Show 1 washington ashington Tv I snapshots snapshot S by james preston eyes in ill these days me are turning towards the united states pat ent office housed lu in the handsome big Com commerce indre BuIL building dink on oil conati constitution aution avenue carved in stone oyer the entrance there are tho immortal words of abraham patent system added tile the fuel of inhere interest to the fire of gei genius ilus nud and that single sen sea wave e of Lincol ns has hag plenty of application os as america once again looks hopefully to the immediate future for this year the of the american patent hostein Hy By stein steni ud WO 1040 also marking la nn an increased recognition of the importance liny ortance of invention and ana industrial test research arch to the pio greAs of this country these matters are extremely remely im pontaut to people in for a long time it was fashionable I 1 6 in ili political circles to criticize the inventor and to say that machines and inventions took look away more jois jobs than they provided now inow with the benefits of anven cioll coming clearly into focus at tacks upon it no longer seem safe demands to change the patent tein or to tax machinery out of exist existence ence dont make the kind of reading that the folks back home want to see fee the politicians now that Linc olits words about patents and inventors li are being shown to anne birve current bearing are begin ong to doubt the wisdom or popi pop of talking down dawni machines and inventions indent ions I 1 washington lashington itself is all set to celebrate the diamond an all niver sary olf of patents patent lu april dut but th the L atac apiou of the country was oil the subject last week lit in now york where a national morein c rn celebration spoil bored by the national association of was being ald tho modern pioneers Ilone eis in ques blon were the industrial research lesea reb inen throughout the th country who started the ball rolling to make iloie fotja increase luc reuse manufacturing ring payrolls and chake new products available to americans everywhere ill IH all wore than GW COO of these in have been honored alcele at cele the country wai ilie alm iligir ier at new york was the climax the whole affair some ome of the inventions of these uia men paved the way for indest industries ries that tha today employ thousands on their payrolls payi others made a delium limn blur bler contribution but when the number of direct and indirect jobs made by these inventions tire at all added up t together 9 ei ther they ninke inake impressive read reading ing not only for washington politicians but for or or oi citizens everywhere the contribution of bi inventors made possible because the patent system offered them fair re wards rewards and protection can never lie he completely measured inea but just as tu all indication its interesting that 11 14 new industries developed because of inventions perfected since ISTO 1870 now provide an estimated 13 million direct abid and indirect jobs alit iu the th united states though t like telese must have bave been etu running through the minds of the two thousand people who gat gathered hemil lu ILL new new york city last week to lionor honor the modern pioneers in that audience were sena tox tors s congressmen educators manufacturers ano and many ii others bind aind it was an impressive occasion the mere physical presence of the many inventors who have contributed so much to makin making g life better in this country and hud to increasing job OPP opportunities for all of us wad was more effective than all the he arguments in the world in knocking to pieces the attitude that ma chilles chilies take away more jobs than they make you cant laugh off the presence of thirteen ul million illion jobs where none existed bl before that is the lin impression that is drifting back to washington the public should be interested because this la Is a trend that may have an important bearing on national prosperity it means that those in high places should be less inclined nowadays to utter or approve specious arguments against machines it means meair that the work of job carried on in the 2000 labi ora oratories of industrial research by nearly lab laboratory orator workers should hr be able to go on at an ac cela rated p bacr a c e industry and science clence ti already spending taing at the rate of a month to find now new products and uses should not be hampered b by y legislation design ed to cripple the patent system tile the signs imitating public ion public demands point thit that way the temper of the the times and the words of lincoln are likely to be heeded in other words 1940 18 to is going to see ee more luel fuel added to the clr e of deulus more progress more i products pio ducts more moie prosperity lf it pub lie ile opinion has haa its way |