May, 1955

Vol. 11, No.5 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION 01 THE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA New Draft Law May Exempt Engineers Air Cargo Is Vital Designed To Conserve To World Economy Scaentific Manpower Commercial air transport has be­ Written Especially for PLANES come so routine to the industry of By Th e Honorable Carl Hinshaw the nation that its tremendous eco­ Member of Congress from California nomic impact upon the wealth and heal th not only of the United States, ... ~- -- but the world at large, seldom is If this nation and th e freedom of noticed. the world are to survive in this a <>e Air delivery of parts, equipment, of peril, then the alarmin rr shorta:e m edicine, food and other supplies of scientific manpower in "'the ranks has saved millions of dollars and of United States industry must be countless lives because of the speed eliminated. and economy of air transportation. The creation of modern weapons For many years American ma­ for defense, air power in particular chinery has been used all over the is a gigantic and complex operation' world and sometimes in some pretty that once having gained momentum' r emote corners. No piece of ma­ cannot be aborted without incalcul: chinery, whether automobile or bull able waste of irretrievable time. dozer, is better than its parts and Yet today, we are falling behind Russia in the production of scientists these, no matter how well built, wear and engineers. Our schools and uni­ and give way under the strain of versities have not met the need so constant use. One of the world's largest con­ it is imperative that we pr e se rv~ to struction companies employing 400 ONE in ten employees of a typical aircraft manufacturer the utmost our present supply. men on a tunnel construction in is an engineer. These men and women represent 33 differ­ But, tragically, interpretation of Ven ezu ela was faced with a $10,000 ent engineering skills and the combined experience of more our present Selective Service system per day loss when a chain broke on than 9,000 years in aircraft development. forces those charged with its admin­ one of its huge machines. istration to threaten the very secur­ Nearest replacement for the part 'PLANES' ity of our homeland. In their inter­ was in Denver, Colorado. By surface pretation of the Universal Military transportation the 300-pound chain Training and Service Act, they must could be obtained in two weeks for implacably demand the induction of $34. Shipping the part by air was Fighter Aircraft May Soon Be Able young scientific manpower, knowing $130.4·0, but it saved tl~ e constructio,n full well they may be already en­ company $100,000 m workmen s To Convert To Fuel Tanker Role gaged in research and development I critical to the defense of th e nation. time. New methods of aerial refu eling, tanker planes and in-flight refu eling Air Cargo Vital to Middle East once limited to strategic and tactical operations of several planes. Today, W h o Le(l(ls in Air l'rogress operations of Air Force and Navy, ho wever, to complement this stra­ In another instance a part, no big­ Mu ch speculation has appeared in may soo n enable sleekly leth al inter­ ael· than a foo tball, b ~ o k e in an elec­ tegic system advanced versions of th e national press as to whether the ce ptors of air defense to possess the refu eling systems permit ground ;rical r elay on a ~10I S t used tEo lift Commun ists are overtakin g us in the on a constructwn proJect. • very same fir e power and bomb carrying crews to make a tanker out of the 5 race for new and improved a irborne car . f capability form erly restricted to smallest and fastest jet fi ghter types d that the eqmpment was out o weapons. Unfor tunately, even if we o: der cost the constructi on c_o mpany some larger jet bombers. in a qu ick conversion. Several of th ese planes, so just hold our lead, we may be slip­ $Z.?00. Replacement by aJ r from The United States aircraft indus­ pin g towards defeat, because if we f · tor y to j ob took four days. If the try, seeking constantly for ways to equipped, could fan out to various sectors, rendezvo us with an individ­ should lose the cold war in which ac iacemen t had been made by sur­ increase fig hter and bomber pe r­ we are now engaged, we would have r eP transportation it would have formance to insure American aeri al ual rov ing patrol plane or inter­ ceptor, re fu el it and return to base no choice but to depend fir t and face 38 da ys . Air deli very of the supremacy, has developed jet engi ne most heavil y upon aerial superiority. t ~ k ~n part saved the constructi on performance in thrust to an incredi­ and quickl y be converted to its origi­ vJta $102 000. bly high degree. But one of th e nal mi ssion. Our existing a ir power must al­ ways be the product of research and compI aEcny uador ' an a1r· s I11pm · ent o f major problems till plaguing engine There are four basic air defense developm ent action taken years past. ~ ar ts staved off virtual starva- and a irframe manufacturers is th e operations through which