Standards accord reached at conference

A conference called by the national standards bodies of Canada, Great Britain, and the United States assembled in Toronto, Ont., Canada, October 7–11, 1957, to achieve a tripartite international accord on drafting practices. The announcement, made by Vice-Admiral G. F. Hussey, Jr., USN (Ret.), managing director of the American Standards Association (ASA), voluntary national standards body for United States commerce, industry, Government, and consumer interests, stated that 21 delegates from ASA were to attend the ABC Conference on the “Unification of Drafting Practice.”