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— a THE MARINE REVIEW August, 1916 " & \ jal o =} 4] a 0 =} yo \\ vd \\ oe \L i: @! *, asia E V/ ¢, = (og a UT | TRS“ ii AMIN cic “il A MO: : = ==NO = SS SN 2 Es & = ra ra rs i) = ra Business and Patriotism A Non-partisan Appeal to the Nation THE WHITE HOUSE Washington April 21, 1916. To the Business Men of America: I bespeak your cordial co-operation in the patriotic service under- taken by the engineers and chemists of this country under the direction of the Industrial Preparedness Committee of the Naval Consulting Board of the United States, The confidential industrial inventory you are asked to supply is intended for the exclusive benefit of the War and Navy Departments, and will be used in organizing the industrial resources for the public ' service in national defense. At my request, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Amer- ican Institute of Mining Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Amer- ican Chemical Society are gratuitously assisting the Naval Consulting Board in the work of collecting this data, and I confidently ask your earnest support in the interest of the people and government of the United States. Eb Ye oho. COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS : OF . NAVAL CONSULTING BOARD OF THE UNITED STATES IN CO-OPERATION WITH The American Society of Civil Engineers The American Society of Mechanical Engineers The American Institute of Mining Engineers The American Institute of Electrical Engineers The American Chemical Society ENGINEERING SOCIETIES BUILDING pes es ee! ties. by ne ASSOCIATED 29 WEST 39th STREET, - NEW YORK . and published free by this nde big roe “acc eae A Please mention THE Marine Review when writing to Advertisers