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8 J. W. McNAIR Vol 43, No. 1
gency standards, each will be reviewed after the war to determine whether it shall be :
(J) reapproved and continued as an American Standard,
(2} revised, if necessary, or,
(3} dropped if it has outlived its usefulness.
Before the war, the American Standards Association was supported entirely by industry; during the war, the War Production Board has placed the American Standards Association under contract for the specific standardization projects. The work in connection with 16-mm standardization is being accomplished under this contract. It was begun following a formal request for it from the Armed Forces to the WPB.
The American Standards Association today is generally recognized as the national standardization body for the country. Some of the member bodies are :
Automobile Manufacturers Association
National Electrical Manufacturers Association
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
American Institute of Steel Construction
American Iron and Steel Institute
American Petroleum Institute
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society for Testing Materials
Photographic Mfrs. Group (Ansco, Eastman Kodak Co.)
Fire Protection Group (Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies, Nat. Bd. of Fire Underwriters, Nat. Fire Protection Assn., Underwriters' Laboratories)
Nine departments or agencies of the Federal Government are also affiliated. The Society of Motion Picture Engineers is an associate member. The officers and a number of members of the Society have cooperated to the fullest possible extent in both the organization and work of the ASA Committee Z52 on Photography and Cinematography. A very large proportion of the members of the committee and its subcommittees are members of the Society. We certainly could not have expected to have had more wholehearted cooperation than we have received on this job. On the work on the 35-mm part of the job the Society is cooperating with the Research Council of the