SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN TURPENTINE FARMERS ASSOCIATION COOPERATIVE HELD IN THE OFFICES OF THE ASSOCIATION IN VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, AT TEN A. M. MARCH 5, 1942. In response to President Langdale's letter of February 25, 1942, calling a special meeting of the Board of Directors, the following Directors assembled in the Offices of the fee tion at ten A. M. March 5th, 1942. , R. M. Reynolds J. E. Dyal We H. sactard J. T. Miller. L. W. Brannan, Jr. the te Ghidie, ir. H. Langdale Those absent were: R. M. Newton W. L. Rhodes The meeting was called to order by the President and the Secretary read the minutes of the last meeting held October 28, 1941, which were approved by the Directors as read. | Each Director was furnished with a statement of the financial condition of the Association which.was read and explained by Judge Langdale. It was pointed out the Association had slowed up on advertising recently in order to keep withn its reduced income. The Scand was also advised the Advertising Committee had ceed to cooperate with the Lead Industries Association Better Paint Campaign in order to carry the 4H Club educational work into all the Southeastern States. At this point President Langdale introduced Jesse James to the Directors. Mr. James explained his work among the school boys and girls whereby gum turpentine was stressed as the best paint thinner. The Directors were very interested in a ecm, Mr. Miller insisting Florida must be included in the 4H Club activities. ~ The Advertising Committee's action in agreeing to contribute $7,500.00 as a minimum and $10,000.00 as a maximum in cooperation with the Heiter Products, Better Paint Campaign in the Southeastern States was approved by the Directors. Mr. J. Lundie Smith, Jr., General Counsel for the Association, next explained that due to the conflict between the Association's voting system and the Georgia _Laws governing cooperatives there had been some criticism in Washington to the extent that some thought our charter should be changed. However, Mr. Smith pointed nee out the fact that the Capper-Volstead Act, a ehtonet law governing cooperatives provides for Commodity Credit Corporation making loans to Associations with charters similar to that of the American Turpentine Farmers Association Cooperative and since the two acts are not in conformity with each other it was saeuaneed che Association take steps to have the Georgia Act clarified or modified. At this point, Mr. Reynolds offered a resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Dyal and passed by the Board and is set out at the end of these minutes marked Exhibit "AN After that, Mr. Smith advised the Board of Thomas Sealy's complaint regarding the Association's use of the pine tree on its turpentine cans. It was agreed nothing could be done at this time, but the penccintionts Licensees would have to be protected in their use of the Association label. While the Board waited for the arrival of Mr. Kayton, Chairman of the Resear h Committee, Judge Langdale told of his work in Washington, meeting with various government bureau heads regarding price fixing, naval stores labor deferment, priorities, tire rationing, etc. The use of the CCC loan,unless parity could be obtained, was discussed and urged by President Langdale. When Mr. Kayton arrived from Savannah, he, Dr. Hasselstrom, Chemist of the G. & A. Laboratories, Inc., and Mr. W. L. Hopkins, President of National Rosin Oil & Size Company , who is also interested in the G. & i: Laboratories, Inc., were i ntnodaoet the Directors. Mr. Kayton then spoke to the Board, telling of the activities in connection with the turpentine research at the G. & A. Laboratories and read a letter from Dr. Hasselstrom to him regarding the work being carried on by him outlining the needs of Bie G. & A. iutenasarie in order to obtain the best results. Dr. Hasselstrom's letter is set out in full at the end of the minutes labeled Exhibit "B". At this point, Dr. Hasselstrom displayed samples brought from the laboratory, explaining them and his work. : After that the meeting Siounitnd at 1 P.M... for lunch and incon at 2330 P. M. for the afternoon naaaton. Mr. W. I. Hopkins explained the rosin oil people had been supporting the laboratory for 15 years and up until 3 years ago got very little results. He stated the rosin oil people were pleased with the results obtained from the work of the laboratory and recommended increased donations by the Association. Mr. Kayton also explained the Association was not getting full benefit from the employ- ment of Dr. Hasselstrom and the Laboratory equipment and expressed the hope the Directors would increase the funds set aside for research work. After that he, Dr. Hasselstrom and Mr. Hopkins departed. While discussing Research, President Langdale said he wanted to consider advertising at the same time. The Advertising Committee was present as well as Mr. Eastman, who spoke about the advertising work and urged an increase in the Association dues. After much discussion, a resolution offered by Mr. Dyal and seconded by Mr. Leonard, was passed by the Board. The resolution reads as fot cows: RESOLVED That it is the unanimous views of the Directors present at this meeting that, not only should the national advertising program and the research program of this Association be continued, but that both programs be materially increased; that consideration be given to increasing the total dues to 75 per unit and that the entire increase be used solely for advertising and research, - the dues to be prorated as follows: For advertising - - - - - 564 (This is an increase of 21#) For research - - - - - - - 10 (This is an increase of 3-3/4) For administration expenses - ----- 8-3/4 (No increase) 15 Total Dues RESOLVED FURTHER That this suggestion be placed before the members of the Association for full consideration at the next annual meeting, to be held April 15,1942. Quotas for the naval stores industry was dtpenseed and the President was asked to have the General Counsel, with the help of others in the industry, prepa e a bill to have the proper legislation passed in order to regulate the production of naval stores to avoid the making of large surpluses at one time ee having shortages occurring at other times. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. Approved: TPRES ane A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of AMERICAN TURPENTINE FARMERS ASSOCIATION COOPERATIVE (SPECIAL MEETING, MARCH 5, 1942) WHEREAS it has come to the attention of this Board that the Cooperative Marketing Act ineffect in the State of Georgia (Ga. Code Ann. Section 65-201 and following) provides, in part, as follows: "No member or stockholder shall be entitled to more than one vote" (Ga. Code Ann. Section 65-206); and WHEREAS it has also come to the attention of this Board that the so-called "Capper-Volstead Act" passed by the National Congress (7 U. S.C. A. Section 291) provides, in part, as follows: "That no member of the Association is allowed more than one vote because of the amount of stock or membership capital he may own therein"; and WHEREAS this Board has, on several previous occasions, given consideration to the question of recommending to the membership the amendment of the Association's Articles of Incorporation in order that such Articles might be in entire conformity with both of the enactments herein above referred to; and WHEREAS it is obvious that the two enactments above quoted from are not in conformity with each other; and WHEREAS it is the sense of this Board that the enactment of the Georgia Legislature above referred to should, if possible, be clarified and/or modified so aa to be in conformity with the said "Capper-Volstead Act", it being the further sense of this Board that the Georgia Act should be in complete harmony with enactments