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The Tobacco Institute, Inc. - Minutes of the Twentieth Meeting of the Executive Committee - Confidential
Abstract
Presents minutes of 20th meeting of Tobacco Institute (TI) Executive Committee, dealing principally with impending release of Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health, potential for resultant "precipitous action relating to tobacco", and how to organize "unified industry position". Anticipates Federal Trade Commission (FTC) "taking a most active interest in questions relating to smoking and health, particularly as they might relate to advertising". Describes interactions and roles of various industry committees.
Fields
- Company
- Tobacco Institute
- Named Organization
- American Tobacco Co.
- Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.
- Budget Committee
- Congress
- Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Sunderland & Kiendel
- Executive Committee
- Federal Trade Commission
- Federal Trade Commission (Enforcement agency for laws against deceptive advertising)
Enforces laws against false and deceptive advertising, including ads for tobacco products. Ensures proper display of health warnings in ads and on tobacco products;collects and reports to Congress information concerning cigarette and smokeless tobacco advertising, sales expenditures, and the tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide content of cigarettes.- Hill & Knowlton Inc. (Tobacco industry PR firm, 1953-68)
Public relations firm for the tobacco industry from 1953 through 1968.- Inter-American Development Bank
- Interagency Committee
- Liggett Group, Inc. (Liggett and Meyers)
- Lorillard Inc. (American cigarette manufacturer)
American cigarette manufacturer- PHS
- Public Health Service
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
- Special Committee of Lawyers
- Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health
- Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.
- Author
- Temko, Stanley L. (Covington & Burling, TI Budget Committee)Stanley Tempko was an attorney at Covington & Burling. Tempko has knowledge of the legal issues facing the tobacco industry; additives; freon; grass-roots lobbying; and workplace smoking.
- Type
- Meeting minutes
- Named Person
- Allen, George V. (TI President & Exec. Director 1961-66)President and Executive Director for the Tobacco Institute, Inc. from 1961 through 1966.
- Austern, H. Thomas (Tommy) (TI Attorney, Covington & Burling c. 1967)
Attorney with the tobacco industry law firm Covington & Burling, circa 1968.- Brown, J.C. Esq.
- Chandler, Porter R. (Liggett Attorney, Davis Polk)
Porter R. Chandler is General Counsel for Liggett & Meyers. (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996)- Cooke, Edward J., Jr. (RJR Attorney, Davis Polk, Lawyers Policy Committee)
E.J. Cooke Jr. worked for Davis, Polk & Wardell. (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996)- Cramer, Morgan J. (LOR President/CEO (1962-65); TI Exec Committee ('63-64))
Morgan J. Cramer was employed by Lorillard, Inc. and served on the Executive Committee for the Tobacco Institute, Inc. from 1963 to 1964. (UCSF B&W, 1012.01)- Cullman, Joseph Frederick III (PM President & CEO (1957-1970))
Executive vice president and senior marketing executive of Philip Morris in the 1950s. Exec. VP 1955-57. President in 1958, held that position until 1967. Chairman from 1968-1972 and acquired title of CEO. Chairman of the Executive Committee, 1979-85. On the Board of Directors from 1954-1985.- Cutchins, William S. (BW President & CEO 1958-64, TI Exec. Comm. 1960, '63)
- Darrow, Richard W. (EVP, Hill & Knowlton)
R.W. Darrow was an Executive Vice President for Hill & Knowlton. (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996)- Finch, Edwin P. (BW Pres; TI Exec. Comm.)
Finch was President of Brown & Williamson in 1963.- Galloway, A. H.
- Gray, Bowman Jr. (Chairman for RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company)
1907-1969- Haas, Frederick P. (Liggett, General Counsel)
Frederick P. Haas was a member of the Board of Directors of Liggett & Meyers from 1966 through 1976. From 1975 and 76 he was Special Counsel. (N.M., L & M Liability Notebook, Section 3, Personnel List)- Heimann, R. K.
- Hetsko, Cyril F. (VP of ATC; CTR Director)
Vice President and General Counsel for American Tobacco. Served on the Executive Committee as a CTR Director.- Jacob, Edwin J. (CTR Special Projects, key legal strategist)
Key legal strategist in many capacities, including Jacob, Medinger & Finnegan (CTR). Career stems from 1950's. CTR Special Projects.- O'Toole, Dorothy (TI Employee)
D.A. O'Toole was a Tobacco Institute employee. (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996)- Ragland, Edward F. (TI VP/Sect 1959-1971.)
