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THE subject of the annual conference of the Textile Institute, to be held at Buxton during June 2-5, will be "The Organisation of the Textile Industry". Among the authors of papers are Sir William Palmer (chairman, British Rayon Federation), Dr. F. C. Toy and Dr. D. W. Hill (British Cotton Industry Research Association) and Prof. A. N. Shimmin and Prof. A. J. Brown (University of Leeds). The Institute will also discuss its own role in the organisation of the industry at the opening session on June 2, when chairmen of its various committees will describe the work of their sections and their plans for the future, dealing in particular with education, standardization, publication, co-ordination, liaison and the status of the textile technologist. Foreign visitors to the conference include B. Hellmann and Dr. Zoltan Szaloki, who are to present a paper on "Textile Planning and Modernization in Czechoslovakia". Mr. Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, has agreed to address the conference on June 2.
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Textile Institute : Annual Conference. Nature 161, 842 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161842b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161842b0