this issue. Donald B . Keyes was elected Councilorat-Large t o fill t h e unexpired term of President-Elect Carl S. Marvel, whoee term of office expires December 31, 1944. A petition for t h e formation of a local section with headquarters a t Henderson, Nev. f t o be known as t h e Boulder Dam Section, with territory comprised o f Clark County, N e v . , was approved; also a petition for the formation of a local section a t Norfolk, Va. t with territory comprising the counties of Accomac, Elizabeth City, Gloucester, Isle of Wight, Xan^emond, Norfolk, Northampton, Princess Anne, Southampton, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, and York, was approved. The following report of the Committee to Consider New Activities of the AMERICAN
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This committee appreciatively acknowledges the receipt of many suggestions and communications from members o f the SOCIETY.
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wholeheartedly responded to any a n d all requests from the committee for data and information. From a study of the assignment given us and a survey of a large number of specific activities suggested in letters which f e have received, the committee has prepared and herewith submits recommendations wiiich it is believed are practical and which should operate to the benefit of our SOCXETY'S membership. These recommendations aje: (O The committee recommends tlxat aa Office of Public Relations be created i n the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIBTT and that; it be
adequately staffed with highly capable men chosen by the Board of Directors. This office should be charged with duties corresponding to a broad interpretation o f the term "publio relations". (2) The committee recommends that the SOCIETY establish Regional Employment Clearing Houses t o give a service throughout the year similar to that now provided by the Employment Clearing House at our* regular national meetings. It further recommends that these Regional Employment Clearing Houses be operated jointly b y the national. SOCIETY and certain local sections which should be carefully selected with respect to geographic location, local chemical employment, and the number of ohemiets residing in the area. (3) The committee does not favor any change in the present policy of the AMBAICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY with respect tosuosidics to local sections. In the event, however.
E. O . Rhodet, kôpper» Co. that permanent Regional Employment Clearins Houses are established, and · operated jointly by the national SOCIBTT and local sections, it is recommended that expenditures made in connection therewith be not construed as subsidies. (4) Publications. (a) The committee has noted with satisfaction a steadily increasing tendency oft the part of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL
SOCIBTT to disseminate general information relative to chemists and chemistry, the profession and its accomplishments. The committee recommends that this tendency be accelerated. (6) The committee recommends that a standing Publications Committee, having advisory power only, be appointed jointly by the Board of Directors and the Council to consider all questions dealing with the SOCIETY'S publications. It is suggested that this committee consist of seven members, four to be appointed by the Council and three by the Board of Directors. It is also recommended that the President be instructed t o appoint a special committee to effectuate the necessary arrangements t o bring this permanent Publications Committee into existence. Respectfully yours, F . W. ADAMS ROBERT J. MYERS H . E . CARTER KENNETH S. PITZER J . E . COPENHAVBR
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President Midgley appointed Per K. Frolich, Raymond Stevens, and Marston T. Bogert a s the special committee t o set up the Publications Committee.
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Wm. McPherson, Ohio State, Past President of the SOCIETY and recipient of a diploma certiryina 50 yen» of «ontinuou· ACSmembership; Mrs. Thomas Midgley,Jr.,andC E.K.Mees. \ / Λ Ι
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Mathew M . Braidcch, Case School of Applied Science, and Vice Chairman of Publicity At the request of Dr. Henderson, chair man of this committee, the committee was discharged with thanks for the excellent work performed. The Council then voted that t h e President appoint another com mittee t o further consider the same sub ject, the age, however, of one half of the members of the committee t o be limited t o 40 rather than t o 3 5 years. President Midgley appointed Carl F. Prutton chair man of the new committee and M. T. Car penter, James E . Copenhaver, John A. Leermakers, Robert C. Swain, and P. H . Williams as members. The Council voted (158 t o 135) that the proposal to change the first sentence of Bylaw 14 now reading Membership dues shall be nine dollars $9.00) per year, of which one dollar !$1.00) snail be for a subscription t o the N E W S EDITION beginning o n payment of
dues and continuing through the calendar year, by substituting tbe amounts "Seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50)" for "nine dollars ($9.00)" be laid on the table. The Council then voted that t h e same proposal to change this Bylaw be placed on the Council agenda for the next meet ing. Reports of committees were presented · and accepted. (They are printed in full starting on page 606.) Special votes of thanks were given to the Committee on Economic Status, the Com mittee on the Professional Training of Chemists, and the Committee t o Study problems of the Teaching of Chemistry in High Schools. It was voted t o change the title and duties of the Committee on Economic Status to the "Committee on Professional and Economic Status." President Midg ley appointed Lawrence W . Bass, chair man of the new committee, and Cecil L. Brown, George Calingaert, W. A. Mosher, and Walter A. Schmidt as members. The Secretary was instructed t o send the thanks of the AMERICAN CHEIKCAL
