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National Conference of Standard s Laborator ie s

NCSL NEWSLETTER 66-2 JUNE 16, 1966

FROM THE CHAIRMAN

By all measures (traceable ones that is) the NCSL 66 Conference was an overwhelming SUGcess. It was the type of informal con­ference which not only brought out how different groups 0ad solved a~roblem but brought out that which is at least as

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important, how people had not solved a problem and what the attendees were doing to better find solutions in the future .

Second, a great deal of effort by many peo ple was required tc put on this type of conference. Each Se s s : on Chairman had a more difficult job than such a chairma n u sua Ll.y has. In most cases, the sessions were built around commi t tee activities and the efforts of individuals and groups over a period of years.

The ones expe.nding the greatest amount of effort and those most deserving of everyone1s thanks were the Program Chairman (And y Woodington) and the Local Arrangements Chairman (Reeves Tilley). It required months of intensive planning and coordination. The fact that it went so well is doubly creditable as this was the first complete conference held at Gaithersburg. With little prior experience to fall back on, every item required a basic policy decision. Thanks are also due for Mrs . Wildhack and the other ladies who assisted her in the efforts to arrange and carry out the Ladies Program.

While this was the kind of conference that cannot be completely recaptured on paper, the Proceedings will be available in the near future through the Government Printing Office. Those of you who weren't able to attend will be able to buy them. They will, of course, go to all attendees automatically .

A resolution request ing designation of a "National Measurement Standards Week'! was unanimously endorsed by the Member Delegates at Gaithersburg. If approved by the Congress, this will be a once only chance for each of us to publicize Measurement Stand­ards. Steps are being taken to obtain some National publicity. However, the most effective and valuable publicity will be that arranged locally be each of us. Everyone involved in Measure­ment Standards should begin planning to take advantage of this with items for company newspapers, local newspapers and any other media of communication you c a n think of. It would be an ideal time to schedule motivational programs, such as llZero Defects" award.s, group parties, etc. Let me know of any ideas you come up with. I'll try to circulate these for everybody1s use.

John R. VandeHouten

On the evening of August 19, 1965 a quiet, down-to-earth fellow rose in front of an attentive NCSL audience and held its ' attention for forty minutes. He talked lightly and casually of one of the most hazardous of present-day occupations--test pilot. He was a compatible human being with whom you could identify immediately. Two weeks a go he died in a tragically needless accident. JOE WALKER was a man who shall be missed by many. To Mrs. Walker our deepest and sincerest sy~pathy.

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NBS Notes

The Radio Standards Laboratory, NBS/IBS, at Boulder has added a new service for the measurement of effective efficiency of coaxial bolometer mounts at 9 GHz and power level of 10 mW. Units must be fitted with type N connectors and thermistor-type elements of 200-ohm resistance.

The Institute for Basic Standards of NBS has announced a simple precise technique for absolute measurement of reflectance. The calibration procedure, developed by D. G. Goebel, B. F. Caldwell, and H. K. Hammond III, employs an auxiliary sphere coated with a pressed powder for use with a double-beam, integrating-sphere type of spectroreflectometer. Further details are available from articles appearing in the Journal of Optical Society of America, May 1966.

The Temperature Section of NBS/IBS has worked out a much improved method of reporting calibration results for copper-constantan thermocouples over the range - 190 to +300 C. It has prepared a computer program that not only processes the instrument outputs to obtain the calibration data, but prints out a report in the form of a table with entries at every degree. Introduction of the more complete services has not required an increase in regular calibration fees.

To insure accuracy of measurements of magnetic fields, measuring instruments used in the field often are calibrated at location. In many case the calibration standard is a permanent magnet which in turn must be accurately calibrated in a standards laboratory. NBS/IBS recently adapted a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique to permant magnet standardization. This technique allows more accurate calibration of permanent magnets having fields in the range of 0.001 to 2 teslas. The calibration pro­cedure is based on the accurate measurement of flux density in the gap of an electromagnet by an NMR magnetometer. This ac­curately known flux density is then compared with the flux density in the gap of the permanent magnet standard through the use of a suitable transfer instrument. Further details will be available in the September issue of the NBS Technical News Bulletin.

