The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-10
BILLIONS SAVING
WOULD RESULT IN
ABOLEHING WASTE
L. w. Wallace, of d. c.,
Addresses Meeting of
Engineers in Chicago.

CHICAGO. March 9-Bfilions of
dollars can be saved to the nation
by the elimination OF waste in IN
dustry. L W. wallace, Of Washing
ton, executive secretary of the
American Engineering Council of
the Federated American Engineer
ing Societies, declared tonight at q
joint meeting of the Chicago Chap
ter of the Society of Industrial En-
gineers andsthe Western Efficiency
Society at the Auditorium Hotel.
DR.. wallace. Tho as vice chair
man, directed the nationwide as
say conducted by the Hoover COM
mittee on elimination of waste In
Industry. said that the publication
of the committees report was IAN
event that will be far reaching IN
Its beneficial effects on industry.
not only in the United States but
throughout the world" He. added
that engineers and industrialists
were coming to agree with Secre-
ID ~ Hoover that the opportunity
for advance in living standards in
this country lies more surely in the
steady wiping out of Industrial
wastes than in great inventions.
Findings Bear Fruit.
Mr.. Wallace said that the Hoover
c3mmittee's findings had already
borne fruit in Europe as well as in
America Inquiries have already
bsen set on foot by governments
AID private industry in other ma
tipns and the Republic of Czecho-
Stovakia has officially distributed
the report as a guide for its in
dqstriaiists In the upbuildinG of the
new nations manufacturing enter
prises.
- In the United States results or
committees work are now evil
ut in the building trades, print
trades, metal trades and boot
"a shoe, textile and ready-made
clothing manufacturing. Results Of
special field studies. Mr.. Wallace
said. were now available in the
fields of unemployment. eye conser-
walton, strikes and lockouts. pur-
chasing and sales policies. health
Of workers. Industrial accidents
and legal machinery for adjusting
disputes.
Mr.. Wallace will tomorrow friday
present to the executive board of
the American Engineering Council.
which meets at . a. m. at the head
quarters of the Western Society OF
Engineers in the MOnadnock Build
ing, an exhaustive report telling of
the progress Of engineering organ
iZation in the United States. Plans
are now under way in several coun-
tries looking for the formation of
a world federation of engineers to
work for international peace and
the promotion Of engineering ideals.
In Great Britain a huge federation
Of engineers embracing the entire
British dominions is contemplated.
This union, il is planned, will worix
with the American Engineering
Council. Dean Mortimer f. Cooley.
Of the University of Michigan, sue
cessor of Herbert Hoover as presi-
dent of the Council, will preside.
Questions affecting capital and la
bor. United States Patent Office. ju-
risdictional awards in the building
trades. the unemployment situation
aTnons engineers. topographic sur
yeying and mapping. cyclical indus
trial depressions and government
reorganization will be discussed.
This evening the engineers will
begguests at a dinner to be given
by the Michigan Engineers Club of
Chicago, in honor of Dean Cooley
and President Marion Leroy Bur-
ton