โ Scribed by Henry Butler
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A special meeting of The Franklin Institute was held at 4 o'clock in Franklin Hall. "l'h~. Franklin Institute, Mr. Charles S. Redding, President, presiding.
After the playing of the National Anthem by Lieutenant Guy Marriner, Mr. Redding extended greetings to members, employees and friends of The Franklin Institute as follou s: "This is a special and very signiticant meeting of The Franklin Institute. I am ver\ happy to welcome our distinguished guests, our members and friends. This afternoon The Franklin Institute is to be honored for the outstanding work done within its walls in ilu. field of Ordnance Research and Engineering. We are taking part in an historic occasion i~ the annals of the Institute--an occasion signifying the continuing aml outstanding vahw ~1 The Franklin Institute to our country and its scientific progress.
"The man who has led the Institute and its staff in the prosecution of the job of linding solutions to the problems which it has been called upon to solve is our Secretary and Director, I)r. Henry Butler Allen. He has done a fine job in superimposing upon our regular lnslilnle and Museum activities the organizing and directing of the war work which has been and is being clone here. His value to the war effort of our country has been recognized by the National Defense Research Committee, commonly known as the N.I).R.C., by lhe Ordnance. Department of the United States Army, and by other government agencies. In carrying on this extra work he has had the hearty backing of the Officers and Board of Managers of lh~, Institute and of the staff, and I desire to take this opportunity of expressing our appreciation of his work, which has brought to the Institute the honor we are aboul to receiw,.
" It is our cuslom at meetings of the Institute to call upon Dr. Allen for a report and I am particularly happy today to continue that custom and to ask him lo tell us somethin~ about the Institute's activities during these war years. You will, of course, realize that hi~ remarks must be quite general, as most of the work which has been done here is of lhe characler commonly termed 'hush-hush.'"
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