of the National Congress on the same question: NOW THEREFORE, THE PREMISES CONSIDERED, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the American Turpentine Farmers Association Cooperative in special session assembled on this the 5th day of March, 1942 <--- That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed with the assistance of such committee or committees as may be appointed by him in his discretion for that purpose, to take such steps as may be necessary or reasonably possible to obtain such a clarification or modification of the Georgia Cooperative Marketing Act as will render the said act in entire conformity with the "Capper-Volstead Act"; and RESOLVED FURTHER, that it is the sense of this Board that there now exists an international crisis of such moment that it is the patriotic duty of this Association and all of its members to devote their unified efforts to the obtaining of maximum production; that every other interest and concern should and must be subordinated to that end; and that any change in, or effort to change, the fundamental organization of the Association during the continuance of such crisis would surely be unwise and might be hazardous. 9 Meeting of the Advertising Committee eid Seow, 156e rpesem: H. Langdale, Chairman = * A. L. Brogden William Oettmeier A.V. Kennedy Immediately after the Directors meeting adjourned, the Advertising President Committee met and discussed advertising for the next few months. Langdale advised there was approximately $15,000.00 to cover advertising during March, April and May. Mr. Eastman met with the committee and presented a proposed ad in colors for the Saturday Evening Post which would cost approximately $9500.00 for a full page issue.After consideration the Committee voted to approve the expenditure. There being no other business the Committee adjourned. CA ALL. - SHCRETARY APPROVED: ] ~ PRESIDEM.. i MINUTES OF DIRECTORS MEETING AMERICAN TURPENTINE FARMERS ASSOCIATION COOPERATIVE APRIL 14, 1942. In accordance with President Langdale's call of April 4, 1942, and as is the custom the Board of Directors assembled in the offices of the Association at 3:30 P. M. on April 14th, the day before the regular Annual Meeting of the members of the Association. All gies were present who were as follows: R. M. Newton W. H. Leonard J. HE. Dyal Je T. Miller H. Langdale R. M. Reynolds L. W. Brannan, Jr. J. L. Gillis, Jr. W. L. Rhodes After the meeting was called to order by President Langdale the Secretary read the minutes of the Directors Meeting held March 5th which were approved by the Directors. The question of an increase in dues was discussed at which time Judge Langdale explained Commodity Credit Corporation's opposition to the increase and it was the consensus of opinion of the Board that it was not an opportune time to advocate raising the dues rate. Upon a motion by Mr. J. E. Dyal and seconded by Mr. W. Le Rhodes, it was voted to withdraw the motion passed at the previous meeting to present to the membership a proposal $0 increase the dues from 50 to 75. Next, McDowell Company's annual audit was discussed after each director was given a copy of the report. The income and expenses of the Association were reviewed and Judge Langdale explained some of the items of expense,all of which the directors approved. On account of the sharp decline recently in market prices it was decided the way to help the situation was to urge all producers to place their production of naval stores in the loan pool and leave it there until January 1, 1943, so parity could be obtained for naval stores. Mr. J. Lundie Smith, Jr., General Counsel for the Association, was requested to draw a resolution covering the matter so that it could be presented to the member ship at the annual meeting the next day. A copy of the resolution is found at the end of these minutes marked Exhibit 'A", President Langdale next presented a resolution to the directors which Mr. H. L. Kayton had asked that the Board consider. It dealt with a request to be made to the Department of Agriculture to insure metal rosin drums for the industry. A copy of the resolution, which was passed by the Board, is to be found at the end of the minutes marked Exhibit "B". The question of Warehousemen's initial storage charges was discussed after a letter from Mr. Milton S. Briggs on the subject was read. It was the unanimous opinion of the Board the rates should be decreased. Mr. A. L. Brogden was invited to come into the meeting at that point and was asked to get the initial storage fee on rosin set at 8 per package and for turpentine 25 per cask. Woodyard & Son's letter of April 8, 1942, was read to the directors and after a little discussion it was decided this producer should be reinstated. There being no further business the Board adjourned. Gt tecreccau- SECRETARY APPROWED: Dik te | VSPRESTDENT 7 _! aiitiadedamain eee Exhibit "a" : WHEREAS, it is the sense of the American Turpentine Farmers Association that mounting costs of production have rendered it impossible for the producer to receive even a subsistence return from the sale of his products, if such products are disposed of at either the market or loan prices presently obtaining; and WHERGAS, it is the further sense of this Association that no priccs lower than parity prices will permit the gum turpentine producer O- cotitinue in business; and WHEREAS, it has become evident to the membership that only through the concerted action of all the members can such prices be secured; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by this Association in regular Session assembled that each and every member hereof eligible to participate in the 1942 Loan Program do pledge himself as follows: 1. That unless and until he is offered for his products (whether crude gum, turpentine, or rosin) prices equal to or higher than the then existing parity prices for such products, he will not sell the same, but will tender them to the Association for an advance under the 1942 Commodity Credit Corporation Loan; and ee That he will not thereafter, prior to January 1, 1943, redeem or withdraw such stocks so tendered and pledged other then for sale at prices equal to or higher than the then existing parity prices; and ; 3. That by such reasonable and legitimate means as may be at his disposal he will endeavor to persuade every other member of this Association to do likewise. a a Exhibit "B" y Neen eer aneemonascermmatte RESOLUTION WHEREAS the U. S. Department of Agriculture, because of defense requirements, urged an increase in the 1942 crop of naval stores, and, WHEREAS the wooden rosin barrel formerly used has proven to be wasteful and inefficient, and because of its condem- nation by the Commodity Credit Corporation, manufacture of said package has ceased entirely and many of its former manufacturers have now disposed of their machinery, have dismantled their plants, thus making the wooden barrel no longer obtainable, and, WHEREAS the steel rosin barrel has been in common use by the naval stores industry during the past three years and has completely displaced the wooden barrel, and has proven efficient in conserving its contents without deterioration or waste and has been approved by the Commodity Credit Corporation, which specifies such packages as a condition to its naval stores loan, and, WHEREAS due to the lightness of the steel package a comparatively small tonnage of material will be required to pack- age the entire gum naval stores crop of rosin, and, WHEREAS the use of the steel barrel eliminates a con- siderable tonnage of steel which in the making of wooden barrels was required for hoops, rivets, and nails, besides which the use of the steel package produces a considerable quantity of reclaim- able steel which can be reworked and used in other defense needs, THEREFORE, because of the necessity of having avail- ' able