cluding those conferring with the Committee during its interim meeting. The Committee needs and appreciates the full cooperation of weights and measures officials and representatives of business and commercial interests. Without such cooperation and assistance the Committee can not properly fulfill its many and varied responsibilities to the Conference. Continued cooperation, suggestions, and recommendations are earnestly solicited.

T. C. HARRIS, Chairman
A. H. DITTRICH

G. L. JOHNSON

H. J. MCDADE

R. W. SEARLES

W. S. BUSSEY, Secretary

(On motion of the committee chairman, seconded from the floor, the Conference by voice vote adopted the report of the Committee on Specifications and Tolerances, comprising the tentative report as amended by the final report.)

Mr. HARRIS: Mr. Chairman, I have one additional motion to make. I wish to move that the Executive Secretary, the Committee, and the National Bureau of Standards be given authority to make any appropriate editorial changes in the report that you have just adopted without changing the intended meaning, including any necessary renumbering of paragraphs, in the preparation of the manuscript for printing. (The foregoing motion was adopted by voice vote.)

FIFTH SESSION-MORNING OF FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1963

(NATHAN KALECHMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, PRESIDING)

REPORT OF THE AUDITING COMMITTEE

Presented by P. J. DWYER, Chairman, Deputy Sealer of Weights and Measures, Detroit, Michigan

Mr. Chairman, it is my pleasure to report to the Conference that the Auditing Committee has examined the books and the records of our Conference Treasurer and has found them to be in good order.

P. J. DWYER, Chairman

A. J. ALBANESE

W. G. SELLERS

REPORT OF THE TREASURER

Presented by C. C. MORGAN, Treasurer, City Sealer of Weights and Measures, Gary, Indiana

Depository:

Bank of Indiana

First Federal Savings and Loan

(Signed) C. C. MORGAN,

Treasurer

(On motion of the Treasurer, seconded from the floor, the report of the Treasurer was adopted by the Conference)

REPORT OF THE INCOMING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Presented by D. M. TURNBULL, Chairman, Director, Division of Licenses and Standards, Seattle, Washington

On Friday morning, June 14, the newly elected Executive Committee and the chairmen of the standing committees met to study and reach_decisions regarding the 49th Conference. The meeting was presided over by the newly elected Conference Chairman, D. M. Turnbull, of Seattle, Washington. The following decisions were reached regarding the 49th National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1964:

1. Place: Sheraton-Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.

2. Date: June 15-19, 1964.

3. Duration: Open committee meetings on Monday all day and on Tuesday morning. Opening session Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday afternoon free of any scheduled business sessions. Business sessions Thursday and Friday according to program plans.

4. Official Conference Luncheon: To be held again in 1964.

5. Ladies' Entertainment: To be continued at about the same level as in the past and left to the discretion of the Executive Secretary. 6. Education Committee: A budget item was approved in the amount of $400.00 to cover the expenses of National Weights and Measures Week and other items.

7. Registration Fee: $15.00.

(The report of the Executive Committee was adopted by voice vote.)

THE TECHNICAL PROGRAM OF THE OFFICE OF WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES

The program of the Office of Weights and Measures, National Bureau of Standards, was described by members of the technical staff as follows: M. W. Jensen, Chief: The mission, the staff, the program philosophy, standards for Latin America, and publications. H. F. Wollin, Engineer: State laboratories, State standards, and technical training. D. R. Mackay, Engineer: Technical studies on slow-flow meters and odometers. R. N. Smith, Technical Coordinator: Aids for self training and a technical study on yarn. L. J. Chisholm, Technical Writer: The Weights and Measures Library, and units, systems, and history of weights and measures. John H. Griffith, Laboratory Mechanic, provided assistance throughout the presentations with projected visuals.

Mr. Jensen announced the issuance of a new Handbook, NBS H82, Weights and Measures Administration, the completion of manuscripts on a new Miscellaneous Publication, Weights and Measures Standards of the United States, and a new Handbook, The Examination of Weighing Equipment, and disclosed plans to issue a technical informa

tion bulletin titled Weights and Measures Tech Memo. The Tech Memo will be issued at irregular intervals to weights and measures officials.

