Show PRINCE A REAL ENGINEER editor salt lake mining an review it is with much surprise that we have read an ill advised article appearing in the editorial section of your issue of february containing b certain facetious 5 cements regarding Ag prince gelasio ca caetana etani present italian ambassador at washinton washington ton and his engineering b b ability your comments are so in harmonius with facts that we are impelled to call your attention to the gross injustice of athe article those of us who knew gelasio caetana in his capacity in this country prior to the war knew him only as a man and an engineer successful through his own personality and technical achievements we had no suspicion of his position or title in his country he was a technical graduate he started at the bottom and become a member of the firm of birch caetana and hershey of san francisco where he did most practical and thorough consulting engineering work this engineering association and the examples of his work indicate his ability one of us had the pleasure of listening to prince Cae castanis Caetan tanis rs recent address before the american institute of mining engineers in new york the address to which your article refers and can state that the men members ibers did listen with rapt attention it is seldom that a man casts aside his inherited advantages and makes good by standing squarely upon his feet when he does as in this case he merits and in most instances receives the hearty approval of the american public prince catani needs no defense beyond the facts he is a god engineer he has a wonderful war record he occupies a most important post in washington b and the expressed general opinion is that italy made the happiest choice of the age in choosing him ambassador to the united states yours very truly G T HANSEN ERNEST GAYFORD salt lake city march 16 1923 |