PROPERTY OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL MOBILIZATION HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS. UNITED STATES SENATE. SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION PURSUANT TO S. Res. 107 THE LICOANY OF OCT 2500 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A STUDY OF THE AND ON S. 702 Copy. GOVT. C A BILL TO MOBILIZE THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL 84949 PART 4 JUNE 4, 1943 PATENTS Printed for the use of the Committee on Military Affairs UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1943 COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS ROBERT R. REYNOLDS, North Carolina, Chairman ELBERT D. THOMAS, Utah WARREN R. AUSTIN, Vermont HENRY CABOT LODGE, JR., Massachusetts LKS 22 No43 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AUTHORS OF EXHIBITS Page Bauer, William H., attorney, Federal Communications Commission___ 402 374, 464 686 616 542 Jacobs, John R., Jr., special attorney, Antitrust Division, Department of 490, 674 Kahn, Alfred E., member of the staff of the Patent Cartel Division, De- 607 Karasik, Monroe, special attorney, Antitrust Division, Department of 391 Kronstein, Heinrich, special attorney, Antitrust Division, Department of 409 Lewin, John Henry, special assistant to the Attorney General_ 328 446 Pack, Charles D., special attorney, Antitrust Division, Department of 502 (III) SCIENTIFIC MOBILIZATION FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1943 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON WAR MOBILIZATION, OF THE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:40 a. m., in room 104-B, Senate Office Building, Senator James E. Murray (acting chairman) presiding. Present: Henry H. Collins, Jr., executive secretary of the committee. Also present: Walton Hamilton, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice. Senator MURRAY. The purpose of the hearing this morning is to have testimony from Senator Bone on the subject of patents. You may proceed, Senator Bone. STATEMENT OF SENATOR HOMER T. BONE Senator BONE. Mr. Chairman, the statement that I propose to make is somewhat general in its terms and is intended to be such a general statement rather than a discussion of specific matters. I make this statement in a preliminary way because the field of patents is probably as complicated as any field of human endeavor and, therefore, I will not attempt to discuss all the various aspects of patents which would consume all the time of the committee for the next 6 months. The safety of the Nation and the welfare of its people are dependent upon the progress of science and the useful arts. The Congress was charged by the Constitution with the steady development and the full and immediate use of discoveries and inventions. The letter-patent currently issued is the device chosen by Congress to promote this public end. It is, therefore, the duty of Congress to observe from time to time the operation of "the patent system," and by appropriate legislation see to it that the grant is held true to the end which the Constitution intended it to serve. As the President of the United States wrote on April 13, 1942: Patents are the keys to our technology, technology is the key to production, production is the key to victory. For many years the people of the United States suffered scarcity in the midst of plenty. In the shadow of abundant natural resources we have seen hundreds of idle plants and millions of unemployed citizens. As a result a nation, rich in the materials of useful goods, 315 |