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The Council a t St. Petersburg THE COUNCIL, with 101 members present, was called to order sit the "Vinoy Park Hotel in St. Petersburg, Fla., on t h e morning «of March 26 by President Charles L. Reese, who presented the following statement concerning the SOCIETY'S affairs: STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
It can be definitely stated on the basis of the actual returns that -the income of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY for 1934 will,
-without, subsidy of any kind, balance its expenditures. The SOCIETY went through much more of a crisis in 1933 than is ^enerniTIy realized, hut the new procedure recommended b y the ^committee, &do\i/iieH b> lh° Directors and Council in Chicago, and ^veiwlaelmint,!;,- îp^roved by ^he membership, both i n spirit and "by direct vote, hs J again placed the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETCY in a se®-n?r.gly impregnable position. The thanks of the membership are due to the committee for so clearly planning the procedure a n d prophesying the outcome. I t will be particularly gratifying t o every member of the SOCIETY t o know that no longer is some outside agency paying in excess of $5.00 a year for benefits which he enjoys. The placing of the SOCIETY on a strictly professional basis is also proving t o have been, as predicted by its sponsors, a desirable advarrtage. Already new members have joined the SOCIETY to an exfcent approximating the total received for t h e year 1933. On Mlarch 10, 1159 new members had joined the SOCIETY, as compared with 759 on the same date in 1933. More important still, t l i e resignations, which on March 10, 1933, had been 1027 for that year, on March 10, 1934, were 555, which is better than normal. I n 1934 approximately 1500 will continue as members without subscribing for journals and 4100 members will continue to subscribe for but one journal. I t was from this group of members, who objected to paying for journals which were available t o them otherwise than by personal subscriptions, that the rapidly increasing resignations of 1933 were being received. It isfcothis change that resignations from t h e SOCIETY are decreasing to a perfectly normal figure. Already i n 1934 more money has been paid, a n d cheerfully paid, for dues and subscriptions than in the entire year of 1933. fteceipts from non-member subscriptions have also increased approximately 50 per cent, the increase coming both from addi-
tional subscriptions and t h e nearer approximation to cost of production t h a t is now charged to such subscribers. They, too, formerly benefited by the SOCIETY'S subsidy which is now no longer a necessity. The total paid subscriptions, member and non-member, now entirely voluntary, for 1934 will approximate 9500 for the Journal of the American Chemical Society, 12,000 for Chemical Abstracts, and 14,600 to 15,000 for Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. This is in excess of the most optimistic prophecies made in Chicago at the time of the proposal of the new procedure now in force. Contrary t o the fears, and even predictions, of some, advertising income is increasing, not decreasing, and in 1934 will be in excess of the budget estimated. This is due to t h e fact that, although t h e circulation for INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING
CHEMISTRY in 1934 will be smaller than in 1933, subscription to it is now entirely voluntary. Membership in t h e SOCIETY no longer requires the automatic receipt of any of t h e SOCIETY'S publications. This point is of importance to those who purchase advertising, for they know now without question t h a t subscribers take the journal for one reason only—namely, its absolute necessity to them as a publication if they are t o keep abreast of the practice and advancements of industrial chemistry and chemical engineering. Therefore, it is read by every subscriber; otherwise he would not subscribe for it. It is particularly noteworthy also that this journal, which has b y far the largest circulation of any chemical journal published in the world, obtains its subscribers (a) without having any circulation solicitors; (6) without paying any commission to anyone for obtaining subscriptions; (c) by paying only a 10 per cent discount to regular newsdealers; (d) without offering premiums of any kind; (e) without offering a reduced price per annum for two- or three-year subscriptions; (/) without giving any additional months' subscriptions beyond the annual twelve in order to secure new subscribers; and (g) without carrying any subscriber in arrears for t h e three to six months' period normally allowed i n subscription audits. There is just one cloud on the horizon, and that is the mounting costs of printing owing to the increased cost of paper and the requirements of city wages and regulations in country districts under the Graphic Arts Code, which was clearly described in an editorial
