Abstract :
To the Board of Directors: This committee has carried on its work during the past year according to the general plan of organization which has been in force for the past three years. The membership of the committee has been materially increased over the number of last year in an endeavor to be prepared to handle the increasing amount of work naturally resulting from the rapid growth in quantity, size, variety and quality of electrical machinery. Experience has shown that the work of a committee can be effectively carried on only when the members are able to get together and carry on a discussion across a table, following, perhaps, a preliminary exchange of views by letter. For this reason, the membership of the committee has been restricted to those living within a day´s journey of New York or in the territory east of the Mississippi River. This territory embraces practically all of the manufacturers of electrical machinery, a large number of universities and large users of machinery for power generation and distribution. It is not intended, however, to exclude any members who are in a position to, or willing to, assist in any way whatsoever. In this connection, your attention is directed to the general call for volunteers which appeared on page 1 of the Journal of January, 1927, over the name of the chairman of this committee.
