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SPEECH OF GENERAL L. HURAULT AT THE CLOSING DINNER 
OF THE VII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF 
PHOTOGRAMMETRY. 
I have a very pleasant task to perform. It is to express, in the names of all 
the delegates from many nations, who have come here to Washington from so 
many parts of the world, our hearty thanks to the organisers of this Congress. 
The way in which they have carried out their task has been beyond praise. We 
all know very well the great difficulties that have to be overcome in preparing 
and ensuring the success of an enterprise of this kind, more especially as the 
members of the Congress, because of the very variety of their inherited habits 
of outlook, custom, speech, and even modes of thought, are often apt to be 
very demanding and very inclined to criticism. All these difficulties our hosts 
have overcome magnificently. 
They have accorded us, as the setting for our meetings and demonstra 
tions, this luxurious Shoreham Hotel where we have found every technical con 
venience and creature comfort in surroundings of the greatest elegance. They 
have organised the technical work most methodically and run it to a close-knit 
timetable which, surprising enough, has been closely adhered to. They have, 
for the first time in our Congress, brought into operation a system of direct 
translation into many languages for all the papers and technical discussions, 
which has been geatly appreciated and has performed a most valuable service 
to all of us, thanks to the skill and professional competence of those who acted 
as interpreters both the gentlemen and the ladies, although we often put them 
to a severe test with the peculiar grimness of our subject’s vocabulary. 
Our hosts have also mitigated the severity of our work by pleasant excur 
sions and social gatherings which have shown us the beauties of this capital city 
and have given us opportunities for making personal friendships among the 
photogrammetrists of all nations. We should reflect upon the great amount of 
devoted and disinterested work given over many months, not only by our 
President Mr. O. S. Reading and his staff, but also by the large number of per 
sons who have carried out the humbler duties. It has long been Mr. Reading’s 
hope that this Congress might be held in the United States of America and 
that, in spite of certain pessimistic prognostications, a goodly number of Euro 
peans might cross the Atlantic to attend it. The presence of nearly 200 mem 
bers from outside America confirms the unprecedented success of the enter 
prise and is the reward of Captain Reading’s determination. 
The task of our Secretary General, Mr. E. S. Massie, has been immense and 
we know that it is far from ended since he has still to edit and publish the new 
volume of the Archives Internationales de Photogrammetrie. 
I think we must also offer our hearty congratulations to our Treasurer, 
Mr. W. C. Cude, who has managed the funds of the International Society so 
well that they have reached a record figure. We must also not forget Mr. Ray 
Smart, the Director of the Programme who has carried out tasks both onerous 
and delicate with goodhumoured and tireless energy. While congratulating the 
Director of the Programme we must also not forget to thank the 90 people 
who have worked under him; the interpreters, the organisers of the exhibition, 
the various services operated in the Green Room; publicity, information, those