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Show vj ELECTRICITY AND WAR Nationwide appeal to the electrical industry has been issued by Dr. Schuyler S. Wheeler, past president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. "Never before in the history of this country," Dr. Wheeler said, "has the electrical industry been called upon for greater service. Germany has made this a war of steel anl iron, a mechanical war; the United States will make it an electrical war. Every man connected with the electrical industry is vitally interested in the war, and the United States expects the electrical inventors and engineers to carry the Stars and Stripes to victory. "This country leads the world in the application of electricity to the arts of peace now it must lead in applying ap-plying that great force to war. We have thousands 'of the best trained and most active brains in the world engaged en-gaged in the electrical industry. Thousands of universally universal-ly used electrical devices were invented here. Let those brains grapple with the problems of the war and it is likely that we shall see the appliance developed that will end the war. - "We are starting our warlike preparations for war years after the other belligerents let us make speed and through our inventiveness bring about an early peace. The most deadly weapons of the war, such as the airplane andthe submarine, the American inventions let us make history repeat itself, now that we are facing the vital necessity. One invention may save the lives of millions of men who are sorely needed to do the world's work. Let all American electricians, from the highest to the lowest, concentrate on aiding the government, now that the -United States is forced into the world war." |