This is a report issued in 1965 by the American Society of Testing and Materials. Subjects in this article are as follows: Proposed recommendations affecting standards on steel; Standard specification for cold-heading wire for wood screws; Standard specification for cold-heading wire for tapping or sheet metal screws; Carbon steel wire for cold-heading of machine screws; Medium high carbon steel wire for cold heading of hexagon head bolts; Alloy steel wire for cold heading of hexagon head bolts; Carbon steel wire for scrapless nuts; Special quality ball and roller bearing steel; Carburizing steels for anti-friction bearings; Chromium-molybdenum alloy steel plates, quenched and tempered, for pressure vessels; Nickel-chromium-molybdenum alloy steel plates, quenched and tempered, for pressure vessels; Alloy steel bolting materials for special applications; Manganese- molybdenum manganese-molybdenum-nickel alloy steel plates, quenched and tempered, for pressure vessels; Quenched and tempered carbon and alloy steel forgings for pressure vessel components; Steel tires; Ultrasonic inspection of turbine generator steel retaining rings; Heat treated steel helical springs; Chromium molybdenum steel plates for pressure vessels; Vacuum treated carbon and alloy steel forgings for turbine rotors and shafts; and, Heat stability of steam turbine shafts and rotor forgings.