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July, 1944 REPORT OF ENGINEERING VICE-PRESIDENT 3
to the project, as well as the existence and availability of a standardizing body of long experience capable of acting as the secretariat of the various specification groups or committees. The task of preparation of specifications involves complexities, need for manpower, and incidental facilities and cost which are usually not fully appreciated by those undertaking a task of such magnitude. The SMPE is thoroughly capable of handling normal standardization projects in peacetime at a reasonable rate of progress which is all that is required under such circumstances. It is unlikely, however, that the Society could have provided the clerical and technical force necessary to act as an effective secretariat for the specification committees under the conditions of greatly accelerated operation and widely expanded scope and detail requisite for specifications needed under wartime conditions by the military services.
However, the American Standards Association had previously been engaged in a War Standards project of somewhat similar nature to that here under consideration. Its expense in these directions was extensive and its staff adequate to handle all secretarial and clerical activities. Furthermore, it had enjoyed the financial backing of the War Production Board in this earlier War Standards project, and had demonstrated its capability of handling such a secretariat within acceptable financial limitations.
Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith (member, Committee on Standards) had been actively engaged in the earlier project mentioned under this heading and was acquainted with the problems which were involved. He suggested that the Committee on Standards of the SMPE and the Armed Forces enter into corresponding arrangements with the War Production Board, as a financial sponsor, and the American Standards Association, as a secretariat, in order to speed up the project and to insure its successful handling.
(4) Adequate representation of all individuals, groups, engineering societies, as well as interested individuals of specific phases of the motion picture industry are essential as membership on committees to assure unification and agreement on specifications that would receive general acceptance. In the undertaking, the facilities of the Research Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, manufacturers of equipment, motion picture film, accessories, and processing plants (motion picture laboratories) were requested to assist in the task as cooperative workers.
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