THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



Activities of the War Service Committee of the Rubber Industry 



of the U. S. A. 



THE War Service Committee of the Rubber Industry of the 

 U. &. A. has been working incessantly in behalf of 

 the whole industry and matters of greatest importance to 

 the trade have engaged the attention of this commitlce during 

 the past month, a complete record of which will be found in 

 these columns. 



The Committee has been enlarged and Division Committees 

 appointed, and a plan of organization and procedure governing 

 the latter committees has been adopted. The personnel of the 

 various committees is given below : 



PERSONNEL OF THE WAR SERVICE COMMITTEE 

 CENTRAL COMMITTEE. 



B. G. Work, chairman. The B. F. Goodrich Co., 1780 Broadway, 

 New York City. 



Homer E. Sawyer, vice-chairman. United States Rubber Co., 

 1790 Broadway, Xew^ York City. 



E. H. Broadwell, The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee, Falls, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



H. S. Firestone, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.. Akron, Ohio. 



J. Newton Gunn, United States Tire Co., 1790 Broadway, New 

 York City. 



G. B. Hodgman, Hodgman Rubber Co., Tuckahoe, New York. 



W. J. Kelly, Poel & Kelly, Inc., 347 Madison avenue. New York 

 City. 



P. W. Litchfield, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. 



C. T. Wilson, Charles T. Wilson Co., Inc., 56 Wall street. New 

 York City. 



E. S. Williams, United States Rubber Co., 1790 Broadway, New- 

 York City. 



Tre.^surer: H. S. Vorhis, 52 \'anderbilt avenue. New York 

 Citv. 



Secretary: M. L. Heminway, 52 Vanderbilt avenue. New lork 

 City, and 808 Colorado Building, Washington, District of 

 Columbia. 



AIKCHAFT DIVISION. 



P. W. Litchfield, chairman, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 



Akron, Ohio. 

 W. H. Yule, The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. 

 A. E. Jury, United States Rubber Co., Newark, New Jersey. 



BOOT AND SHOE DIVISION. 



George H. Mayo, chairman. United States Rubber Co., 1790 



Broadway, New York City. 

 Francis S. Dane, vice-chairman. Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, 



Massachusetts. 

 Hugh Bullock. Converse Rubber Shoe Co., Maiden, Massachu- 



Robert S. Emerson, Narragansett Rubber Co., Bristol, Rhode 



Island. 

 A. S. Funk, La Crosse Rubber Mills Co.. La Crosse, Wisconsin. 

 W. G. Hill, .'\pslev Rubber Co., Hudson, Massachusetts. 

 T. W. McDowell, Goodyear Rubber Co., Middletown, Connecti- 

 cut. 

 L. T. McCollum, Mishawaka Woolen Manufacturing Co., Misha- 



waka, Indiana. . 



Francis R. McKenna, Bourn Rubber Co., Providence, Rhode 



Island. . 



Theodore Nicar, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. 

 George W. Prall, Lambertville Rubber Co., Lambertville, New 



Jersey. 

 J. A. Rishel, The B. F. Goodrich (Jo., Akron, Ohio. 

 L. C. Warner, Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe Co., Beacon Falls, 



Connecticut. 

 Secretary: E. S. Sylvester, United States Rubber Co., 1790 



Broadway, New York City. 



CLOTHING DIVISION. 



N. Lincoln Greene, chairman, American Rubber Co., Boston, 



Massachusetts. 

 George G. Bryant, vice-chairman, Chicago Rubber Clothing Co., 



Racine. Wisconsin. 

 Charles Brown, Mystic Rubber Co., West Medford, Massachu- 



J. T. Callahan, Archer Rubber Co., Milford, Massachusetts. 



S. T. Hodgman, Hodgman Rubber Co., Tuckahoe, New York. 



W. G. Hill, Apsley Rubber Co., Hudson, Massachusetts. 



Dr. I.. C. Himcbaugh, British-.^merican Manufacturing Co., 

 Springdale, Connecticut. 



