Technikatörténeti szemle 22. (1996)

Papers from the Second International Conference on the History of Chemistry and Chemical Industry (Eger, Hungary, 16–19 August, 1995) - Vámos, Éva Katalin: Contributions to the History of the Association of Hungarian Chemical Industrials

tories stopped working by the middle of the decade, owing to mergers, concentration of production or discontinuance. The slow development between the two world wars as well as the merging, by central resolution, of smaller associations with the Association of Hungarian Chemical Industrials are also reflected in the Table. During the 40-year period investigated, the Association was always deeply engaged in the problems of the promotion of industry, trade regulations, state control and the competition of state-owned factories. At the beginning of its work, in 1904,1906 and 1908 it gave its opinion on a memorandum about the promotion of industry and it participated in the work of the National Council of Industry and the Council of Traffic. By virtue of Art. Ill, 1907 "On the machinery and financial support of recently developed branches of industry" it gave expert opinions on applications to this effect on 317 occasions. On the occasion of the 1908 reform of the 1884 Factory Act it tried to protect the interests of the continuously operated factories processing perishable goods against the introduction of the Sunday rest. During the Association's existence the question of the Chamber of Technics and the Chamber of Engineers arose several times. The Association tried to avert it. It strongly supported the development of the Central Institute for Industrial Experiments and Materials Testing. During World War I it fought for the exemption of indispensable workers and employees from military service and for the continuity of raw materials deliveries. It assumed the task of forwarding such matters, together with its expert opinion, as - in today's Table 5 Number of the Members of the Association of Hungarian Chemical Industrials

7 (1904-1945) Year Number of Members 1904 1907 1909 1912 1914 1918 1920 1922 1927 1932 1937 1942 47 84 116 150 155 218 118 220 133 148 157 210