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thus placed at our disposal assure closer and closer association between 

 the English-speaking races, new spice is added to life and bonds of 

 friendship materially strengthened. I rejoice that our two institutions 

 can combine in the future even more effectively than in the past and 

 that this is the outcome of the splendid work done in one of the 

 branches of our own profession. I will now resume my chairmanship 

 and call upon Dr. Jewett to speak. 



Dr. Jewett: Mr. Chairman, Mr. Gherardi, and fellow members of 

 the Institution of Electrical Engineers and of the American Institute 

 of Electrical Engineers: The opportunity which this occasion offers of 

 addressing jointly two widely separated groups of engineers whom, in 

 times past, I have addressed vis-a-vis in London and New York, 

 affords me the liveliest satisfaction. 



I am gratified to participate in an event which marks both a notable 

 advance in electrical communication and a pioneer demonstration of a 

 wider use for electrical communication. 



I am frankly pleased that, in common with numerous associates on 

 both sides of the Atlantic, it has been my good fortune to play a part 

 in the development work which has made this occasion possible. 



Col. Purves and Mr. Gherardi will remember, and the rest of you 

 will be interested to know, that in London more than a year ago, when 

 we were engaged in final considerations preliminary to the opening of 

 commercial transatlantic telephony, we discussed the details of just 

 such a meeting as this. That our discussion should have been serious 

 and not a pleasant mental diversion at a time when the channels of 

 communications were not in operation is a striking evidence of the 

 sound basis which underlies present-day electrical engineering. The 

 fact that we saw and appraised the many obstacles to be overcome did 

 not in the least diminish the assurance with which we talked of and 

 planned for a distant event. 



While therefore the present occasion is highly gratifying to the 

 engineers whose work has made it possible, it is in no sense a surprise. 



The success of this occasion is significant also in that it is the 

 tangible evidence of a cooperation both intimate and full between men 

 so situated as to make cooperation difficult. On behalf of my associ- 

 ates in America, I salute our associates in England. 



Chairman Page: It is now Colonel Purves' turn to speak. 



Colonel Purves: Mr. President, Mr. Gherardi, Dr. Jewett and 

 gentlemen: It is an honour and a privilege to be associated with this 

 notable event, which, one can justly feel, is breaking new ground in 

 the advance of nations towards closer relationship. It is a great thing 

 that two large assemblies, separated by wide expanses of ocean, can 



