February 1, 1917. 



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provides (or a Conmiittce on Arbitratiuii, and specifies its duties 

 as follows : 



A Committee on Arbitration to consist of seven members, four 

 of whom shall be manufacturers and three crude rubber importers. 

 The chairman of such committee shall be chosen by the mem- 

 bers from their own number for a term of three years, and the 

 term of each of the additional members shall be three years, 

 except that at the time when this committee shall be originally 

 appointed the six members then appointed, other than the chair- 

 man, shall decide by lot which of their number shall serve for 

 periods of one, two, and three years respectively, 'two members 

 of the committee being assigned to each class, and that there- 

 after two members shall be appointed by the board of directors 

 or by the Executive Committee in each year. If any vacancies 

 should occur in this committee, sucli vacancies may be tilled by the 

 board of directors or by the Executive Committee at any regu- 

 lar or special meeting. 



Duties. This committee shall have complete supervision in 

 respect to all matters for arbitration referred to The Rubber 

 Club of America, Inc., and shall make rules and regulations for 

 the conduct and disposition of all matters submitted to arbitra- 

 tion subject to the approval of the board of directors or of the 

 Executive Committee. It shall provide a form of agreement not 

 inconsistent with existing provisions of law by which, so far 

 as practicable, the decisions of the arbitrator or arbitrators shall 

 be as effective as judgments of the Supreme Court of the State 

 of New York. It shall compile, and from time to time revise, 

 and keep a list of qualified persons, not less than 25, willing to 

 act as arbitrators under these rules, and who shall be members 

 of The Rubber Club of America, Inc. This list shall be known as 

 "The List of Official -Arbitrators of the Rubber Club of .America, 

 Inc." 



Thg proposed change in Article 111 of the Constitution and 

 By-Laws was also adopted to read : 



Any person connected with a corporation or firm, and engaged 

 in the rubber industry in the United States of America or the 

 Dominion of Canada, which corporation or firm has been elected 

 a firm member of this association, shall be eligible to member- 

 ship, 



CH.WGE OF NAME. 



The recommendation of the board of directors that the name 

 of the organization be changed to The Rubber Association of 

 America, as more accurately describing its real character and 

 activities, was then put to a vote and unanimously adopted. 



OFFICERS RE-ELECTED. 



After the annual meeting the new board of directors weivt into 

 session and the following officers and Executive Committee of 

 The Rubber Club of America, Inc., were reelected: 

 OFTICERS. 



President, Harvey S. Firestone, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co-, 

 Akron, Ohio. 



First vice-president. Van H. Cartmell, Kelly-Springfield Tire 

 Co., New York City. 



Second vice-president, H. Stuart Hotchkiss, United States 

 Rubber Co. System, New York City. 



Secretary and treasurer, Harry S. Vorhis, The Rubber As- 

 sociation of -America, New York City. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Harvey S. Firestone, Chairman, I-"irestone Tire & Rubber Co., 

 Akron, Ohio. 



George P.. llodgman, Hodgman Rubber Co., Tuckahoe, New 

 York. 



William E. Bruyn, L. Littlejohn & Co., New York City. 



Van H. Cartmeil, Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., New York City. 



Paul W. Litchfield, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., .\kron, 

 Ohio. 



H. Stuart Hotchkiss, The United States Rubber Co. System, 

 New York City. 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



The president of the Rubber Club has appointed the following 

 committees : 



LEGISL.'^TIVE COMMITTEE. 



Frederic C. Hood, chairman. Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, 

 Massachusetts. 



H. Stuart Hotchkiss, The United States Rubber Co. System, 

 -Vew 'S'nrk City- 

 ■ One member yet to be chosen. 



-\RI!ITU.\TIOX COMMITTEE. i 



William E- Bruyn, L- Littlejohn & Co., New York City. 

 .\ndrew H. Brown, Meyer & Brown, New York City. 

 W. G. Ryckman, New York City. 



William F. Bass, General Rubber Co., New York City. 

 M. L. Cramer, Michelin Tire Co., Milltown, -\ew jersey. 

 Horace De Lisser, Ajax Ruliber Co., Inc-, New York City. 

 R- B. Woodbury, Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts, 

 and as alternates : 



H. A. .Astlett, II. A. Astlett & Co.. New York City. 

 Clement B. McKay, The Fisk Rubber Co., New Y'ork City. 



NOMIN-\TIXG COMMITTEE. 



Frederick H. Jones, chairman, Tyer Rubber Co., Andover, 

 Massachusetts. 



William J. Kelly, .\rnold & Zeiss, New York City- 



W. O. Rutherford, The B. F. Goodrich Co., -Akron, Ohio. 



Henry C. Pearson, India Rubber Publishing Co., New York 

 City. 



Harry G. F^isk, The bisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massa- 

 chusetts, 



AUDITl-XC COMMITTEE. 

 E- E- Huber, chairman, Eberhard Faber, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 William G- Grieb, .Ajax Rubber Co-, Inc., New York City. 



BANQUET CO.MMITTEE. 



William T. Cole, cliairman, 1-abric Fire Hose Co., New York 

 City. 



Francis R. Henderson, Henderson & Korn, New York City. 



Tracy S. Lewis, Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co., Beacon Falls, 

 Connecticut. , ., 



OL'TING COMMITTEE. 



To be selected later by the executive committee. 



At a meeting of the executive committee, held January 19, 

 1917, at^the Whitehall Club, 17 Battery Place, New York City, 

 the following firm and associate members were elected ; 



NEW FIRM MEMBERS. 



Rosenwald & Weil, Chicago, Illinois— Representative, H. T 

 Kessler. 



B. S. Ellis, New York City— Representative, B. S. Ellis. 



E. S. Kuh & Valk Co., New York City— Representative, Chas. 

 Tliorstensen. 



Robinson Co., New York City — Representative. Thos. A. 

 Desmond. 



T. C. -Ashley & Co., Boston, Massachusetts — Representative, 

 .\rcher S. Pratt. _ 



Somerset Rubber Reclaiming Works, New Brunswick, New 

 Jersey — Representative, A. Marcus. 



Chadbourne & Moore. Boston, .Massachusetts— Representative, 

 Joseph H. Chadbourne. 



Plymouth Rubber Co., Canton, Massachusetts — Representative, 

 .-\braham Sydeman (transferred from associate membership). 



ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. 



Geo. W. Skirm, I'renton, New Jersey, Globe Rubber Tire 

 Manufacturing Co. 



E. S. Sloat, Patterson, New York, Mishawaka Woolen Manu- 

 facturing Co. 



Raymond S. Willis, East Orange, New Jersey, United States 

 Rubber Co. 



J. M. S. Carroll, Montreal, Canada, Canadian Consolidated 

 Rubber Co., Limited. 



Frank C. Foley, New York City, The Fisk Rubber Co. 



Wm, E. Kavenagh, .Akron, Ohio, Swinehart Tire & Rubber Co, 