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the Cleveland Section and t o individuals who, under great difficulties, contributed . t o the success of the meeting. It was voted that the President appoint a committee to draw up suitable resolu tions on the present critical situation in chemically trained manpower to be pre sented to the General Meeting of the SOCIETY Wednesday afternoon for adop tion. President Midgley appointed Frank C. Whitmore, Chairman, Erie M. Billings, and A. W. Scott. (Committee's report ap pears on page 612.) On recommendation of the Editor, three additional members were added to the Advisory Board of the Analytical Edition of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, viz.: R. P. Chapman, J. Raynor Churchill, and Bernard L. Oser. The Council went on record as favoring the laudable objectives directed toward improving the effectiveness of the Council as outlined by the President. The Council accepted with appreciation and grateful thanks a gavel presented t o the SOCIETY by Wallace P . Cohoe, Presi dent of the Society of Chemical Industry, made of wood from Joseph Priestley's estate. A detailed' description of this gavel will be found printed on page 594. The meeting then adjourned, a t 12:30 P.M. CHARLES L. PARSONS, Secretary
Divisional Reports Agricultural and Food Chemistry In a joint session with the Division of Bio* logical Chemistry new researches in the identification, preservation, and effect of vitamins were reported. In a Symposium on Carbohydrates for Industry with the Division of Sugar Chem istry and Technology, we learned that table sirups may be prepared from apples. Meth ods of producing starch from wheat flour to. meet the current shortage and of reoycling sulfur dioxide in the hydrolysis of starch to yield a recovery of more than 95% glucose were reported. The importance of molasses as an industrial, carbohydrate yielding quanti ties of alcohol and dried yeast was empha sized. Under the stress of wartime condi tions other grains have found use in the pro» auction of needed alcohol. The general session included an assortment of papers varying in interest from the detoxication of selenium by arsenic of «*ηΐ™^ on the 8eleniferou8 ranges of South Dakota to tbe influence of a natural gas atmosphere on retention of vitamin C in dehydrated foods. A high point of this session was the address by W. Mansfield Clark, recipient of the Borden Award in the Chemistry of Milk, on "Some Illustrations of the Integration of Acid-Base Equilibria, Oxidation-Reduction Equilibria, Catalysis of Hydrolysis, and Coordination Phenomena". The session attracting the greatest interest was that on the last day, a Symposium on the Biological Value of Proteins. This proved to be a timely topic, especially perti nent under conditions of limited supply of CHEMICAL
proteins for both human and animal con sumption. H. H. Mitchell, professor of ani mal nutrition a t the University of Illinois, internationally known for his fundamental researches in the field of animal nutrition, discussed the different methods of measuring the biological value of proteins i n current use and compared their significance, ac curacy, and conformance with the established facts of protein metabolism. Max S. Dunn, professor of biochemistry at the University of Southern California, pro posed optimal growth as a criterion of the biological value of proteins and amino adds. He pointed out that consideration must be given t o the interdependence of dietary sub stances in metabolism in establishing the types and quantities of nutrients required for all physiological needs, in view of which it is proposed that optimal physiological func tioning (growth, reproduction, lactation, etc.) is the most dependable criterion of biological value. Anthony A. Albanese. Department of Pedi atrics, Johns Hopkins University, described a method of obtaining the complete and carbo hydrate-free extraction of the amino acids and proteins from fresh vegetables b y an adaptation of the formic acid procedure de scribed by Masur and Clarke. The amino acid content of nine common .vegetables was presented in tabular form. William H. Adolph, former professor of biochemistry, Yenching University, Peking, China, presented results of his studies on the diet of the inhabitants of North China. He pointed out that 95% of the protein intake in China as a whole is derived from vegetable sources.' Laboratory experiments with rats on vegetarian diets, have failed t o produce growth and reproductive effects comparable to those of omnivorous diets. It i s evident that in many Oriental diets the quality of the protein is a limiting faotor. Experience through generations, however, has demon strated the wisdom of blending various cere als and legumes to accomplish the maximum biological efficiency of the protein intake. Dr. Adolph showed by an equation, which he said had been evolved purely as a pastime, that certain of the China Provinces, which operate under a closed economy, were already supporting the maximum possible popula tion. As an addendum, Dr. Adolph described the diet of three Japanese concentration camps with respect to calorific, protein, and mineral intake memorized by himself and fellow prisoners. Richard J . Block and Diana Boiling of the New York Medical College- and the C. M.
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