American engineering council

At a meeting of its Administrative Board, at the Philadelphia Engineers Club, May 8–9, the American Engineering Council voted to undertake what may be described as the first exhaustive investigation of the aircraft situation ever made in this country. By a special committee the various aspects of the problem, both military and civil, will be thoroughly reviewed and it is estimated that the task will involve a full year´s work at an estimated expenditure of $50,000. The Board´s action is prompted by the report of the Council´s Aeronautics Committee, of which Prof. J. W. Roe is chairman, warning that the present confused situation in the aeronautical field is a national menace both as to military preparedness and commercial development. The present Committee on Aeronautics was dismissed and a new commttee to carry out this work of investigation under the direction of the Council´s Administrative Board, will be appointed by the president, Honorable James Hartness. Work will commence at once in the arrangement for funds and the mapping out of a proper course of procedure.