this type Currently, th e Defense Deparrment sp a1e h en the only fl our in the hi gh fu el consum pti on o f the jets. of aerial re fu eling mi ght give de­ ~ill - Army, avy and Air F orce­ u on w · br oke down, leav mg only a A ty pical jet fi ghter, for example, fending j et fi ghters greater range, countrdy supply of fl our in the na­ mobility, fire power, endurance and spends just for the development and consumes fu el at th e rate of .3 99 producti on of weapons and equip­ th ree- ay gallons per hour at sea level. One economy of operation: • Maintenance of aircraft. early ment approximately $140,000 every don · ar ts to r epair the mill had of th e latest production l1ght bomb­ working minute during the yea r. T he p frorn London and, fl ow n by ers uses 2,150 gallons per hour at wa rning radar (AEW ) aircraft hun­ to com e r eached Ecuador and were sea level- more than six and one­ dreds of miles from our shorelines. Despite th is great expencliture, the air, theJ well within the three day half tons of fuel. Thi s is a formid­ • Sending j et< fi ghter-interceptors most ser.ious limitation on pro o- ress instal 1e able amount of weight lo s that fr om land or sea bases over the in our overall de fensive posiri on, ac­ limit. ' tal importance to Middle could be far betl er utilized in weap­ ocean to seek out and destroy any cordin g l.o Assistant Secretary o f Of VJ tries are Amer ican biologi­ ons carryin g. hostile aircraft detected by radar Defen e F rank ewberry, "is the £ast ~o~d pharmaceuticals. Practi- In the past, fl ight re fu eli ng has planes. scarcity of qualified rrscareh and cals S AIR CARGO, page .3) been associated, generally, with large (SPe FIGHTERS, page 3) (S er DR AFT LAW, page 4) ( ee PLANES Planes is published by the Aircraft Industries Association of America Inc. the national trade associa tion of the m anufacturers of military: tran'sport, and personal aircraft, helicopters, flyin g missiles and their accessories, instruments and components. 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MORE THAN 1'7,944,500 : O pe•·at i on Httsh AIRC 12AFT LANDIN'S AND ~~"~~ _ TAKEOFFs· WERE HANDLED Heartening reports indicate that communities throughout the entire United BY C.A.A. TOW£: RS AT States have benefit ed from the sound abatement program that has been carried on for the past three years by the aircraft industry and its many 180 AIRPORTS l-AST partners in aviation. YEAR./ It has always been the desire of the aircraft manufacturers, the aircraft operators and the military to be good neighbors wherever they have made their homes. SAVER But severe problems were created after World War II as bi g, p o w e r~ul WSI&HT transports entered air service in increasing numbers and as fast, sleek Jet A NEWTUB!:LES5 AIR- ' planes were seen in the sky in quantities for the fi rst time. PLANE TIRE IG The problem of noise is as old as time, but probably the greatest ?ilfi­ CAPABLE 0~ WITH­ culty caused by this sudden surge into the air age was that of new noises. STANDING THE SHOCK OF Mos t of these noises were created by engines that generate greater horse­ power than ever used before, by the increase in the numbers of engines of LANDINGS AT 300 MILE5 P~IZ many modern transports and by the introduction of turbojets. HOUR WITH AN IMPACT LOAD OF ABOUT 10,000 POUNDS. THES It was not necessarily that these noises were so much greater, a lthou ~h this was often the case, but they were new, ~omfa mi l i a r noises heard m TIRES SAVE UPTO 40% OF TUBE- WEIGHT ••• ' PLANES' greater frequency. And the newness of these sounds introduced problems of sound control that were new to all concerned. In isolated cases the problem of aviation-community relationship r e a ? ~ e d the straining point. The welcome mat was pulled in by several localities. There was never a lack of concern by those in the industry, but the mush­ Industry Uses Radio PLANE FACTS room growth of the airplane's popularity was greater than industry's limited knowledge of noises and so unds. To Speed Production • The electrical circuits of a typical production guided missile In 1952 an all-inclusive campaign was launched to reduce the disturbing "This is base to unit nine." are so complex that they must be aspects of aircraft in communities adjacent to manufacturing centers and checked out before delivery by an airports. "This is unit nine- go ahead, electronic brain. The device it· base." The program, which now is the broadest of any such project in Ameri can self contain s six miles of wiring, history, is sponsored by every segment of the industry, including manufac­ "Unit 333 needs a set of air bot­ 4-23 panel lights and 64-1 switch tu rers, airlines, airport operators, pilots, government agencies and the tles." positions, thus enabling an engi­ military. "Roger and out." neer to check 90 different points in the missile's mechanism at one That the efforts of these vari ed interests have proved fruitful is evidenced Radio eavesdroppers, if they co uld time. by the fact that in the past 12 months, co mplaints received on the West pick up this co