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SENATE 

Calendar No. 

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MAUDE P GRESHAM 

MAT 10, 1937 -Ordered to be printed 

539 

REPOlrl' 

No 1528 

Mr. W.u.eH, from the Comnuttee on Naval Aft'aU'B, 11ub1111tted the 

followmg 

REPORT 

[To aocompany 8. 1"83) 

The Co11UIUttee on Na val Aft'aU'B, to whom 11."llS referred the bill 

(S 1453) for the rehef-of Maude P Gl'CBhnm, ha,·ing OOllllldered the - ilime, report favorably thereon, with amendment, alid, aa amended, 

reaomm8Dd that the bill do pa111 

Amend the bill aa follo11r"B 

Page 1, bnea 6 to 8 mclU&lve, atnlce out the following 

Navy, out. al an7 mone7 Int.be Treuury not. ot.honr1811ap_proprlated,t.he1111m ol 

111,000 In full 811t.t.lemcmt. fort.be lat.e Coinmandm WllUam F Grmbam.11 lnvent.lon 

wbloh bu. 

• And msert m heu thereof the follOWIDg" 

Navy, t.he 1111m al SS,760 and to Agn111 M DrflOoU t.he 1Um of 16,2601 out. of an.r monc)· In t.ho Trouury not. ot.horwllo approprl~ u.ld 11111111 t.o bo In full &nil 

eomplot.c IOt.tlcmcnt. ol all claim. b'\ mid ~ lllt. tho Unit.eel Stat.al arlllng from t.ho ln\-ont.lon ol t.he late ~m Wllllam JI' Ol"Olham whloh l&ld 

Invention bu. 

Amend the titJe of the bill ao u to read 

A bDl for tho rellal or Maude P Grmham, and for at.her purpo.eL 

The purpo118 of the bill 18 to pay to tho widow of tho lato Commander 

W'illULID. F Grellham, Umted Sto.toa Navyhthe sum of 18,750 and to 

Ap.ea M Dnsooll the sum of 16,250 m fu and complete settlement 

of all clallDll b_y said ~- apmst the United Statea ~ from the 

mvenbon of tho late Commander W'tlhnm F Greah.nm which bu boon 

aooeptod by the Nav1 Department for use 1n oonnecbon Wlth navol 

oommumcataon facnbtiea 

The hill was mtroducod at the l'l'l9uest of the Navy_ Department 

Tho Department stat.ea that tho hill IS m ncconl \\'1th the program of 

tho Pl'CSldent and mvolvea an 11dcht10nal cost to the Government of 

116 000 dommandor Groaham mvented a device that ~tl,r 1ncl'CIUK'd the 

eflimency of an unportont psrt of the nu.vu! commumr.a.bon scruoo 

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Th18 deut'e \\"ll& of such o. &e<"rot nod confid<'nhnl nature, and or sut"h 

1m1k•rt.nntc to th<' Xutmnnl dofonsc, thnt thl' Nn,.,. Dep11rtmont confisCntoo it for th<' e:ll.dU!U\e m1e of the Nawy and provonteid Commander Gresham from ohtummg o potent thel'l'On If thll\ 1mcntlon 

ha.d hrl'n pnteotrd its URrfulnrM~ would ban o been dl'Stroycd, u.s 1t 

W'ould th<'n bu' e lt0en 01>rn to lmbbc mspoct1on 

Prior to Jus dl'oth, Commun< er Grt>Rluun n-<1ul"Btecl that he he t"ompensntccl for lua 1m ent1on m the amount of 830,000 l 'pon rere1pt 

of hlB l"l'<IUl'Rt the Set"retary or the Xo\-y romencd a honnl or three 

officcl'B to ret'Omllll'nd the amount of rompensohon to bo pu1d to 

Commander Grl'Bhom The hoard found, after t"url'ful compunaon 

of Commander Gl'l'Shom's 1m·ent10n with eurher and sumlor dov1Cl'B, 

that 1t greatly mcreu.sccl the effimeno'• of on nnport.nnt comJ>C?nent 

port of the na,·al t'ommumcat1011 senlce and that $15,000 v:ould be 

a fair compensnbon therefor 

The Knvy Depnrtml'nt has rt'<'ently rondncted a further mvestigatlon mto the matter nnd IS of the opnnon that Commnncler Gresham 

was the sole ID\ entor of tho do' 1t'e, hut that the Cunclamental cryJ>tograph10 pnnc1rlos "h1t'h the mo.ch1De "as .designed to empl~ probably 

\\&a conce1\ec by llrs Dnsooll and d1SClosed hy her to Commander 

Gresham The t'Omm1ttee JS therefore of tht> opnuon that Mrs 

Dnscoll'a nghts ancl 1Dtl'l'l'8ts ID the ID\ ention are auhstantially equal 

to those of Commander Oreshum and that she 18 entitled to n fa\1r 

percentago or any t'Ompenaabon '\\h1ch may he granted to Mrs 

Gresham The committee, therefore, !'N"Ommends an amemlment 

grnnt1Dg !\Ira Gresham the sum of $8,i50 and Mrs Dnscoll the sum 

of &;6,250 

Pa'\"ment ·of t'Ompt'nsntion ID bke amount to Co.pt Rusaell Wilaon, 

Un1t<:d ~totes :\'ft\y1 for 1111 1mentlon 11h1t"h clunng the Worl<l War 

'\llr'DB the baBIS of the Navy's system or secret conunuo1cntJ0011, WDB 

author1zec:l an<l chJ"C('tec.l hy the art of Juno 13, 1035 

The committee has mspected this 1Dnntion and believes that 1t 18 of 

groat' aluP to the Go\ emment m t'onnect.Jon with the secret communiont1on Cn.c1ht1ca of the '\a''Y and 18 of tho op1D1on that, although tho 

'\"11lue of th1R ID\ ent10n to the Oovemml'lnt cannot he measured m 

dollars and rents, $15,000 11 a fair compenant1on therefor. 

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