Abstract :
On the evening of the first day of the coming plenary session of the International Electrotechnical Commission which is to be held in New York, April 13th to 22nd, a general meeting is scheduled for the Auditorium, Engineering Societies Bldg., 33 West 39th St., New York, which should prove of great interest to all engineers. The program for the evening calls for the opening of the meeting by Dr. CO. Mailloux, Honorary President of the I. E. C. He will then introduce Dr. Clayton H. Sharp, President of the United States Committee. Dr. Sharp will turn the meeting over to John W. Lieb, Chairman of the Reception Committee who will call upon Professor Elihu Thomson to make the address of welcome to the foreign delegates. There will be a brief response by Colonel R. E. Crompton, C. B., Honorary Secretary of the Commission. Brief address will be given by representatives of France, Poland, Germany, Scandinavia and Japan. The principal address of the evening will be made by Guido Semenza of Milan, Italy, President of the International Electrotechnical Commission on “The Accomplishments and Aims of the International Electrotechnical Commission.”