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Appointment of a representative to attend the Engineering Congress in Rio de Janeiro in September was authorized. The President was also authorized to co-operate with the necessary authorities in appointing a committee of engineers to make a trip to China in the near future to form personal contacts and encourage friendly relations. The return of patents from the Chemical Foundation to the Alien Property Custodian was considered by the Committee, following which a resolution was addressed to the President requesting that action be delayed until representatives of the chemists, chemical engineers and manufacturers and others could be heard. It furthermore implored that nothing be done which would in any way tend toward the ultimate ROBERT W. HUNT JOHN J. CONE D. W. MCNAUGHER ROBERT W. HUNT & CO., ENGINEERS INSPECTION OF RAILWAY AND STRUCTURAL MATERIALS CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL TESTS St. Louis Office and Laboratories, 1403 Syndicate Trust Bldg. return, to former owners, of patents and other property lawfully sequestered and sold to Americans. Revision of the Mining Laws proposed in H. R. 7736 was approved by the Committee and Council directed to use its influence in furthering the passage of the bill subject to committee amendments. The Executive Secretary is in communication with the Chairman of the Mines and Mining Committee on behalf of this legislation. The Committee approved the opinion that the following bills were not within the scope covered by the activities of the American Engineering Council: The Bacharach bill affecting public utilities companies, the Merchant Marine bill, the Trade Associations regulating bill and the Ship Subsidy bill. It approved the principle of the hydraulic laboratory bill, but recommended that no special exertion be made in favor of it until a special committee of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, to be appointed at the request of Council, could review the whole subject and advise the Executive Board. The Executive Secretary reported that the Engineers and Architects Club of Louisville, Kentucky, had applied for membership in the Federation. The next meeting of the Executive Board is to be held in Boston, September 8th and 9th. Muscle Shoals. On July 15th, the Senate Committee on Agriculture decided to refuse to report favorably any plan for the development of this project so that decision must be reached by the Senate in open session. The Ford, the Alabama Power Company, the proposal of Sen. Norris for Government ownership and other offers were rejected by a majority of the Committee. Each plan will be submitted to the Senate in the form of minority recommendations. No prediction as to when the Senate will take up this subject has been made. Delamater-Ericsson Historical Collection for a National Engineering Museum. A Committee of the A.S.M.E., with other committees. proposes to collect relics and to record developments in naval, marine, ordnance and industrial engineering. They have been assured of the cooperation of officials of the Smithsonian Institution. Post Office Dept. Announcements. Arrangements have been made. for seaplanes to take incoming mail from steamers at New Orleans. This service has given satisfactory results at Seattle for over a year. The Department now operates 15 radio stations between New York and San Francisco, keeping in constant touch with the progress of airplanes. In addition, the Department sends out administrative orders and is receiving reports from inspectors on the condition of mail transportation during the strike. National Hydraulic Laboratory. Hearings will begin the latter part of this month on the National Hydraulic Laboratory Bill, in which the Federated American Engineering Societies is interested. This laboratory would make it possible to concentrate attention on the scien Detroit Graphite Company DETROIT, U. S. A. MAKERS OF DEGRACO PAINTS All Colors for All Purposes tific side of flood control and other hydraulic problems. John R. Freeman and Mortimer E. Cooley have been invited to make the initial presentations of the matter before a sub-committee of the Senate Committee on Commerce, appointed for the purpose of considering that measure. The sub-committee is composed of Senator Ransdell of Louisiana, Senator Dupont of Delaware and Senator McNary of Oregon, representing the Gulf, Atlantic and Pacific Coasts, respectively. Gasoline Tax Urged to Aid Road Building and Upkeep. "$10,000,000 annually can be raised for road building maintenance by a tax of one cent per gallon gasoline." This statement was made by the Chief of the Bureau of Public Roads in urging sources of revenue which would be paid by the road users. This method of raising funds has been adopted in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Washington. Surplus War Material valued at $139,773,996 was delivered to the states for use in Federal aid road construction up to July 1st. Every state has received supplies of this kind in excess of $1,000,000, with the exception of five small ones. 29,325 motor vehicles have been distributed and in addition a large number of tractors, trailers, etc. There is still a large quantity of material in this country for distribution. This will be further increased by material used by the Army of Occupation in Germany, which is soon to be brought back. Radio Chamber of Commerce Formed. 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