Milford chronicle., 1940-07-12
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PARADE OF INVENTIONS
PARADE OF INVENTIONS
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The American patent system is ex-
actly $50 years old. The law was ap-
proved by that first great self-starter,
President George Washington.
For $50 years the Patent System
has encouraged the genius OF hun
dreds OF thousands of inventors" !"
said Conway p COe, Commissioner
OF Patents, In announcing the fact
that "industrialists and scientists
from all parts Of the nation are CO.
operating in presenting one Of the
most interesting industrial exhibits
ever shown in the Nations Capital" I"
And what show it was-almOst like
bringing together the prize exhibits
Of the New York and San Francisco
Worlds Fairs.
President George Washington new
er dreamed that communication with
its speed Of 6 miles an hour would in
$50 years eneircle the world in a
minute by radio, or that transporta-
tiOn would quit depending on horses
and be replaced by railroads, auto
mobiles, ships and airplanes. Elec-
tricity. chemistry and science have
done so many things that they are
now at the front in the Parade Of In
ventions
Self-starter George Washington
created the greatest democratic gov
eTnment in the history of the world.
A century and a half later the ad-
vance of science and inventions and
chronological gains were being in
vestigated by the Federal Govern
ment. Charles F. Kettering, who in
vented the self-starter, was called to
give expert testimony before the
Temporary National Economic Com
mittee. He denied that the modern
machine is to blame for unemploy-
ment in industry He even exOnerat-
ed laundering politics, and mis-steps
in economics. He declared that re-
search and invention are going too
slow, have fallen behind with pro |
jects"-which are what we lack.
1T is up to US fellows in industry
and in the laboratories to provide
these projects" he added.
In the program Of events Of that !
week Mr.. Kettering presided as
chairman Of the Patent Office Sesqui- |
centennial celebration. There was a
great dinner gathering of leading sci
entists, Industrial executives and
statesmen and they ate food desig- !
mated by queer synthetic-names. Self
starter Kettering was welcomed as
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the Ma
tional Press Club, the leading organ
ization Of newspaper men in the
world. Several hundred newspaper
men and their guests thereby gave
recognition to Kettering. /
as Americas outstanding inventor, |
81 a time when he was picked by the |
as chairman Of the Ses- !
His achievements in
the new Diesel engines used by rail-
roads. and his developments Of the
modern automobile, electric refriger-
alton, air conditioning, improved mo-
tor fuel, and other discoveries and in
Yentions that have added to the con-
reniences and comforts of America
are we'll known to the people of our
The Parade of Inventions brought
Ogether great groups of leading cit
Zens from all parts of the nation.
All OF them denied the political
,harge that labor-saving machinery
lisplaces labor. They spoke with
and pride concerning de-
cnse Of new industries and technO-
ogical gains accomplished through
Electricity, motors, chemistry and
abor-saving machinery that have
reated dozens of Jobs for everyone
hat has lost their place in the Pa
ade OF Inventions.