AMERICAN WAR PLANS
IMPEDED BY PATENT
OWNERS
(Eec. 10.30 a.m.)
WASHINGTON, April 13,
Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney (Wyoming) told the Senate Patents Committee today that the American war effort was being impeded by the refusal of patent holders to • make available a new process of manufacturing plastic glass for war planes, as well as new developments of processing iron ore and zinc production, which were also being held up by reluctance to utilise the latest processes available.
Senator O'Mahoney pointed out that the United States had stripped itself of scrap iron and shipped it. to Japan, but that there were millions of tons of ore available.
"If we can use processes now tied up by patents we can produce all the steel we need," he said.
Senator Bone submitted a letter from President Roosevelt, in which he said: "Patents are the keys to technology. Technology is the key to production. Production is the key to victory. I trust your committee will study the problem and help the Government to formulate a wise patent policy to guide us towards that victory for democracy which we all so devoutly wish."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420414.2.62.2
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 87, 14 April 1942, Page 6
Word Count
188AMERICAN WAR PLANS Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 87, 14 April 1942, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in