International Union of Pure and

Applied Chemistry

Article III

1. The functions of the Union as set forth in Article I shall be exercised through a Council, assisted by an

federation' in London was devoted to the adoption of the statutes of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

Previous to adjournment the Conference officially appointed members of its own body as their representatives, to attend the Brussels meeting of the International Research Council on July 22, for the purpose of effecting the union of the new international chemical organization with the International Research Council as its chemical branch, and for the purpose of making such necessary alterations in the statutes which have been adopted as might become necessary in uniting with the International Research Council.

The meeting at Brussels was largely engaged in the discussion, modification and final adoption of the statutes of the new International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. These statutes are printed herewith as finally adopted to conform with the statutes of the International Research Council, by and of which the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry was constituted the chemical section, in conformity with the resolutions adopted at the London meeting. STATUTES OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND

APPLIED CHEMISTRY Article I

1. Each of the following countries-Belgium, United States of America, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Italy, through the agency of its National Research Council (Chemistry Division), or its Federal Council of Chemistry, or failing such national federation, through the agency of a national chemistry association, joins with the others in the formation of an International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, having for its objects the following:

(a) To cement among the allied peoples the bonds of friendship and mutual esteem which have been developed and strengthened during the course of the war. (b) To organize permanent co-operation between the chemical associations cf the different countries.

(c) To co-ordinate their scientific and technical activities.

(d) To contribute to the advancement of chemistry in all its branches.

2. The Union thus constituted shall be perpetual. Its provisional headquarters shall be in Paris.

Article II

1. The conditions governing the admission of a country to the Union shall conform to those fixed by the statutes of the International Research Council.

2. A country may join the Union through its "national chemical federation," e.g., through its National Research Council (Chemistry Division), or through its Federal Council of Chemistry, or failing such organization, through a national association representing chemistry.

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1See CHEM. & MET. ENG., vol. 21, No. 5, Sept. 1, 1919, p. 234. This is a free and unofficial translation of the French text. committee was appointed to prepare an authorized English version. TRANSLATOR'S NOTE.-The purpose of this paragraph is to provide for the formation in each country of some national agency which shall federate all of the major chemical organizations of the country. Thus in the United States this federation is effected through the Chemistry Division of the National Research Council, while in England it is effected through their Federal Council of Chemistry. Ultimately it is expected that in each country the federating agency will become merged in the National Research Council of that country in the capacity of its Chemistry Division.

bureau, the establishment and duties of which shall be determined by international agreement among the constituent countries.

2. The Council shall fix the date and place of meeting, draw up the budget, and decide as to expenses.

3. Resolutions shall be adopted by a majority. 4. On questions of an administrative or financial nature the voting shall be by countries, each country having a number of votes equal to the number of its delegates. In such voting it is, however, not necessary that all these delegates be present. The delegates of any country may appoint one or several proxies to represent them and to vote in their name.

5. Voting by correspondence is permitted.

6. All questions to be voted upon must appear on the agenda of the meeting.

7. The president shall have the casting vote in case of a tie.

Article IX

1. Minutes shall be kept of all meetings. Two copies of the minutes shall be prepared and signed by the chairman and the secretaries of the meeting.

2. The permanent secretarial staff shall have the custody of the archives, and shall be entrusted with the execution of the decisions taken by the Council and by the committee of officers and in particular with the circulation of the agenda.

Article X

1. The functions of the committee of officers shall be: (a) To see that the rules are strictly observed. (b) To prepare the agenda for meetings of the Council.

(c) To record and carry out the decisions of the Council.

(d) To perform during the entire period elapsing between two meetings of the Council the necessary acts of administration and to report the same in writing to the members of the Council.

(e) To submit to the Council a yearly budget draft. (f) To represent the Union or to appoint its representatives.

Article XI

1. There shall be instituted, in addition to the Council, a consultative committee, consisting of as many sections as shall be necessary to insure the complete representation of pure and applied chemistry in conformity with the regulations of the Union.

Article XII

1. The General Assembly of the Union shall consist of the members of the Council and of the delegates of the "national chemical federation" of the constituent

countries.

2. A regular meeting of the General Assembly shall be held at least once a year, preferably at the time and place of the meeting of the International Congress of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

3. The General Assembly shall also meet when called together by the Council or when such meeting is requested by at least one-half of the members of the Union.

