•2 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION ADVANTAGE WAS taken of the holding of the Congress to have a meeting of the proposed International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists. This took place on 15th April 1959 in the Chemical Society's rooms in Piccadilly, by kind permission of their President. The agenda was a long one. Dr. Marriott was elected to the Chair and Mrs. Millman, Genera} Secretary of the British Society, was voted to act as the Secretary for this meeting. This meeting was an occasion in which the Toilet Preparations Federation of Great Britain helped considerably insomuch as they entertained all the delegates to lunch. This gave the opportunity for all to meet the business executives of some of the large cosmetic companies in England. It was said by the Chairman of the Meeting that the completion of the rather long agenda could only have been attained because all the delegates showed xvillingness and a desire to look at the project internation- ally and in no instance was any delegate desirous of over-representing his own Society. All are to be congratulated on the spirit in which the items on the agenda were discussed. The following is the press release of the meeting, which was issued to the press in all the countries where cosmetic societies exist. A historic meeting took place in the rooms of the Chemical Society, Burlington House, London, on 15th April 1959, when representatives of eight countries met to discuss the formation of an International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists. This Federation would link together the various autono- mous hational societies into an international body, capable of acting in such fields as international standards, establishment of the professional status of the cosmetic scientist, publication of bulletins, abstracts and reviews on cosmetic science, to name only a few. The countries represented on this occasion were: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden and the United States. Agreement was reached on a pro- visional constitution. The delegates are now returning to re- port to their national Societies and as soon as possible a second council meeting will be held to draw up a final constitution. A provisional secretariat has been established in London (2, Lovers Walk, London, N.3), but the •inal headquarters have yet to be agreed. It was generally agreed that this meeting had laid the foundation of the International Federation which, subject to agreement by the various national societies, can be looked on as an organisation in being.