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The NBS Institute for Materials Research recently obtained new reliable data on the vapor pressure, heat of sublimation, and entropy of sublimation of rhenium at temperatures between 2350 and 3050 K. These data should be useful in space studies and applications in temperature standardization. Details of the findings are covered in an article by E. R. Plante and R. Szwarc in the NBS Journal of Research-Physical and Chemistry, Volume 70A, pages 175-179.

H. A. Bowman and R. M. Schoonover (NBS /IBS) have improved pre­cision hydrostatic weight c ompa r i s on s by one to two orders of magnitude. First announced in the NBS Journal of Research Vol 69C (July-September 1965), the improved technique employs a Cartesian Diver for precisely comparing the densities of extremely small specimens.

Six permittivity standards have been made available by the NBS Office of Standard Reference Materials through the cooperative efforts of NBS, the National Physical Laboratory (England), and the National Research Council of Canada. The original work was described in the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Heasure­ment in December 1964.

On March 3, 1966 the nation1s two key measurement standards (meter bar and kilogram weight) were removed from the custodial vault at NBS-Washington and moved to the new resting place at Gaithersburg, Maryland. Secretary of Commerce J. T. Connor participated in the ceremonies, marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Bureau.

A familiar face was missing from the NCSL 66 meetings. Warren C. Stickler of the Radio Standards Laboratory at Boulder, died April 15 following a heart attack. Warren was at the Bureau from 1952 and was well known to visitors. A former national director of the Precision Measurements Association, he helped form the Central Colorado Section of PMS. His aid was always made evident at each of the NCSL meetings held at Boulder. The Precision Measurements Association is establishing a memorial Warren C. Stickler Fund at George Washington University and those wishing to contribute should contact John, Williams, 977 Victor Street, Aurora, Colorado.

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NATIONAL ELECTRICAL STANDARDS MOVED TO GAITHERSBURG

The national electrical standards were officially established at the new Gaithersburg (Md.) laboratories of the National Bureau of Standards ( U. S. Department of Commerce) on Thursday, May 12, 1966. On that day the standards were carefully transported to Gaithersburg under police escort from the old Washington (D.C.) laboratories of the Bureau.

From these basic electrical standards--for the volt, ohm, farad, and watt--NBS has derived other standards for all electrical quantities in use today. Thus the accuracy and reliability of all electrical equipment, devices , and meters used in this country depend upon the accuracy of these standards. An error of a fraction of a percent in the determination of the ohm, for example, could cause errors of millions of dollars in the elec­tric bills paid by industry and private householders.

The electrica( standards are of fundamental importance to the communications, defense, aerospace, and most other industries. The production of an aircraft, a radio transmitter, or a space vehicle requires thousands of individual components whose elec­trical characteristics must be carefully controlled for success­ful operation. Without precise standards for the electrical quantities such 'c on t r o l would be impossible.

The transfer of the electrical standards took place on the fourth and last day of the third national conference of the National Conference of Standards Laboratories (NCSL), which met at the NBS Gaithersburg laboratories. This Conference and its con­tinuing committees bring together representatives from military, commercial, and university laboratories, to promote cooperative action on common problems of management and operation of measure­ment standards and calibration laboratories. Participating in the ceremonies at Gaithersburg were Dr. Robert D. Huntoon, Direc­tor of the NBS Institute for Basic Standards; Dr. Chester H. Page, Chief of the NBS Electrochemistry Section; John R. Van De Houten of Aeroject-General Corporation, Chairman of NCSL ; and Charles E . White of Avco Missile Systems Division, Chairman of the National Academy of Science 1s NBS Advisory Committee on Calibration and Measurement Services.

The standards that were transferred included a group of very constant standard cells, from which the volt is obtained as an average value; standard resistances that provide the ohm; stand­ard capacitors for the farad; and a standard wattmeter.

