Abstract :
AS THIS ISSUS goes to press, AIEE has just had the distressing experience of having to cancel a General Meeting. Plans and announcements for the 1958 Fall General Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., had all been made. Some 255 papers, the largest number of papers ever presented at a Fall meeting, had been scheduled. Two major medals were to be presented. Panel discussions on timely subjects had been arranged. Several programs were built around the theme of the Bicentennial of the host city, and its civic and research achievements. A record registration was anticipated. Then, on October 1, the employees of the five major hotels in Pittsburgh went out on strike; practically paralyzing the convention facilities of the city.
