NACA, THE LOGICAL SPACE AGENCY

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• Publication Date: January 1, 1958
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long-fought battle to prevent the extension
of this basic law.
Until very recently Switzerland was one of
the countries with which the United States
had a trade agreement, negotiated under the
authority of the Trade Agreements Act, on
s. bilateral basis. Switzerland now has ap-
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NAC'CA,Tthe Logical Space Agency
contract for this craft (North American
X-15) was let. This vehicle is expected to be
test flown within the next 12 months or so.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS "NACA also pioneered in research that will
pay off in manned boost-glide rockets flying
or
at fantastic speeds and with a new concept
HON. ESTES KEFAUVER that will enable our ballistic missiles to with-
stand sun-hot temperatures during reentry
proached the General Agreementi On OF TENNESSEE into the atmosphere.
and Trade for membership in the GATT.
Assuming Switzerland's application is ac- IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES "At the
derway, same time
has beelprojects were u.n-he NACA
ating al maint, it would then abandon its long Thursday, February 13, 1958 most every element in the propulsion spec-
maintained "neutrality" toward this inter-
national instrument fore the stabilization Mr. KEFAUVER. Mr. President, I ask trum. b search y ion , being pro.
and reduction of trade barriers, unanimous consent to have printed in pulsion by jetetsphoton jets, plasma jets,
power. Muth
If Michigan wants to maintain Its exports the Appendix of the RECORD an editorial ore chan nuclear more rockets and solar pao practical
ory nd is
being involved- a de-
of automobiles and automotive products, of from Aviation Weekly of February 3, more on theis conducted
cals cals to cry and Switzerland metal and to products other and nations chemi- captioned "NACA, the Logical Space tailed performance parameters are being de-
to of Agency." I am not at this time prepared veloped. All of this research is directed to-
the world, Michigan industry must take he
Interest in the issues that will confront the to agree in full with the editorial but it ward one goal-flight, manned and unman-
next Congress in the foreign trade field. is an enlightening contribution to the wed, at incredible speeds through and beyond
discussion now going on. the earth's atmosphere. All of this vital
There being nd objection, the editorial basic research information is being fun-
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, neled to the military services and the aviation
industry to assist them in development of
as follows: vehicles to translate this research into
Some FCC Members Asking for Ax NACA, THE LOGICAL SPACE AGENCY reality.
t a ght need a y
~ob lex lems new has been so organizations need a governmental agency to take the
of in the a of responsibility for accelerating our efforts in
. JOE L. EVINS that add to the're'`deral payroll and bureaue- space travel, I suggest we look to an existing
racy but do little about the problems they organization such as the NACA to provide
HON
Of TENNESSEE were created to solve. Often, an economical this direction."
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and effective solution lies close at hand, but We heartily endorse General Cook's sug-
is so simple the top-level officials hesitate to gestion and strongly urge Members of Con-
Thursday, February 13, 1958 even consider it. The current debate over gress concerned with this problem, Defense
Mr. EVINS. Mr. Speaker, the people how many and what kinds of organizations Secretary McElroy and the public-which will
been greatly dis- the Federal Government needs to organize eventually have to pay the bills-to carefully
of the country have and guide research and exploration of space consider this relatively simple but effective
turbed by the revelations of the Special appears to be a case in point. solution of a most acute national problem.
Committee on Congressional Oversight There is no lack of complex plans to There are several additional considera-
in respect to certain acts of members of tackle our space-age problems. In the midst bons, in addition to those cited by General
the Federal Communications Commis- of this furor it is finally becoming clear that Cook, that make the NACA role as the spear-
sion. Representative of this reaction is there is in existence an extremely competent head of our national space research and de-
an editorial in the Knoxville (Tenn.) organization capable of spearheading this velopment effort extremely attractive.
Journal of February 7, 1958, one of the work-the National Advisory Committee for First, it has, through 40 years of experience,
Aeronautics established by the President in established an extremely effective working
Nation's leading Republican newspapers. 1915 with the directive to "supervise and relationship with all of the other basic or-
I ask unanimous con"sent to have this direct the scientific study of the problems of ganizations concerned with this problem-
editorial inserted in the Appendix of the flight with a view toward their practical the military servicl ervices, the scientific eThroughfraternit ity nd the RECORD, solution."
provides
ple b for calling attention this adequate for subcommittee all of structure,
Credit
these r elements in
simple but e effeective soolution, we believ ve, be- quate vo
The editorial follows,:
CALL IT STUPIDITY OR INDISCRETION, SOME FCC longs to Gen. Orval Cook, president of the determining a national policy.
