The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-08-15

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cause it gave our feet absolute as
suranee Of choosing their fighting
weather TO the discontinue Of an
adversary"
THE same source also reveals that
L the Navy tested the new system
in several cruises and in nonstop
airplane flights. Two Of the big
| gest air transport lines routed their
| planes by the same method. The
close tieup between the aviation
! companies and the military services
made this inevitable Besides, ex-
cept for special refnements in
technique, the method could not be
kept an absolute secret, since 1t is
employed in the Scandinavian coun-
tries and to some extent m the
Soviet Union.
Both the Army and Navy are
using air-maSs analysis, not only
for weather foreeasting, but for dis
covering the most favorable at
mospheric conditions for firing big
guns. 1t Is known that air con-
ditions have a decided effect on the
range and accuracy Of heavy artil-
lery fire.
DR.. Willis r. Gregg. head Of the
U. s. Weather Bureau. believes that
within five years there will be two
great weather networks IN the
world, one covering the northern,
and the other, the southern hemi-
sphere. These would incorporate
all the national weather systems
into an international system, sup
plying the whole world with neces~
sary climatic information What
ever progress may be made in this
direction will be destroyed the
moment new imperialist war is
launched This important devel-
opment towards accurate weather
forecasting, and regional atmos-
pheric control could probably go
far toward preventing drought and
food stricken areas-if all scien-
tific advance under capitalism we're
not bound up with destruction. The
full benefits and potentialities Of
this discovery, as is the case with
so many others, will come only I'M
der socialism.
A DrOughty August Predicted
The rest of August will be hot
and dry in the central drought re-
gions, according to Charles D.
Reed, senior meterorologist of the
Des Moines Weather Bureau. Suf-
fering crops and livestock do not
have particularly consoling pros
pect for relief.
1t Is becoming more and mora
evident that the criminal agrieul-
tural policies of the Roosevelt re-
gime are responsible for the human
suffering and the crop losses (Which
will run far higher than the gov
ernment's estimate of $1,000 900 COO.
The administration has minimized
the ravages Of the drought from
the start. Most of the suffering
could have been avoided by prompt
large-scale actions but the A. A.
A., like the drought, the ohinch-
bug and the boil weevil, is the
enemy of the poor and tenant
farmer, since destruction, and not
relief, is its major objective.
Scientific Dignity
Bourgeois scientists like to pirate
about scientific dignity" which they
claim is outraged" in the Soviet
Union, where workers attend scien-
tific congresses. The best answer
to this bit of fluff is contained in
the story that the first Weather
Forecasters' Convention, sponsored
by L. Bamberger & Co., will dis
cuss sun-spot magnetic cycles and
other weather theories in relation
to "the- planning of retail merchan-
disingp The New York Herald
Tribune says that obviously it
would be helpful for a department.
store, when buying skis, fur coats
and wooden mittens in August, to
know whether the following Janu-
airy was to be a month Of billiards
or mild and temperate"
1t is dignified for q scientist to
devote his life to finding out
whether Park Avenue will wear silk
or wooden panties next winter, or to
advertise that Dromedary Cigarettes
give you scientific pickup" But
it is ''undignified" to devote your
| scientific energies to building new
society