The Washington herald., 1921-12-10
NEED NATIONAL
STANDARDIZATION
OF MATERIALS
F e deral Specifications
Board Heralded as
Basic Project.

CALENDAR DECEMBER 10 1871.
aCosts. their nature. their dete-ut-
nation and their importance. an
address by Prof. william NJ. Cole
of Harvard University. under 'au-
spices of the Bureau Of Markets
and Crop Estimates Of the DE-.
partment of Agriculture. National
Museum Auditorium. today. noon.
"From Cape 20 Cairo" an nIustra,-
ed lecture. by DR.. II. J.. Shantz. o.
the Bureau Of Plant Industry. in
terror Building. tonight. o'clock
Auspices OF scientific-tcchnicst se,-
tion. Federal Employee Union
No. 2
TIME FOR CO-oPERATIoN OF
GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY.
Now is q particularly opDo-+uns
time for the launching n national
Standardization program and er'en-
sive cooperation between government
and industry. A. a. Stevenson chair
man American Engineering Standard
Committee. said at the meeting Of m.
local section OF the American society
of Mechanical Engineers IasL night
The United States loy.rnni.u. :.
probably the largest purchase Of ma
terials in the world o. aad 81.
maintains an unrivslled group ~ To-
search organizations. The ono object
OF which is TO further tho lovcioD-
ment OF our industries.
"A recent event OF unr=ual i74f51r.-
ance was the organization 81 lie
Federal Specifications E1arl rn~ tho
purpose OF unifyinE tho sp-cir!raffars
for all purchases 70 Do made Iy 70
government, military - --I a- non
military. This board has Iesr char. d
with the duty OF compiling and ad-rf-
ing standard speciricat.0as ru- .r,s-
terlalS and services. and b-in-lrs
specifications into harmony with trs
best commercial practice wherever
conditions permit. ir order - gfl41ar
the field OF supply. II common .ta..1-
ards are arrived at Tor the -oyrrr-
ment and the industries 4 The s,cur-
try, might IL not be adyauts -cuus 10
have a common agency cnar-e1 With
the dutv OF determining what r1s'.-
rails and services do meet rrHrr.,,
the standards adopted J. is under
stood that in al least two OF tho most
important industries 81 IN. -rg-t-v
plans are now unGe- Consideration
for the establishment 81 such "a c4r0-
mon bureau NJ l1eDecfic1.
a national s:a16a-dIza-scr mo-
gram means almost unlimited -Eyznt-
age 10 the mauufac' G-er in cr.ar.cr-
ing the processes % production IN
stsbilizinE his market. 70 The dis
tributor in clarifying and si-rrliryin-
his problems. and 10 the ultimate
consumer by lesSsuin- costs and ax-
peoiatinE deliveries with whom the
government as a purchase b. 10 be
included. and 10 Tho government as "a
body Of great research agencies hy
selling the results q its rgSaafghag 10
industries On return FOR an increased
prestige with the general pub r. AL
an increased support from iuiI-tr,
Standardization viii he'~ retain
our foreign trade and meet ken COM
petition from abroad In ho'r G-.-f
Britain and Germany national sianI-
a-cization iS being carried on ln.sr-
sively Tho German Industries are
carrying our a far O.. fchIrc r-a-l..rn
OF standardization as a ...rrsSarv Stau
In building nap an unrra. .9yrt,l l--
cu~,rial structure which must ret $50
large measure ON an extensive for. -r
trade. IL Is beng woven very fr.r.-
mately into 'la industrial (. Hrrr uF
IN" couutry under the cuid1re. a. ar
organization which functions vary.
much like iiaC American f-u-.rn.-r r..
Standards HonU0Ittc.. In r. uFE
5000 German industrial firms are
cooperating