a suitable barrel for packaging gum rosin, and because of the . difficulty, if not impossibility, of reviving the manufacture of wooden barrels, the Board of Directors of the American Turpentine Farmers Association Cooperative, in meeting assembled, urges the Department of Agriculture through its proper Bureau to approve for the gum naval stores industry an allocation of material suitable for manufacture into steel barrels sufficient to package the 1942 crop of gum rosin. MINUTES OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING oF. MEMBERS OF A. T. F. A. C. HELD IN VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1942. The regular annual meeting of the members of the American Turpentine Farmers Association Cooperative was held on Wednesday, April 15, 1942, at the Ritz Theater in Valdosta, Georgia. President Langdale called the meeting to order at 10:30 A. M. and Rev. E. S. Moore opened the meeting with prayer. Supt. Gamble Cleveland of the Valdosta Schools made the address of welcome in a very attractive manner so that the meeting started off with good fellowship among the group. In reply to Mr. Cleveland, producer-member C. C. Chappell expressed the visitors pleasure at being the guests of Valdosta for their Annual Convention. Following Mr. Chappell, President Langdale introduced a large number of visitors and asked the following to serve on the ballot committee in counting the ballots for 1942 - 1943 Directors: . y Kennedy A. M. Culbreth T. D. Mitchell E. H. Williams These gentlemen, with the assistance of the Association's Secretary, proceeded to open and tabulate the ballots, while President Langdale made his annual report to the members on the affairs of the Association. At the end of this record a copy of the President's speech will be found labeled Exhibit "A". Next on the program, Mr. Edwin D. White, Assistant Chief of the Agricultural Pe cstncet Agency, made a talk on conservation and adjustment in connection with winning the war and its being essential to avoid mistakes after the war. A copy of his speech is found at the end of these minutes marked Exhibit "B". Other speakers were H. L. Kayton, Chairman of the Research Committee, whose report is to be found at the end of the minutes marked Exhibit "C", Roy I. Kimmell, Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, E. J. Holcomb, Secretary of the Interbureau Coordinating Committee on Naval Stores, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Joseph Kircher, Regional U. S.Forester of Atlanta, E. Gerry Eastman, Advertis- ing Agent of Atlanta, Georgia, and Dr. C. C. Giddens, of Valdosta, Georgia. After the addresses had been made the meeting was thrown open into an open forum at which time the distressing market prices were discussed. A resolution, copy of which is to be found at the end of the minutes, marked Exhibit "D", was made and passed. with an amendment offer by Mr. Thos. J. Aycock. Mr. V. G. Philips offered a motion, which was also passed, that more funds be provided for research, Just before adjournment, Mr. E. H. Williams, Chairman of the ballot committee, announced the result of the balloting which showed the following directors had been re-elected for the coming year: R. M. Newton W. H. Leonard Je Be Dyal J. T. Miller H. Langdale R. M. Reynolds L. W. Brannan, Jr. de Le. Gillis, Jr. W. L. Rhodes There being no other business the meeting adjourned to Ocean Pond to enjoy the Annual Barbecue. CRETARY APPROVED PRESIDENT ig eet nboe sk i hot wan Pideapenebie cS Editors note: dale*made such a straight from the shoulder report that the editors felt that those who were not pres- ent missed a lot. And for those who heard it, it would be well to study it herewith. In his annual report at the con- vention, President Harley Langdale President. Lang- expressed the opinion that he be- , lieved this years production would amount to 325,000 units. Our failing to attain the 450,000 unit goal, he said, will be attribut- able to one thing and only one thing: the labor situation. President Langdale, however, urg- ed his listeners to do their best to at- tain the goal. In his report he also touched on the Associations affairs, advertising, research and co-sponsor- ship of 4-H Club paint demonstra- tion teams. In regard to the loan program he said: To begin, at least, with a note of good cheer, I want to say that, in my opinion, the Loan Program work- ed out by your. Associations Com- mittee, in collaboration with officials : of the Commodity Credit Corpora- tion, is far and away the best pro- gram yet offered us. Loan prices, of course, have been increased; but, with market consistently higher and until quite recently, apparently sta- ble, I am-afraid that a number of us were inclined to regard the Loan Program as being of quite secondary importance. I*wish you were right. I am afraid you are not. But the real features of the Loan Program are not increased loan val- ues. This years program permits the redemption of pledged stocks by the producer at any time up until April 1,.1943. That means that the producer need no longer withhold his production in the hopefrequent- ly forlornthat market prices will rise. It permits him to make im- mediate disposition of his production with the knowledge that any subse- quent increases may be taken ad- vantage of. Program This years program also assures us that stocks held by Commodity Credit Corporation will not be mar- keted at less than parity prices. With a substantial portion of existing in- ventories in the hands of Commodity, that will ultimately provide a very firm foundation for market prices. And, lastly and not quite so cheer- fully, those loan prices, which some of us may have looked at a little dis- paragingly, are a very healthy and very comforting floor for prices. They mean, in short, that that is the worst that can happen to.us. It isnt often, in these times, that the worst is as good as that! To move on to other things, this years Conservation Program marks a rather radical departure. vious years, the emphasis has been upon curtailment of production. This year, quite the other way around, every effort has been made to in- erease production to meet the coun- trys war needs. Whether this countrys all-out war effort demands, or could absorb, 450,000 units is beyond both my function and my ability to say. I do know that responsible officials in Washington have said they were needed. In the face of such an ap- peal to our patriotism, the Associa- tion could do no less than attempt to deliver. With that end in view, your Committee and the Forest Service have worked out a Conservation Program, with the details of which you are already familiar. This pro- gram provides for benefit payments to participants at. the rate of one and three-quarters cents for work- ing faces. be made with respect to faces not worked. This year it is the pro- ducer in the woods and not the one in the front poe rocker who gets paid! Try To Attain Goal That is the Program, worked out in response to the countrys demand. I do not intend to inject a sour note when I say that I do not think that this 450,000 unit goal will be attain- ed. I am very much afraid that we will fall far short of it. About 325,- 000 seems to me the most we can reasonably hope for. Our failing to attain it will be attributable to one thing and only one: the labor situa- tion. Of that, I shall have a little more to say later. Again let me say that, in view of the fact that our Govern- ment has urged us to increase pro- duction, it is up to us to try, whether we think conditions warrant it or not. Soldiers are not allowed, you know, to question the wisdom of an order. Neither, it seems to me, are we. The Government says Produce! Lets do it, or Bust & plow line trying! Now, to shift again to other fields, there are two closely-related activi- ties of the Association which I think are harbingers of brighter days. One of these is our Advertising Program; the other, affiliated with it, is our co-sponsorship of 4-H Club Paint Teams. 