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aid to military operations in time of war. It must now be estab- 

 lished as an essential part of every industry in time of peace. 



To carry out its purpose, the Research Council has sought 

 the aid of some of the American corporations which are in sympathy 

 with this movement, a movement which it is hoped will result 

 in the establishment of an industrial research department in each 

 industrial concern large enough to support one, and in cooperative 

 effort among the smaller concerns. The large corporations are 

 being asked to explain the nature of their research organizations, 

 and the advantages which are derived from them. It is believed 

 that in this way those of our manufacturers who are not yet in- 

 formed will become interested in research methods and organiza- 

 tion and results. 



The importance of scientific research to our American industries 

 cannot be exaggerated, and while much has already been accom- 

 plished, the investigations conducted by the Research Council 

 indicate a state of affairs in this respect far from being reassuring 

 from the standpoint of international competition. 



Most of the principal nations of the earth have research councils 

 or their equivalents, and an International Research Council has 

 already been formed. Enough is already known to justify me in 

 saying that unless the manufacturers of the United States establish 

 research departments as integral parts of their own internal 

 organizations, our industries are bound to fall behind those of other 

 countries. 



It is in connection with this program of the National Research 

 Council that the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 

 which I represent, has the honor to make an exhibit showing some 

 of the results of industrial scientific research. Furthermore, this 

 lecture is the first of a series, dealing with various phases of scien- 

 tific research, which will continue from year to year and which, it 

 is hoped, will frequently be accompanied by important exhibits. 



The Department of Development and Research, which is under 

 my charge, was founded about forty years ago to utilize the services 

 of scientific men in developing the telephone art. It has grown 

 from small beginnings with but a few workers, to a great institution 

 employing hundreds of scientists and engineers, who devote them- 

 selves exclusively to the discovery and improvement of telephone 

 materials, and methods, and apparatus. It is largely owing to the 

 scientific research conducted in these laboratories that the telephone 



