At 9:00 a.m., August 21, five repre-sentatives of ASTD sat down with representatives from three government agencies and the TWI Foundation in Washington for a conference called by the National Security Resources Board. ASTD members were: F. S. Laffer, President of ASTD and Training Direc-tor of Cleveland Graphite Bronze Com-pany, Cleveland, Ohio; C. A. McBride, Secretarv-Treasurer ASTD and 1 rain-ing Director, Osborn Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio; John Peart, Training Director, I he Nor