4. The General Assembly shall receive reports on the administrative work of the Council, on its financial situation, and on the general condition of the Union.

5. It shall approve the accounts of the previous fiscal year as certified by an auditor, selected from outside the membership of the Council and appointed by the General Assembly of the preceding year.

6. It shall pass upon the budget for the next fiscal year and shall discuss those questions appearing upon its agenda.

7. The annual report and the financial statement shall be sent each year to all the members three months

in advance of the annual meeting of the General Assembly. The agenda of the General Assembly shall be drawn up by the Council and must include every question which shall have been transmitted to it by any of the members of the Union three months in advance of the meeting of the General Assembly.

8. The officers and executive committee of the General Assembly shall be identical with those of the Council.

9. Votes on administrative and financial questions shall be cast by countries, each country having the number of votes indicated in the categories of Article VI. 10. The delegates of any country may appoint one or several proxies to represent them and to vote in their

name.

Article XIII

1. All expenditures shall be authorized by the president and disbursed through the administrative secretary. 2. The spokesman and representative of the Union before the public and in all legal matters and court proceedings shall be its president, who may, however, delegate his powers in this respect to the administrative secretary or to any member of the Council. Article XIV

1. Resolutions of the Council relating to such purchases, exchanges and transfer of real property as may be needed for the accomplishment of the objects of the Union, grant of mortgages on the said properties, leases for more than 9 years, transfers of properties and loans, must be submitted to the General Assembly for approval.

Article XV

1. Amendments to these statutes may be considered and voted upon by the General Assembly only when submitted thereto by the Council of the Union or proposed by a "national chemical federation" of one of its constituent countries. All such proposed amendments shall appear upon the agenda of the meeting of the General Assembly, provided they have been received in writing by the committee of officers at least three months in advance of the meeting.

2. Voting upon amendments shall be by countries in accordance with the categories of Article VI. 3. Voting by correspondence is permitted.

4. The statutes may be amended only by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast.

Article XVI

1. In the event of a meeting of the General Assembly being convened to decide upon the dissolution of the Union, special notices to that effect shall be sent three months in advance; and at least three-quarters of the members of the Union or their proxies must be present. If this proportion is not reached, the General Assembly shall be adjourned for not less than six months, when the decision of the adjourned meeting shall be operative, irrespective of the number of members present.

In any case, dissolution can only be resolved upon by a majority of two-thirds of the votes cast. Article XVII

1. In the event of dissolution the General Assembly shall appoint one or more trustees to liquidate the property of the Union; and any surplus assets shall be donated to an international institution.

Article XVIII

1. In the interpretation of these statutes the French text shall be authoritative.

Eighth Annual Safety Congress

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HE National Safety Council will hold its Eighth Annual Safety Congress at the Hotel Statler, Cleveland, Oct. 1 to 4, 1919. During the week of the Congress, the people of Cleveland will endeavor to excel the record established by St. Louis in its "Safety Week" last year. They have undertaken a difficult task, for the achievement of St. Louis was remarkable. In that city during Safety Week there was only one death from accident (an intoxicated man killed in falling from a wagon), whereas during the previous week there were ten accidental deaths and during the corresponding week of the previous year there were twenty-four. But the enterprising spirit of Cleveland recognizes no limitations in a great humanitarian work of this kind. Every man, woman and child in the city will be on the alert to prevent accidental injuries during the special campaign. Every factory, every school, every home, all the educational and social forces in the entire community will be enlisted in one great life-saving effort. The goal is no accident during Congress week. A large clock on the Cleveland Trust Co. building near the Hotel Statler will register the record each day.

Saturday Oct. 4

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5:00 p.m.

Executive Committee

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Reception and

Informal

Dance.

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Informal Dinner and Smoker

7:00 p.m.

Banquet (Informal).

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11-"Dangers in the Manufacture of Dyes," Dr. L. C. Cone, National Aniline & Chemical Co., Buffalo, N. Y. FRIDAY MORNING

9:30 "The Controlling Factors in Gas Mask Design," Dr. W. K. Lewis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

10:15 "Some Experience in Accident Prevention in the Dye Industry," A. H. Massey, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del.

