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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Febkuakv 1, 1921 



THE 1921 ASSOCIATION PROGRAM 



IN PART II, of his report General Manager Niks asserts that 

 with the Board of Directors he believes the time has come 

 for equipping the Association with the facilities and organization 

 necessary to serve its members more effectively along the more 

 comprehensive lines employed by other trade organizations rep- 

 resenting important industries and competently serving as the 

 medium for cooperative effort in all matters of interest. 



The Board of Directors has favorably considered numerous 

 suggestions by firm members and the various divisions of the 

 Association, and through the general manager recommends to 

 the membership that the Board of Directors be authorized to 

 proceed with the desired extension of the organization and its 

 activities. This embraces: (1) an export or foreign trade de- 

 partment; (2) educational publicity for the industry in general; 

 (3) a cost accounting department ; (4) an industrial relations 

 department ; (5) research and statistical work ; (6) standardiza- 

 tion and specification work. 



The proposals for broadening the scope of the Association are 

 not an idealistic program for which no real demand has become 

 evident, but represent the natural development of interest in the 

 activities of the various divisions of the Association during the 

 past year, and are presented as the needed equipment for carrying 

 on work which has, to a greater or lesser extent, already been 

 started. The recommendations do not contemplate any research 

 work in connection with the technical, chemical or mechanical 

 phases of rubber goods production, as that would duplicate the 

 activities which manufacturers are better qualified and equipped 

 to handle, but rather an increase of the Association organization 

 to handle more efficiently the routine work which it is already 

 being called upon to perform. 



Careful consideration of the project was asked of the member- 

 ship because the entire program would involve an additional 

 expense which, when added to the annual expenditure of the 

 Association as at present operating, would very closely approxi- 

 mate the annual income from all sources which may reasonably 

 be anticipated for the next two or three years, provided the 

 present basis of contributions to the Association is continued. 

 However, the Board of Directors believes that it is so funda- 

 mentally sound in all its phases and will represent so satisfactory 

 an investment that it should be proceeded with immediately. In 

 this connection it is pertinent to state that the Association, even 

 with the enlarged organization suggested, would represent an 

 investment by the industry which is considerably less than that 

 of other trade organizations representing other major industries. 



DIVISIONS' AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS 



MEETINGS of committees and divisions of the Association were 

 held at the Yale Club, the Union League Club, and the .\sso- 

 ciation rooms in New York City, and officers elected for the 

 ensuing year. 



Industrial Relations. — A meeting of the Executive Committee 

 was held at the Yale Club, January 10. General labor conditions 

 and other matters of a routine nature were discussed. 



Hard Rubber Manufacturers' Division. — The aiuiual meeting 

 was held at the Yale Club, January 10, at which trade conditions 

 in general were discussed. Harry Weida, The India Rubber 

 Co., was elected chairman for the ensuing year. 



Rubber Footw-ear Division. — The annual meeting was held at 

 the Union League Club, January 10. George H. Mayo, United 

 States Rubber Co. and Francis S. Dane, Hood Rubber Co., were 

 reelected chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, for 1921. -A 

 very interesting discussion was had in connection with present 

 conditions in the rubber footwear industrv. 



Cycle Tire Manufacturers' Committee. — This committee, a 

 newly organized one, met at the Yale Club, January 11. The 

 meeting was primarily of an organization nature although several 

 other matters of interest to motorcycle and bicycle tire manu- 

 facturers were brought before the members. 



Mechanical Rubber Goods Manuf.\cturers' Division. — A 

 very interesting meeting was held at the Yale Club January 11. 

 C. E. Cook, The B. F. Goodrich Co., was elected chairman for 

 the ensuing year, and C. D. Garretson. The Electric Hose & 

 Rubber Co., elected vice-chairman. 



Rubber Sundries MANUFACTtlRtRs' Division. — A meeting of 

 the Executive Comiuittee was held at the Yale Qub January 11, 

 which was followed by a meeting of the division. Charles J. 

 Dayol, Davol Rubber Co., who has been chairman for the past 

 year, was succeeded by H. A. Bauman, The B. F. Goodrich Co., 

 W'ho, as vice-chairman, is succeeded by A. W, Warren. Hodgman 

 Rubber Co. 



Rubber Reclaimers' Division. — .\ meeting of this division was 

 held at the Yale Club January 11. with a good attendance. F. H. 

 .■\ppleton, Appleton Rubber Co., and Clark W. Harrison, Bloom- 

 ingdale Rubber Co., were reelected chairman and vice-chairman, 

 respectively, for 1921. A general discussion was indulged in by 

 those present in regard to the general business conditions in the 

 reclaiming industry. 



Specification Committee, Mechanical Rubber Goods .Manu- 

 facturers' Division. — A meeting of this committee was held Jan- 

 uary 11 in the association rooms. Matters of a detail nature of 

 interest were considered, following which the Committee held a 

 conference with the Executive Committee of the Mechanical Goods 

 Division, the subject of which was the future work and activities 

 of the Specification Committee. 



Rubber Proofers' Division. — .-X meeting was held at the Vale 

 Club January 12. General trade conditions in the rubberizing 

 industry, as well as the subject of the cancellation of contracts 

 in the auto-top manufacturing industr\- were the main topics of 

 discussion. N. Lincoln Greene, United States Rubber Co., cloth- 

 ing division, was elected chainnan, and A. W. Warren, Hodgman 

 Rubber Co., was elected vice-chairman. 



Foreign Trade Division. — A meeting which proved particularly 

 interesting because of the contemplated organization of a foreign 

 trade department of The Rubber Association was held at the Yale 

 Club January 12. C. A. Wilson, Dural Rubber Corporation, was 

 elected chairman, and R. H. Daniels, The Goodyear Tiro & 

 Rubber Co., was elected vice-chairman. 



Tire Manufacturers' Division. — The annual meeting was 

 held at the Yale Club January 13, which was immediately preceded 

 by a meeting of the Executive Committee of that body in the 

 association offices. The following officers were elected : .Seneca 

 G. Lewis, Pennsylvania Rubber Co., chairman; Joseph C. Weston, 

 .^jax Rubber Co., Inc., vice-chairman. E.xecutive Committee; 

 Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., Kelly-Spring- 

 field Tire Co., Hood Rubber Co., The Fisk Rubber Co., The 

 Miller Rubber Co., The Portage Rubber Co., Lee Tire & Rubber 

 Co., Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co., Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Empire Tire & Rubber Co., United States Tire Co., The B. F. 

 Goodrich Co , The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., The Star Rub- 

 ber Co., The Mohawk Ruliber Co.. and New Jersey Car Spring & 

 Rubber Co., Inc. 



Traffic Committee. — The annual meeting was held in the Yale 

 Club January 10, at which a docket containing a large numlier 

 of subjects was discussed. For the year 1921 H. J. Zimmerman, 

 The B. F. Goodrich Co., and A. D. Phillips, The Fisk Rubber 

 Co., w-ere elected chairman and vice-chairman of the committee, 

 respectively, who, with the following mcnihcrs, will constitute the 

 Executive Traffic Committee of the .Association; George F. Hich- 

 born. United States Rubber Co. ; John .A. Moore, Ajax Rubber 

 Co., Inc., E. C. Wcb.stcr, Hood Rubber Co.; E. L. Morgan, The 

 Miller Rubber Co., and L. H. Ley, Kelly- Springfield Tire Co. 



