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Congress, is to the effect that most of the people attending the Commission 
VII symposia are interested not in overall techniques, only moderately interest 
ed in equipment, but are highly interested in how photo-interpretation can help 
in their professional speciality. 
For example, they want to know how photos can be used by the photo 
interpreter in forestry, in highway engineering and so on. I think that with 
this exception, the proposal by General Hurault, and that as read here, are not 
incompatible. But it is very definitely my opinion, as that of many of the other 
Commission VII participants at this World Congress, that it would be a mis 
take to abandon treatment of specific techniques on a profession by profession 
basis in future Commission VII meetings. 
President Reading: If understood correctly, these two different wordings 
are not directly opposed. Rather, they are advisory to the new officers and 
new Council. It is very difficult to foresee the development of so new an art 
and science as photointerpretation. We all know that one cannot grab ideas 
from the air or pull them out of a hat as the magicians do rabbits. We must go 
to the experts to find out what they want, and we exchange our experiences 
with them so that they may help us. That is, of course, the function of our 
society. 
Therefore, I think we may safely leave this question to the new officers 
and the Council for guidance as the views of two very eminent gentlemen who 
have worked hard in their fields. The circumstances as they develop during the 
next four years will also be their guide. 
It was agreed that the divergent views be made available to future Com 
mission VII officers and the resolutions were adopted by unanimous consent. 
President Reading: There are two other matters that were discussed at the 
delegate meeting for the guidance of the new officers and Council. One of 
them concerned a point in the wording of the statutes, a situation has arisen in 
Britain where two fine societies applied simultaneously for membership in the 
International Society. After consideration of this in the delegate meeting, a 
tentative proposal to amend the statutes with the general purpose of allowing 
the various types of members and societies of any nation to sit as a unit in the 
meeting of the International Society, and vote according to the total number 
of members on which dues are paid, would be made clear without question. 
However, this matter might cause inconvenience to certain nations who have 
organized their status and method of operation, strictly in accordance with the 
statues as they now stand. 
There was not sufficient time in this Congress to resolve the question of 
the best procedure in regard to the statue. Therefore, the action of your dele 
gate meeting was to refer the proposed wording to the new Council and Offi 
cers, with the request that the matter be brought to vote at the next delegate 
meeting, and that in the meantime they should proceed on the understanding 
that the representation from each nation shall be determined in accordance 
with the wishes of that nation and is not the direct business of the International 
Society. 
There is a second proposal that applies to all Commissions, that papers of 
a general descriptive nature be limited to abstract presentation, only, and that 
a certain percentage of time be demanded for discussion. 
There was a general feeling that too much time is spent in reading papers