Architect and engineer . nal Building Conference as the result ofa meeting held recently at the Hotel Blackstone,Chicago. Fenton B. Turck Jr, chairman, explainedthat the National Building Survey Conference hadcome into being as a temporary organization only,hut before the meeting adjourned it seemed to bethe concensus of those present that a more permanentorganization should be set up to formulate a nationalplan of action. It was decided that this organization should beso constituted that it would be representative of alltlie varying interests within the sphere of constructionand building. The


Architect and engineer . nal Building Conference as the result ofa meeting held recently at the Hotel Blackstone,Chicago. Fenton B. Turck Jr, chairman, explainedthat the National Building Survey Conference hadcome into being as a temporary organization only,hut before the meeting adjourned it seemed to bethe concensus of those present that a more permanentorganization should be set up to formulate a nationalplan of action. It was decided that this organization should beso constituted that it would be representative of alltlie varying interests within the sphere of constructionand building. The personnel of this committee inaddition to Mr. Turck, consists of Dr. Wilson Comp-ton, secretary-manager, the National Lumber Man-ufacturers Association; Ernest A. Hale, president,United States League of Building and Loan Associa-tions ; Leonard Rcaume, president. National Associa-tion of Real Estate Boards; Benjamin Afflick, pres-ident, ITniversal Atlas Portland Cement, and Wil- June, 1930 The ARCHITECT and ENGINEER 129. CABOTSQUILT Made to Lap—Easily Laid—Wont Rot or Burn—Vermin Proof—Sound, Heat and Cold Proof. In these Radio. Phonogreiphand Player Piano days,Sound-deadenini/ is an ab-solute necessity. Soundproofed Apartmentsare easy to rent The most important item in Apartment Houseconstruction, next to safety and ventilation, issound proof floors and partitions. Cabots quilt has solved the problem of sound-proofing in hundreds of Apartments, Schools, andMusic Studios, and is nationally recogni2,ed as themost efficient sound deadener and insulator on themarket. GUNN, CARLE & CO., Ltd. 444 Market Street San Francisco SU tter 2720


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