Brief Notes on the German Contributors

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AUFHXUSER, S., of Berlin. Member of the National Economic Council. Was engaged in various commercial and industrial establishments, and did great deal of work in the trade and auxiliary societies. Now business manager of the association of technical and office employes and of the employment society of the workmen's union of free laborers, which he founded and which represents union of all free labor organizations. The free labor organizations have especially fought for the Betriebsrdte (workmen's councils) and supported the general strike against Kapp in March, 1920. BONN, M. J. Ph.D., of Berlin. Until recently, director of the College of Commerce and at the same time professor in the University of Munich. Now professor in the College of Commerce in Berlin. Author of various standard works concerning Ireland. Well-known in America, having been connected with the University of California in 1914-16, and also with the Universities of Wisconsin and Cornell. He was member of the German Delegations at Versailles and at Spa. BRUCK, W. F., Ph.D., of Giessen. Professor of Political Economy in the University of Giessen. Recognized authority on the cotton and textile industry. Was sent in 1911-13 as a fiber expert by the German government on an expedition of study to Java, the Philippines, British India, and German East Africa. FEHLINGER, HANS, of Munich. By trade, bookbinder. An author, and collaborator in numerous trade and industrial periodicals. Before the war he was connected with American industrial organizations and labored for the Union of International Industrial Relations. HERBIG, ERNST, Bergrat, of Essen. Doctor of Jurisprudence and Doctor of Philosophy. Member of the Board of Directors of the Rhenish-Westphalian Coal Syndicate, one of the largest coalmining companies in Germany. Visited the United States in 1911 for the purpose of studying the mining industry of the state of Washington. HORTENS, ALFONS, of Berlin. Mining assessor, recently elected State Commissioner for examination of war companies and member of the City Building Council in Greater Berlin. Twenty years ago he spent some time in America studying conditions in the Joplin District. Engaged for six years in the Prussian mining industry. Supervised the construction of the electric power plant for the government mines on the Saar River. Under his direction, as first responsible director, furnaces, steel mills, cement mills and workmen's colonies in Hagendingen were developed during this period. During the war he directed the operation of the Brieg iron mining district occupied by the Germans, and also of the requisitioned de Wendel furnaces and steel mills. After the Revolution, he wrote an article on Socialization and Reconstruction, which outlined totally new suggestions for socialization in German economic life and attracted considerable attention among the laboring population. In broad outline, the article herein contains the fundamental suggestions made in the former article. HUBER, DR., of Munich. Administrative official in Bavaria, in foreign administrative service 1896-1900 and 1906-17; ad interim, Department of the Interior as municipal and medical director. Honorary doctorate, University of Munich. Acting plenipotentiary from Bavaria in the Imperial Council, Ministerial Director and Bavarian State Counsellor, October, 1916April, 1920. Secretary of State in the National Administration of Food and Agriculture, April, 1920.-. LAPORTE, DR. WALTHER DE. Assistant in the seminar of politics and insurance,