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§ 19. Brigadier Dowson nominated as President for the period 1956—
1960 Major-General R. Ll. Brown, as Secretary-General Colonel R. T. L. Rogers
and as Treasurer Mr. J. E. Odle, who were then unanimously elected by the
General Assembly. The President announced that the Delegate Meeting had
proposed reelection of the previous Council members Janicot, Beading and
Schermerhorn and that in conformity with the Statutes one of the three Swedish
members of the Council should be elected to the new Council. The Swedish
chief delegate announced that the retiring President P. Mogensen who had
been nominated by the Delegate Meeting, had asked to withdraw, and instead
the retiring Secretary-General was proposed as member of the Council. The
General Assembly elected unanimously Mssrs. Janicot, Reading, Schermerhorn
and Fagerholm.
§ 20. The Secretary-General presented the proposal of the Delegate Meeting
for distribution of the Technical Commissions as follows:
Comm. I. remains in Prance
„ II. is taken over by Belgium from Switzerland
„ III. is taken over by Italy from Benelux
„ IV. is taken over by Switzerland from Canada but with a con
tinuation of the close and good cooperation within its Subcommis
sions.
„ V. is taken over by Germany from Italy
„ VI. remains in Austria
„ VII. remains in USA
The General Assembly decided unanimously to accept the proposal.
§ 21. The postponed question on the composition of the Committee for
revision of the Statutes was taken up again and the General Assembly
unanimously elected Mssrs. Brown, Rogers, Reading och Fagerholm.
§ 22. The President gave the floor to General R. Ll. Brown, the newly
elected President for 1956—1960. General Brown warmly thanked Mr. Mogen
sen and his collaborators for the work they had done during the past four-year
period. General Brown also expressed his satisfaction that the British invitation
for the Congress in 1960 had been accepted and assured the General Assembly
that he himself and his colleagues would make every effort to ensure the success
of the work during the next four-year period.
§ 23. The retiring President P. Mogensen thanked all the participants for
their kindness and indulgence during the Congress that would shortly come
to an end. He expressed his special gratitude to the Chairmen of Commissions
for the large amount of work they had done and finally thanked the many
voluntary helpers for their great contribution to the work.
§ 24. President Mogensen declared the VIII International Congress of
Photogrammetry closed.
Verified: Patrik Mogensen Signed: Per Olof Fagerholm
Secretary General
Appendix
Talk by Maj. Gen. R. Ll. Brown, July 23rd, 1956, Stockholm
Mr. President,
I am very greatful to you for allowing me the opportunity of speaking to the Council
and the Commission Boards about the 1960 Congress.
If, as seems probable, the Congress should take place in Great Britain, we shall need
all the cooperation we can obtain to make it a success.
Each successive Congress has differed from its predecessor, and all must now be aware
of the success that has been achieved here at Stockholm. But we must not stand still.
Our Congresses have developed step by step. I should like to outline to you, in quite
general terms, one important step forward I think we might take for the 1960 Congress,
and ask your cooperation in it.