At the Philadelphia meeting of the Society on October 24th, the Governing Board decided that there should be published, at more or less regular intervals, a bulletin, or news letter, con­taining matters of interest to the members, including brief reports of the various meetings, items of information regarding the work of the various committees, lists of members available for positions and lists of opportunities open to members. Any member who has information of the above character to put before the Society, is requested to communicate with the Secre­tary who will be glad to incorporate it in the succeeding news letter.

The responses to the circular letter sent out by President Person requesting information as to the work and desires of the members have not been as voluminous as they might be. Those members who have responded to the questions propounded in the circular letter have given some excellent ideas for further­ing the work of the· Society. If the officers are to render the best service to the Society, they must have the co-operation of the members. The fuller the responses to the questions in the circular letter, the better able will the officers be to arrange meetings and organize researches which will prove of the greatest value to the Society at large. Those who have not already done so are urged to forward the replies to the circular at the earliest possible moment.

A campaign to increase the membership of the Society should be undertaken at an early date. There are doubtless men employed in the planning departments of factories of many members who would be valuable additions to the Society. The Secretary will be glad to forward application blanks to any men whose names may be suggested to him by the members.

The Philadelphia meeting, held at the Engineers’ Club, was a great success. At the afternoon session, Mr. Frederick W. Taylor addressed the Society on the subject of the relation of the labor unions to scientific management. An abstract of Mr. Taylor’s address appears upon page 3 of this bulletin. 

Following Mr. Taylor’s address, a round-table discussion on the progress of the scientific management movement presented numerous interesting phases of scientific management. 

At the evening session, Mr. H. W. Brown of the Tabor Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa., presented an able paper upon the adap­tation of the principles of the Taylor system to the sales force of that company. Mr. Brown’s paper was illustrated with lantern slides, and together with the discussion which followed, indicated that the sales force is just as susceptible to improve­ment by the application of scientific methods as are the shop processes. A synopsis of Mr. Brown’s paper is given on page 4.