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A Gentleman (not myself) recently obtained an interview with the manager of a large picture corporation in Hollywood. He explained to his host that while the corporation's films were excellent, everything about the business direction and technical economy was bad; that this should be altered here and that changed there; that one man required dismissal and that another should be elevated to a position of command; finally, that what the company really needed was an engineering economist, of first class ability and reputation (himself) to set and keep things in order.

One of the main difficulties encountered by the Committee is the remoteness of the printers, causing a lapse of at least a week before an answer can be received to any communication. Actually more time has been consumed in the transit of matter etc. than in the actual printing. This entails an inevitable delay in the appearance of the Transactions. Some slight improvement has been made in an earlier publication and more important still the root of the previous delays has been run to earth. It is, therefore, hoped that succeeding issues may appear somewhat more promptly after the meetings, particularly with the promised whole-hearted support of the Papers Committee to this end.

The clerical work of any membership committee is interesting and not arduous. Whether a great increase in membership is secured is dependent on the new sources of possible members known to individuals on the Committee. During the past six months only one new source has been discovered and this by Mr. L. C. Porter. Mr. Porter had the great notion of sending in to the Committee the names of all persons inquiring for Transactions so that they might be circularized with the Society's literature. At least fifteen new members have been secured in this manner. Of the remainder eight more have come in by introductions from existing members of the Society, and four are in the process of admission. This makes an effective increase of twenty-seven.