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oD Se oe on en ie er eae Can en ee No. definite action, however, was taken regarding the handling of lake trade during 1919. It is probable that a meeting will be held before the opening of the season at which , the question of conducting the work of the mobilization committee will be considered. Set Low Accident Record E. C. Collins, chairman of the wel- fare committee of the association, and A. W. “Thomson, H. K. Oakes and Cj, Peck, members, of: the. com- mittee in charge of its various activ- ities,. presented reports showing the progress of the work. Mr. Collins emphasized that during 1918 no deaths had occurred from navigating disasters. The year marked the estab- lishment of the lowest accident rate in the 10 years the plan has been in effect. He pointed out the severe conditions that prevailed last year owing to the inroads made by the transfer of men to the coast and en- listments in the army and navy. Last year 8000 less men were shipped than in 1916. Mr. Collins in discussing the work done under the welfare plan, including those phases which were dropped on the recommendation of the shipping board, pointed out that 161,000 men had put their names on the continuous service record. This was a record of 16,000 men a year, while the average annual needs were about 11,000. Recommendations were made _ by the association’s industrial committee and by the committee on aids to navigation. These included changes designed to increase safety in naviga- tion, as well as improvements on Re JE annual meeting ot the Great I Lakes Protective association held at Detroit, on Friday, Jan. 17, brought out with renewed em- phasis, the importance of the work done by this organization in increas- ing the safety of vessel operations cn the lakes. The report of the of- ficers, covering operations for 1918, was as the advisory committee em- phasized, a “most unfavorable” one. It served to draw attention forcibly, however, to conditions which. for- merly were more prevalent but which the association has done much to correct. J. S. Ashley, chairman of the ad- visory committee, who presented the report, drew attention to the generally favorable conditions under which ves- sels operated in 1918. These included ort of THE MARINE REVIEW Board of Directors FSS ASHLEY ea eee Cleveland Pe COMDY:. oi iene eee Te Cleveland John Mitchell. .....665... Cleveland i De AGOUE is cea <e Cleveland WAC Richardson. 333 s: Cleveland Wetae Becker 2. Sat wes Cleveland Walton H. McGean...... Cleveland Ae FLATUCN St ee eae Cleveland PEER OQORGE say ees Cleveland Geo. M. Steinbrenner..... Cleveland Pio Te ONO Oy: Gor tees Cleveland Fe BUVt OR AYCRS eye. Cleveland A GN SPOMUTE es Sars Cleveland Sonn. eo RON is aa ve Cleveland A BR. SS CRN GID ER es Cleveland Cu Canpeld sores as Cleveland Chas; Oo TERMS iss Cleveland WM. . Walhams os fem. 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The removal of the pressure of war demand, coupled with the fact that repairs from now on can be made with greater freedom and ‘probably at reduced costs, en- couraged the committee to predict a return to normal conditions. At the same time attention was drawn to the belief that a better result in operation could have been secured during 1918. Members of the asso- ciation were urged to call the at- tention of the masters before the March, 1919 board the ships operating on the lakes. William Livingstone was re-elected president of the association. J. A. Ashley was re-elected vice president; Harvey D. Goulder was_ re-elected general counsel, and George A. Marr was re-electe1 secretary and elected at the same time to the position of treasurer to succeed the late . Capt George P. McKay. A. R. Rumsey was again chosen chief commissioner, Nominationse were made by a com- mittee including C. C. Canfield, R. D. Mitchell, G. B. Houseman, H. K. Oakes; J.. B. Ayres, J.c PT. Kelly anc W. D. Becker George A. Marr, C.J: Peck and George H. Warner, all of Cleveland, were elected members of the board of directors. C. D. Dyer, Pittsburgh, was chosen a member of the execu- tive committee succeeding the late Capt. DD. Sullivan, “Chicago “Capt. W. C. Richardson was chosen to suc- ceed Capt. William Mitchell on the committee. The other members of the committee are William Living- stone, chairman, J. S. Ashley, Harry Coulby, H. S. Wilkinson, G. A. Tom- linson and C. L. Hutchinson. Discuss Problems o: Future The annual meeting was held on ‘Thursday evening with President Liv- ingstone serving as toastmaster, a number of the members and invited guests giving short talks. In these ad- dresses, as well as in various discussions which developed during the course of the day’s sessions, emphasis was re- peatedly placed on the newest concep- tions of the relations between employers and employes, as well as on the pros- pects for an American merchant marine’ rrotective Association opening of the 1919 season to the seriousness of the losses last year and the dangers that result from in- cautious navigation. Only 26 out of an, estimated total of 189 accidents in 1918 had been adjusted at the time of the meeting, so that an exact figure on the total loss could not be presented. An esti- mate was made showing a loss of $67,335.51 in operation for the season of: 1918: > This inctuded <a. total of contributions from all sources of $405,418.51 offset by expenses, claims paid and estimated, of $472,754.02. Changes have been made in the provision controlling rates for post season sailings so that such trips now practically are an extension of: the navigation season, allowing addi- tional sailings up to Dec. 5 at 0.5