11-"The Failure of Materials Due to Chemical Action," E. G. Rippel, sales manager Buffalo Foundry & Machinery Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

The Metals Section will hold three sessions, at which the following papers will be read:

THURSDAY MORNING

9:30 "Accident Prevention in a Malleable Iron Foundry," H. L. Church, Rockford Malleable Iron Works, Rockford, Ill.

10:15 "The Personal Element in a Safety Program for the Foundry," M. F. Gartland, Marion Gray Iron Foundry Co., Marion, Ind.

11-"Safety in the Steel Foundry."

FRIDAY MORNING

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Public Utilities.

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EXHIBIT Opens Monday, Sept. 29, 8:00 p.m. Open daily 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Grays' Armory. Closes Saturday 6:00 p.m.

The following papers will be presented at the sessions of the Chemical Section, of which E. H. Fiesinger, safety engineer, Solvay Process Co., is chairman:

THURSDAY MORNING

9:30 "Supervision of the Chemical Industry From the Point of View of Accidents and Occupational Diseases," Dr. Alice Hamilton, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D. C.

10:15 "Lead Poisoning and Its Prevention," C. P. Tolman, chairman manufacturing committee, National Lead Co., New York City.

SATURDAY MORNING

9:30 "How the Foremen Cut Lost Time Accidents," James F. Belford, acting secretary of labor, safety and welfare, American Smelting & Refining Co., New York City. Discussion by E. E. Judd, American Smelting & Refining Co., Omaha, Neb.

10:15 "Humanizing a Steel Plant," Philip Stremmel, superintendent hot mills, National Enameling & Stamping Co., Granite City, Ill. Discussion by Raymond G. Adair, safety engineer, American Rolling Mills Co., Middletown, Ohio.

11-"Practical Demonstration of Welding and Cutting," J. Schleicher, the Alexander Milburn Co., Baltimore, Md. (All present to have welding goggles furnished by various manufacturers.)

The Safety Exhibit to be shown at Grays' Armory will be unquestionably the most pretentious and elaborate ever shown in America. Practically all of the leading manufacturers of safety devices will be represented. This feature of the Congress will be presented under the joint auspices of the National Safety Council and the Safety Institute of America.

The exhibit will be opened at 8 o'clock, Monday evening, Sept. 29, and will be open thereafter between 11 a. m. and 11 p. m. daily. It will close Saturday, Oct. 4, at 6 p. m.

The exhibit will be open free to the public. Workingmen and their families are especially invited to view the exhibits in the evening of any day during Congress week.

EVE

VERY available space was filled in the great Coliseum, in which the Chemical Exposition was held in Chicago. The first impression on looking down from the gallery was that the main floor exhibits were divided into three sections by aisles.

The combined exhibit along the center aisle made by the General Chemical Co., the Barrett Co., the Semet-Solvay Co. and the National Aniline & Chemical Co. struck a new note in technical exhibitions by calling in the art of the architect in structural design and interior decoration and that of the artist in paint. Every detail was worked out with artistic feeling and understanding and the insignia of the Chemical Warfare Service were used with charming effect. The services of Arthur Covey, a sound painter, were availed of, and along the walls we found very decorative panels of the interior of a dye house and of a synthetic color works. A picture of Herreshoff A picture of Herreshoff furnaces in operation with heaps of Spanish pyrites to balance the composition in general challenged the eye to closer inspection, and it did all this unconsciously. Art pays.

THE OFFICIAL OPENING

It is curious how we are tied to conventions. In olden days when royalty visited a city the Mayor appeared in his robes of office and welcomed their Highnesses, pledging the constant devotion of the people, then serenity would respond in appreciation. When we have a convention or exposition nowadays we go through a similar performance. It is doubtful if the good people of Chicago were anxious to show their Mayor, and consequently on the opening of the Exposition the Governor of Illinois was to have made the address of welcome and our colleague, Dr. C. H. Herty, editor of the Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, was to have responded, but the one was in Washington and the other in Europe, so Chairman Redman of the Chicago Section bade all welcome and Manager Roth responded with felicity.

