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Source: Science, New Series, Vol. 58, No. 1498 (Sep. 14, 1923), pp. 199-200
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SEPTEMBER 14, 1923] SCIENCE 199

were
wereLordLordEdward
Edward Grey
Greyand and
Lord Lord
Buxton,
Buxton, possible. There is a marked difference in industrial
of Eng-of Eng-
land;
land;P.P.G.G.Van
Van
Tienhoven,
Tienhoven, of Holland,
of Holland,
and theand
emi- standardization and in the method of its application
the emi-
nent
nentnaturalist,
naturalist,
M. M.
JeanJean
Delacour,
Delacour,
of France.
of France. in the various countries involved. In Great Britain
Mr.
Mr. Pearson,
Pearson, whowhohashas
justjust
returned
returned
on theonU. the
S. U.andS.in the United States the standardizing body is
Steamship
SteamshipLeviathan
Leviathanfromfrom
a lecturing
a lecturing
and organizing
and organizing
an industrial organization seeking government sup-
tour
tourthrough
through seven
sevenof the
of the
countries
countries
in Europe,
in Europe,
writes: writes:
port, while in France, for example, the standardizing
Europe is looking to America for leadership in some body is a government institution.
of the lines of endeavor in which we as a nation have Reports were made by the various secretaries on
specialized. There is no country in the world that is so p'ogress in the different countries, and the American
thoroughly organized and has such advanced laws for representative, Dr. Paul G. Agnew, was supported in
bird protection as the United States, and many of our his resolution that in order to help the cause of stand-
methods can be and doubtless will be adapted to meet ardization ideas can not be exchanged too soon. Pos-
European conditions.
sessing no executive authority, the recommendations
Through southern Europe especially very little atten-
made by the secretaries as a whole will have to be
tion is paid to bird protection. This may be illustrated
placed before the executives of the respective national
by the fact that in all France in the year 1921 there
organizations. Progress has been made, however,
were only sixty convictions for violation of the Bird Taws.
During the same period in New York State alone there toward closer international collaboration between
were more than one thousand. In Hungary I was told secretaries and toward international amity on ques-
tions
that during the past year with all of the thousands of of standards. Mr. Zollinger, secretary of the
bird killers in the country not one had been prosecuted.- Swiss committee, acted as chairman of the conference,
In Italy I saw nets, traps and various cages used to and C. le Maistre of Great Britain acted as vice-
catch small song birds for food. There is a vast traffic chairman.
in the bodies of these little songsters in that country. In
Rome I saw in cages small birds whose eyes had been THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH
blinded by red hot irons on the theory that in their dark- ASSOCIATION
ness they would sing better and thus prove more effective
THE American Public Health Association extends
decoys in alluring other feathered friends to destruction.
to the public health profession and others interested
Our International organization is now in effective
a cordial
operation in the United States, Canada, Australia, invitation to attend its fifty-second annual
Nor-
way, England, Holland, Luxemburg, France and Italy. in Boston, from October 8 to 11. Head-
meeting,
Other countries have recently been invited to unite with quarters will be at the Copley-Plaza Hotel.
the movement, and action by them may be expected soon. The annual meetings are always important events
Members of the committee in the different countries are and the meeting this year is of more than usual in-
formed into national sections which deal especially with terest since it ends the first twelve months of the new
bird protective problems distinctly national in their program adopted as a result of the association's re-
scope.
organization in 1922. Two general sessions and
Everywhere I went in Europe our plan was received
twenty-six meetings of the scientific sessions will be
most cordially.
held this year. In addition, many trips of technical
and general interest have been planned in historic
INDUSTRIAL STANDARDIZATION
Boston as part of the entertainment and educational
WE learn from The Electrical World that an un- program. On Monday evening, October 8, the formal
official conference of the secretaries of various stand- opening session will be followed by a reception. On
ardizing organizations was held early in July at Wednesday evening, October 10, Sir Thomas Oliver,
Zurich, Switzerland. This was the second conference the distinguished English industrial hygienist, and Dr.
of its kind held, the first conference having taken George E. Vincent, president of the Rockefeller Foun-
place in London in April, 1921. At that conference dation, will address the second general session. The
the secretaries of seven standardizing organizations scientific program, embracing all branches of public
were present, whereas at the Zurich conference secre- health, will be held according to sections as follows:
taries from thirteen different countries were present.Public Health Administration; Laboratory, Sanitary
These included representatives from Austria, Bel- Engineering, Vital Statistics, Child Hygiene, Food
gium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, and Drugs, Industrial Hygiene, Public Health Nurs-
Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, ing, Health Education and Publicity.
Switzerland and the United States. Among the subjects scheduled for discussion are
The conference, which lasted from July 3 topapers Julyon food inspection, growth of children, full-
6, was given over to a discussion of the practical time health officers, mental hygiene in the school pro-
application of standards in the various countries and gram, nutrition work, the effect of so-called moonshine
of the extent to which international collaboration is liquors, standards for school house construction and

