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has, as you have probably learned, been highly honored during his visit to Japan, being deco- 
rated with the Order of the Rising Sun, Third Class. He was also a guest of many of the 
technical societies and delivered a number of addresses. His radio was sent when he was near 
Honolulu on his way home and we expect him here about November 20. 
As some of you gentlemen will recall, we were notified some time ago of a meeting com- 
memorating the 25th Anniversary of the foundation of the Japanese Society of Naval Archi- 
tects. Some of our members contributed papers for that meeting, including Mr. Sperry, 
and he attended the meeting. We took advantage of his going to send greetings to the Japa- 
nese Society of Naval Architects, in a rather more formal way than simply writing a letter. 
We prepared words of greeting which were gotten out in a nicely illuminated form, and 
they were taken by Mr. Sperry to be presented by him in person to the president of the So- 
ciety. This radiogram from him shows that they were very much appreciated. 
The first paper on the program is one by Mr. Elmer A. Sperry, E. D., a Member of the 
Society, and is entitled “Automatic Steering.” It will be read by Mr. Mills, the chief en- 
gineer of the Sperry Company, and I want to call attention to the notice on the bulletin in 
regard to the presentation of papers and the discussion following, which is to the effect that 
members are expected not to take more than twenty minutes in presentation of the paper 
and not more than ten minutes in discussion. 
Mr. Mills then presented the paper. After the reading of the paper and in conjunction 
therewith, he showed various slides. 
