Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-23
STEEL SOCIETY
SPEAKER CITES
5 WARS LESSONS
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ed Parts" c. L. Epson, designing engi-
neer General Electric Co., Schenectady,
n. Y; "SteeI Is Steel" f. Smart, as
sissant metallurgist ingalls, Shepard d.
vision, Wyman Gordon Co, Harvey, Ill.
"a System of Records for Heat Treating
Departments" J. w. Bressler. metal
lurgist, Philadelphia 1.-The Selection of
Steels for Automobiles" W. Z. johnny,
metallurgist Studebaker Corporation,
Detroit; Making Research Pay Divi-
dends," W. P. Woodside, manager meth
DDS Of standards department, Studebaker
Corporation "Steel Treaters. We Are
Guilty. Edmund Blasko, mechanical en-
gineer Ford Motor Company, Dearborn,
Mich; "a University Course in Metal
1urgical Engineering" W. p. Wood, as
slstant professor of chemical engineer
ing, University of Michigan, presented by
title.
OTHER TECHNICAL
SUBJECTS DISCUSSED.
Other papers weres coarse Grained
Forgings, their Detection and Correc-
ton" L. S. Cope, sales engineer, Dan
nemore Steel, Inc, New York; al ests
Showing the Effect of High Temperatures
on MaIleable Iron" T. D. Lynch and W.
F. Merten, metalluTg1cal engineers,
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacture
-zng Company, Pittsburgh; Fracture
Tests on Steel to Determine Its Quality"
W. J. Priestley, superintendent hot
metal division, L. S. n. .. P, Charles
ton, W. Va; "A Contribution to the
Problems of the Influence OF Mass on
Heat treatment" E. J. Janitzky, metal
lurgist Illinois Steel Company. South
Chicago; THE Development of Grinding
Sparks of Steel as Means Of Determin-
ing the Carbon Content" D. H. Stacks,
consulting metslurgical engineer, Hart
ford, Conn: and, presented by title
"A Coiling and Heat Treating Plant for
HelieaI Springs" w. J. Merten, metal
1urgical engineer, Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh;
miscellaneous Heat Treating" w. Il.
Ward. metallurgical engineer, Lyells,
Va; THE Heat Treatment OF Steel
Castings" W. H White, superintendent
melting shops, Charleston. w. Va.
Looking back now at the experience
Of this period, II seems that we must
accept the one great lesson of our prep
aration for war. namely that we could
teach an American to shoot in just one
third the time needed to produce his tools
and equipment" said Howard c. COT
I'm. of Detroit, member Of the naval con
sultinS board, and a member OF the
council Of national defense during the
war, in referring to lessons learned from
the great war, at the annual dinner of
the society at the Claypool Hotels
INVENTORY UNDER
NAVAL BOARD.
MANY of us here present." he said.
had an active part in the taking OF
the Industrial Inventory under the di-
FACTION of the naval consulting board in
1916. You will remember the steps of
that campaign. a. An inventory and
classification of the production resources
of the Nation; ~ the placing of pro-
visional or educational contracts by the
War and Navy departments; 81 the en-
rolf1nent of skilled labor in an industrial
reserve.
by December, 1916. the first step had
been completed. Also legislation had
been obtained permitting the placing of
educational orders to the amount Of
$4,000 each without the usual low bid"
limitation.
"The support of organized labor had
been assured behind the industrial re-
serve
Gould these plans, backed by the
members of our great national engineer
ing societies, have been brought to sue
cessful execution one year earlier.
saving Of months of time and billions
of dollars would have been effected after
our entry into the war.
But with the breaking off Of negotia-
tons in January, 1917, oil earlier plans
were sacrificed to the chaotic demands
Of the emergency.
Looking back now at the experience
of this period it seems that we must
accept the one great lesson Of our prep
aration for war, namely, that we could
teach an American TO shoot in just about
one third the time needed to produce his
tools and equipment for the front.
In peacetime industrial organization
against the coming day of a war emer-
gency lies the very corner stone OF our
national security.
1.-THE cheapes possible form Of pre-
paredness. protection and insurance. No
nation, however warlike, will assaiI a
nation known to have its industrial re-
sources efficiently organized for defense"
DEsAUTELs
OWEN WATCH.
One of the features of the evening was
the presentation Of a gold watch to
George Desautels. chairman OF the en-
tertainment committee, and a diamond
bar pin to Mrs. George Desautels,
chairman of the ladies' entertainment
committee, by the society, as tokens of
appreciation Of the entertainment that
had been afforded the visitors by the
indianapolis chapter and the hard work
that had been done by Mr.. and Mrs
Desautels as chairmen Of the two COM
mittees.
Inl addition to Mr.. Coffin. other speak
ers of the evening were Governor War
ren T. McCray, Mayor Charles W..
Jewett; A. A Potter, dean of engineer
ing, Purdue University, and Prof. Com
fort A. Adams, dirsctor engineering
division, national research council
DR.. Albert Sauveur Of Harvard Uni
yersity, was postmaster.
1t was announced that the directors of
the society had voted to make DIR. John
A Mathews Of the Crucible Steel Com
Tany Of America, and Elwood Haynes,
honorary members Of the society. In
addition to the addresses there was a