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MR. WHITMORE. 
ADDRESS OF WELCOME 
George D. Whitmore, 
President American Society of Photogrammetry. 
Mr. Program Director, members and guests of the Seventh International 
Congress and Exposition of Phctogrammetry, particularly the visitors from 
other countries. 
As President of the American Society of Photogrammetry it is my pleasure 
to bring to you the greetings of our Society, and welcome you to the United 
States and this meeting. We of the American Society of Photogrammetry are 
proud indeed of our opportunity to be host to our distinguished colleagues 
from other countries. 
We want you to know that the several hundred members of our Society 
who will be attending the meetings of this Congress are all anxious to help 
entertain you. Our principal objective at this time is to be of service to you, 
the delegates and visitors at this meeting. 
Our American Society can truly be said to be a very close relative of the 
International Society of Photogrammetry. Eighteen years ago the organizing 
group of the American Society gained a large measure of inspiration from some 
copies of the Archives of the International Society that were brought to the 
organization meeting, which incidentally took place in the home of your presi 
dent, Captain O. S. Reading. Since the date of its organization, in 1934, the 
American Society of Photogrammetry has maintained an unbroken affiliation 
with the International Society of Photogrammetry, except for the enforced 
break during the years of World War II. 
We of the American Society are convinced that one of the important 
means of giving the utmost in service to our members and to the public is 
through our association with the International Society of Photogrammetry. 
This association, by adding a fresh outlook on common problems, keeps us 
from acquiring the stateness that comes with self-sufficiency. We are glad of 
our association with the International Society-for it is a two-way arrangement 
in which we give and receive in equal measure. 
We hope that white you are in Washington you will find time to visit 
some of our governmental mapping agencies. They are all looking forward to 
your visits. They are anxious to have an opportunity to demonstrate their 
special instruments and techniques to you, but most important of all, they 
want to become better acquainted with you. We suspect also that our United 
States people hope to add to their knowledge through these direct conferences 
with our distinguished colleagues from other lands. If it happens that there 
is not time for this during the period of the meetings, we hope you will be 
able to extend your stay in Washington long enough to visit several of our 
governmental offices after the meetings have been concluded. 
We hope also that you will be able to extend your stay in the United 
States long enough to visit some of our many establishments that are located 
away from Washington. Most of the private-practice organizations that specia 
lize in various phases of photogrammetry and map-making would be delighted