Of current interest: ASA announces plan to Widen scope of activities

Because of the growing importance of standards for consumer goods, removal of the present restrictions which limit the work of the American Standards Association to the engineering field was authorized by the ASA board of directors at its annual meeting held in New York, N. Y., December 8, 1944. Such increased scope will necessitate reorganization of the ASA so that it can handle any standard or standardization project which deserves national recognition, whether in the field of engineering, accounting, business practice, or consumer goods.