SECOND MEETING OF STANDING COMMITTEEMarch 19, 1960
1. The meeting was held in Hotel Kowakien, Hakone on March 19, 1960,
attended by the following persons:
MEMBERS AND DEPUTIES
Austria
Belgium
CanadaFranceGermany
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
PolandSwedenSwitzerland
United Kingdom
U.S.A
Japan
Observers
CanadaChina
GermanyJapan

Philippines
United Kingdom
U.S.A

E. Krainer
G.A. Holmes
W.E. Havercroft
R. RathM. Komers
G. Moravia
H. Kihara, (President)
H. den Hartog
I. Malecki
H. Swedenborg
E.J. Anstutz
C.E. Phillips
G.H. Tenney
Y. Ishii, (Secretary)

R.D. Barer
C.B. Ling
R. Seifert
K. Kojima
N. Takagi
K. Tezuka
L.A. Flores
C.C. Bates
W.C. Heselwood
P.D. Johnson

2. Discussion on the venue of the Fifth International Conference1)

The representative of Canada expressed the wish of his country to act as
host country to the Fifth International Conference. The reason for hercandidacy is that in 1967 Canada will celebrate 100 years ofConfederation and because of this centennial has made a bid to hold theWorld’s Fair in Montreal, Canada during that time.

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The representative of the U.S.S.R. expressed his intention, through therepresentative of U.K. to offer his country as the site of the Fifth
International Conference. However, it was contended that it waspremature to discuss on this Conference. Then it was decided to put off
the discussion on this matter until the Secretariat of the Standing
Committee had been established in Great Britain.

3. Discussion on the relation between Standing Committee and theConference and on the characters of the National Body and therepresentatives.
The relation between the Standing Committee and the Conference wasdiscussed, and the representative of U.K. made a proposal that the following
items be added to the Terms of Reference:
1) The host country shall be encouraged to ask the advice of the Standing
Committee on all matters relating to the International Conference it isorganizing.
2) Correspondence on all matters relating to the conference from
theStanding Committee shall be addressed to the respective national
bodies appointed representatives to the Standing Committee.
Meanwhile, attention was directed to the fact that some countries, having nonational body organized, are sending one representative for a number oflearned societies and associations. In this connection it was proposed thatthe number of representatives be increased to two for each country.
However, the subject being so complicated, no definite decision would bereached within the restricted period of discussion. Then it was decided thatthe matter be discussed at the next conference, after the Secretariat of theStanding Committee was established in Great Britain and the opinions ofother countries on the matter were sought through correspondence.
4.

Proposal relating to the Standing Committee

The following Papanese proposal was presented, but its treatment was entrusted
to the representative of U.K. for the time ran out for discussion on it.
The proposal presented from Japan was drawn up with reference to Comments
for Nondestructive Testing on Recommendation arising from the Second
International Conference which had been distributed to you already and also toproposals presented by several countries to the Standing Committee.

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Reformations of Working Groups

As it is almost impossible for the majority of members to meet regularly at times
except at International Conferences, it is proposed that National Working groups(Working group of consisting members of 2-3 countries is acceptable) be formed,
according to each subject to be treated and the results of studies obtained bythose groups be reported to and exchanged through the Standing Committee.
(I)

Collection of technical terms
A collection of technical terms has already appeared in England andGermany, while in Japan, though not completed, a start has been made.
However, as English, French and German are international languages, it isproposed that a collection of terms in these languages concerning
Nondestructive testing be distributed to other countries for study and foraddition of equivalent terms in other languages, and that the Standing
Committee handle any problems so that a complete international collectionof technical terms be obtained.

(II)

Standard blocks
It is proposed that by exchange of information concerning sensitivity ofradiographic, ultrasonic, magnetic, electric and magnetic penetrant testing
methods, international standards agreed as the best be used.

(III)

Formation of national working groups in order to arrive at international
nondestructive testing standards.
To internationalize standards is actually the work of ISO, but its draft
should be originated from the National Committee of each country. Before
that, each country should have common standards. In this respect, thestandards currently used should be distributed to all countries through theStanding Committee. These standards should be studied so that rational
international standards may be obtained.

(IV)

Formation of national working groups for the classification of literatures inaccordance with U.D.C.
The classification of literatures in all countries in accordance with U.D.C.
and the exchange of such information through the Standing Committee
are of great importance for the development of the techniques ofnondestructive testing. If a journal is published, the same result may beobtained by classifying all works published in it.

A list of names and addresses of the persons in charge of national working
groups would greatly help the smooth progress of the above proposals.

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REPORT ON THE MEETINGS OF THE STANDING
COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONWITHIN THE FIELD OF NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
at the Closing Session on March 21, 1960
At the Closing Session of this Conference, the Chairman of the Standing
Committee, Prof. Hiroshi Kihara, made a summary report on the Standing
Committee meetings held in Tokyo and Hakone as follows:
I take pleasure in reporting on the work of the Standing Committee. The
Standing Committee has held two meetings; one at the University of Tokyo on
Monday March 14, and the other at Hotel Kowakien on Saturday, March 19. The
following countries were represented at these meetings: Austria, Belgium,Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden,Switzerland, United Kingdom, U.S.A and U.S.S.R. Observers from the Republicof China, India and the Philippines also attended one or both of the meetings.
There were two main items on the agenda of our meetings:
1.
2.

The Terms of Reference of the Standing Committee
The date and place of the Fourth International Conference.

We also considered in a very preliminary and informal way, possible venues for
the Fifth Conference, and also how the experience of the Standing Committee
could be made available to future organizers of International Conference on
Nondestructive Testing.
For our discussion on our Terms of Reference, we took as a draft for discussion,a document prepared in excellent detail by the National Committee of the UnitedKingdom. We made various amendments to the draft, and now agree that, as far
as it goes, the draft is acceptable. There are, however, one or two furtherclauses which in our opinion should be added. It was considered possible toclarify these extra points by correspondence, and the United Kingdom hasagreed to undertake this task. It is expected, therefore, that a final draft of Termsof Reference will be available for discussion and acceptance by the Standing
Committee at its meetings during the Fourth International Conference.
As far as the next Conference is concerned, the Standing Committee had before
it, an invitation for the Fourth International Conference to be held in the UnitedKingdom. This invitation was accepted unanimously, and I take much pleasure,therefore, in announcing that the Fourth International Conference on
Nondestructive Testing will be held in 1963 in the United Kingdom. The precise
location and the dates will be announced later in due course.

11After this report Mr. C.E. Philips, the representative of the United Kingdom,
expressed his satisfaction as follows:
I am please that the Standing Committee has accepted the United Kingdom
invitation to hold the Fourth International Conference on Nondestructive Testingin the United Kingdom in 1963. The precise date and location will be announced
in due course, and I look forward to meeting you all again in my own country.

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