nversation and others like it might believe that they were Coast-a maj or source of concern- have been red uced a repor ted 4-0 per • The "oldest passenger" car· overh earing some highly strategic cent. In the East, around such great traffi c hubs as New Yo rk and Wash­ ried recently by an airline was a military orders. In a manner of human skull estimated to be in gton, equally encouragin g results have been obtained. In the New York speakin g they would be. area, there was a drop of 30 per cent in 1954. And at Washington, reports nearly 7,000 years old. Features fell off to only six to seven a month. The co nversation is typical of of the skull, a woman's, had been more than 50 such exchanges that restored in plaster. It was un· This measure of success can be traced almost directly to the efforts and take place hourly via two-way radio earthed at J ericho last year, along sincerity of those who have participated in the sound abatement campaign. between intra-plant transportation with six other skulls. lnves ti ga· In civi l aviation, traffi c patterns have been altered to lessen the number dispatchers and delivery vehicles of ti on has produced evidence of fli ghts over congested areas, approach and take-o ff procedures have been one of the larger manufacturers of a massacre around 5,000 B.C., changed, preferen tial r unway systems have been inaugurated, groun d run-up military aircraft. from which the skulls were prob· times are held to a minimum and traini ng has been moved away fr om co m­ The manu fa cture of today's fi ght­ ably derived. munities inso far as possible. ers and bombers, despi te their pre­ ~ A P acifi c telephone compaiJY cision manufactu re and great com­ Both the military and the aircraft industry, besides confor ming to th e literally took to the air recent r plexity, is oft en based on exact pro­ when it was faced with the general fli ght agreements, invok e strict reprimands for in fractions of their ducli on line timing. And in the huge tat so und reduction regulations. The aircraft manufacturers have spent enor­ of stringin g two miles of :~ ~; spra w_ling a_ircra ft p l a n ~ s building mous sums on specially co nstructed test chambers for checking both piston phone wire across r ugged lll1 Amencan a ir power th1s is more co untry. After spottinu the po e 5 and jet engines. In addition, . certa in areas have been _ d e~ i g ~at e d for te.s t than diffi cult when considering the . " y was ·n u and the run-up of expenmental and new en o- ines 1s limited to certam on lnll tops the co mpan . s fl y1 o o fact that these great facilities often f d . I , f labon ou ·s of the day. cover hundreds of acres. ace w~t 1 . week_s o " the hoU I work strmgmg wue throu.,h In· are j ust a few of the many steps that are bein g taken to lessen the The system, estimates are, treacherous counu·y by hand. I1 will T ese of aircraft. All hands recognize that a very real problem still save more than 50,000 per year in stead they hired a h eli c opt~ r annoyance no panacea has yet been fo und, but the efforts co ntinue and the 8 . ts that . ht time and non-productive travel time which did the job in one hoUl exJs ' k bng · o f personnel for the manufacturer. time. f, ,wre l oo 5 Automatic Landing System Gives THE 3¢ AIRMAIL DOLLAR Navy Air All-Weather Capability

America's aircraft industry has rections and then sends them to a s ucceeded in giving U. S. Naval avi· device which actually directs the air­ .ation an all-weather punch in the plane into the desired fli ght pattern s uccessful development of an elec­ by radio signals. tronic device which can land a fight­ The speed of the aircraft carrier er pilot's plane on the deck of a also is electronically computed and ~ arri e r , no matter how adverse the its exact pos ition, its pitch and roll weather might be. at the instant the plane is to touch The most difficult single maneuver the deck, is calculated and trans­ performed by naval avi ators is the mitted to the plane's automatic pilot. final approach and landing of mod­ ern high- speed aircraft aboard a ~a rri e r at sea. It is a complicated U. S. Plane Quality maneuver requiring the coordinated j udgment, decision and action of Best In The World both pilot and landing signal offi cer. During periods of poor visibility­ Complex jet fi ghters, capable of rain, snow, fo g-the physical and carrying atomic bombs or fl ashing psychological demands upon both down to tree-top level for photo re­ scheduled ai • 1 make the task of "setting down" im­ connaissance at very high speeds, For every ton of mail by llla;l 11)es be­ possible. must be top quality to withstand the c~rried. th~'three-cent tween New York and Ch1cago ~n the . es more tho by air" To eliminate this problem, one of stress of modern military fli ght op­ 11 this nation s aircraft companies, aft­ erations. experiment, the U. S. Post Off1ce: rea lit. d th . $2,000 - ..,- . ce1ve , e Oirl" -- er several years work, developed an America's fi ghter and bomber m revenues. Of $2,314.00 per ton re . Illes are airborne automatic carrier landing planes are renowned