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HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS

UNITED STATES SENATE

SEVENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2721

A BILL TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGICAL
MOBILIZATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

79214

OCTOBER 13, 21, 22, 27
NOVEMBER 17 AND 18, 1942

VOLUME 1

Printed for the use of the Committee on Military Affairs

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SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITS

Number and summary of exhibits

Appears on page

1

2

345

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7

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S. 2721, 77th Cong., 2d sess., a bill to establish an office of
technological mobilization

Statement by Senator James E. Murray concerning impor-
tance of technological mobilization to American small
business

List of technical groups within the Federal Government_
List of technical functions of selected Government agencies.
Statement of Robert C. Brown, Jr., Consulting Director of
the Technical Development Section of the War Produc-
tion Board, Chicago region, re mobilization of Nation's
technical forces and submitting proposed plan of regional
and national organization...

Translation of an article from Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift,
Dec. 12, 1940, entitled "Electro Technicians in the War as
Helpers in the Technical Commands".

Letter, dated Oct. 22, 1942, from Leonard Carmichael, Di-
rector, National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Per-
sonnel, to Senator Harley M. Kilgore, submitting state-
ment summarizing the operations and scope of the Na-
tional Roster

Statement of Hiram W. Sheridan, airplane pilot and inven-
tor, in support of S. 2721..

List of appropriations for certain technical and research
agencies of the U. S. Government for the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1943.

1-4

7

10-12 23-26

56-66

90-98

133-152

163-172

173-195

10

Statutes creating certain research agencies of the U. S. Gov

ernment

195-205

11

12

Additional statement by Lyman Chalkley, Head Economic
Analyst in the Industrial Engineering Division of the
Board of Economic Warfare on technology and the eco-
nomics of total war...

Additional statements on S. 2721 as follows:

1. Prof. Robert S. Lynd, graduate faculty of political
science, Columbia University, New York, N. Y..
2. Carl Dreher, Haines Falls, N. Y.

3. Carl Degenhardt, merchandise research depart-
ment, Butler Bros., Chicago, Ill.

4. Harry Grundfest, national secretary, American
Association of Scientific Workers, New York,
N. Y

5. John J. O'Neill, science editor, 209 North Long
Beach Avenue, Freeport, Long Island, N. Y.

6. Dan H. Brown, Brown Engineering Corporation,
Chicago, Ill. -

7. Dr. C. I. Reed, professor of physiology, University
of Illinois college of medicine--

8. Paul Harrison, president, Velocity Steam Systems,
540 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill_ _ _

9. Statement of T. N. Wynne, Manager, Production
Branch, War Production Board, Chicago, Ill...
10. Franz Neumann, consultant, Board of Economic
Warfare..

11. Kurt Edward Rosinger, 314 North George Mason
Drive, Arlington, Va..

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Correspondence submitted by Leonard Arthur Peto, vice
president and general manager, Canadian Car & Foundry
Co., Ltd., Montreal, Canada re submission of designs and
offers to produce aircraft for the United States Air Forces 259-269
Brochure on aircraft production published by Canadian Car
& Foundry Co., Ltd., which is on file with the committee_
Supplementary statement of Leonard Arthur Peto, vice
president and general manager, Canadian Car & Foundry
Co., Ltd., Montreal, Canada, re S. 2721...
Additional statement of Robert C. Brown, Jr., re difficul-
ties encountered by individuals who try to make technical
knowledge available to government_

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