Edward F. Ragland was TI Vice President and Secretary from 1959-1971. (N.M. Tobacco Companies Personnel List)- Ramm, Henry H. (CTR Chair; RJR VP & Gen Counsel, c. 1967)
Chairman of the Board & General Counsel for R.J. Reynolds and CTR Chairman 1971-1975.- Reed, William T. Jr. (TI Director)
Lived in Sabot, VA in 1958. On original TI board of directors 1958 - ?. (TI COI 1/27/58)- Russell, John C. (Lorillard Counsel)
J. C. Russell was employed by Lorillard, Inc. and served as Counsel from 1965 to 1969. He was also on the Committee of Counsel. (Source: LOI/LOC Summary of Officer & Directors - LOI/LTC Liability Notebook)- Smith, P.D.
- Temko, Stanley L. (Covington & Burling, TI Budget Committee)
Stanley Tempko was an attorney at Covington & Burling. Tempko has knowledge of the legal issues facing the tobacco industry; additives; freon; grass-roots lobbying; and workplace smoking.- Terry, Luther L. M.D. (Surgeon General, 61-65, U of Pennsylvania, Anti-Tobacco Expe)
Luther Terry was former Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service from 1961 to 1965. Terry was emeritus professor of Research Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1984 (E. Whelan 1984).- Thompson, C.
- Toms, Z.
- Wald, Robert L. (LOR Of Counsel, Wald, Harkrader & Rockefeller)
Of counsel to Lorillard- Walker, Robert B. (ATC Chair and CEO; CTR Exec Comm)
- Welch, Frank J. (TI Vice President)
F.J. Welch was Vice President of the Tobacco Institute. (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996)- Yeaman, Addison (B&W Vice President)
General counsel for B&W. CTR Chairman/President 1975-1981 - Austern, H. Thomas (Tommy) (TI Attorney, Covington & Burling c. 1967)
- Subject
- Federal level
- Government agencies
- Health effects
- Human subjects
- industry response
- International level
- Regulations
- Research studies
- tobacco industry structure
- advertising restriction
- Government agencies
Document Images
The uwenUie~h meeting of t_he Execuu£ve Committee of The
Tobacco Institute, ~nc., was held at i0:00 A.M. on Decker
1963, a= ~e offices of Davis Po~ War.e!! S~deri~d & Kiendl,
1 Chase M~a~ Pl~a, New York, New York. The
fol!ow~q m~-
bars of ~e Co~u~ee were present:
~oseph ~. Cul~, 3rd
Wil!1~ T. Reed, Jr.
Za~ Toms
The=e were also_ presen~ Messrs. E~ ~. F~ ~ A~son
• S~ of P~lip MoE=is ~nco~ra~e~; Messrs. Ale~r
Porter K. c~e:, E~ J. Jacob ~ E~d ~. Cooke, Jr., of
eo~sel to R. J. Ke~ol~ Tobacco C~y; Messrs. Jo~ C. Russell
~d Rober~ L. Wald, of ~sel to P. Lorillard Comply;'
HeUsko ~ ~ss J~e~ C. Br~, of co~sei ~o The ~er~=~ Tobacco
Comfy; ~. Frederi~ P. Haas, ~f ~o~sel to Ligge~U & Myers
Tobacco C~mp~y; ~. George V. Allen, Presiden~ ~d Exe~tlve
Director of ~e Institute; Dr. ~=~ J- Welch, Execu=ive Vice ~res-
idenu of ~e ~ns~!~u~e; ~. E~d ~. Ragl~d, Vice
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and Sec:euary of ~.he .T.nsti~'.uUe~ .,'%:s. Do:ouhy O'Toole ~ ~he
~ns~u~e : .Messrs. ~char~ W. Da:~ow ~ Carl Thompson o~
~!l ~ ~owlton, Inc. : ~d Mess=s. K. Tho~s Aus~ern ~
S~!ey L. T~o, of co~sel ~o ~e
~n ~he ~s~ce of ~e Cha~ o~ the Executive Com-
mittee, ~. ~o~ G~ay, ~. Allen presided a~ ~e mee~g.
been sol~ by ~s ~=esen~ ~ers to ~he ~nte:-~ec~c~ Deve;o~.
men= ~, w~ ~=~de~ ~o use ~e en:Aze b~l~g for
r~!y ~sc~s~g o~er ~ss~le o~i=e space.