The most difficult part of the op~ration was the transfer of the delicate standard cells. These cells are sensitive to light, electric current, shock, and vibration, and are especially sensitive to temperature. A temperature change of a tenth of a

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degree would change a cell's electromotive force by about 5 microvolts. Normally, the cells are kept in a constant tempera­ture oil bath. Tipping a cell more than 45u or inadvertent con­tact of the terminals of a cell with each other permanently destro ys the cell.

The movement of thes e fragile cells was as carefully engineered as though they were a cargo of explosives. For the trip, the c e l l s were housed in a special box designed to minimize tem­perature change, shock and vibration. Inside the darkened box the cells were fixed upright with all cell terminals safely apart from each other. Bureau scientists carefully carried the box to the station wagon that brought the c e l l s from Washington to Gaithersburg. A police e s c or t accompanied the station wagon to insure safe transit of the standards.

NCSL Notes

At a meeting of the NCSL Board of Directors at New York on Narch 20, timed to coincide with the International IEEE Conference, the following notes were made:

1. It was a greed to invite Liaison Delegates to sit ln on Board meetings in the future, as observers.

2. The NCSL fiscal year 1S e s tab l i s he d a s July 1 t o June 30 .

3. An ad hoc committee was to be c s t ab l i s hed to study military specifications, with the hope to unravel some of the confusion associated with "t r-ac e abi.Li t y " and "ca l i br-at i on r-a t i o",

4. The number of Delegates as of March 20 was 115.

5. Don De La u e r reported 1 6739 procedures in the NCSL Calibration Procedure Library, of wh i c h approximately 9 0 0 0 had been obtained from industry. Presently there are 51 member-laboratories participating. Requests for procedures to the Library totaled 3442 to date, of which approximately 1300 were filled. If a n average figure of $3 75/pr oced u r e was considered as applicable the requests filled, if applicable to the needs of the subscribers, represented a saving of $4 8 7 , 5 00 .

In an effort to help Bill Holmes in his work on compiling recommended practices, Chairman VandeHouten announced that a definite format for preparation of re commendations and establish­ment of an a pp r ov a l s ystem would be ready for the NCSL 66 meetings. Supplementing these, was a direct appeal to committee chairmen to begin thinking of supplyin g tangible inputs to Bill. Of partic­

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ular importance should be work by all NCSL committees to compile state-of-the-art practi ces affecting the particular committee functions. To help readers to appreciate what Billts work is, the following is the approved function of the "Recommended Prac­tices Committee":

To develop a consensus within NCSL on desirable practices, either in management or technical operations, and to pre­pare drafts of NCSL Recommended Practices for publication.

The need for a second Vice-Chairman for NCSL was brought out with the expectation that concrete action would take place in the near future. Another need--that of a permanent address for NCSL was a gaitJ. brought out, with the expectation that the new headquarters for NBS might be so designated.

A meeting of the Delegates Assembly was held at Gaithersburg on May 11 at which time, the following items of interest were developed:

1. It was agreed that agencies from outside the boundaries of the United States, present at the International Unification Session on May 10, be invited to appoint Liaison Delegates to NCSL to assure continuity of the cordial relationship and exchange of information which was so clearly in evidence at the session.

2. Balloting for officers in 1966 would be by mail.

3 . NBS to be officially requested to supply a repository and correspondence station. at Gaithersburg for a more nature and efficient NCSL operation.

4. It was announced that the Board of Directors had approved establishment of a second Vice-President and that the Bylaws would be revised to provide for the addition.

5. The idea of having the President (or Congress) proclaim September 12-18, 1966 as NATIONAL MEASUREMENTS STANDARDS WEEK was enthusiastically received b y the Delegates. Note--later correspondence disclosed that Congressman George P. Little (California), Chairman of the House Science and Astronautics Committee was considered to be the focus of any requests. The week considered, was supposed. to have been the week during which the new NBS facilities were to be dedicated in toto. However, changes in schedules of government officials have forced

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postponement of ceremonies from September to November. Meanwhile persons interested in the idea expressed by such a proclamation are urged to write Congressman Little expressing their interest in measurements standards! and their feeling that more emphasis should be placed upon the national need for more accuracy in measurements.

6. Ed Quane suggested that NCSL contact t he major television networks, with the thought that a documentary film _presenta­tion, in conjunction with the proclaimed week for national measurements, would have audience appeal.

