The Washington herald., 1920-11-19
FORM COUNCIL
OF ENGINEERS
New Body to Voice Aims Of
Profession in Public
Service.
ACTIVITIES OUTLINED
Conservation, Transporta-
ton and Labor Its Big
gest Problems.
ACTIVITIES OUTLINED

Engineers and scientists from eV-
. cry industrial center of the country,
y representing more than thirty So
cieties with a membership of nearly
100000. met yesterday at the New
Willard and launched the Amer
lean Engineering Council Of the
Federated American Engineering
Societies, which from now on will
voice the aims of the united engi-
neering forces of the. nation in a
great national program OF public
service. --
This program. as laid out at yes
terday's meeting. outlines the fol-
lowing activities:
Conservation of the nations re-
sources in coal. oil. timber, water
power, etc.
Immediate action upon the ma
tional problem of transportation.
A movement toward the solution
of the questions between capital and
labor in which the engineer. from
his relatively impartial point or
view. is believed to be especially
equipped TO make recommendations.
Creation of a national depart
ment of public works by a reorGan-
ization of the Department of the In
terror.
Cooperation in the establishment
of a national budget system anc
in the enactment of other important
legislation.
Guiding legislation for the licens-
ing or registration OF engineers.
This program has been outlined.
officials of the new council assert.
on the principle that the advantages
derived from a closer association OF
the various phases of engineering
activity throughout the nation can
not be oyerestimated, and that the
work that can be accomplished from
such an association in matters af-
fecting public welfare is of the
highest Importance to the country at
this tine.
Is Super-OrganiEation
The new council. described by its
sponsors as a super-engineering
organization through which the ef-
forts of the organized engineers Of
the nation will be enlisted n behalf
of a constructive program of public
service, succeeds the Engineering
Council formed in 1915 to meet the
war emergencies. Chief among the
sfiliated organizations in the Ameri-
=
of which Edwin B. Carruan. of Cleve,
land. is pre- ident-elect and tempo
Tary chairman of the present meet
ing.
Election Of officers of the new
council and the effecting of a per-
manent organization will take place
today. and this evening Herbert
Hoover will deliver the principal ad-
dress of the meeting, his subject be-
iI g Some Phases of Relationship of
Engineering Societies TO Public Ser
vice.
AS one OF the bases on which the
activities of the new body is to be
founded, the following record of
achievement of the council was
touched upon:
ID. C. May Be Headquarters.
Supply to government departments
of 1000 names of engineers for tech
nical duties; aid to the Naval Con-
sulting Board and the Army General
STAFF in examining $4,000 sugges-
tons and inventions for war de-
vices; cooperation with the Fuel
Administrator and the Bureau of
Mines in conserving coal: promotion
of a Department of Public Works in
the Federal government and. through
IN appeal to the president, the ar
ranGement of a conference of four
teen government offices engaged in
map-making with the prospect of
accelerating the completion of the
typographical map of the United
States.
A spirited debate took place at yes
terday's SESSION led by Philip B.
Moore. of st. Lous, over the selection
of national headquarters, in which
Washington was strongly advocated.
The question will be decided by the
executive board on Saturday.