The Statement of Mission of the Office of Weights and Measures, as discussed, is presented here.

THE MISSION OF THE OFFICE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES DIVISION 17 OF THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS

1. Statutory Basis. Statutory authority for the operations of the Office of Weights and Measures is found in the Enabling Act of the Bureau, where, in the enumeration of Bureau functions, authorization is made for "the provision of means and methods for making measurements consistent with those [the national] standards," "the development of methods for testing . . . mechanisms," " mechanisms," "cooperation with other governmental agencies and with private organizations in the establishment of standard practices, incorporated in codes and specifications," and "advisory service to Government agencies on . . . technical problems;" and in the enumeration of authorized activities there are named "the study and improvement of instruments and methods of measurements," "cooperation with the States in securing uniformity in weights and measures laws and methods of inspection," "the prosecution of such research in engineering . . . as may be necessary to obtain basic data pertinent to the functions specified herein," and "the compilation and publication of general scientific data resulting from the performance of the functions specified herein. . . when such data are of importance to . . . manufacturing interests or to the general public and are not available elsewhere."

2. General Statement of Mission.-The mission of the Office of Weights and Measures is the implementation, within a specific segment, of the second major component of the mission of the National Bureau of Standards as set forth in item 2 of "The NBS Mission," issued September 9, 1960: "Provision of essential services leading to accurate and uniform physical measurement throughout the Nation's science, industry, and commerce, and consonant with their advancing requirements."

The Office of Weights and Measures functions in the following fields of reference: (1) Technical services to the States and to business and industry in the area of measurement; (2) the design, construction, and use of standards of weight and measure and of instruments associated with such standards; (3) the training of State and local officials in the technical aspects of weights and measures programs; (4) the consideration of measurement problems; and (5) the collection, arrangement, and dissemination of technical data on units and systems of measurement. The Office of Weights and Measures provides liaison between State and local officials and Bureau scientific personnel, and participates in National and international activities concerning weights and measures standards and practical metrology, including those activities that lead to the adoption of specifications in this field. 3. Statement of Specific Activities. In fulfilling its mission, the Office of Weights and Measures engages in the following activities, among others:

1. Technical assistance to the States and to business and industry directed to the establishment in each State of a competent

technical weights and measures service. This assistance involves :

1.1. The development and dissemination of design and performance specifications for various standards of mass, length, and capacity for use as State and local reference, laboratory, and field standards, and the encouragement of manufacturers to make available standards that conform to such specifications.

1.2. Consultation and recommendations on laboratory facilities, organization, instruments, and technical procedures.

1.3. The provision of formal and informal technical training for weights and measures officials.

2. The design of testing equipment and the development of testing procedures for weighing and measuring devices.

3. The study, including field investigations, of weighing and measuring equipment, the preparation of specifications and performance tolerances, and the establishment of standard practices involving the use of such equipment.

4. The study, including field investigations, of the measurement phases of merchandising and packaging facilities and methods, and the development of recommended practices and procedures. 5. The identification, analysis, and solution of special problems in the measurement area for weights and measures officials. 6. The provision, in conveniently usable form, of data on weights and measures units, systems, and equivalents, to satisfy the particular needs of the Federal Government, State and local governments, educational institutions, business and industry, and the general public, including the development and maintenance of archival and reference collections of published material.

7. The participation in national and international activities in the fields of weights and measures standards and practical metrology. Such participation includes (a) the development of and negotiation toward the adoption of both national and international specifications in the assigned area, (b) correspondence and other communication with experts of the United States and of other nations, (c) technical committee activities, and (d) attendance at and participation in appropriate meetings and conferences.

THE NEW WISCONSIN PROGRAM

By C. L. JACKSON, Chief, Division of Economic Practices, Department of Agriculture, State of Wisconsin

When Mr. Bussey first asked us to appear on this program to discuss our Wisconsin program, we were somewhat reluctant. We have been talking about this subject at a number of meetings for a number of years. We are now in the action phase-in the first crucial year. We were wondering if we did discuss it here whether it would be misunderstood. So we want to make it very clear that we do not say that we have a complete answer or the right answer for every State or every jurisdiction.

We are going to talk about a program which we, in our best judgment and with our resources at the State level, have decided is the