~. AII~ ~ s~ized briefly for ~e grou~ ~e
info~ion avai!~le ~ Wash~g~on wi~ respec~ to ~e
of ~e S~geon G~er~'s Adviso~ C~ee on Smok~q ~
Hea!~. He said ~aU J~ 15 was Uhe ~e which =he
HealUh Se~ice c~r~ly consAdered as ~he "outside ~e" for
~he iss~ce of ~e re~ ~d ~ ~e besU c~ren% guessing
in Wash~g~on was ~a~ ~e re~=~ wo~d appe~ ~ early J~ry.
He f~er mentioned uha~ a principal concern ~s ~e
i~y tha~ ~ere might be press~e on some Federal a~is=rauive
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agencies :~ ~:;ake pre=ipi~ous action relating ~o ~obac~o tf
~e S~ge6n General's re~:~ provided a ~ss~le basis for
do~g so. ~t ~s po~ea ou~ ~e original ~o~ce-
ment of ~e S~geon Gene=Kl wi~ respect ~o ~e ap~in~en~ of
~e Adviso~ Co~uee had s~aUed mosU cle~!y ~a~ ~e s~dy
wo~d be in ~wo phases. ~. Allen said ~a~, in view of ~he
~ress~es ~a~ ~ght ~se from s~e ~r~ers ~o ~sreq~d
Phase 2, he had ~i~t~ S~geon G~eral Ter~ on Decker 6
~e lette:, wh~ had previously bee ~s~r~uted t~ ~e me--
~e S~geon Gener~'s C~ee, i~-~ whi~ had been sug-
gesUe~ as ~=i~g ~s=ussion ~e!u~d ~e ~esir~ility of a
~ified ~dus~ ~si~ion f~llow~g release of ~e report,
~esuion of who ~ght ac~ as ~dus~ spoke~en after ~e
pcr~ had been considered, and wha~ g~e~a! or o~er reac-
an~ention be given to ~e proced~es Uo be followed by the
~u~e L~e~ately after ~e issu~ce of ~e report to ~s~e ~hat
copies ~uld be ~s~r~u~ed promptly uo ~e m~e=s ~d %haU
Allen would be ~le ~o =each =epresen~au!ves
~he
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There t.he.~ e~su.ed a
=e~_. wo~ be a mr~ed ~oc'~en: wh~ would
be ~s~r~u~ed ~o ~e press a~ a "locked ~or" press conference.
~ ~s also re~e~ ~hat
session a~ w~ch a!! m~ers
be several h~ed pages ~ len~ .~d
s:u~y it c~ef~!y before
c~U by ~e press, ~ ~,
A~=en~ion ~s ~so called ~o ~y re~r~s of ~edera!
Trade Co=ssion ~eres~
press ~d elsewhere ~ =he ~TC ~s t~ing a mos~ ac=ive in-
~eres~ in ~es~ions rela=inq
uarly as ~ey ~gh= rela=e to adve=~ls~q. The view ~s ex-
presse~ ~ha~ ~he ~C ~d poss~iy o~er ~ederal agencies, as
well as some m~ers of Congress, ~gh~
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~:: ~'-~ L~A% ~on~lec~ic~ wi~h the
AusUer~ ~d ~. Wald
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has
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~-- =elevislon ne~rks ~s =e~ed ~o be pl~g some =~e of
s~ci~ p=og~ ~ately
S~geon G~er~' s
ag~ =~ee whi~
~e~- ~d on o~e= ~velo~en~s on ~obacco ~d =eia~e~ pro-
duc=s ~ ~e fore!~ ~rade field.
~. Allen also reported
s~=ued his :eslgna~on as a m~er of ~e Budge= Co~ee,
whi~ had been appo~=ed =~ review ~e ~i proposed budge=
..... := of ~he Insui~u=e, ~d ~a= i~ wo~d be in order :~ fill ~he vac~c'
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