Record Attendance at the A.C.S.
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VER one thousand chemists and others in the United States rubber field at tended -the meeting of the Division of Rub ber Chemistry of the A.C.S. April 26 to 28, Hotel Commodore, New York, Ν. Υ. Harold Gray» technical supervisor of the tire division, B. P. Goodrich Co., presided. Wartime research was reported in 32 papers by chemists from the laboratories of the rubber industry. In Dr. Gray's opening address, he said :
I cannot pass this opportunity to com ment on the miracle that we in the rubber industry t *we created· I defy anyone to call the designing of processes; of equip ment; the construction of 49 new plants; the production of raw materials, and the manufacture of synthetic rubber itself; together with the conversion from natural rubber to synthetic rubber, anything but a miracle. Not long ago we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the
rubber industry. We were proud of our achievements in rubber after 100 years of progress. From an actual production standpoint—not considering for the mo ment the long years of research—we have been working with GR-S for less than 100 weeks. Rubber technologists can be justly proud of the job accomplished on GR-S in the short time allotted to us, but we must not overlook the fact that many others have contributed equally to this
Division of Rubber Chemistry Meeting tremendous accomplishment, from the men who designed the original raw material processes on through all the intricate steps necessary to achieve the final product—man-made rubber. In particular we do pay tribute to the production men in the rubber factories, who, without previous experience, have done a marvelous job in handling synthetic rubber, a new material. Even though we can 3 ustly point with pride to our collective accom-
plishments to date, we still have a great deal to do and we cannot afford to minimize the task remaining before us." Lactoprene was described at this session by C. H. Fisher, W. C. Mast, C. E. Rehberg, and Lee T. Smith of the Eastern Regional Research Laboratory, Philadelphia, and electron microscope studies of natural and synthetic rubbers by C. E. Hall, E . A. Hauser, D . S. leBeau, F. O. Schmitt, and P. Talalay of MIT. Other
speakers at the opening session were: VST. B. 'Wicgaoid and H. A. Braendle, Columbian Carbon; -A. R. Kemp and W. G. Straitifif, Bell Téléphonie Laboratories, Murray Hill, N. J.; A. A. Somerville, R. T. Vanderbilt Co., Inc., New York; G . M. Massic, Harrison, and Morton Laboratories, Inc.; A. E . Warner, C Ρ Hall Co-; F. E. Rupert, Monsanto ChemicaJ Co.; F. W. Gage, Pittsburgh Plate Olass Co.; and A. R . Lukens,
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Thompson, Weinman Co-, Inc., Cambridge, Speakers at Thursday's session included: K. C. Jones, New Jersey Zinc Co.; W. McM ^on and A. R. Kemp, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, N. J.; A. M. Neal, P. Ottcnhoflf, H. K. Livingston, and R. H. Walsh, Du Pont; G. M. Wolf, T. E. Deger, H. 1. Cramer, and C. C. deHilster, Sharpies Chemicals, Inc.; F. P. Baldwin, R. L. Zapp, L. B. Turner, and R. M. Howlett, Standard Oil Development Co.; R. A. Emmelit, B. F. Goodrich Co.; D. S. Plumb, Monsanto Chemical Co. ; and P. 0. Powers arud B. R. Billmeyer, Armstrong Cork Co., Lancaster, Pa. Reading papers on Friiday were: L. H. Cohan, Madeline Sohn, and Martin Steinberg, Continental Carbon Co.; L. E. Cheyney, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.; R. T. Armstrong, J. R. Little, 790
Charles L. Panons, Secretary, AXS
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K. W. Doak, and H. P. Burchfield, U. S. Rubber Co.; G. Goldfinger and W. R. Smith, Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc.; S. D. Gehman, Goodyear Research Laboratory; R. L. Zapp and A. M. Gessler, Standard Oil Development Co.; W. B. Wiegand and H. A. Braendle; J. R. Shelton and Hugh Winn, Case School of Applied Science; S. R. Harrison and O. D. Cole, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.; D . B. Forman, H. G. Bimmerman, and W. N. Keen, Du Pont. The annual banquet was held at the Commodore at 6:30 P.M. Thursday with H. E. Outcault, St. Joseph Lead Co., New York, chairman, Committee on Arrangements, and W. J. Geldard, U. S. Rubber Co., treasurer. Papers presented will appear in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry beginning with the July number. A N D ENGINEERING
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