7. Ray Bailey brought up the need to consider another method for supporting the Calibration Procedures Library because of the rapid depletion of funding assigned the project by Air Force.

The Electronic Industries Association announced the appointment of J. A. Caffiaux as NCSL Liaison Delegate.

W. Bostwick and P. Long are cooperating to bring about a reVlSlon of the NCSL Standards Laboratory Directory. Be alert for the preliminary questionnaire which is in the mail now.

MISCELLANEOUS

An Associated Press report dated June 15 revealed the. answer to a mystery which has haunted. your editor for ~ long time--why are there two watch pockets in men's vests? The answer is that watches were oiTginally so inaccurate that you had to carry a miniature sun dial also. Researchers maintain that today 's wrist watches are more ac­curate than a sun dial. To which our reply is rrperhaps--when the sun is shining".

The recent special 5-day courses at George Washington University June 6-10 and 13-17 were once again a huge success, both from an attendance standppint and from audience reaction.

A recent communication trom Bob Simberg informs us that Julie Research Laboratorles will agaln present their one-day Standards Laboratory Teacher Training Program on November 16, 1966.

.,/ Do your friends laugh when you sit down to discuss calibration policy? If this has been your unhappy experience, grieve no more. No longer need you sit in a corner, silently counting your thumbs­Now, with only a few hours practice in the privacy of your own home , you, too, can talk about calibration with the total unintelligibility of an expert.

Lashed to a fever of creativeness by a recent experience poking mild fun at calibration gobbledygook, Mr. Uhoodi has produced what he calls a buzzphase generator .

This, he guarantees (Mr. Uhoodi is no mean gobbledygookist him­self), will give to any utterance. on calibration " t h a t proper ring of decisive, progressive, knowledgeable authority!'.

The buzzphase generator consists of three columns of words and phrases, numbered one to ten. These are:

1 Integrated 1 Management 1 Options 2 Total 2 Organizational 2 Flexibility 3 Systematized 3 Monitored 3 Capability 4 Parallel 4 Reciprocal 4 Mobility 5 Functional 5 Digital 5 Programming 6 Responsive 6 Logistical 6 Concept 7 Optimal 7 Transitional 7 Time-phase 8 Synchronized 8 Incremental 8 Projection 9 Balanced 9 Third-generation 9 Hardware

10 Compatible 10 Policy 10 Contingencies

There, now. The conversation turns to policy and an opening occurs for you. You have one or two ideas--come now; everybody has one or two ideas about policy, even in the Defense Depart­ment--but you do not know how to express them so as to impress your hearers with your grasp of the subject.

What you do, then, is to think of any three-digit number, re­lated the digits to the words in the three columns, and unostenta­tiously drop the product into your first sentence. Take 369, for example--systemitized logistical hardware.

Everybody who knows anything about calibration knows that an ample supply of logistical hardware is one of the prime needs of the day. Obviously, if logistical hardware is to be of any use at all, it must be systematized.

So there you are: lilt seems to me if I may say so, that the Headquarters Department in its c u r r e n t posture is not giving enough attention to systematized logistical hardware". After that, you can say anything; you are a certified expert.

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513? Functional management capability. Is anyone against func­tional management capability in our Headquarters Department-­Communists excepted, of course? 951? Balanced digital options. It may not mean much, but, by George, it has a ring to it, hasn't it?

Now, get in there and blind them with footwork at the next meeting.

It's astonishing all the information you get in this proposal for a lousy cause.

(Courtesy of our Canadian friends)

The recently-organized Boston Section of Precision Measurements Association has been quite active lately. Meetings were held April 12 - "Derivation of Electrical Units from Fundamental Stan­dards; May 10 - lIRMS, Average and Peak Measuremen ts; Presen t State of the Art; June 14 - "AF Calibratlon SysterrI1and "The 33k Calibra­tion Procedures". Bylaws are in a near-completlon stage. Present officers are J. C. Thompson-President, W. A. Perkins, Jr.-Vice President, R. W. McGowan-Secretary, J. Ware-Director.