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March. T h e increased cost of paper was fully covered in t h e budget b u t the higher cost of printing was not expected. I t m a y in 1935 prevent t h e expansion in Chemical Abstracts which t h e SOCIETY could otherwise look forward t o with hope. This journal i s greatly handicapped for space t o meet the increasing record of chemical knowledge. The Council stood in respectful silence as a tribute to t h e list of members reported deceased since t h e meeting of t h e Council a t Chicago. The list follows: M E M B E R S R E C O R D E D AS D E C E A S E D SINCE T H E F A L L M E E T I N G O F 1933
Adriance, J. S. Beardsley, Lester L. Bell, James M. Bergholtz, Edgar A. Biach, Ludwig K. Black, Otis Fisher Brown, Quintus Butkevicius, Filypas Chappel, Charles W. Church, Albert K. Cram, Marshall P . Devine, John M. Dewar, Alexander H . D e Wolf, Philip Dixon, Fremont Druinmond, I. W. Dye, James G. Edwards, W. F . Enequist, John Fuchs, Francis J. Garland, Clarence E . Hagerty, George J. Harkness, Bruce Hartzell, Harry S. Hatch, Edward C. Heitkamp, Loy F . Hess, Alfred F . Hofmann, Harry E . Hopldnson, Ernest Hoppenstedt, Alfred W. Iversen, Morton
Jacobsen, Mary Jessel, Henry R, Jones, Charles O. Kaura, Bal D. Kohn, Siegfried Kunberger, A. Frederick Lowden, H . B. Mahony, Sister Marie M. Mayer, Joseph L. Millwood, James P . Mount, W. D. Newell, Lyman C. Olsen, Oscar M. O'Neill, Edmond Patten, Laura P . Pitman, John Randolph, Thome Fitz Sacasa, Ferdinand J. Smith, Acheson Sommer, Adolph Starke, Eric A. Strecker, Wilhelm Tague, Edgar L. Thatcher, Roscoe W. Thompson, Milton S. Tucker, George Raymond Underwood, Henry Weeden, J r . Venable, Francis P . Washburn, Edward W. Webb, Leslie H. Yates, J. A.
The Committee on t h e American Chemical Society Award in P u r e Chemistry initiated b y A. C . Langmuir, of which President-Elect Roger A d a m s is chairman, reported t h a t t h e award h a s been made to C . Frederick Koelsch, an organic chemist of the University of Minnesota. T h e award will be presented a t t h e Cleveland meeting i n September. By request of P a u l Nicholas Leech, it was voted to record h i m a s having voted in the negative a t the Chicago meeting of t h e Council t o the change of t h e Constitution reading: "The Journal of the American Chemical Society y Chemical Abstracts, a n d Industrial and Engineering Chemistry shall be made available to all members not in arrears under such conditions a s the By-Laws provide. M a r t i n H. I t t n e r and H u g h S. Taylor were elected Councilorsat-Large to fill t h e unexpired terms of G. J . Esselen and E . E m m e t Reid w h o have been elected Directors. T h e terms of office of t h e
newly elected Councilors-at-Large will expire December, 1934. PL H . Willard was elected Director for the Fifth District, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, to fill t h e unexpired term of Roger Adams ending December, 1934, h e having been elected President-Elect. T h e colleagues, friends, a n d pupils of Professor Victor Grignard, a s well a s t h e members of the Administrative Council of t h e School of Chemistry, have decided t h a t , under t h e patronage of the Committee of Honor especially constituted for t h i s purpose, i t would be fitting to show their esteem, affection, a n d admiration for this eminent scholar, holder of the Nobel Prize and dean of t h e Faculty of Sciences of Lyon, b y presenting h i m w i t h a bronze tablet, in view of his recent promotion to t h e grade of C o m m a n d e r of the Legion of Honor. T h e presentation will take place Saturday, M a y 12, during t h e celebration of t h e fiftieth anniversary of the School of Industrial Chemistry of Lyon. T h e Council instructed t h e Secretary t o convey greetings and congratulations t o Professor Grignard, who is a n honorary member of t h e SOCIETY, a n d t o express i t s delight t h a t this t r i b u t e should b e paid to o n e of t h e most eminent chemists. Those desiring t o have a p a r t in providing the plaque m a y send, their contributions t o Secretary Parsons who will forward th.em, o r they m a y b e sent t o Professor Locquin, I n s t i t u t de Chimie, 67, rue Pasteur, Lyon, France. Any contributor of 100 francs o r more will receive a miniature of the tablet. T h e Secretary, on behalf of the Council C o m m i t t e e on Policy, announced t h a t t h e committee had considered t h e