Proceedings of Eighth Annual Meeting 7 



great problems. Had you been in this room the other day and heard 

 the complaints of the leaders of industry of the country, you would 

 have found that they all referred in a- very emphatic manner to the 

 lack of sympathy of the people, the apathy of the people. 



You will have to do the work and get your credit, reward and 

 glory in spite of the apathy. On reading the papers the last 

 few days I find that the hospitals all over the country suf- 

 fer the same way. On Tuesday I was in Philadelphia and went 

 through one of the greatest hospitals in the country, Jefferson. And 

 one of the questions I asked particularly was, "How much sympathy 

 and support do you get from the public ?" The answer was, "Little 

 or none." Nevertheless, that does not deter them from carrying on 

 their great work and doing all they can to make it a success. You 

 will have to do the same thing until you triumph, and you are going 

 to triumph. 



Atlantic City is with you, Atlantic County is with you, the Board 

 of Freeholders are always ready to respond generously to your 

 requests ; and when you finally triumph and when you bring about 

 this great result, a mosquitoless state, you will get your reward for 

 all the work you have done. 



I wish you success in your convention ; I hope you may find a few 

 Mr. Reileys here in Atlantic County to help you out, and I hope that 

 your stay here may be pleasant and you will go away feeling that 

 Atlantic City is the place to come again for your next convention. 

 (Applause). 



President Rider : I think we all appreciate the words extended 

 to us by the Mayor through Mr. McNamee. I don't know how it 

 is with Dr. Darnall and the rest of us people who have been workers 

 in this enterprise; for so many years, but the Vice-President and the 

 President feel, as the saying seems to come to me, "Some men are 

 born great, some achieve greatness, as in Dr. Darnall's case, for 

 instance, others have greatness thrust upon them," like the Vice- 

 President and myself. 



We are very glad to have these words of welcome and we appre- 

 ciate them very highly and thank the Mayor for them. 



We will now proceed to the appointment of three committees :— 



Committee on Nominations — William E. Darnall, of Atlantic; 

 Lewis Brown, of Bergen; William Porter, of Cape May; Ralph 

 Hunt, of Essex; H. H. Brinkerhotf, of Hudson; William Warn, 

 of Monmouth; Robert F. Engle, of Ocean; Walter Hudson, of 

 Passaic; W. R. Randolph, of Union. 



