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PITT-CONSOL M ETA PAR A C R Ε S Ο L. higher în META content by ^ , •4teA Pitt-Consol META PARA CRESOL has 2.7 parts of meta to every one of para . . . more meta cresol (over 70%) than most mp cresols on the market today! Of- fered in 2° and 3° grades of high purity and closely con- trolled uniformity, this phe- nolic product is unique . . . shows great promise for new phenolic resin applications. Pitt-Consol META PARA CRESOL is part of a full line of high quality phenols, cresols and cresylic acids produced by our continuous extraction process. Whether you seek high meta content in mp cresols or high quality in any cresylic acid, look to Pitt-Consol first. Consult our insert in Chemical Materials Catalog or write for your file copy. LETTERS Statistics Don't Always Prove. . • DEAR SIH: Much as I believe that science is here to stay ami that there will be plenty of jobs for scientists available in the future, I am forced in all fair- ness to die conclusion that time survey reported an page 31 of the Oct. 6 C&EN provides a prime example of the misuse of statistical data. It is stated that only 103 of the 500 questionnaires were returned» and that only 67 of these were used in the ac- tual breakdown. It is entirely possible that people who were natur&Ily pessi- mistic would foe in the majority among those who did not reply to the ques- tionnaire, since chemists would be understandably reluctant to submit for publication information unfavorable to their profession. The conclusion that there are and will be plenty of scientific jobs may well be true, but i t is entirely unwarranted to base such a statement on t h e results of this survey. L. A, PURSGLOVE Midland, Mich. Programming Difficulties DEAR SIR: As soon as the final program of the last national ACS meeting was pub- lished in C&EN, I noticed a serious and obvious conflict of interest between the symposia on Urethane Materials and Foamed Plastics scheduled by the Di- visions of Chemical Marketing and Eco- nomics, and Paint, Plastics, and Print- ing Ink Chemistry'. Both were sched- uled for Tuesday- I immediately wrote (Aug. 7) to the Secretary's office point- ing out this matter; however, nothing could be done. While conflicts of schedule between closely related papers are rather diffi- cult to eliminate, the situation with symposia dealing with definite topics is different and conflicts can be very easily avoided by having a tentative schedule routed to and approved by an appointed coordinator. AJSTTOIIVE KHAWAM Baltimore, Md. 8 C&EN OCT. 2 7, 1958 li^iiiirecloniisKclii GHEIVIIGAISGOIVIPANVi MsmDio'RmtAujsw^j^^sm^^Kwsmti^m wmmmMMi.*wm:m!MM.umiJi.wiB.i.nm*.wm»:mim*.vw^*.wf.mwM!wm
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PITT-CONSOL M ETA PAR A C R Ε S Ο L. higher în META content
by ^ ,
•4teA
Pit t -Consol META PARA C R E S O L has 2.7 parts of meta to every one of para . . . more meta cresol (over 70%) than most mp cresols on the market today! Offered in 2° and 3° grades of high purity and closely controlled uniformity, this phenolic product is unique . . . shows great promise for new phenolic resin applications.
Pitt-Consol META PARA CRESOL is part of a full line of high quality phenols, cresols and cresyl ic ac ids produced by our continuous extraction process. Whether you seek high meta content in mp cresols or high quality in any cresylic acid, look to Pitt-Consol first.
Consult our insert in Chemical Materials Catalog
or write for your file copy.
LETTERS
Statistics Don't Always Prove. . • DEAR S I H :
Much as I believe that science is here to stay ami that there will b e plenty of jobs for scientists available in the future, I am forced in all fairness to die conclusion that time survey reported an page 31 of the Oct . 6 C&EN provides a pr ime example of the misuse of statistical data.
It is stated that only 103 of the 500 questionnaires were returned» and that only 6 7 of these were used in the ac tual b reakdown. I t is entirely possible that peop le who were natur&Ily pessimistic would foe in the majority among those who did not reply to the ques tionnaire, since chemists would b e unders tandably reluctant to submit for publication information unfavorable to their profession.
T h e conclusion that there are a n d will b e plenty of scientific jobs may well be t rue, but i t is entirely unwarranted to base such a statement on the results of this survey.
L . A, PURSGLOVE
Midland, Mich.
Programming Difficulties
D E A R S I R :
As soon as the final program of the last national ACS meeting was p u b lished in C&EN, I noticed a serious and obvious conflict of interest between the symposia on Urethane Materials and Foamed Plastics scheduled b y the D i visions of Chemical Marketing and Economics, and Paint , Plastics, and Printing Ink Chemistry'. Both were scheduled for Tuesday- I immediately wrote (Aug . 7) to t h e Secretary's office pointing out this mat te r ; however, nothing could be done .
While conflicts of schedule be tween closely related papers are rather difficult to eliminate, the situation wi th symposia dealing wi th definite topics is different and conflicts can b e very easily avoided b y having a tentat ive schedule routed to and approved by an appoin ted coordinator.
AJSTTOIIVE K H A W A M
Baltimore, Md.
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