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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC STABILIZATION

OF THE

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS

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Washington 25, D. C. Price 75 cents

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

(Created pursuant to sec. 5 (a) of Public Law 304, 79th Cong.) PAUL H. DOUGLAS, Senator from Illinois, Chairman WRIGHT PATMAN, Representative from Texas, Vice Chairman

SENATE

JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama

J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, Arkansas

JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, Wyoming
RALPH E. FLANDERS, Vermont
ARTHUR V. WATKINS, Utah
BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

RICHARD BOLLING, Missouri

WILBUR D. MILLS, Arkansas

AUGUSTINE B. KELLEY, Pennsylvania

JESSE P. WOLCOTT, Michigan
HENRY O. TALLE, Iowa

THOMAS B. CURTIS, Missouri

GROVER W. ENSLEY, Executive Director
JOHN W. LEHMAN, Clerk

CONTENTS

Topics in order of consideration:

The role and relationship of instruments and automatic controllers to

automation__.

Page

Robert T. Sheen, president, Milton Roy Co., and 1955–56 presi-

dent of the Instrument Society of America, Philadelphia, Pa... 2, 121

Thomas Roy Jones, president, Daystrom Co., Elizabeth, N. J....

Development of scientific, technical, and engineering skills –

Howard L. Bevis, chairman, the National Committee for the

Development of Scientists and Engineers, president emeritus,

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio..

The effects of instrumentation and automation in the area of automatic

processing and in nucleonics.

Dr. John Grebe, director, research and nuclear development,

Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich.

The changes and problems in the field of education in connection with

the introduction and expansion of automatic controls__-

Prof. Elmer Easton, dean of the College of Engineering, Rutgers

University, New Brunswick, N. J., and chairman, Engineering

Division, Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities___

Systems engineering and systems automation, data reduction and

data utilization-its coming role in industry and as a part of

automation..

Albert F. Sperry, president, Panellit, Inc., Skokie, Ill.

Instrumentation and automatic control as tools of automation in the

petroleum refining industry.

Chalmer G. Kirkbride, executive director, research, patent, and

engineering department, Sun Oil Co...

Instrumentation and automatic controls in aeronautics_.

Dr. Lewis Ridenour, Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, Calif.

The need for trained scientists and research workers in the field of

automation__.

Dr. Detlev Bronk, president, National Academy of Sciences,

National Research Council, Washington, D. C.-

Developments in automation during the last year and especially the

work of the United States Department of Labor in connection with

the problems of labor, employment, and technological change...__

Rocco C. Siciliano, Assistant Secretary for Employment and

Manpower, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D. C.

Developments of the last year in the field of instrumentation and

automatic controls as they may affect labor and employment

generally--

George Meany, president, American Federation of Labor-Con-

gress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, D. C------

Alphabetical list of witnesses and exhibits:

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Bevis, Dr. Howard L., chairman of the National Committee for the
Development of Scientists and Engineers, and president emeritus
of Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. -

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Bronk, Dr. Detlev, president, National Academy of Sciences, National
Research Council.

Chilton, Dr. Thomas H., president, Engineers Joint Council.
Easton, Elmer C., dean, College of Engineering, Rutgers University...
Exhibit: Little Ivan Goes to School, analysis of Russian educa-
tional system, presented by Dr. C. J. Lapp, Director of the
Office of Scientific Personnel, National Research Council, at a
meeting of the American Association of Land-Grant Colleges
and State Universities, Washington, D. C., November 13, 1956.

Exhibit: The President's charge to the National Committee for
the Development of Scientists and Engineers.

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