]■". W. Jones, The B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. 



C. Kenvon, Jr., C. Kenyon Co., 754 Pacific street, Brooklyn, New 

 York. 



E. C. Klauber, Rosenwald & Weil, Chicago, Illinois. 



Warren MacPherson, Cambridge Rubber Co., Cambridge, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



John V. McHose, Scioto Rubber Co., Columbus, Ohio. 



Charles Place, New York Mackintosh Clothing Co., Mamaroneck, 

 New York. 



W. M. Tenney, Clifton Manufacturing Co., Boston, Massachu- 

 setts. 



Secretary : li. L. Swift, American Rubber Co., Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts.' 



CRUDE RUBBER AND KINDRED PRODUCTS DIVISION. 



C. T. Wilson, chairman, Charles T. Wilson Co., Inc., 56 Wall 

 street. New York City. 



G. B. Hodgman, vice-chairman, Hodgman Rubber Co., Tuckahoe, 

 New York. 



E. H. Broadwell, The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



E. H. Huxley, United States Rubber Export Co., Limited, 1790 

 Broadway, New York. 



W. J. Kelly, Poel & Kelly, Inc., 347 Madison avenue, New York 



H. E". Sawver, United States Rubber Co., 1790 Broadway, New 



York Citv. 

 B. G. Work. The B. F. Goodrich Co., 1780 Broadway, New York 



City. 

 Secretary : H. S. Vorhis, 52 Vanderbilt avenue. New York City. 



FOREIGN TRADE DIVISION. 



E. H. Huxlev, chairman, L^nited States Rubber Export Co., Lim- 

 ited. 1790 Broadway. New York City. 



F. E. Titus, vice-chairman. The B. F. Goodrich Company, 1780 

 Broadway. New York City. 



J. E. Baum. Empire Ruljbcr & Tire Co., Trenton. New Jersey. 



E. H. Broadwell, The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



F. E. Dayton, Ajax Rubber Co., Inc., 1796 Broadwaj', New York 

 City. 



R. H. Daniels, Tlie Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. 



.\. S. Hardy. Manhattan Rubber Manufacturing Co., 120 Broad- 

 way, New York City. 



W. B. Laighlon, Hood Rubber Co., Watertown, Massachusetts. 



George H. Moss, Electric Cable Co., 10 East 43d street, New 

 York City. 



R. J. Owens, Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., Boston, Massa- 

 chusetts. 



A. G. Partridge, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., .'\kron, Ohio. 



Henry G. Tyer, Tyer Rubber Co., Andover, Massachusetts. 



GAS DEFENSE DIVISION. 



Dr. W. C. Geer, chairman. The B. F. Goodrich Co.. .Akron. Ohio. 

 William Stephens, vice-chairman. The Goodvear Tire & Rubber 



Co.. Akron, Ohio. 

 George W. Dann, Pennsylvania Rubber Co., Jeannette, Pa. 

 R. T. Griffith, The Miller Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio. 

 Dr. L. C. Himebaugh, British-American Manufacturing Co., 



Springdale. Connecticut. 

 George A. Ludington, The Fisk Rubber Co., Chicopee Falls, 



Massachusetts. 

 T. W. Miller, Faultless Rubber Co., A.shland, Ohio. 

 Dr. Theodore Whittelsey, United States Rubber Co., 1790 Broad- 



wav. New York City. 

 Secretary : N. S. Noble, The B. F. Goodrich Co., .\kron, Ohio. 



HARD RUBBER DIVISION. 



H. Weida, chairman, India Rubber Co., New Brunswick, New 



Jersey. 

 F. G. Achclis, vice-chairman. American Hard Rubber Co., 11 



Mercer street, New York City. 

 Bruce Bedford, Luzerne Rubber Co., Trenton, New Jersey. 

 Harry Boyer, Joseph Stokes Rubber Co., Trenton, New Jersey. 



