sample="quota" bates="1000249727" isource="pm" decade="1960" class="ui" date="19621206" December 6, 1962 Mr. Thomas F. Ahrensfeld, Secretary Conflict of Interests Committee Philip Morris Inc. 100 Park Avenue New York, New York Gentlemen: The purpose this letter is to outline my relationship with the Textile Research Institute of Princeton, New Jersey. My association with this organization began in 1949 when I became an employee on the Research Staff. This relationship lasted until June, 1956, when I resigned. At the time of my separation I held the position of Director of Research. In the year 1954 and ending in approximately January, 1955, I also worked as a consultant to Benson & Hedges and Philip Morris Inc. On December 1, 1960, I, in my capacity as Director of Research and Development for Philip Morris, brought our Company into Textile Research Institute as an active company member of that organization. Annual dues for membership are $2,250. In return for this affiliation, Philip Morris receives various technical reports emanating from Textile Research Institute, the opportunity to consult with scientists there on technical matters relating to the use of fibers and filters, etc., at the right to place individual company-sponsored projects of a confidential nature at the Institute. Soon after Philip Morris became a member of Textile Research Institute I was invited to become a member of the Research Advisory Committee. This group meets once a year and reviews the basic research program of the Institute. Early in 1962 I was invited to become a member of the Board of Trustees of Textile Research Institute and was so elected at their annual meeting on March 19, 1962. I receive no compensation whatsoever for these services and am also not reimbursed for any expenses which may be involved in travelling to the meetings of the Board. My association with Textile Research Institute in this capacity is thus completely honorary. It is some value to Philip Morris in that it helps me to protect the Company interests insofar as they are involved in membership in that organization. During the past two years scientists at Textile Research Institute have developed some new and unique techniques for studying the thermal decomposition of organic materials. In order to obtain additional support for this line of work, Textile Research Institute organized and initiated on May 1, 1962, a group-sponsored project entitled "A Study of the Properties and Reactions of Textile Materials by Dynamic Thermoanalytical Methods." The Philip Morris Research Center, feeling that this program would lead to a better insight into some of the materials being used as cigarette filters, joined this project as a participating supporter and contributes annually $3,300. for this purpose. Subsequently it was decided that this technique could be applied profitably to tobacco. Some preliminary experiments were made at Textile Research Institute at no cost to us. These showed promise that the method could be successfully employed as a means of learning more about the thermal decomposition of cigarette filler. We, therefore, have now negotiated a six-months project in which Textile Research Institute scientists will make thermoanalytical studies of tobacco, will assist us in the acquisition of equipment which will be set up in the Philip Morris Research Center for making measurements of this type, and will train one of our scientists to perform the measurements. For the performance of these services Philip Morris Research Center will pay Textile Research Institute a fee of $12,000. and reimburse them for capital and incidental expenses. This program is under the supervision of Dr. A. Bavley, Manager of the Research Division at the Philip Morris Research Center. To the best of my knowledge the foregoing is a complete and correct statement of the relations between Textile Research Institute, Philip Morris Inc. and myself. Very truly yours, H. Wakeham, Vice-President and Director of Research and Development HW/jst. encl. Special Report on TRI