4-H Paint Teams These teams, as I think you know, have for their purpose the instruc- tion of the youth of the nation in the In. pre- | There are no payments. to- saad nently worth while. Balance Sheet The Associations balance sheet, copies of which you have, reflects sound financial condition. The AT- FA Journal has become a newsy and personalized paper which is do- ing a good job of bringing the. As- sociation into the daily lives of us all. The Association has collaborated with Commodity Credit in reducing large loan stocks on hand, and expending Lease-Lend deliveries. The Associa- tion has given its best efforts to prob- lems of individual producers which are being constantly submitted to us for solution. Now for one glance at the future, in conclusion. I could sum it up with I dont know, and sit down. I want to add a little more than that: I have already mentioned the labor situation.-Far be it from my importance of good paint Ss ing the elementary aed that there can be no good painting ee good ingredients. These teams have been organized and are active already in eleven states. Five more states will be added this summer. These teams, composed of boys and girls from the nations farms, are giving exhibitions of good painting practice before audiences which by now are numbered in the thousands. In the paint kit of every member of every team in every state is a can of gum spirits of turpentine. The importance of this work is es two-fold: The lessons these young : people learn about the virtues of gum spirits of turpentine will be carried with them for life, and literally pas-- E sed on to their children. Secondly, their parents and the audiences be- fore whom they make their exceed- ingly impressive demonstration will - inevitably receive impressions that = no other form of promotional work can quite supply. This work will not produce immediate and -sensational results. Do not expect it to. But over the long pull, it will prove to be, I believe, one of the soundest and most productive investments we could make. _ Advertising TI am not going into much detail about the advertising program itself. Much has already been said and writ- ten of it in other places. I do want to say this: A few short years ago, as all of you know, gum turpentine was not available anywhere in convenient containers. If a man wanted to buy a tank car or a drum, he could get it. But thousands of painters and thousands of housewives wanted it, but not in tank cars or drums. They couldn't get it. Over against that picture of not very long ago, I want you to consider that onejust oneof our licensees, during the month of Febru- ary alone, shipped thirty-seven car loads of canned gum turpentine. If there is anybody here now who does- nt believe in advertising, Id like to know what it would take to convince a4 him! Research is a long drawn out form of endeavor. It means weary days, months and even years in the lab- oratory. Anyone who counsels its abandonment because sensational re- sults are not immediately forthcom- ing is shortsighted, indeed. One of the tragedies of our industry, in : years past, has been its entirely hu- ; man inclination to grab at today, ; and let tomorrow go hang! I be- ; lieve, if this Association had done j no more than change that manner of it would have been emi- EON Petes She aS OW: seo ee RNS CMB Rs ik Oe ass jis Lata ki itd asi a thoughts or intentions to inject any element of class versus class into this meeting. I do want to say that I have felt very keenly about the fact that this so-called All-out war seems to mean all out for some of us and all coming in for the rest of us. When our sons and our neighbors sons are dying on Bataan Peninsula for want of airplanes, it seems to me no time for a union to tell a man, willing and able to work, that he must pay one hundred dollarsfive hundred dollarsfor the privilege of making those boys some planes. When the social gains of one hun- dred and sixty-six years since the Declaration of Independence are at stake, it seems to me no time to quibble about the so-called social gains supposed to be wrapped up in the inglorious Wage Hour Bill. } 4 When your sons, and my sons, and our neighbors sons are on twen- 4 ty-four hours alerts in the jungles of Australia or the destroyers of the- j North Atlantic Patrol at twenty-one i dollars a month, it seems to me no time to debate whether John L. Lewis C. I. O. members shall get | two dollars an hour or a mere dollar ninty-five. You may not agree with me. But if you do, I hope that you and every other loyal American citizen will join me in pouring into Washington, by mail, telephone, telegraph or however, such a flood of indignation that every labor intimidated Congressman and Senator will shiver down to the bot- tom of their union made boots. May- 3 be I cant carry a rifle myself, but Im going to do my everlasting, day- in and-day-out best for the boys that are carrying them! Exhibit "B" Release on Delivery April 15, 194 @ THE NAVAL STORES PROGRAM AND THE WAR (Address of E. D. White, Assistant Chief of the Agricultural Adjustment Agency, before the American Turpentine Farmers Association at Valdosta, Georgia, April 15, 1942) I consider it a cherished opportunity to be invited to speak to the member- ship of the American Turpentine Farmers Association, since the war has made the production of naval stores such an important industry, I brought up the subject of war as guickly as possible in these remarks because war is the main business of this Nation cday, and the sooner we all realize it, the sooner we will have the Japs and Nazis totally beaten and completely subdued. Persons who have recently come back home from Europe, the Fhilippines, or Hawaii tell us we aren't awake yet to what this war really is. Ninety per~ cent of us, maybe more, outside the armed forces, don't realize that we are fighting for our lives. Too few of us have the feel of the war. Too few of us look on it as a fight to the finish for our freedon. It seems to me that one of the reasons why some of us aren't awake to our danger is that we don't have the conviction that we perscnally are contributing to victory. We need to learn that this is our war and that what we do is im- portant -- because, believe me, it is important Let me give you an exemple of something we tend to dismiss as a little thing -- I have reference to food waste. We send cur ships to convoy needed Lend-Lease food such as milk, to England. Milk is a vital food these days. Yet every day in America more milk soaks through floors and slides down drains than is sunk in the Atlantic. Seemingly a little thing, isn't it? But it does indicate how important the war job of 30 million housewives is, just from the standpoint of eliminating waste. << Now to your industry. You gum farmers have an important part in this war, too. You have been asked to increase this years production of turpentine and rosin more than 50 percent. In September 1941 the goal was set at 400,000 units. After Pearl Harbor it was raised to 450,000 units -- an increase over 1941 production of 58 percent -= this is a much larger percentage increase than has ever occurred in any one year in the history of the industry. This shows the size of the job to be done. ~ : 2 We haven't very accurate figures as to just how much of our naval stores production goes directly into war materials such as munitions. We do know, however, that Lend-Lease requirements are very likely to exceed last summer's estimates. And we lmow that turpentine and rosin are going to be needed in big quantities in the mamifacture of paints, paper, soap, varnish, printing ink, adhesives, plastics, drugs and chemicals. Too, naval stores are going to have to substitute for many raw materials cut off