The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-08

scientists. The maintenance cost Of
 this laboratory is placed at $2,5OO, 900 l to $3,000,000 annually It would be
 located on tidewater and near, but not l in, a large city.
 The scientists recommend that se-
 crecy be the governing factor at the l proposed laboratory, the area Tn
 which it is located, being surrounded l by high fence and constantly pa EtrolledS by armed guards, with visit
 ors rigidly excluded.
 1 The laboratory would be presided
 over by naval officer of high rank
 and especially fitted for the place. i Under him would be a corps of naval heads of broad experience in 1abora- 1 tory methods and science in general,
 practical as well as theoretical men. The civilian scientists would not i have these naval experts do any sea l duty at all.
 Elimination oof Red Tape.
 Under the plan recommended,
 ists, physicists and other scientists
 would be constantly engaged Each
 subhead would have his own corps of
 expert assistants, with shop facilities, and a minimum of red tape.
 The laboratory plan was devised by a committee consisting of Thomas A. Edison chairman; Dr. w. R. Whit ney, L. H. Baekeland, YR. s. Wood ward and H. E. Coffin. This commit tee was appointed by William L.. Saun- ders, second vice. hairman of the Gen eral Board. Shortly after its appoint ment this committee retired to a room of the library of the Navy Department. and Chairman Edison asked members of Secretary DanieIs's advisory coun-- ci1, consisting of the bureau heads of the Navy Department, to assist the committee. Rear Admiral Taylor, (I 1~ra1 Strauss. chief of the Bureau of Ord- nance, and other ranking naval officers went to the committee room.
 The comrnittee, assisted by the na-1 wal experts, deliberated for several hours, finally reaching a harmonious agreement on the various essential el- ements which should enter into the proposed laboratory. The laboratory was proposed by Chairman Edison. A resolution was formally adopted de- claring:
 Tt is the senese of this board that and amply sustained laboratory for re- search and development is essential for the needsaof the navy
 Vice Chairman saunders was then directed to designate a committee to work out laboratory plan which sub sequently was submitted to the board and approved by all members present.
 At the a1orning conference the newll body was permanently organized, with MT. Edison as chairman. The other ] Hewitt of New York, first. vice-chair- man; William L.. Saunders of Plain field, N. J..a second vice-chairman: Thomas Robins of Stamford, Conn, l Secretary; M. R. Hutchinson of Or ange. N. J., assistant to the chairman.
 Board to Meet Every Sixty Days.
 The Naval Consulting Board was the name chosen by the body yesterday and formally entered on the minutes of | the meeting, which has held behind | closed doors.
 A regular order of business was de- vised. which calls for meetings every | 50 days, with special meetings in times | be held in New York city the second | Wednesday in December. The hour and | place for this meeting will be an | later by Chairman Edison.
 The work of the Naval Consulting Board will be divided between 15 sub- will be selected by Vice Chairman Saunders in consultation with three | other members of the board. These se- lections will be made after car eful de liberation, with a view to having scien- lists who are best fitted to handle it assigned. to each class of work.
 A list of the subcommittee follows: Chemistry and Physics, Aeronautics including internal combination motors; | Electrical, Torpedoes and Mines. Sub marines. Ordnance and Explosives. and Communication, Trans portation. Production. Manufacture and Standardization; Ship Construc- ton. Steam Engineering and Ship Pro- Life saving Appliances. Foods and Sanitation, and Aids to ,Naviga- lon.
 The morning conference was pro- onged into the afternoon. The scIen4 lists then adjourned with Secretary Daniels to the Army and Navy club, where they were his luncheon guests. At the luncheon Secretary Danie's spoke briefly, extending to the scien- ists the thanks and appreciation of he administration for their having come to Washington N and accepted membership on the board. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt also poke. as did Vice Chairman Saunders If the board
 The scientists expressed their hearty appreciation of the courtesy shown to hem, by the secretary of the navy and lis associates, and eradication. .at fnd- ng such harmony and unity of work n the Navy Department.
 After the luncheon the board mem oefs returned to the office of Secre- ary Daniels and continued their de- iberations Chairman Edison did not cave MT. Daniels's office until a few minutes before z o'clock, when he lurried to a waiting automobile and vas rushed to the Union Station, where he boarded the o'clock train { or New York. A ajority of the 'oard members also left for their lomes last night
 There were no evidences, whatever z oday- of lack of sympathy between 2 naval experts of high rank and the t .minent scientists comprising the ci- I ilian board On the contrary, there ' vas every indication that the profes- f iona1 men of the navy will be able to I cooperate without friction with the | loted civilians. 2
 Secretary Daniels informed news 2 'aper.m that no specific recommen- $ lauons. were made by the board ex- ept that for. the esta blishment of a 2