EXHIBITS OF SMALL-SCALE APPARATUS A FEATURE The miniature and small-scale apparatus shown are features of the exposition. The Raymond Impact Pulverizer Co. had mills of several sizes in operation, the Dorr Co. showed its thickener and the General Bakelite Co. had a molding machine for making pressed beakers of Bakelite, the Redmanol Chemical Products Co. did similar work with Redmanol, making cigar and cigarette holders. The Industrial Filtration Corp. showed a rotary vacuum filter with which they separated diatomaceous earth. Other small units in operation included a Jewell still, a Proctor cotton drier and exhibit of the Philadelphia Drying Machine Co. Maurice A. Knight of Akron showed in operation a miniature acid pumping system that occupied hardly more than one cubic foot of space and the General Ceramics Co. exhibited a complete nitric acid plant in miniature but not operating.

INDUSTRIAL CHARTS

Making charts has become not only an art but a fashion. The coal tar chart of the Barrett Co. was considerably amplified over that of last year. The U. S. Industrial Alcohol Co. showed another of alcohol and the American Cyanamid Co. exhibited its raw materials and all products in sequence. The Hooker

it treats with electricity derived from Niagara Falls power and showed all its products. The Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry gave a similar graphic representation of the making of paper. The New Jersey Zinc Co. exhibited Franklin ore and the various steps in making each product, ending with white rubber goods and objects in brass and zinc.

Not exactly in the form of a chart but nevertheless well displayed were the products of Shawinigan Falls, Quebec: Calcium carbide, acetylene, acetaldehyde, and acetic acid. In the same booth the Shawinigan Electro Metals Co. had an exhibit of magnesium and its uses, particularly as a deoxidizing agent as an alloy with aluminum to improve its strength, density, machining qualities, finish and polish.

MINING ENGINEERS

The first day of the meeting of the Institute was marked by a large registration and several technical sessions. The boat trip scheduled for Gary, Indiana, was definitely postponed on account of the steel strike and arrangements were made to hold the meetings in Chicago. The smoker on Monday evening was one of the best affairs of its kind ever held. George H. Rice, chief mining engineer of the Bureau of Mines, and Dr. F. G. Cottrell, assistant director, both of whom have recently returned from France, gave illustrated talks of their trip.

CHICAGO A BUSY HOST

The prospects for successful meetings of five of the leading American scientific and technical societies are excellent in spite of the unsettled industrial conditions. Chicago never before entertained so many scientific and engineering bodies in one week, and while it afforded an unusual opportunity for meeting men from all parts of the country the general consensus was that there was an undesirable congestion of such functions that should be avoided in the future if possible.

Borax in Searles Lake Potash

Investigation by the Department of Agriculture, it is stated officially, has developed that the potash put on the market by one of the companies operating on Searles Lake contained an injurious amount of borax. The investigation has not proceeded far enough to determine the character of the output of others operating in the same area. The salts which were examined showed an average of 10 per cent borax. Some samples went as high as 23 per cent borax, the Department states. The Bureau of Soils is in receipt of numerous complaints of crop injury resulting from the use of Searles Lake potash. The Bureau has satisfied itself that injury to crops will result when a sufficient amount of borax is applied with the potash.

Research Problems Before the Bureau of Standards A total of $440,000 for research work and materials is carried in the first deficiency appropriation bill, which just has been taken up by the House of Representatives. Industrial research calls for $250,000 of the appropriation; testing government materials, $100,000; industrial safety standards, $25,000; standardization of instruments, $50,000, and the purchase of platinum for laboratory use, $15,000. The money is to be expended by the Bureau of Standards.

International Exposition of Mining Industries The permanent exhibit of mining and metallurgical machinery planned by the Merchants and Manufacturers Exchange of New York' will open on Dec. 1, at Grand Central Palace.

One entire floor will be devoted to machinery, appliances, supplies and products pertaining to metal mining, non-metal mining, coal mining and the production of petroleum. Other floors will be devoted to other permanent expositions and exchanges of interest to engineers, such as material handling machinery, general machinery, factory appliances, municipal equipment and farm tractors and implements. Mr. Howard R. Ward, manager of the Exposition, who has recently returned from a trip through the West, reports widespread interest on the part of manufacturers and engineers interviewed. Some are especially attracted by the possibility of opening up business in foreign countries, some are considering it from a purely advertising standpoint, while others are planning to use the Exposition as their Eastern office or as an adjunct to their New York office.