The Physical and Mechanical Measurement Instrumentation Divlslon of the Instrument Society of America has been actively recruiting membership lately. They are actively solicitlng papers for the ISA meetings in New York October 24-27. Director of PHYMMID is T. M. Mathison, Boeing Co. P.O. Box 797, Renton, Washington 98055.

Recent elections in the IEEE Group on Instrumentatlon and Measure­ment placed George E. Schafer (NBS-Boulder) as Chairman for a second term, with Francis L. Hermach (NBS-Washington) as Vice­Chairman. Elected to the Adminstratlve Committee which governs the Group were A. F. Dunn of Natlonal Research Council-Ottawa. E. W. Houghton of Bell Labs, H. W. Lance of NBS-Boulde~, and B. -O. Weinschel of Weinschel Engineering-Gaitnersburg. IEEE elections in the Boston area resulted in C. E. White moving In as Chairman of the IEEE-Boston Sectlon for 1966-67. R. G. Fulks moved into the position of Chairman of the Boston Chapter of the IEEE Group on Instrumentation and Measurement. Of signlflcant lnterest In this male-dominated. world (?) was the election of Ruth A. King of Bell Labs as Vice-Chairman of the Merrimack Valley Subsection. of IEEE--a long overdue recognition of the hard work put in by an exceptlonal representatlve of the d.istaff side.

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6 T he 19 6 6 Standar d s Labora t ory Co n ference h e l d May 9 - 12 at the new location o f the Nationa l Bureau o f Standar ds , was con9~der e d a h ~ghly s ucce s e f u l a ct ~vity both by the r egls tra nt s and b y t he program and se s s~O n cha 1r me n . Condu cted at the s ite o f the ne w gov e r nme nt fac ~ l it le5 , n~ny spec~ al fe3 t ures were ava~labl e co atte nd e e s , a nd e vents ou t o f the o rdinary could be pro v~de d a s th ~ngs to b e r e membered i n the fu t ure . The beaut~fu l e n ­t rance to the Adm~n~ strati on Building undoub t edl y i mpa rts a d eep s ense o f pr ide to t he Bure au 's emp loye e s and t r uly mad e those who are taxpa y e rs awa re o f what tax mon e y Ca n p r o v ide t o enhance n a t ional prid e .

To o mu ch cann ~ t be s aid for t h e pr ime mov e r s a nd ma nage rs of t h e Con f er e nc e. Fo r ~CSL . An d y Wo o d 1n g t on 's j ob d e s e rved a n " e xcel lent- r ~ti ng and should have given him a )us t~ fiab le sense of accompl ~shment ~hen 1t was a l l ove r . Re present ing NBS, pr irnar i ly Re e ve s T111ey' s work and coord inating eff orts s pelled the differ e nce b e ­twe en succes s ~ nd me d 1ocr i t y . P utt ~ ng Tilley a nd Woo d1 n g t o n together a s a partnersh1p, we have a pair of people who after f o u r d ays o f f r u s tra tion and a n x1 e ty, could rela x On t h e e vening of May 12 and li sten t o the well - dese rved pr a ise at the att e ndees .

As long a s we are thi nking in t erms o f cooperat ion , hospi ta lity. and c o r d1a 11ty , many thanks are due to Dr , Allan Astin . Dr . Robert Hun t oon , a nd Will i am Wi l dha c k f or their e n co uragenlent a nd s po n s orsh1 P of the rneet ~ngs ,

pa rticularl y whe n i t should b e r e meniliered t h a t the Bureau i s still 1n a c o n t inu ing process o f mov~ent fro m Wa sh i ng ton to Ga i thersburg , Th e thoughfu l ness o f of £ ~cials 1n provid~ng a na t ~onal n ews worthy eve nt--the t r ans fer of the nat ion' s el e c t r ical s tandar ds to the new fa c i l i ty at Ga~ thersburg -- ls e v i d e nc e o f the de s i r e o n th e1 r pa rt to make NCSL 66 a s i gnifican t event.

