A) a foam reducing quantity of at least one surfactant which is a reaction product consisting essentially of the base catalyzed reaction product of epichlorohydrin and a compound of the formula II R3(EO)n(PO)mOH???(II) wherein R3 is an alkyl or alkenyl group having from 4 to 22 carbon atoms; EO represents an ethylene oxide group; PO represents a propylene oxide group; n is a number from 0 to 50 an