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of his record. This organization has a long and honorable rec- 

 ord back of it of usefulness, of real accomplishments, and the 

 future, of course, will be largely what you make it, so far as 

 that is concerned, and if we continue to hew to the line in the 

 future as we have in the past, and take care of these things as 

 they come up, and look after them in a businesslike way, as we 

 have tried to do in the past, we will continue to make progress. 

 And right here I would just like to say, along with Mr. Weaver, 

 that I don't think there is anvthing that has attended more to 

 the wellbeing of this association and the promotion of it, and to 

 give it, boys, a prestige among the people of the country and 

 the nation, than the fact that we have just attended strictly to 

 our own business. We knew what we wanted before we went 

 after it, and then we stayed by it until we got results. We 

 didn't play to the galleries very much in any spectacular way ; 

 we haven't been an organization of that sort ; we have simply 

 sawed wood, and we have got a splendid record of results to 

 show for the work we have done. 



Now, whether I stay with you or whether I don't, as I say, 

 I don't think it makes very much difference, personally, but the 

 main thing is for you folks to see that your organization is main- 

 tained in a high state of efficiency and keep right along the line 

 that you have been following, and you need have no fear of the 

 future. I thank you ! (Applause.) 



Adjournment. 



FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1920. 



Convention convened at 9:30 a. m. 



The Chairman : Now, gentlemen, if you will come to order 

 we will proceed with our program. 



The first number on the program this morning is Mr. Owen 

 L. Coon, of Chicago, on Railroad Claims. Mr. Coon had some 

 correspondence with Mr. Wallace during the fall and at a meet- 

 ing of the executive board Mr. Coon was selected to look after 

 the claims for members of the association who might desire it. 

 Now, that doesn't necessarily mean, of course, that there is any- 

 thing compulsory about it. 