The value of this centralized Exposition is readily appreciated. To the buyer it will be a center where he can accomplish the bulk of his purchasing in a short space of time, without traveling all over the country. To the manufacturer it will be a point of contact with the buyer. To the engineer it will be a center where he not only can study "standard practice" but will be able to see new devices and methods. New York is the logical point to which operators and engineers come to interest capital. Grand Central Palace will become the most convenient central point to which engineers, mine operators and purchasers will bring those whom they wish to interest financially.

New Headquarters for A. S. T. M.

The executive committee of the American Society for Testing Materials announces that the establishment of headquarters in the building of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, 1315-17 Spruce Street, forecast in its annual report to the Society, is now assured. It had become increasingly evident during the past year that the growing activities of the Society required an expansion which is not possible at the University of Pennsylvania, where the headquarters have been maintained under most pleasant and advantageous conditions since the incorporation of the Society in 1902.

The headquarters will be on the third floor of the

building, where extensive alterations are now being made which will enable the Society to maintain very suitable headquarters.

The new headquarters are centrally located and convenient to the principal hotels and railway stations. The Engineers' Club is affliated with the Philadelphia sections of many of the national engineering and technical societies, and is the center of engineering activities in Philadelphia. An auditorium on the second floor of the building, with a seating capacity of 125, and a committee room in the Society's headquarters will offer very satisfactory facilities for meetings of the committees of the Society. Out of town members may use the Society's headquarters as their mailing address while in Philadelphia, and facilities will be provided in the Society's rooms for correspondence.

'See CHEM. & MET. ENG., vol. 21, p. 121, Aug. 1, 1919.

Bill Providing for Research on Oil Shales Convincing reasons why the Bureau of Mines should undertake experiments looking to the commercial development of petroleum from oil shale have been presented to the Senate Committee on Mines and Mining. The committee recently took up the consideration of a bill by Senator Henderson of Nevada providing $140,000 for such an investigation. The committee referred the bill to the Secretary of the Interior for his report. Mr. Lane submitted a lengthy review on the oil shale situation which he closed as follows:

"Experimental work must necessarily precede such a large undertaking as the development of the oil shale industry, and I recommend that such work start now so that at the time when the supply of petroleum from our wells does not meet the essential demands, then the oil from shale will be ready to alleviate partially this shortage. Favorable action by Congress upon such a measure as S. 2671 will help to bring about the desired results."

Civil Service Examinations

The following examinations are announced: Metallurgist.-Vacancies exist in the Ordnance Department at Large for duty at manufacturing plants within the United States, at $3400 to $3600 a year. Closes Oct. 7, 1919.

Research Operator-Metallurgical.-The register of eligibles will be divided into two grades, Grade I, $1500 to $2000 a year, and Grade II, $2000 to $2500 a year. After six months' satisfactory service in Grade II, appointees will be eligible for promotion to Grade III, in which the salaries range from $2500 to $3000 a year. The duties of these positions consist of work in connection with research projects, either ferrous or non-ferrous, on ordnance materials. Although originally announced for Aug. 12, it is understood that it will be re-opened for another sixty days.

Physicist, Qualified in Optics.-The duties will consist of the supervision of the work of the optical division of the Bureau of Standards. Salary, $3600 to $4000. Oct. 14, 1919.

Minerals Relief Commission Resumes Work
on Claims

The Shafroth Commission has returned from a visit to twelve cities, during which testimony was taken in 500 cases. The Commission came back with a clearer understanding of the situation and is prepared to dispose of claims rapidly from this time on. It is admitted by the Commission that the limitations of the act work injustices in numerous cases, and it is probable that the Commission will be requested, in the light of its experience, to suggest amendments to the act which will make it more equitable. Nevertheless, the Commission will dispose as rapidly as possible of the claims which clearly fall under the act as it now stands, allowing the other claims to await possible legislation looking to changes and liberalization of the law.

The National Pyrites & Copper Co. of Georgia has been awarded $37,000 in full payment of its claim. The company asked $189,723.43. This is the second award to be made, the first being that of the Chestatee Pyrites & Chemical Co., which was given $219,607.90. The company claimed $914,172.73. A third decision denied the claim of J. N. Lotspeich of Morristown, Tenn., who asked reimbursement for expenditures made in efforts to interest capital in certain manganese properties.