proposal t o distinguish between overhead a n d entertainment expense i n registration fees, b u t unanimously recommended t h a t the present policy b e continued. T h e committee recommended t h a t t h e loci for 1937 meetings be, for the spring meeting, a city in t h e states of N o r t h Carolina, Virginia, or Tennessee, a n d for t h e a u t u m n meeting, a point in t h e states of Wisconsin or Minnesota. In this connection attention was called t o an invitation placed before t h e Council some time ago by the Milwaukee Section. I t was pointed out t h a t , while the committee on selection of meeting places indicates preferences, the Council is not b o u n d to accept invitations from such areas if, for a n y reason, i t should desire t o select some other location. A motion was unanimously carried t h a t t h e Council looks favorably on the recommendations of t h e Committee on Policy, assuming suitable invitations a r e received. A. W . Hixon announced t h a t plans are well under way for t h e meeting to be held in t h e spring of 1935 in New York, ~N.Y., and i t is believed t h a t i t will be memorable in the annals of t h e SOCIETY. T h e Council unanimously adopted t h e following resolutions: T o W H O M I T M A Y CONCERN: Whereas, the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY is a n organization of
seventeen thousand members practicing their profession in t h e scientific, academic, and industrial fields, and Whereas, the establishment and maintenance of certain fundamental standards are vital to the advancement of trie science of chemistry, and Whereas, these standards have been established a n d maintained by t h e Bureau of Standards under the authority of Congress for many years, and new standards are developed by trie bureau a s need is found for them, and Whereas, the bureau is performing its proper functions in a n expanding national and international program to (a) Calibrate and certify the accuracy of analytical weights,
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Following a discussion of a proposal made by t h e Virginia Section in which it was pointed out that local sections have n o power to take action on national questions, it -was unanimously voted that the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY i s convinced t h a t
there should be in effect laws adequately protecting the* public in all matters pertaining to food, drink, drugs, arid cosmetics, a n d urges the enactment, without delay, of suitafc»le legislation designed to strengthen federal authority in the emforceiueiit of all reasonable measures to that end. The Secretary was instructed to send a bearty vote of thanks t o all those to wliGm thanks are due and especially to the chairmen of committees of the Florida Section for t h e success of t h e meeting. The Council voted that the formal reading of committee reports, before it in mimeographed form, be diLspensedl with b u t that any member be privileged to discuss any report in. which he had a special interest. E. J. Crane emphasized certain points in ~fche report of t h e committee which has studied the proounciartion of chemical terms, and after some comment the Council! voted that t h e necessary steps be taken to see that this report -reaches the entire membership. The Council voted that the reports be received and placed on file. Because of the wide circulation already ^iven tlhe reports and the availability of mimeographed copies Cor any who m a y request them they will not be published with the exception of the one noted above. Marston T. Bogert then presented a number of reasons for t h e establishment of a federation of chemical societies in Annerica, a n d Council voted that a committee be appointed to study the possibilities and report at a subsequent meeting. The committee is to consist of the chairman of the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the National Research Council, some one f a m i l i a r with the operation of the A m e r i c a n E n g i n e e r i n g Council a n d s i m i l a r undertakings of the engineering societies, some one well versed in the operation of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Union of Chemistry, and two others. President Reese presented to the Council as the new chairman of the Board of Directors, Thomas Midgley, Jr. The a t t e n t i o n of Council was brought to the status of t h e code of fair competition for the c o m m e r c i a l t e s t i n g laboratory industry in which the intention is to include res e a r c h . On t h e m o t i o n of Foster D. Snell, the President was unanimously i n s t r u c t e d to appoint a committee to represent the CHEMICAL
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