I n t he pages t ha t fO l low. .....e are att empti ng to b r 1ng bac}~ mernor a e s f o r tho s e who we re 1n atte ndanc e a t the Conference . For t hose who ma.e s ed the event , a t 1 09 hoped that toe pict ures , togeth e r .....i t h the des c r i p t Lv e mate r i a l wh1.c h eor .Io ve b elo w, w1.11 ampa r t s ome o f t he fee110g e nc c on r e r e d by t h os e pces ent . FrolA J ohn Van d e Houten 's open1ng r e mark s to Bil l Ho l mes ' c l oaeo u t s e ssion, man y words we r e s po ken . mu c h in f orma tive ma terial presented to t he a ud ience , quite a f ew 1 1.ghter , h umo r o us moment s were int erspersed , and same s e r lO us t hough t s we r e implan t ed 1n the mind s o f t he d e l egate s . Active particip a n ts .....e r e too n umerOu s t o b e mentioned or pre ­sented i nd i v i d u a l l y in p i cture form, I n toto . Th e support given each Ses s ~on Cha 1p~~n was no tewort hy a nd speaks wel l for t h e futu r e o f NCSL . For t h ~S, t h e y a l so d e serve p r a i s e .

Th is Conference 1s now o ver bu t th e work of NCSL P1 CXS u p tempo aq a i n . In Bi l l Arney ' 5 words--th ere 1.S work to be dOn e and we all n e e d a pa1; On the b a c x - -a v1gor o u s o ne appl~ ed low do~ : Al s o Bill said s everal other t hings wh ich d e serve repea ting here , verb a l 'm :

"----NCSL i s now of ag e . It s eems to b e g r OWin g steadl.ly l arg er, a nd i ts professl.onal r e s po nsib i l it i e s a re g rowi ng w!.th it, But a s it gro ws , there wi l l be a temptation to t ake On mor e and more proj e cts. Th e ques tion you mu s t f ace i s th1s ; As the memb e r s h i p gro ws, ls i t g rowi ng ~i th men wh o w1s h t o c ontr i b u t e to the worx, o r is it g row1ng wi t h addi t ional mem):lers wh o want to recel\fe s ome t hing ?-- - - "

" Wor k On the pa rt of your d edi cated a s soc 1at a s brought NCSL to its pre s ent state o f v1 tal i mportance 1n the o perat ion s o f s t a nd a r d s labs . I t took ~~x to get u nd e rway , it takes work to n2 int a~n th e mot1 0 n against al l the drag e ffects , and it is going to take ev~n more 'wor k to effect a n y a cce l era ­t ion . Sel f -n~t iv ated worx 1S t he characte r !.stic of eve~y prof ess10nal, and it ~s the on ly medium through wh ich d i rector1es. r e con~ende d prac t ices, standards , def ln1tions, etc . come ~nto be lng-- --~

- I am t aking the l i b e r t y here- -to a s k e veryone In t h e aud1ence who is no t now a ctive i n some facet o f NCSL wor k "Pl ease co n t ac t our Chairma n a nd ~ndic at e what you th i nk you c an do to ass1st" . Ot h er ­W1.se we will fin d oursel ve s i,n t. he s itua t i on o f j us t get t ing "Ch l ngs st arted, and therl noth i ng nlO r e will happen- - - - '.

"TO da te we have been q uicx to talk about managemen t problems ~h er e higher level s o f ma nagement a lways seems to b e the prob lem. I t ' s t HElR r a e pons I 'n j.La t y to underst and ....·h a t we would l i ke them t o know~ I 5umni t to yo u that on e of the d1.f f erence s between ~a nagers and the peopl e who do t he worx , i 6 that the peopl e who d o the work kno,", hOW, and the man age.r - -if h e 1.S any good- -know s !!hx. we as a n org a n iza ­tion . i f ~e a re goi ng to talk about ma nagement prOblems assoc~bted wi t h ~t and ar ds i abor a t ori e s , mus t f ace OUR respo n s i bi l i ty to f l nd bet ter me a ns o f e valua t ing not o n ly the technolog ~cal compet ence of our me a surement s . but a l so the value o f them",

Bill Amey ' s messa ge i s wort h r em~e ring. FOr those reade r s who dl. d not a t tend NC5L 6 6, b e ale r t to t he fac t t hat the tr an s act 1.0 nS o f t h e Con fe rence wl ll be p ubl i shed i n the near f utur e u nd e r au spices o f NBS . Official an nouncem ent s wi ll appear i n regula r p ubl~c at i ons . Our s hort me ssage e nds at thi s po ~ nt. Immed1ate.'ly foll owing a re de s c riptions o f the photo g J:a phs r e pro d uced o n the several page s WhlCh fol low .

