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 514 THE SCIENTIFIC MONTHLY

��THE PROGRESS OP SCIENCE

THE OBQANIZATION OF INDUS- used under the anspieee of the Nstiona]

TBY AND OF SCIENTIFIC Academy of Scienees. Some forty mem-

BE8EABCH hen have been appointed with Dr.

In the United States, as weU a. in ^'8« 5, ^ ^^^ «' ^ >**• «,... v'xi.A :» W ilBon Solar ObBenratory, as ehairman.

England step, are bemg taken t^ard ^^ ^ Hutehin«m, «eWta^

a more effective orffanization of indna- x, n • -a ^^

^ ., , • i. .fl 1. A n 1 * ^® Engmeermg Foundation, as aecre-

trial and scientific work. A Council of. ^ t\ t t n _j_ v ^

__ ^., _ - X 1.,. V ^ 1. *v ^^'J* "^d I^'- J* J- Carty» chief engi-

National Defense was estabUflhed bj the ^ xv a m i v ^j

^ ^,, ^ .^ . "^ . neer of the American Telephone and

congress at the dose of its session and „, ,^, ^. , ^ ..

^^ .,, ^ , ^. Telegraph Company, as chairman of the

the president has now announced the ^ .._ -Z, a • i

t. . «, . executive committee. Special com-

appointment of an advisory commission ^^^^ ^^^ ,^^ appointed to report

to consirt of Daniel WiUard, president ^^ ^^^^^^^^ j^ educational institations,

of the Baltimore and Ohio BaJroad; „„ ^^ p,omotion of industrial research.

Samuel Gompers, president of theAmer- ^^ ^ ^^.^^ ^^^^ ^, ^^^ ^ ^

wan Federation of Labor; 1^. Frsakkn ^^^, ^^ ^ j^^^^^ ^^^^^^^

H. Martin, of Chicago; Howard B. i, fortunate in having brought together Coffin, of Detroit; Bernard Baruch, of. , .. j. ,.

New iork; Holli. Godfrey, of PhUa^el- I'T^f *^**'. T*^^^ ""

, ' ,. ^ ,, - ^^. tory research, men in the industries, in

phuL and Julius Bosenwald, of Chicago. ^^^ ^^,^ti j. o,, ^,^^1 founda-

With these appouitments the prea- ^.^^ ^nd in the government service, dent gave out a statement in which he ^^^j, ^^^ ^^^^ consulting Board w«

s&id *

thus have three advisory councils or

The Council of National Defense has committees appointed under government

been created because the congress has auspices with a view to "prepared-

realized that the country is best pre- ,, j^ ^^ nMflid«iit RfciiLi^tK«

pared for war when thoroughly prepared ^^^' f^ ^® president states tbe

for peace. From an economic point of country is best prepared for war when

view there is now very little difference thoroughly prepared for peace," and

between the machinery required for ^ ^^,^i^ probably be wise for the Be-

commercial eflolciency and that required. i^ ., ji. v -kt ^. i a ^

for military purposes. In both cases search CouncU of the NaUonal Academy

the whole industrial mechanism must be to abandon the direct reference to war

organized in the most effective way. under which it was created and to con-

Upon this conception of the national ^^ ^^ ^q^^ ^ improving the condi-

welfare the council is organized, in the ^. ., . . . ^.jT^ ,

words of the act, for "the creation of ^lons under which scientific research can

relations which will render possible in be undertaken in this country, more

time of need the immediate concentra- especially in the direction of establiah-

tion and utilization of the resources of ^ ^ ^^^^ relations between workers

the nation." The organization of the . *, „, ,. ...

council likewise opens up a new and m the so-called "pure" sciences and in

direct channel of communication and co- the industries.

operation between business and scien- in Great Britain the first «t«Ti«Al re-

in addition, become a rallying point for Council for Scientific and Industrial Ee- civic bodies working for the national search has been issued. The main body defense. of the report is supplied by the advisory

At the same time the National Be- council of the committee, of which Sir search Council, to the plans for which William McCormick is chairman. After attention was called in the September a brief account of the existing instita- issue of the Monthly, has been organ- tions for the scientific study of trade

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