Show Called to A Aid d Navy j I 1 Edison Accepts Task Heads Advisory Board i l 5 1 4 c t S SI I L 4 I I S I. A. A gISO I West Vest Orange N. N J. J Jul Juh July 12 Thomas l-Thomas Thomas A. A Edison has a accepted a an Invitation from Secretary Daniels to head an adIson advisory advisory ad ad- Ison board hoard o of civilian inventors Inventor for tor fora torn a n bureau of or invention and development to be created in tile the navy department His Ills will go o forward at once t to- to Washington where the tho new plans await word from rom the man who can turn dreams Into realitIes Mr Ir Daniels' Daniels Idea of or utilizing the tho Inventive In- In genius of ot Americans In and antl out of or tho military and naval service senico to meet macat conditions of ot warfare shown In Inthe inthe the tho conflict on Oil land JantI and amid m sea sen In guro Europe e eIs Is la outlined In ill a letter written last Wednesday asking Mr Edison whether as a i patriotic service t to te his country countr he would undertake o the task of or advising tile lIle inc ino pian is 15 10 W havo have several men prominent In special lines hines of or Inventive research associated In the work Among tin th great grent problems to be laid before tho the investigators the secretary mentioned submarine warfare adding that t ho he felt ol sure suro ur that with Mr tr Ir Edt Edt- d li son nB ir them m. m the i officers of Cf C the navy navy navr would b be able to to meet this new danger with n now new w devices that will assure peace to our country countr b by their effectiveness In announcing tonight that he would gladly accept Secretary Daniels Daniels' InvItation Invitation Inn Inn- tation Mr l Edison said he lie believed the tho proposal so Important that It should be bo attended to now when tile the thear war ar ar in Europe was bringing before tho the public public pub pub- lic the tho Importance of oC encouraging the developing de 1 of ot the ideas and antI Inventions of or Americans especially Americans especially officers and men of ot the tho arm army and na navy The United States is I far behind In InI I thc these e matters matters' said saM Mr Ir Edison I 1 believe e It Is highly Important for Cor a aboard aboard aboard board of or civilians mad mads up of or engineers engi engi- from leading industries to be bo formed for tor the tho purpose o of looking Into the tho f feasibility of ot Ideas developed b by young oung men While all ideas that will willbe willbe be submitted ml may not be feasible t o-t least they will have the benefit of or ex expert expert ex- ex pert Judgment antI and advice In addition to the advisory board of or oren en engineers 1 I would also suggest cst G-cst a department department de tie- o of experimentation where here Ideas might be tried out The cost would be nominal Only a few fe acres of or land would be required with proper anti and n n. corns corDS of ot efficient men calculated i i ted nt to carry r-r r out out experiments under direction of or those suggesting them after thc they have havo been approved od The European war has served to draw attention to th the fact that man many American Ideas an and Inventions have havo been allowed to slip lI by and If Ir this matter matter matter mat mat- ter Is put off orf until the war ar is over there Is danger o of It being forgotten |