the world over paid $134.66 and the balance, 94.2 per cent, rs retained by system combining both radio and for being rugged-the best that the Post Office for operating expenses. radar. It will also prove to be a money can buy. The ability of "life saver" to wounded pilots un­ American aircraft to " take it" re­ 'PLANES' able to bring down their planes in fl ects the high quality and standards any weather. of the U. S. aircraft industry. sub-assembly for perfect wo rkman­ Invisible Airplanes The first step in the system in­ A typical fighter manufacturer ship. If they find a defect, they volves the use of radar, a very pre­ employs more than 1,800 men and mark it and order it put aside for Glass airplanes may soon be ply­ cise unit which locates the aircraft women in Quality Control depart­ corrective action. in g the ai rlines. One light plane ments who work closely with engi­ to be landed. It then determines the To further check the co mpany in­ manufacturer already is building airplane's altitude and position in neering and production teams to spectors, the military services pro­ relation to the carrier deck. Speed maintain standards of quality-and vi de an inspec tion team who operate sea ts, doors, gas tanks, wheel pants, and direction are computed auto­ more important to improve the qual­ on a surveillance basis. These in­ cowl and instrument panels of fib er­ matically. ity of manufacture. spectors double check the company All these fi gures are then fed into These teams of quality control inspectors for co nformity to military glas reinforced plasti c. Use of the an electronic co mputer which com­ personnel are inspectors spread specifications. In addition, the air­ strong li ghtweight plastic, the manu­ pares the airplane's position with throughout the entire aircraft com­ craft manufacturers and the military what it should be, instantaneously pany's production area. It is their also operate "surve illance" inspec­ fa cturer says, increases speed by determines the necessary course cor- business to inspect every part and ti on systems at subco ntractor plants. about 12 miles per hour. Air Cargo Delivery Has Become A Air Quotes Vital Factor In World Economy "The inauguration of sched­ tinues to choke up the streets and (Continued from page 1) eluding its spare engines, ground uled (Helicopter) passenger serv­ arteri es of our great cities, im­ cally all of these and antibiotics, in­ personnel, tools, and even its rec­ ice by Los Angeles Airways is an posin g inconvenience and bur­ cluding penicillin, streptomycin and ords, by air from Albany, Georgia, event of signi fic ance, not onl y to dens upon the lives of their citi­ dycrys ticin, are shipped by air not 9,000 miles across the United States this groat metropolitan area but zens. only to prevent spoilage but to keep and the Pacific to the Korean the­ to all other metropolitan areas of "Now in this state of affairs it up with the demand. ater. Deployment to battle of the the United States. All of us are becomes clear that one of the In recent years English automo­ 31st was a matter of a few days in­ acquain ted with the rapidly de­ primary air needs of our time is biles have become a vogue in the stead of costl y months. veloping transportation fo r a shorthaul , sched­ United States. Warehousing and problem which the pres­ ul ed airline service that keeping a bi g inventory of spare sure of a growing popu­ can penetrate the centers parts in the United States would Fighter Planes May lation has imposed upon of our metropolitan cities pose a terrific dollar problem for the the great cities of this and link those centers English, so they just fl y the parts Become Refuelers country - the problem with th e outlying subur­ needed and, on occasio n, have fl own which confronts the citi­ ban communities" ... th e cars themselves. (Continued from page 1) zen in gettin g in to the "The common carrier Germany, whose pos twar recovery • Maintenance of jet combat pa­ heart of the city in the helicopter service will be has amazed the whole world, has trols over Navy task forces at sea. m o r nin g and getting abl e to contribute to the bee n quick to take advantage of air transportation to "recapture" so me • Maintenance of anti-submarine back to his suburban solution o f that pressin g patrols of Air Force and Navy. of its world market. Typical of the home a t the end of th e need. For the helico p­ In addition fi ghter interceptors ter type of aircraft wi th assistance to German business is the day. manufacture and delivery by air of wo uld be able to pack more fire "T he result of thi s. social ne­ its unique abili ty to fl y at low power on combat missions instead speed into small and tight places, curtain rings to a major U. S. retail cessity is that our large American ou tl et. T he U. S. merchant found of carryin g ex tra fu el reserves, and in accessible to any other form cities are strugglin g today with that it was cheaper to have them could stay in battle up to seven times the greatest traffic con gestion in of air transport, with its ability manufactured in Ger many and longer, with the knowledge that this country's history ; and th ey to land on a narrow spot of shi pped to the U. S. by air than it more fu el was awaiting the fi ghter's • are desperately engaged in the ground and ta ke off ve rtically call. was to manufacture them in the construction of costl y highways, without the aid of airport run­ Uni ted States. Carrier commanders would have terminals and bridges in the hope ways, is the on ly fl yin g cra ft that The importance of commercial air more lati tud e in defending their of solvin g their problem. Yet de­ is capable of meeting this trans­ transportation to the military serv­ shi ps by sending up a carrier based spite all the time, money and en. port need."