THE CHEMICAL WORLD THIS WEEK
Consumer Protection Stressed C&EN REPORTS: Atlantic States Association of Food and Drug Officials ATLANTIC CITY.-Approximately 75 members of the Central Atlantic States Association of Food and Drug Officials attended the association's thirty-fourth annual meeting, held here recently. Although the program was quite diversified, the necessity for consumer protection was the underlying theme in many of the sessions. Ole Salthe, executive secretary of the Nutrition Foundation, at a banquet speech stressed this point, emphasizing that uniform state and Federal laws relating to food standards can help achieve this end. At the panel on new and pending Federal, state, and municipal legislation, presided over by William A. Queen of the Food and Drug Administration, the various speakers outlined developments in food and drug legislation which have occurred during the past year. Leo G. Palmer, FDA, New York, explained the policy of the F D A in authorizing "over-the-counter" sale of antihistam i n e drugs. Dr. Palmer pointed out that in authorizing such sales, the law only requires the FDA to determine that such drugs are safe for consumer use and that FDA does not have the responsibility of
ruling on the efficacy of the drugs. He also observed that F D A considers these drugs on an individual basis and that no blanket authorizations to sell them "over the counter" are given. Jacob Fitelson, FDA, New York, presented a paper "Squalene-Olive Oil Racket." Dr. Fitelson stated that squalene, a fish oil by-product, has been used to adulterate olive oil. Since olive oil contains some squalene, determination of the squalene content in mixtures of olive and other oils has been used to determine the percentage of olive oil. Addition of squalene to these mixtures has given incorrect results on analysis. By tagging the squalene obtained from fish oil with anthranilic acid, FDA officials were able to determine that the oil had been adulterated. Other papers included discussion of chemical agents used in plant sanitation, presented by Harold G. Lederaer, R. M. Hollingshead Corp. and the sale of sulfa drugs for poultry and animal use, by Fenton Hayes of the Pennsylvania State D e partment of Health. Officers elected for the next year were: Willard S. Ha gar, deputy secretary of agriculture, State of Pennsylvania, presi-
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dent; Leslie C. Jayne, secretary of the Board of Pharmacy, N e w York State, vice president; and Mrs. Margarethe S. Oakley, Department of Health, State of Maryland, secretary-treasurer. The Central States Association has issued a n invitation to the food and drug officials of the United States to participate in the next annual meeting. Pending an acceptance, setting of the time and place of the next meeting have been deferred.
Foreign T r a d e Swindler Sentenced Irving Grossman, 29, was sentenced to serve 10 years' imprisonment on Federal charges arising out of violations of export control laws. In Los Angeles he was sentenced to serve five years on the first of five counts in an indictment, and was given five years probation on the second count on the basis that he make restitution. T h e third, fourth, and fifth counts were dismissed. In N e w York he was given an additional jail sentence of five years on the first o f a nine-count indictment. On the remaining eight counts he was given a suspended sentence and placed on five years* probation on the condition that he make restitution of over $40,000 to his victims in India, Holland, Belgium, and Italy. As previously reported (C&EN, Jan. 16, page 174), Grossman was arrested by Federal agents on charges that he had defrauded foreign importers by shipping them sodium chloride instead of dyestuffs which they had ordered through him.
ASEE Talks Stress Speech and Reading Training Industrial and business leaders recommend speech training for engineers, Albert A. Rights, assistant professor of English a t Lehigh University, told more than 3 0 0 delegates recently at the annual meeting o f the American Society for Engineering Education. His address, "What Industry and Business Expect of CollegeTrained Men in Oral Communication,** was based on a recent survey of over 600 responses and interviews of leaders in industry and education. In the first public announcement of the findings of the survey sponsored by the Lehigh University Institute of Research, Rights said that industry and business have been searching for the explanations of the many failures of college-trained men and women to express themselves adequately in oral and written communication. These failures have extended from the writing of work-progress reports t o t h e complex give-and-take of labormanagement mediation. Reporting on his findings, Rights said that engineering students as a group get less training in oral communication than any other group. "Essentially industry has been assuming some of the burden of training college engineers in communication skills," he continued. "The ma-
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jority of executives and supervisors of training programs do not favor this responsibility." Lack of reading skills was singled out as the chief cause of students' inability to cope with the demands placed upon them, according to Dr. Stella S. Center, director of the Reading Institute of New York University. ' Pointing out that comprehension is more important than speed or rate of reading, Dr. Center said, "Unless a student has an average speed of approximately 350 or 400 words per minute, he will be overwhelmed by the reading demands made on him."
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Celanese Group Insurance Effective May 15, employees of Celanese Corp. of America received increased benefits under the corporation's group insurance plan. The entire cost of this program, which has been in effect since 1944, is paid by the company. Among the major changes is a provision for more liberal payments for hospitalization of all employees of the company, their ! wives, and dependent children eligible under the plan. Weekly accident and sickness benefits are liberalized for hourly employees of the company. Increases have also been made in the schedule of life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
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Morrison-Knudsen Acquires Control of Ferguson Co*
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Controlling stock of H. K. Ferguson Co., industrial engineers and builders, has been purchased by Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc., according to a joint announcement made in Cleveland by the two organizations. H. K. Ferguson Co. was previously owned by the Oman interests of Nashville, Tenn. O. F. Sieder will continue as executive vice president and general manager of Ferguson and there will be no change In the management, personnel, or policy of the company. Terms of the stock sale involved "several million dollars," according to company executives.
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Biochemical Consulting Lab Opened W. A. Winsten has announced the formation of Winsten Laboratories at Inwood, Long Island, N. Y., devoted to consultation, development, and analysis in the biochemical field. Under the direction of Dr. •Vinsten, the new organization will specialize in pharmaceutical product and process levelopment, fermentation research, and nicrobiological assay of growth factors md inhibitors. The laboratories are presently engaged in studies of the factors ffecting the stability of vitamin Bis in farious pharmaceutical products. Other Imely problems are also under study. VOLUME
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