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200 SCIENCE [VOL. LVIII, No. 1498

sanitation,
sanitation, epidemiology,
epidemiology,
better birth
better
registration,
birth pend,
pend, areare the
or- registration, the
or-primary
primaryobjects
objectsofofthethe
Lake
LakeStates
States
St
ganic
ganic heart
heartdisease,
disease,
studies on
studies
the etiology
on ofthecom- tion.
tion. of com-
etiology
mon
mon colds,
colds,waterwater
supply and
supply
purification,
and purification,
mosquito Dr.
Dr. Raphael
RaphaelZon,
mosquito Zon,of
ofthe
theForest
ForestService,
Service,is to
is to
be be
th
control, etc. director
director of ofthe
thenew
newstation.
station. Dr.
Dr.
Zon,
Zon,whowho enjoys
enjoyan
A report of the committee on municipal health de- international
internationalreputation
reputation asas
a forester,
a forester, hashas
been
been
ide
partment practice will be presented before the sec- tified
tified with
withexperiment
experimentstations
stationsfor
forthethe
past
past
twenty
twe
tion for Public Health Administration. At this time two
two years.
years. He
Hehappens,
happens,moreover,
moreover, to to
have
havea particu
a part
the announced plan for the awards to cities for dis- larly
larly wide
wide knowledge
knowledgeofof forestry
forestry in in
thethe
Great
Great
LakL
tinctive community service will be discussed. The
states.
problems of health officers in small communities willOther members of the headquarters staff of the new
be specially considered at a round-table discussion
station include Joseph Kittredge, Jr., who is now the
scheduled for Wednesday morning. The clinic on chief of the office of forest investigations in the For-
est Service, and A. J. Mitchell, a graduate of the
printed matter, which has proved valuable in past
years, will be held again this year by the Section on Michigan Agricultural College, who has worked for
Health Education and Publicity. At this clinic, sam-many years in the Lake States in connection with
ples of public health publicity will be examined andfire protection organization. H. Grossman, a gradu-
criticized by experts. Of special interest also is theate of the University of Michigan, who has had con-
report of the committee on health problems in edu- siderable experience on the National Forests in the
cation of the Section of Child Hygiene. Northwest, and A. F. Wackerman, a graduate of the
The September issue of The American Journal of University of Minnesota, complete the staff as at pres-
Public Health carries the preliminary annual meetingent formed, thus giving the new station the services
program arranged by sections, and the October jour-of men who are well acquainted with forest condi-
nal will contain additional information. Members of tions in the Lake States.
the association, traveling by rail to Boston, may se- One of the main purposes of the new Forest Ex-
cure a reduction of one fourth the regular round-tripperiment Station, which will be regional in character
rate. and which will devote its efforts to the problems of
the Lake States as a whole, will be the correlation of
THE LAKE STATES FOREST EXPERIMENT the forest research and related interests and activities
STATION so that the maximum results may be accomplished
without
THE new Lake States Forest Experiment wasteful duplication.
Station,
As one of the
as was reported here last week, is to be established at means to bring about such a correla-
St. Paul, Minnesota, in cooperation with the Minne- Service plans to organize a research
tion, the Forest
council
sota Agricultural College. The selection of in the
a site forLake States. This council will con-
sist of representatives
the new project in forestry research recently author- of the state department of for-
estry, forest for
ized by the Congress has been under consideration schools, agricultural colleges, as well as
some time. Owing to the presence of representatives
the Forest of the lumber, pulp and paper, furni-
ture and
Products Laboratory and the ease with which wood-using industries in the Lake States
coopera-
region.
tion might be effected between the new station and
It is planned
the older branch of the Forest Service, Madison, to have the council act in an advisory
Wis-
consin, was given serious thought as capacity
a site.forItthe Lake States Experiment station in
was
decided, however, that the greatest goodsuggesting
would problems
result that stand in need of solution,
and in suggesting
from the St. Paul location. The first problem to be localities where studies should be
made.be
undertaken by the experiment station will It will
the also act as a clearing house for all for-
re-
forestation of the Upper Peninsula and est
theinvestigations
northern that may be conducted in the re-
part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.gion, so that if a particular problem is already being
Although the experiment station is notstudied
to be at located
a forest school or by some state forest de-
partment,
in Madison, its staff plans to cooperate fully no attempt
with the will be made to duplicate that
study. On
authorities of the University of Wisconsin, the Con-
the contrary, such studies by the existing
agencies
servation Commission of Wisconsin and with thewill be encouraged, and the time and re-
For-
est Products Laboratory. sources of the Federal experiment station devoted to
other problems. to
It is the plan of the department of agriculture
have the Forest Experiment station do forFELLOWSHIPS
forestry IN MEDICINE OF THE
what agricultural experiment stations do for NATIONAL
farming. RESEARCH COUNCIL
To grow timber crops on idle lands unfit for agricul-
ture and to perpetuate the hardwood lumberDURING the first year of the operation of these f
supply
lowships thirty-one
upon which the great furniture and woodworking in- (31) individuals were appointe
for work inde-
dustries of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin the various fields of medicine and in d

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