- Oswald R yan, Mem­ ices can be vital in peace as well as tanker-jet to meet squadrons of re­ ergy already spent, the metro­ ber, Civil A eronautics Board, No­ in wa r. Duri ng the Korean war, for turning fi ghters giving each enough politan traffi c congestion con- vember 22, 1954. example, civi l air li ft moved the fu el to hold off until the carrier was entire 31 st Fighter Escort Wing, in- in position to take it aboard. NEW DRAFT LAW MAY EXEMPT ENGINEERS

(Continued from page 1) such a suspension would remain neering efforts of critical industry I to military induction. liable for induction up to age 35. asked for the advice of an expert on At first glance it would seem that engineering and production organ­ It is the conviction of the Con­ the subject- Dr. Lee DuBridge, a replacement program would be izations, and the scarcity of qualified gress that every American young President of the California Institute feasible, even for men with four to scientists and engineers to man man would benefit from military of Technology and a distinguished eight years of academic training and them." training and that it is his privilege member of the National Academy of two years practical experience in Because of the fundamental issues to serve in the Armed Forces for the Sciences. nuclear procedures. However, at involved in the alarming shortage of defense of his country. But this need Dr. DuBridge declared, "Some of present the project has a shortage scientific manpower facing the na­ not and should not be carried to the the most brilliant scientists in his­ of 35 engineers and if it could find tion today-and for years to come­ point of impairing the national se­ tory have made their most outstand­ 15 more chemists it would be able the Congress is conducting a search­ curity by depriving it of the services ing contributions while they were to meet the requirements of its ina- examination which it is hoped of the irreplaceable men who have still in their early or middle twen­ schedule-but only if it loses none will lead to overhaul of the Selective spent from four to seven years ac­ ties. Einstein developed the theory of the men it presently has to mili­ Service law through enactment of quiring training and experience that of Relativity in 1905 when he was 26 tary asignment. pertinent new legislation. can and must be utilized as effi cient­ years old. America is built upon the prin­ This proposed legislation would ly as possible in the national wel-· ciple of equality of all men, but we amend the present draft law to pro­ fare. Loss Impairs Military Project must not lose sight of the fact that. vide for the discharge and continu­ Not long ago I brought to the at­ "One of the most brilliant theo­ .though all men are conceived to be ing deferment of certain persons of tention of the Assistant Secretary of retical nuclear physicists in the equal, they are not equal in terms exceptional scientific, technical and the Air Force an enlisted man who country, who is to join the Caltech of their talents or the character of engineering ability or aptitude. It in civilian life had been working staff next year and has already made the contributions they can make to would provide that each individual nearly four years at the National Ad­ important contributions to the theory our society. Any system of man­ inducted or enlisted in the Armed visory Committee for Aeronautics at of nuclear forces, is now only 25 power control which we establish Forces "shall within 30 days from Langley AFB, Virginia. years old. He received his PhD must accept the distinctions which do exist . between individuals. We the date of his induction or enlist­ This brilliant young man, holding while only 21 or 22 (incidentally, ment, be afforded an opportunity to cannot afford to reduce all our man­ a master of science degree in aero­ he is not at all sure that he will re­ apply to a Scientific Specialist Board ceive further deferment from his '])Ower to the lowest common denom­ nautical engineering, figured the inator. . .. for suspension of his obligation computations on th e skin friction of draft board) . " for training and service in the Armed .the Air Force's X-1 A, the highest A prominent aircraft manufactur­ Less Than 20 Physicists Forces." speed research plane known to be er, asked if the drafting of 50 of his Such men-these irreplaceable This