from us by the war. For ex- ample, Japan has a monopoly on natural camphor. All the natural camphor in the world comes from the Nipponese island of Formosa. The world market used to take from 8 to 10 thousand tons of natural and refined camphor a year from Jepan. This year most of the worid must turn to synthetic camphor made from turpentine. Fortunately, the synthetic product is both serviceable and cheap, and our potential resources of turpentine are large. : The war in the Philippines has cut off a large part of our supply of coconut and other oils used in making soaps and other products. Chemists heave found that soybean and peanut oil are good substitutes for coconut oil, but since these two are urgently needed in such a wide variety of other products, rosin must again take its place in the manufacture of soapo In past years rosin could be used only in the yellow laundry soaps, but recent developments fave shown that it can be used in a wider range of soaps of con~ siderably hig! 2r quality. You can readily see the important part gum naval stores producers have in this war. We are depending on you to get the job done. We believe you wills Should we fail in our efforts to reach our production goal, our soun~ try and our allies are going to suffer. You have a proud tradition to uphold. Since Colonial days when the first tar and pitch from North Carolina long-leaf pine helped keep England's wooden ships afloat, the United States has been the worlds largest producer of naval stores. In recent years the "Turpentine Belt" stretching 1,000 miles from the Carolinas to Texas has turned out about 60 percent of the total world production of turpentine and rosin. We produce six times as much of these two products as any other country. The State of Georgia alone far outstrips any foreign nation. The question now is, how are we going to achieve the increased production in 1942. We can be thankful for two things: the naval stores conservation and loan programs; and the cooperation that exists among you producers. it is a heartening thing to find a group of farmers working together in a coopere~ tive endeavor. It is especially heartening to find cooperation growing among you gum farmers because your big problem is how to get upwards of 15,000 producers organized into one unit for production and marketing. Single-handed or in little groups, farmers are helpless, but banded together, they can do things. You have proved that pretty conclusively in the last few years. The naval stoves conservation program was originally set up and became operative in 195e under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. The main purpose of the program was to permit producers voluntarily to adopt approved practices in turpentine farming and to bring production into balance with consumption. Under the original Marketing Agreement which was in effect for the crops of 1934 and 1935, it was possible to control the production of both gum and wood naval stores. Because wood naval stores do not come from living trees but from forest stumps, they are not classed under existing legislation as an agricultural commodity. Nevertheless, the Marketing Agree- ment which was operated under the Marketing Agreement Act allowed wood naval stores to be controlled. The latter, you see, provided that products competing a a G = with agricultural commodities were subject to regulation. Since 1936, however, there has been no way to regulate the production of the wood group. As a result, while the gum producers decreased their pro- duction, the wood producers increased theirs. In 1952-33, the gum producers turned out 87 percent of the total turpentine output of the United States. In 1940=41, they turned out less than 61 percent. In 1952-33 the gum group turned out 81 percent of the total rosin output. In 1940-41, they produced less than 54 percent. Here is the case of a relatively new industry that is now producing 40 percent of our turpentine and nearly 50 percent of our rosin. This industry is concentrated in the hands of a few companies who are in position effectively to carry on research, maintain direct contact with con- ~sumers, and develop special types of processing to increase sales. If this situation teaches anything, it teaches that no truly effective and satisfactory program can be worked out without taking in both the gum and the wood groups. From what have just said, someone might get the impression that the naval stores conservation program has not benefited cooperating gum farmers. That, of course, is not true. There have been 4 lot of improvements brought about through the programs and your cooperative. In 1934-35 in the area of heaviest production, nearly one=third of all the trees being worked for naval stores were less than 9 inches in diameter. Today as a resuit of the con- servation programs, the mumber of working trees under 9 inches is negligible. Mainly because of this change, the production per crop has increased more than 20 percent. Moreover, in the last few years large central distillation plants have been developed which replace some of the old fire stills and which enable you gum naval stores producers to duplicate some of the advantages of the large wood naval stores companies == advantages such as a better product, more standardized grades of rosin, better packing and a more direct outlet to the consumer. The administration has in every way possible encouraged this trend. Furthermore, the mmber of producers cooperating with the program has increased tremendously during the last several years. In 1936 only 921 pro= dacers were in the program; in 1937 less than 700. But in 1941 over 4,500 work sheets were filed by gum naval stores producers turning out more than $0 percent of the total gum naval stores production. We have every reason to believe that the 1942 figures will be even larger. In the last 6 years this program has cost in payments and administra= tion abort 64 million dollars. But it has been money well spent, It has been a profitable investment not only for producers but for the public. It's an investment we are cashing in on now, a time when it is vitally needed. If there had been no Naval Stores Program, you can rest assured there probably would not be mech hope of our reaching the 1942 war goals on turpentine and rosino a es Under the 1942 program, everything possible is being done to help you meet your goals. In February of this year the program was amended to permit producers to work all eligible fe:es up to the limit of their farms. There will be no payments for discontimuing faces. Larger payments are provided for working faces. Moreover, liberal payments are being offered to encourage small selected groups of producers to apply a chemical stimlant to turpentine faces. This lest is still largely an experiment, but it demonstrates the attitade of the Department of Agriculture toward all progressive production efforts. Under the 1942 Naval Stores conservation program, producers can afford to make an all-out effort in 1942 without fear of producing a burdensome surplus and causing ruinously low prices. This has been eliminated through price stabilization measures, Prices of products which producers have been asked to incrsase will be supported. The Commodity Credit Corporation will make liberal loans through your Cooperative to preducers who comply with the 1942 program. Now let us turn to our general farm program. This program has been helpful in the past, is much needed now and in the years of war and of poste- war reconstruction ahead, it is going to serve a useful purpose to all America and to the world. I know of some persons, however, who can't see why we need a program when we're asking for all-out production. They have the idea that anything a farmer grows must be useful and that you just can't have too mach of it, That's a terribly silly assumption, but it's