American Dyes Institute

As Garvan planned the Chemical Foundation in January and February of 1919, the APC had not yet seized any of the chemical patents beyond the ones sold with the Bayer Company. The rest remained in trust. The Office of Alien Property, with the help of the largest chemical manufacturers, raced to implement their plan before a peace treaty technically ended the state of war and limited the powers of the APC, which they expected could occur within weeks. Under the auspices of the American Dyes Institute, Du Pont and National Aniline supplied money and patent lawyers to develop a list of patents that they wished the APC to seize and convey to the Chemical Foundation. The APC s staff worked around the clock to process the seizure but essentially rubber-stamped the selection made by the American Dyes Institute lawyers, who possessed a broad working definition of the chemical industry — the patents included those for stainless steel, for example. The first and most important sale to the Chemical Foundation sent about 4,500 patents to the foundation in exchange for 250,000. By 1921, when the Senate officially ended the state of war with Germany, the total sale amounted to 271,850. 

American Chemical Society, the American Dyes Institute... 

American Dyes Institute. Why, King asked, should Congress... 

ADI and the lumber companies. Robert C. Jeffcott testimony in Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Hearings, Alleged Dye Monopoly (1922), 451-52. American Dyes Institute, An Open Price Society, Now in Progress of Formation, OPDR 93 (March 25, 1918) 28. On open-price societies, see Berk,... 

Trade associations, 43, 71-76, 178, 206-7, 210, 254. See also American Dyes Institute Synthetic Organic Chemicals Manufacturers Association... 

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