The Paint Research Association

Abstract

THE co-operative industrial research association movement in Britain is an interesting development, whatever may have been said or written about it, particularly during the last few years. Those responsible for controlling the work of the associations and of holding together on a voluntary basis a heterogeneous membership with varied views as to what co-operative industrial research is about, are conscious of the limitations and have no illusions about the weaknesses of the system. They have the responsibility of watching the interests equally of all their members; no duty could be more difficult, and errors of judgment are not lightly tolerated. Displeasure, however transient, saps enthusiasm, without which nothing is achieved; on the other hand, confidence is a plant of slow growth, but it is essential and it can be won.