The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-16

men, to inventors we would have accel-
Grated the development OF both the aero
plane and the submarine to a higher
degree thar both these instruments OF
war are to-day.
Take the submarine and the aero
plane. They are inventions which
very few men Of wealth care to risk
shsir capital in financing. only nations
buy submarines. Very few persons buy
aeroplanes and from a commercial view
point they are not successful. They
are essentially things which the Gov
eminent should take over and develop.
Cor the Government needs them In the
tint of war. We have no standard type
of aeroplane. The Government goes on
buying Il few aeroplanes here and a few
there. hoping that eventually there will
be perfected an aeroplane on which the
experts can agree AS "A standard. With
the submarine you have the gas en-
Rine. for here the question of motive
power is most important.
The plan for the iavsl board has
received praise from all ever the coun-
t"y. am receiving hundreds OF let
tiers telling me o. the things that IL
Can accomplish. ] am going over them
carefully.
Tells Of Lakes Case.
"One letter whi,h IL specially Illus
trative was sen, ne a few days ago
b. Mr.. Seymour. former Commissioned
OF Patents. He srote me about the
manner In which Mr.. Lai-s Not his first
Patent for the submarine The examiner
IN the Patent Once had dismissed Mr..
Lakes application and finally Mr.. Lake
vent to Mr.. Seymour and argued his
case so clearly and emrhatically that
NJ. Seymour believed r, had n splendid
Flea. MIR. Seymour pc, sonally issued
Mr. Lake a patent.
when I came ii'o office I found that
Mr.. Lake was behind In his contracts
and was on the point of breaking them.
had a personal tllk with him and gave
rim more time on hiA contracts. I
visited Mr.. Lakes hhnkers and got an
extension Of time for hin and In addi-
ton gave Mr.. Like more contracts.
Tn situation was " vital Importance to
the country. We had only one other
firm beside Lakes manufacturing sub
marines and We could not afford to have
Lake go under.
That illustration only serves to show
how important it Is to the country to
have such a board as we are now or
ganizing. We must be In a position to
take over ideas OF inventors, try them
out In our laboratories and protect them.
The one big problem that confronts the
board just as soon as IL Is organized will
be the question OF motive power for both
the aeroplane and the submarine and to
that we will devote our time specially.
when we have got under way and
have big ideas that we wish to develop
We can go to Congress and ask for
money and get it,"
Mr.. Daniels and his naval aid ar
rived from Washington in Newark at
7:45 o'clock this evening. They were
met at the train by Mr.. Hutchinson and
his father. ". =. Hutchison. The
four men were driven to NJ. Hutchi-
sons home In Lie wellyn Park After
dinner, about $40 o'clock. the Secre-
tary. Commander Wurtsbaugh and Mr..
Hutchison went to Glenmont. whef
they were received by Mr.. and Mrs.
Edison. The Secretary and Mr.. Edison
posed for fiashlight pictures and then
about 10 o'clock went into conference.
MIR. Edison greeted the reporters with
a hearty handshake and n smile. He
declined to say "a word about the plans
of the new board. referring all ques-
lions to Secretary Daniels.
The Secretary and his aid left on a
midnight train for Washington.