The Washington herald., 1920-11-21
FAVOR PUBLIC
WORKS BUREAU
Engineering Groups Organ
ne Here to Curtail In
dustrial Waste.
SEEK u. S. DEPARTMENT
Problems Of Reconstruction
To Be Met With Energetic
Group Action.
SEEK u. S. DEPARTMENT

Appointment of a committee to
investigate industrial waste was
authorized at the first meeting yes
terday of the executive board OF the
new American Engineering Council,
Of which Herbert C. Hoover was
elected president on Friday. This
committee, selected upon the recon-
mendation of Mr. Hoover, who will
direct its activities, will, 1t is
planned. be the agency through
which the council will deal with
labor, chambers of commerce and
other organizations in the solution
of problems of Industrial relations
The board indorsed the movement
to reorganize the Department of the
Interior by the establishment of a
national department of public
works. After a long discussion. in
which ]. Parke Claiming. of New
York, vice president of the National
Public Works Department Associa-
ton. and Philip N. Moore. of st.
Louis, chairman of the Ware Relief
Minerals Commission, strongly ad-
vocated departmental reorganiza-
tion in the Federal government. 1t
was voted to continue the associa-
tion's activity to bring about this
reform.
Bound to Become Law.
The principle of the public works
movement. the speakers said, had
been written into the conscious
ness of the nation. and was bound
eventually to be enacted into law.
1t was hoped that action by Con-
gress might be taken at the short
session.
Calvert Townley. of New York.
and William z. Rolfe, of st. Louis,
were elected vice chairmen OF the
American Engineering Council,
through which the federated Amer
lean engineering societies will
function as the voice Of the united
engineering forces of the country in
the carrying out of a broad program
of public service involving questions
of capital and labor, governmental
reorganization, conservation OF the
nations resources, transportation
fuel. employment, etc. Washington
was selected as the temporary head
quarters of the council.
Speakers at the meeting were
Dean Dexter S. Kimball. of Cornell
University; Edwin S. Carman, of
C1evland. vice president of the So
ctety of Mechanical Engineers; Fred
J. Miller. president of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers; L.
W. Wallace, of Baltimore, of the So
ciety of Industrial Engineers; Ar
thur NJ. Greene, jr.. of Rensselaer,
Polytechnic institute. Troy, N Y.
and J. Parke Claiming.
Exit Engineering Council.
The Engineering Council. formed
in 1915 to meet war emergencies,
will. it was stated. go out of exist
ence on January /, 1921. when It's
work will be taken over by the
American Engineering Council.
The formation of the new council,
participated in by more than 80
societies with a membership of 100,-
900. representing practically every
Industrial center. of the country,
was described by its founders as
the most important step ever un-
dertaken by the American engin-
eering profession. The new organ
ization will. it was said. carry a po-
tential influence directly affecting
pressing problems of reconstruction,
TO the solution of which it will i'm
mediately apply its energies.
Lewis B. Stillwell. of New York,
a member of the delegation of the
American Society of Electrical En-
gineers. suggested that a great ma
tional congress of engineers be ar
ranged for by the council. following
the French model. but no definite
action was taken. The local board
adjourned to meet in Washington
next month.