time ▁secretary , ▁Morris ▁L le wel lyn ▁Co oke , ▁and ▁replaced ▁him ▁with ▁Cal vin ▁W . ▁R ice . ▁His ▁ten ure ▁as ▁president ▁was ▁trouble - rid den ▁and ▁marked ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁internal ▁diss ension ▁within ▁the ▁AS ME ▁during ▁the ▁Progress ive ▁Age . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁Taylor ▁collected ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁his ▁articles ▁into ▁a ▁book - length ▁manuscript , ▁which ▁he ▁submitted ▁to ▁the ▁AS ME ▁for ▁publication . ▁The ▁AS ME ▁formed ▁an ▁ad ▁h oc ▁committee ▁to ▁review ▁the ▁text . ▁The ▁committee ▁included ▁Taylor ▁al lies ▁such ▁as ▁James ▁Map es ▁D odge ▁and ▁Henry ▁R . ▁Tow ne . ▁The ▁committee ▁deleg ated ▁the ▁report ▁to ▁the ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Mach in ist , ▁Leon ▁P . ▁Al ford . ▁Al ford ▁was ▁a ▁critic ▁of ▁the ▁Taylor ▁system ▁and ▁his ▁report ▁was ▁negative . ▁The ▁committee ▁modified ▁the ▁report ▁slightly , ▁but ▁accepted ▁Al ford ' s ▁recommendation ▁not ▁to ▁publish ▁Taylor ' s ▁book . ▁Taylor ▁an gr ily ▁with d rew ▁the ▁book ▁and ▁published ▁Princi ples ▁without ▁AS ME ▁appro val . ▁Taylor ▁published ▁the ▁trade ▁book ▁himself ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 2 . ▁ ▁Taylor ' s ▁influence ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁ ▁Carl ▁G . ▁Bar th ▁helped ▁Taylor ▁to ▁develop ▁speed - and - feed - calcul ating ▁slide ▁rules ▁to ▁a ▁previously ▁unknown ▁level ▁of ▁useful ness . ▁Similar ▁a ids ▁are ▁still ▁used