1 ) Welcoming a ddres s t o NCSL attend e e s ; n ew aud ~ t or ium at NBS- Ga i t her s b ur g faci l i ty . 2) Cha i rman John R VandeHouten ope ns co n f e r ence . )) Dr . Rob ert D Huntoon . Direc t or NBS/ I SS we l co me s a t tendee s. 4) Or~ Al l a n V As tin, Di r e c t o r NBS addresse e NCSL delegatea . 5} S C. R i chardson describes 19 65/66 x e a s ure meo e Comp a r 1.s o n audit. 6) J L: Haye s present s ne w Na vy f i l m "Why Ca l i bra t e " 7) 0 Sh a rp a r.ecuss ee cctre nf t t ee work on s t ati Ls t i c a I procedures. 8) 0 Lineb ri nk open s pa n e l d iscuss ion concer ning i nformat10n need s o f -eeascreme nr s sta nda rds l a bor a t o r i e s . 9) 0 De La uer p resents r e po r t on ca11br a t ion proc edures a nd operat ion o f NCSL Ca librat10n Proc edure Li b rary.

10) Co S. Johnson r e ports re sults o f survey of measur ement need s as d1sclose d b y US s tandards l abo ratories. 11 ) R M. Lady ma k es con~i t tee report o n pract i c es fo r e valua tion o f me asurements standar d s labor atory personn e l . 12) R W, Lan c e opens panel d1.scusSion On U. S . Governmen t pol1.c ~es r ela t e d to t raceabi l i ty a.nd Ca l1.br a t i o n Ratio . 13 ) n .~t onucc~ leads com~1tte e reports On pe r formance r equ ire men ts o f ~eas urement s t andard s i n s tr umentation . ~4 ) C e . Wh1.te p r esents s ur vey of world- wi de ef f orts to s tan dardi z e i ndus t r 1.al mea s ureme n t s . 1 5 ) G Camero n , Ca nad1an Dep artment of Na tio n a l De f e n c e , expands On ma t erial f or i ndust r 1.al s t andardi z a t ion report . 16) H E Ba r nett , Br it i sh Ml. n~ stry o f Technolo gy , r e port s On r e c e nt ly- estab li s h e d Br i t ish Ca l i b r a t i o n Serv ~c e.

17 ) Nt R Lo ck , Br it i sh Mln1stry of Aviat~on . d e s cr i b e s admin~strat ion o f new Brit!. s h Ca l i brat i on Se r v i c e s . 18 ) A M SCh midt p r esents background o f Japanese standard1 z ation measures. 19) L Frank expands d e t ai l s of Swed1 Sh s tanda rd1zatlon e f fo rts . 2 0 ) M T. Angel o reports On committee ac~ ivity--Mea sur ~nen t Standard s Laborator y Or g a nizat !.o n a nd Mana gement 21 } E: J Ar s e nau l t d.Lecu s s e s cceenit cce work On control o f work load . 22 ) W R Ho l mes o ut11nes work o f pr eparing r ~cornmended pract i ces f or measureDents s tandar d s l abor a tor i es.

OFFI ClAL TRANSF ER OF ELE CTRI CAl. S TANDARDS 2]) S t a nda rds are unloaded at new G a ~th ersburg l ocat ion after esc o rted t r i p f ~ om o l d Was hington fac i llt~es . 24 } Careful handling i s the order of the d ay . 2 5 ) Unloadi ng proceeds wi t h car e . 26) Off ic ia l s taxe inve ntor y . 27 } Dr . W H.aWar p r e s e nts cel ls to Dr . ~.

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