surprising how many sensible persons believe it. These same persons would think the Government had gone crazy if it had asked industry simply to step up production of what they were already producing =< or if the Government had just said, "be sure you produce more in 42 than you ever have before." I too would say the government was crazy if it did that. But, of course, 4t didn't. Instead, it made automobile manufacturers step making cars and start going all-out on planes and tanks. It made radio plants get busy on war orders. It made electrical appliance manufacturers stop produsing gadgets. Everybody understands that and thinks it's reasonable and right. But it appears that when the farmer is asked to direct his production along useful lines, some people just cant understand it. They fail to reslize there is too much of some things and too little of others. Take wheat for instance. This year farmers were asked to curtail wheat production, We had a 2-year supply on hand, our storage facilities were crowded, and we needed to use al] available land, labor, equipment and transportation for vital win-the-war cods. Why should we continue to produce more wheat? We Shouldn't. We are not. We are producing more of the foods vitally needed. Isn't that soumd? Isn't it sensible? Now you farmers have had the experience. You know it is. And you know, too, that when this war is over, the farm program is the only protection you'll have against a repetition of the agricultural depression that began in the early 1920's and lasted until late in the 1950%s. = 5 = Without a program you gum farmers would soon be right back where you were in 1933. We've got to remember that the present price and demand situation is temporary. We've got to remember that now is the time at least to think about a post-war program, because if we wait until after the war it may be too lates Before I conclude my remarks, let me say a little about the place of conservation and adjustment in the farm program. From 1921 to the beginning of 1933 farmers went bankrupt right and left. By 1933 surpluses were piled high and prices had dropped to ruinous levels. Agriculture was never so depressed in the entire history of the United States as it was in 1932 and early 1933. Surplus removal and price support were immediately necessary. Out of that need came the adjustment phase of the farm program -= in other words, that part of the program which helps farmers produce the right amounts of the right products. In 1935 the Soil Conservation Service was set up in the Department of Agriculture and in 1936 Triple-A went into conservation in a big way. During the period of these programs, pasture, fallow and rested land has been expanded 37z million acres. Enough terracing has been carried out to reach more than twice around the earth. By 1940 the acreage of soil-depleting crops had been adjusted downward by some 30 million acres. Thousands of farmers have been shown how to apply good farming practices, how to reduce soil wastage and how at the same time to increase their yields. All of you know that farmers in 1942 are striving to produce more needed food and fiber. In fact more than any nation in all time has ever produced ina single year. Our production goals call for one-third more output than the average of 1917-18, the year we entered the first World Wer. I can say with the utmost certainty that without the farm program, without adjustment and conservation, our 1942 goals could never be reached. In fact, a goal drive for most of the important agricultural products would probably never have been attempted. But I want to add that even with the program we won't reach the goals unless we apply adjustment and productive conservation to the very limit. For example, we can't afford to exceed the wheat goal. We do not need to exceed certain other goals. Our supplies of land, labor and equipment are too Limited. Transportation is severely taxed. That's where adjustment comes ino Too, we have less soil fertility now than in the first World War. We are also faced with serious labor and equipment shortages. We have to get the most out of every acre, now and in the future. That's where conservation comes in. Conservation, contrary to popular belief, isn't a matter only of soil-saving. It's also the most effective way to boost output here and nows Terracing, wind erosion measures, strip cropping, sodding, and other practices are all well known soilesavers. But these and other conservation measures also increase production per acre and per animal. Development of pastures and meadows for instance, is another way of furthering conservation and at the same time increasing production. Cows fed on good alfalfa produce milk containing 5 times as much vitamin A as cows fed on poor grade timothy. oe 6 & Some crops planted on the contour outyield the same kind of crops planted! up and down the slope. Strip-cropping often will save both time and power in plowing, seeding and hich eel This year critical areas may develop as a result of stepping up soybean and psanut production. Unless conservation practices are carried out from the very beginning in such areas, prodnetson will eventually pk The land may be badly damaged. Briefly stated, conservation Si raene increases both quantity and the quality of farm products; it provides a means, perhaps the only means, whereby we can reach the wartime goals; and lastly, it protects the fertility of the soil aud in this way will help us to reach future goals if this should turn out to be a leng war. j Without conservation and adjustment, a five year war might involve us in serious food difficulties; a 10 year war might be extremely serious. With conservation and adjustment however, we can be fairly confident of our ability to continue to produce food for freedom abundantly, even in a very. long war. We cannot realize too clearly that conservation and adjustment is as much a weapon of total war as the Army or the Navy. We cannot effectively fight a long war without productive land and directed production any more than we can without productive factories making the right things in the right amounts o The Secretary of Agriculture has repeated many times, Food will win the war and write the peace. Back of that statement are two pictures == one, @ picture of tremendous supplies of food for ourselves and our Allies: of prodigious production because our workers are well-nourished, energetic, and healthy: of an alert strong Army and Navy o The other is a picture of gradually exhausted food piles throughout the Axis nations; of insufficient production as malnutrition takes its toll; of unrest on the Axis home front, low morale in the armed forces, sabotage and finally rebellion in the ccoupied lands. This war is primarily a battle of production == of feo: production as well as arms production. If the United Nations outeproduce the Axis == and do it in time -- we shall win. We must produce. We will produce. j Bxhibit "co" 18 SAVANNAH WEEKLY NAVAL STORES REVIEW AND JOURNAL OF TRADE MORE MONEY NEEDED FOR NAVAL STORES RESEARCH TO SPEED UP VITALLY NEEDED WORK H. L. Kayton Reports On Re- search Activities New Markets Will Be Neces- sary Following the Present Emergency (Address delivered by Mr. Herbert L. Kayton, Chairman of the Research Committee, at A.T.F.A. Annual Meet- ing.) To the layman, the ordinary person who has little knowledge of chemistry and its intricacies, the matter of re- search is one which he thinks of in a rather confused state of mind. Chemical formulas as a rule are so much Greek or Latin to a turpentine operator, whose life is spent in riding the woods and coaxing crude gum from reluctant pines. It has been the custom of our people to convert the crude gum into rosin and turpentine, concentrate these at a convenient shipping point and let the world come to us for its supply of these raw ma- terials, from