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WILLIAM Z. GARDNER President N APRIL 1923 a small group of men, all engaged in the marine in- dustry in various capacities, meet- ing informally at luncheon as_ was their custom for social reasons, con- ceived the idea of enlarging these meet- ings to include others engaged in similar work. As a result the Propeller Club of the Port of New York was organized. It is perfectly natural that men of mutual interests should find it pleasant and mentally stimulating to meet at luncheon from time to time for an interchange of ideas and_ to hear talks on important problems of the industry by men especially quali- fied by training and experience. That this was recognized from the start, is clear by the statement of the object of the club contained in its constitu- tion, which is, to promote sociability and to develop a fraternal spirit among marine men, to present engineering, architectural and other information of benfit to the industry and to further and support an American merchant marine manned by Americans. The club has grown. Its popularity and standing has steadily increased and at the present time there are 244 members about evenly divided accord- ing to their business affiliations, into the following three classifications: Executives of steamship companies, naval architects and marine engineers, shipbuilders and marine equipment manufacturers. The speakers who have addressed the club at noonday: luncheons during the past year are men of authoritative knowledge and experience and a num- ber of them are outstanding figures in the marine industry, such as Alfred Gilbert Smith, head of the American Steamship Owners association and president of the Ward Line, Frank C. Munson president of the Munson EDWARD A. COLSON Vice President Steamship Lines, R. H. M. Robinson, president of the United American Lines Capt. Walter MacFarland, a leader in the councils of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Sir George ‘Hunter, the well known Eng- lish shipbuilder, William Francis Gibbs the naval architect responsible for the rebuilding of the Leviathan and Dr. Ernest \Foerster prominent Ger- man naval architect. These luncheons have all been without exception, dis- tinctly interesting and worth while. The speech by Alfred Gilbert Smith on the United States navigation laws was a particularly striking and force- ful presentation of the steamship owners attitude toward these laws. The evident earnestness and sincerity of the speaker made what he _ said of the greatest interest. He expressed the conviction that an over burden- Propeller Club 0 New York Starts Third Year Officers Elected some multiplicity of laws, and con- flicts of the rules of one department with another, and the mandatory nature and lack of discriminatory power by responsible officers, have lead to many costly cases of litigation between the government and steamship companies. Admiral Palmer spoke March 19, At this meeting a report was received from W. L. Bunker, chairman of the special elections committee to the ef- fect that the following officers and members of the board of governors had been eleced to office: W. Z. Gardner, president, E. A. Colson, vice president, Lynn W. Nones, treasurer and. H. 'M..'Wick;: secretary; and T.. J. Smith,. R. By Ransom, W.-C: Gray, L. W.. Nones, E. W. Roberts; C. Story. Jr. R: Fo Wilson; D.: 1... Meee Feggans and H. M. Wick, members of the board of governors. HAROLD M. WICK Secretary 157 LYNN W. NONES Treasurer