legislation would simultane­ in existence. When his draft board .scientific and engineering staff would talents- are rare indeed. How ex­ ously create a Scientific Specialists classified him 1A and notified him hurt him, replied: "In many in­ ceptional must a nuclear scientist Board, composed of five members ap­ that he was to be inducted, he en­ stances, the drafting of even one be to be considered critical to the pointed by the Presid ent, wh o would listed and wa s unable to get a com­ would halt or impair a vital proj­ national defense? Scarcely a score have the sole power of determining mission. ect." of theoretical physicists complete whether an individual's obligation He tried for a year to be assigned Another great university at work their training in any year in the en­ to serve in the Armed Forces would to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on a contract directly involved with ·tire United States by achievin g their be suspended. where his education and experience the military weapons program em­ PhD. Provicles Quick Action would, in his opinion, be valuable. ploys a number of nuclear chemists We have been told that th e size He had been unable to effect a trans­ and physicists and men skilled in of our Armed Forces may be cut The Board would be charged with fer until I found him. He had, in­ electronics and other highly tech­ because of the superiority of our the prompt examination of the in­ credible as it seems, been asigned nical aspects of engineering. La­ new weapons. Yet our draft boards ductee or enlistee applicant for tech­ to blowing a bugle in the Air Force boring on this critical project are ·seem bent on placing these very men nical ability or aptitude " to warrant Band, because he could blow a bugle 61 employes who have received occu­ whose scientific genius and technical suspension of his obligation to serve too. pational deferments because of the skills make possible the invention in the Armed Forces ... because he Engineers Vital to Security essential nature of their services. and manufacture of such weapons is actually or potentially more valu­ The project was advised that it could into this reduced army. able to the in terests of the national Every year, the government spends expect to lose 34 per cent of them Shall we kill the eagle that lays security and defense as a scientist, in the neighborhood of $4· billions during the first nine months of 1955 the atomic eggs ? technician or engin eer, than as a in research and development, most member of the Armed Forces." of which is farmed out to industries The proposed legislation further and colleges. When we look at these prov id es that "Prior to the expira­ industries and institutions and the ti on of the eighty-fifth day from the brilliant men and women in them, ~~- ASS ROOTS AIR POYiE~ date the applicant was enlisted or a great surge of pride in their ac­ inducted, the Board shall notify him co mplishment rises within us. of its decision with respect to his If we approach th em staling "let's applica tion." pour some more money into this Scheduled Airlines If the Board decid es that an indi­ effort an d get more and better re­ vidual who has a pplied for a sus­ sults," we learn the blunt truth that pension is "actually or potentiall y" pourin g any more money into a proj­ more valua bl e to the interests of the ect won't bring any more results nati onal security and defense as a because th ere are not enough trained scientist, technician, or engin eer, brain s avail able fo r the proj ect. In than as a member of the Armed a recent edition of the New York Forces, then the Secreta ry of Defense Times there were more than fi ve will suspend the obligation of th e pages of display adverti sements for individual to serve in the Armed scientists and engineers. In a recent Forces not later than the eighty­ edition of the Los Angeles Times ninth ci a¥ after th e elate on which large portions of nine pages of clas­ 8.7 he was inducted or enlisted. sifi ed advertising space pleaded for scientists and engin eers of all ty pes The Boa rd wo uld be autonomous, for critical acti vities. with full power of decision. It would not act in an advisory capacity. It I am fi r mly convi nced that this would decid e whether an individual's nation's on ly salvation in the tech­ obligation wo uld con tinue to be sus­ nological race for aerial supremacy rests with the scientifi cally educated pended, and it be the Businessmen, farmers, private flyers and other air­ wo ~ld ~ P .t ~ yo uth of America whom we are pres­ Board to decide 1f an md iVld u ~ l ently draft ing into the Armed Forces craft users logged 8,772,000 hours of flying in 1954, shoul d be reinducted sh?til d. he . fa1l for menial tasks. to fu lfi ll the purpose _w hJ c_h_J Ustdied compared with 3,200,000 hours flown by the scheduled th suspension of h1s m1 li tary ob­ Because there a re those who airlines of the United States. wo uld doubt the real worth of yo uth ligea ti on. T he legislation further ~ro­ 'PLANES' vides that an individual who rece1ves 18-25 years, to scientifi c and engi-