which are manufactured soaps, sizes, paints, varnishes, and various other articles moving into the ordinary channels of trade. However, times have changed and other ma- terials with similar properties offer keen competition, are offered at moderate prices, and force us to now merchandise our goods or lose the markets which we have heretofore enjoyed. Your Advertising Commit- tee can testify as to the need for a selling campaign. In order to sell we must first know ourselves what we have, the properties of our products, and what they had best be used for. Turpentine and rosin in their com- mercial forms are combinations of chemical elements and when broken down and separated into their com- ponent parts can be used in a wide variety of ways. Why dump a gallon of turpentine into a bucket of paint in order to thin it when maybe only 50% of this turpentine has value as a thinner and drier? Why waste the other 50% of this turpentine when possibly it has great pinene value and may be worth more than the first half gallon? Your Association a few years ago wisely decided upon entering the research field and employed a research laboratory with a directing chemist in charge. This move was suggested and furthered by the late Dr. Charles H. Herty who located and recommended your present research director, Dr. Torsten Hasselstrom. Time and money has been profitably spent in this work and most amazing dis- eoveries have been made. Great pro- gress has followed in the development of terpenes which embrace a wide field of increasing promise. Some of the developments of our laboratory have found their way into commercial use, although we, ourselves, have been unable to exploit them; especially has there been a steady increasing de- mand for terpene hydrate, which can be easily made from turpentine. The demand for terpineol likewise shows a steady increase. Your laboratory has been exploring the possibilities of the chlorination of turpentine and has developed some most interesting possi- bilities and this field is unusually promising and many valuable market- able chemicals are assured if this ex- ploration can be followed through. ~The inability to secure natural cam- phor, available only from Japanese sources, has caused an increased use of turpentine for the production of ' synthetic camphor, which is needed | for the manufacture of certain ex- | plosives. War conditions are un- doubtedly responsible for much of the present demand for turpentine. A study of the atomic composition of the molecules of gum or turpentine assure us that synthetic rubber can be easily produced, and at a cost which would be below that of the other synthetic rubbers now being manufactured. A substitute for natural rubber is at this time one of our most urgent needs. Unfortunate- ly, our research work is moving slowly because of the lack of adequate financing. The funds received from the Association compare unfavorably with the sums being spent by compet- inf industries in the race for new and improved products and control of con- suming markets. Like the efforts of the neutral allies we gum turpentine people have been too little and too late. We have a good laboratory, a semi- commercial plant for testing labora- tory findings, a capable resourceful director but an inadequate staff of assistant chemists, hence our activi- ties are circumscribed and many im- portant leads are being delayed and neglected. A few more thousand dollars a year spent in laboratory work may mean profit instead of loss to the turpentine operators of future years, for when the present emer- gency is behind us we will have to look for markets other than those which we now enjoy. Turpentine has too great an inherent value to allow it to sell as a raw material, and at low price levels, while wood and sul- phate turpentine are being converted into valuable chemicals enjoying profitable market returns. We would match the foresight now being shown by the manufacturers of these com- petitive articles. Your directors realize the value of research and would willingly make larger appropriations for this purpose if. funds were available. They are limited by the amount received from | | 4 dues paid by members of the Associa- tion. A small increase in the assess- ment for dues would enable the laboratory to employ additional chem- ists and speed up the work so vitally necessary to insure you of remunera- tive returns after the present emer- gency is behind us. Unless something of this kind is done I fear we shall see a return to the situation which existed throughout the 80s when tur- pentine sold in competition with mineral spirits and other low priced thinners and did not yield a sufficient return to pay for the cost of pro- duction. Exhibit "D" WHEREAS, it is the sense of the American Turpentine Farmers Association that mounting costs of production have rendered it impossible for the producer to receive even a subsistence return from the sale of his products, if such products are disposed of at either the market ai or loan prices presently obtaining; and WHEREAS, it is the further sense of this Association that no prices lower than parity prices will permit the gum turpentine producer to continue in business; and WHEREAS, it has become evident to the membership that only through . the concerted action of all the members can such prices be secured; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by this Association in regular : session assembled that each and every member hereof eligible to participate in the 1942 Loan Program do pledge himself as follows: 1. That unless and until he is offered for his products (whether | crude gum, turpentine, or rosin) prices equal to or higher than the then existing parity prices for such products, he will not sell the same, but will tender them to the Association for an ' advance under the 1942 Commodity Credit Corporation Loan; and 2. That he will not thereafter, prior to January 1, 1943, redeem or withdraw such stocks so tendered and pledged other than for sale at prices equal to or higher than the then existing parity prices; and 3. That by such reasonable and legitimate means as may be at his disposal he will endeavor to persuade every other member of this Association to do likewise. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that th officers of this Association, through its legislative committee, be, and they are hereby, directed to make an immediate request of the Commodity Credit Corporation that the present loan of 85% of parity be increased to 100% thereof, in order that turpentine farmers may continue their efforts to comply with the Government's request for maximum production, MINUTES OF THE ORGANIZATION MEETING OF DIRECTORS HELD APRIL 15, 1942. At 5 P. M. on April 15, 1942, after the Annual Picnic at Ocean Pond, the newly elected Directors of the Association met to organize for the coming year; their term being for one year from May 1, 1942. The Directors present were: Je T. Miller R. M. Newton L. W. Brannan, Jr. dee Glllie, ols R. M. Reynolds W. H. Leonard Je B. Dyal H. Langdale Absent: W. Le. Rhodes Upon a motion by Mr. J. T. Miller, H. Langdale was nominated as President for the coming year. L. W. Brannan, Jr. seconded the motion which was carried unanimously. Mr. J. EB. Dyal nominated R. M. Newton as Vice-President and Mr. R. M. Reynolds seconded, The motion was also carried unanimously. Mr. R. M. Newton nominated E. R. Sherman as Secretary & Treasurer, while Mr. J. E. Dyal seconded and Mr. Sherman was elected. Upon motion by Mr. W. H. Leonard, seconded by Mr. R. M. Newton, Mrs. Ora B. Hemmingway was elected Assistant Secretary & Treasurer. President Langdale read the salary list of Association employees and it was agreed no change in salaries should be made. The Board of Directors allocated the sum of $125 a month bo be paid to President Langdale toward defraying various