An engineering analysis of the labor problem: President's address

THE Constitution prescribes that the President must deliver an address at the Annual Convenvention, — whether you want to hear it or not. It has been sometimes customary for the Executive who is about to retire from office to summarize the achievements of his term. It has seemed to me that these have been better chronicled as they occurred in the pages of your Journal. The pastime of prophecy has some attractions, but is of doubtful value, and somewhat dangerous as well. The advances in the art are well covered by many valuable technical papers of the year including those which are to be submitted at this Convention. There remain broad public questions regarding which engineers are peculiarly well qualified to have opinions and to influence the opinions of others and it has therefore seemed to me that I might perhaps come nearer justifying the constitutional provision by dealing with one of these.