Show J THIS WEEK by LEMUEL F PARTON consolidated service EW york if there Is a bouc touch h not NEW of hysteria as we prepare to prepare it Is more among the basses than the sopranos counsels 0 of I 1 important women leaders women have urge we think been with calmness barly calm a and n d r re e strained there Is little e shrill outcry among them currently mrs sadie orr dunbar president of the general F federation ede ration of clubs and miss juliet M bartlett the latter taking office as newly elected president of the new york city club urge calmness miss bartlett says we should keep our feet on the ground and our heads cool mrs dunbar addressing the federation convention at milwaukee stresses the collective need for or thought rather than emotion never in our national history has there been a more desperate need for or clear understanding she says mrs dun bars job Is community organization heading beading this effort for the university of oregon medical school it is understandable that she should emphasize reasoned techniques rather than emotional excitements excite ments community am organization seems seem to describe our present national endeavor elected to the presidency of the federation to in 1938 for a three year term mrs dunbar represents about club women she tells tell them 1 I want women to tune in with modem modem life A widow and a grandmother of pioneer stock she has behind her a unique tradition of collective organization her was the first white man to plant corn in ganger mo where she was born in a log cabin her family trekked on to chanute kan to fresno calif and thence to oregon where after her fradua graduation tion from the state university she taught school she has served 24 years as executive secretary of the oregon tuberculosis association she was one of six children and is the mother of a grawn grown son and daughter A GOOD reporter these days 5 should hould have a diploma from the mas massachusetts so chu institute of technology making inquiries among ex as to experts assure the possibility swift work ties of swift in preparedness industrial tod and m military preparedness pa redness this inquirer finds the answers reassure reassuring I 1 ng but coni complicated to be taken on faith with political factors still an unsolved X in the equation both pertinent and encouraging cou raging is a general agreement by authorities that with all our fumbling and faltering the index of productivity in a tree free state is higher than in a slave state one once a it gets going secretary of the treasury recently met with representatives senta tives of the machine tool industry in washington to start team work on tooling and standardization tor for the mass production of planes participating were dr george jackson mead vice chairman of the national advisory committee on aeronautics he accepts a newly created post at a year the office to facilitate decision on types of planes swift standardization of parts and swift production on technical qualifications D dr r mead shows a good report card as one of the leading airplane designers of america he received the sylvanus sylvanns reed beed award for 1939 for his te technical clinical contributions to the advancement of aviation and his bis pro fess lonal and business experience has covered both the technical and industrial field mr mead attended the massachusetts institute of technology from 1911 to 1915 in 1917 he was in charge of the power plants at the laboratories of the united states air station at dayton ohio he then became a plane designer tor for the wright martin aircraft corporation and later chief engineer r for the wrig wright ht aeronautical corporation he founded the pratt whitney co and was chief engineer of the united aircraft corporation he Is 49 years old a native of everett mass HOOFERS and oters fade an and d men who know something important climb into the headlines it is sir james Bar barries ribs play over again where specialized knowledge took over at li a time of urgency As our metallurgical industry blueprints a steel matrix of national defense walter S tower becomes president of the america iron and steel institute which is ii the clearing house for planned and integrated effectiveness in the industry ur mr tower Is an expert on both economics and geography |