National Inventors and Engineers Commission, Hearings Before a Subcommittee ..., on S. 2078 ..., January 19, 1942 |
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Page 43 - ... of the military academy at West Point and the naval academy at Annapolis, and giving members of Congress another excuse for neglecting their proper legislative functions to busy themselves with patronage.
Page 23 - States in the promotion of education along particular lines. I could go into the details, but shall not at this time. I want to call the attention of the committee, if I may, to the first and most important feature of the bill, and that is the establishment of a department of education. I should like, in doing so, to give a brief review of the history of the various executive departments.
Page 1 - UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS, Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 am, in the committee room, Capitol Building, Senator Elbert D. Thomas, of Utah, presiding.
Page 45 - It is based on a study of the work which has been and is being done by the...
Page 46 - The Senate Committee on Military Affairs, the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, the House Committee on Military Affairs, and the House Committee on Naval Affairs. The...
Page 40 - Any individual, firm, or corporation may submit to the board for Its action any design, whether patented or unpatented, for aircraft, aircraft parts, or aeronautical accessories. The board shall refer any design so submitted to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics for Its recommendation. If and when the committee makes a favorable recommendation to the board in respect of the design, the board shall then proceed to determine whether the use of the design by the Government is desirable...
Page 49 - National inventors and engineers commission. Hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate, Seventy-seventh Congress, second session, on S.
Page 46 - ... with the clerk of the House of Representatives within thirty days after the...
Page 5 - Council you will be authorized to constitute such special committees of inventors, scientists, and industrial specialists as may be needed for particular activities. I feel that in the present exigency, as never before in the life of this country, we should muster American inventive genius in the cause of national welfare, defense, and security.
Page 8 - National Inventors Council The National Inventors Council was created in August 1940, by the Secretary of Commerce with the concurrence of the President of the United States, to...