The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-16

vvtsI he. q raesraeer of the advisory board of civilian inventors and en- xtaeers. which is being established by Secretary Josephus Daniels
 This is kbeaieSed certain as result of the glowing tribute paid MT Lake bvi Secretary Daniels yesterday when J1fs told of the value the Brtdgep ort t inventor has been to his nation and how ld3zle it was appreciated until re- : cently On4y4 t14zse of four men will be- on the board with Thomas A. E2di- son. the. chairman. a signal honor for Bradgeport$as we'll as Mir. Lake
 Hcidennally, Congressxnan Jeremiah DcuoNsan. duzang the ssrd Congress, saved Lakes genius from being lost 4o tf1is4 countEy and being enlisted in the seuv1ce aofs some other nation lie hca1Ied SEhe attentdon of Secretary Dan 1ele tos LakH,s work. brought him to BrAd ger5o4t, iand the result was orders for Ndade-int Brddg submarines.
 Secretary Dxaiels declared that if taxis cozraruy had had before such a bosaxd as. is now planned, with men Iil1e4 Ialkss thesUntted States would De far aheada Of azry country in submarine
 C1rzflle vyaizht, simon Lake and HenrY L. Ford are ceruain of being rn6rnbnrs of the Eboard. With Edison, ssEz1e wizard at the head of the body composed of an aeroplane expert a
 
 @anancter. 1t is expected the nation will receive great benefits
 Secretary Daniels told of receiving a letter a few days ago from ex-CoTn- missioner of Patents Seymour, who told D6r Dau1sls how, when he had been commissioner. simon Lake had te4erad for patent his first submarine 4dea- The patent had been d1sproved until MT Lake called on the cornanis- efouer. explained his ideas, and con- their biIAty Then he got his patent
 s4Ehex became secretary Of the nary Axr Daniels continued. sI found thaf. nFr Lake was behind on his con tracts for submarine building TOT tne ro#ern4ne41t, and was on the point or haxaxrupfcy I believe in helping all ana5eukors and in doing all can to en- eo1Arase them. So gave Mir. Lake an ezsens4on of his contracts and 2 went 4e Hridgeport and saw MT. Lake & him nalore backing and then, to enable them to do this, gave hfzn more con fracts kfor submarine constructions
 At that time there were only two concerns in the United States ouildlng submarines for the government, the Lake people and the Holland people If II hadn't helped Lake we would have lost one of our two submarine plants.
 Secretary Daniels conferred for more than two hours last night in the home. . J. on the personnue1 of the advisory boa-1 Of civilian inventors and en- g1neers Mfr Edison will head this board. which will work in conjunction with existing official bureaus for the iYrfproverneilt of the United States navy IncidentalIysi 1t will aid the ar my too, where it's engineering prob lenns and those, of the navy are closely allied as in the aeropIanes.
 MT. Daniels returned to Washing Tlra- ac6 to make public fhe names of the men who are to work withsNIr Edison, say ing he must reserve this announce n1ent until after his return to the Navy Department in Washington
 He spoke extensively of his plans however, fntimatiag that the board probably would be restricted to four or five men, and those who heard this. departed satisfied in the belief that MT Edison would have as confreress certainly Orville Wright, the master Of aviation; Henry l.. Ford, the man ufacturing genius, and Simon Lake, inventor Of the sulornaTine-
 The secretary left Was1dng gton at o'clock in the afternoon, accompanied by his aid,s Lieut.. Commander David W Wurtsbaugh. They were met in Newark by MT. Hutchinson, an of hcial of the Edison Co. and dined at his home reaching MT. Edsson's home at 9:40 o'clock Secretary Daniels and the inventor Event into what might be called secret session at once, and remained in conference un- til it was time for Mir. Daniels to has ten to his train
 Before joining MT. Edison, the Sec retary explained fihis inability to make public the names of MT Edison's con freres last night, saying:
 ssAll of the members, however, will be men so well known that no one will have to say, on learning a name, Who is 5Fe!' II shall, discuss the mat and the men we select will be nation ally and internationally famous.
 The next war will be fought by machinery and, ,by men of brains. They say we have millions of men and q mint of money But we need more than that. We need machinery and we need skill
 I believe in preparedness for war that is in scientific preparedness, so my idea. in creating this board is to try. to bring about a. mobilization of the brains of the country to mobilize the inventive gen1uses Of the coun- try. want to get together the men who si1ave devoted their lives to science, to use the genius and skill of these men for the benefit of the United Stat es.
 sT want to help these men develop fheir inventive faculties. My idea is to have a board of only a few men, probably just four or five, but men whose names are known everywhere, the very leaders in their professions.
 Mr. Edison is the only one select ed positively so far, and I am going to get his opinion and his suggestions before selecting the others. The members Of this board will keep in touch with the scientists who are not so well known believe that when the board shall have been se- 1ected and shall have got down to work. and we shall have comm enced to get results. that then this country will be in a state of defense such as neither thas nor any other nation has eyer before known.