expenses incurred by him on the Association's behalf above and beyond travel and other ordinary expenses. Next the situation at the Municipal Docks and Terminals was discussed and upon motion by Mr. Brannan and seconded by J. E. Dyal it was voted to approve this Warehouseman under the 1942 Loan Program and advise Commodity Credit Corporation of the Association's action. Mr. A. L. Brogden next appeared before the directors and after explanation of increased cost of labor and supplies stated he thought the initial storage on rosin should not be set below last year's figure of 9 per drum. Also if turpentine tankage charge was reduced to 25 per cask the wirihoutones would have to collect their usual ee charge. The Directors agreed to accept this and Mr. J. Lundie Smith, Jr., General Counsel for the Association, prepared a letter, which it was agreed would be required of all Warehousemen before final approval of their yards would be made. A specimen of the letter will be found at the end of the minutes marked Exhibit "A". There being no other business to come before the Board it was voted to adjourn. SECRETARY APPROVED: Bxhibit "at Program, and in consideration of your so designating it, the covenanta and agrees tat, notwit uiing amr stipwlation at wariance here- with contained in the Garehouse Agreement (A. Teleke Form 2-1942) already or wr intial orgs arr Wk be mW a ow Ast ay te taenty-five (25) esute per fifty (90) gallons of gun turpentine pledged unier said ons Frogrumy and, further, shat outage or rudelivery charges, to be nade against the holder of applicable wurchouse receipte with respect to the redalivery of such gue turpentine will net be in excess of the Serehousemans publictuni taricte i> Taek sees, net in effect. Upon the same consideretion, it ia further agrend tat the onenine sporated in and fors a part af the tarehouse ont (UTPA Fora 21962) already or hereafter to be executed ty the undersigned as fully and to the sane extent 2a theugh they mre therein set out in detail. bated: ; __ a. Te Ped | ats MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HELD AT THE ASSOCIATION'S OFFICES JUNE 30, 1942. In response to a call by President Langdale, the Board of Directors met in special session in the offices of the Association in Valdosta, Georgia, on June. 30th, 1942, at 10:30 o'clock A. M. The following were present: Mr. J.-E. Dyal, Mr. J. I. Gillis, Jr., Mr. W. H. Leonard, Mr. J. T. Miller and President H. Tangdale, presiding. Absent: Mr. L. W. : Brannan,Jr., Mr. R. M. Newton, Mr. R. M. Reynolds and Mr. W. L. Rhodes. The minutes of the organization meeting of the newly elected board, held in Valdosta on April 15, 1942, were read and approved. President Langdale presented a Balance Sheet showing the condition of the Association's finances at May 31, 1942, and outlined briefly the Association's activities in the advertising field. Mr. E. F. Greneker, AT-FA Journal Editor, was called before the Board to present cost figures submitted by several Film Companies, for the production of a motion picture portrayal of the gum naval stores industry. After a general discussion of the advantages and npubiens of such a project, a motion was offered by Mr. Miller and seconded by Mr. Gillis that the matter be investigated and taken under further consideration at a later meeting. The motion was put and carried. The President thereupon informed the Board that Mr. E. R. Sherman had tendered his resignation as Secretary and Treasurer of the Association, said resignation to become effective July 1, 1942. A motion was then offered by Mr. Gillis, and seconded by Mr. Dyal, that Mr. Sherman's resignation be accepted, with appreciation for his services to the Association. The motion was put and earried. A motion was thereupon offered that Mr. J. Lundie Smith, Jr., be elected Secretary of the Association and be also retained in his then present position as General Counsel of the Association, at a salary of $400.00. The motion was duly seconded, put and carried. A motion was then offered tht Mrs. Ora B. Hemmingway be elected Treasurer, also continuing in her then present capacity as Assistant Secretary, at a salary of $155.00. This motion was duly seconded, put and carried. - There then followed a brief outline by President Langdale of the procedure of the Commodity Credit Corporation "stockpile" Purchase Program, and a general discussion of the various phases of the program. 2 There being no further business the Board adjourned. MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HELD AT THE ASSOCIATION'S OFFICES AUGUST 25,1942. Pursuant to a call by President Langdale, a special meeting of the Board of Directors was held in the offices of the Association at ten o'clock A. M. on August 25, 1942. Present were the following Directors: President Langdale, Mr. J. L. Gillis,Jr., Mr. J. T. Miller, Mr. W. H. Leonard, and Mr. R. M. Reynolds. President Langdale presided. Reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with. President Langdale announced as the primary purpose of the meeting consideration of an affiliation agreement ietnde this Association and Gum Turpentine Farmers Cooperative Association of Vidalia, Georgia. President Langdale explained the nature of the proposed affiliation agreement, which would result in that Association's becoming a member of this Association upon a special status authorized under the Charter. S:d Enel. MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF HE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN THE ASSOCIATION'S ee OFFICES DECEMBER 17, 1942. Pursuant to a call by President Langdale, a special meeting of the Board o-= = of Directors was held in the offices of the Association at ten O'Clock A. M. on December 17, 1942, There were present President Langdale, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Miller, Mr. Dyal, and Mr. Gillis, | President Langdale submitted to the Directors a financial statement reflecting the financial condition of the Association. President Langdale then submitted to the Directors a report of the special committee previously appointed by him to meet with the Association's Research Committee and with the officials of the G. & A. Laboratories in Savannah. A general discussion of this report and of the Association's research activities ensued. A motion was then made by Mr. Reynolds that the Association's affiliation with the G. & A. laboratories and its contributions to the activities of that organization be terminated effective January 1, 1943; provided, however, the President be empowered, within his discretion to expend such reasonable sums as he thought proper to prevent any injustices or inequities growing out of the shortness of the notice period to the Laboratories. This motion was seconded by Mr. Miller and was duly carried. At the invitation of President Langdale, Mr. Jesse James and Mr. M. E. Coleman appeared before the Board and outlined accomplishments of the past and plans for the future under the Association's affiliation with Lead Industries, Inc. and others in teaching the virtues of gun turpentine as a paint thinner through the medium of 4-H Clubs and Vocational Educational teachers, The Board held a general discussion on the advisability of the Association's supporting the production of a movie showing the turpentine industry with special reference to the work being done through 4-H Clubs. No definite action was taken, The Board thereafter entered upon a general discussion of Section 13 of . the Producer's Marketing Agreement involving the requirement that certain naval stores not offered for loan or purchase under the Commodity Credit Corporation Programs be offered for sale on the Savannah Cotton & Naval Stores Exchange. Mr. Reynolds thereupon offered a motion that Section 13, or the corresponding Section in the 1943 Agreement, be so drawn as to require only those quantities of naval