MSaIBERS ASKING Foa Ax Aircraft Industries Association, who told the Second, the caliber of its leadership evokes
The political origins of the investigation Institute of Aerofiautical Sciences in Wash- univerl respect from. t e other a enci
tion tots thThere is no r es
in the which it
now being made by a committee of Congress ington on January 14: through
ald
Oil charges that certain members Of the Fed- "One of the things that has most puzzled man man , e Nat chairman, an Harol
eral Communications Commission have ac- me during this furor and clamor for Govern- tl military, an, t o seJarve mes s a
, and i lind
k
cepted favors, entertainment, and gifts from ment reorganization so that we can catch up betwetrialen en the the itiet y scie tifi has had ous-
persons or corporations having business be- with the Russians has been the fact that trial commun
1 successful careers a all to t-
fore that body are indistinct. Also, there has NACA has apparently been largely overlooked. stand oThe successf le careers of all Hugh
Dr.
been considerable acrimony noticeable in ex- Yet here is a Government agency reporting areas.
changes between the committee's chief in- directly to the President which has as ,its L. Dryden, director of NACA, is based on a
basic charter 'the scientific study of the prob- combination of solid scientific achievement
VeThe i v and membsrsof the committee. lems of flight with a view toward their prac- and quiet, but effective, administrative true The e sutigation is nail ter, slid i$ islked tical solution.' ability, all too rare in scientific circles.
a of the sum total of all the as the tvlue "For more than 40 years NACA has dedi. Third, NACA has proven its ability in the
about a far are a wed. , so far as their value cated itself to this task with outstanding past to contribute significantly to urgent na-
in money is concerned, success. The NACA has some of the finest tional technical problems. It developed the
However, the impression left with the aeronautical laboratories in the world-its laminar flow 'wing in time to permit the
newspaper reader has been that some mem- facilities alone being worth more than $300 P-51 Mustang to escort heavy bombers to
bers of the FOC have not been in position to million, and an operating staff of some 7,600 any German target at the critical phase of
truthfully say that theyhave never accepted people of whom more than 2,000 have pro- World War II. Its high speed research air-
any favors whatever from applicants before fessional degrees. craft program was an outstanding post-
tiheir board, and this is very bad indeed. The "For more than 10 years it has been con- war example of joint work with the military
public doesn't like It, and before the thing is ducting research and studies in scientific and industry to produce maximum progress
over it will be clear that the President doesn't fields leading to man's conquest of space. In in minimum time and launch our military
like it, either. fact early in 1952, months before the first aircraft into the supersonic age a significant
``^- It scent likely that the outcome of the manned flight at'Mach 2, NACA studies were jump ahead of all competitors. Its work in
hearings will simply indicate that one or launched into the problems of manned flight ballistic missiles has also solved key bottle-
more of t1 members of the Commission beyond the atmosphere and their solution, necks in time to be useful in operational
instances with indiscretion By 1954,-NACA research teams were able to weapons.
at best and stupidity 'at worst. In either propose construction of a research vehicle for Fourth, NACA has shown extraordinary
case, disqualification for holding these im- this purpose and in December 1955, in co- ingenuity in devising new research tools re-
_ ..,a- San r.,.,.,., na Air Fn,?ee. a Guired for tackling the unknown. The trans-
 tically everyTiie would benefit by this, the
owner of the ball club and the producer of
the show should make a profit an their in-
vestment, add the public would get their
money's worth. It might be hard on the
networks having some of their better shows
taken away from them, but it wouldn't be
all bad if it made them put on some better
shows to get back the viewers they lost.
It sounds good doesn't it? But just once
let the pay TV men get started like this and
before long you would find them raising
their prices. After they have got the ball
games, the top talent of the theaters and
most of the good shows and they would crack
down on those least able to afford it, the
public. And who could stop them? We
have already had numerous examples of how
easy it is to prove that a company has to
raise Its rates to stay in business. They may
be right but it still has raised the cost of
living to a new high.
Perhaps there is a monopoly in TV at pres-
ent. But who can say that we won't be ex-
changing it, for a worse one If this bill
doesn't pass?
I am afraid I have to disagree most em-
phatically w th your statement of the poor
quality of t be programs now on the air. I
dislike coury music, rock and roll, most
of the situa ion comedies ana many` other
programs now on the air. But I am only one
person and 'many people enjoy them. So
why deny t9em their right to watch 'these?
When some of the western stories or suspense
plays come on I pick up a book and start
reading. But I enjoy the giveaway shows
that so ma;y consider a- waste of time and
the soap operas may not be true to life but
they have their good points. .If they'didn't
how long 10buld the sponsors continue to
present them?
Trash? I$ may be, but who can say as
long as people enjoy them? Too many peo-
ple are already trying to tell us what we
should like in TV and in the books we read.
Maybe they. are right but I think you will
find that t,e public wants entertainment
and not education in the TV programs.
Your ment that this is just more
Government interference in trying to pass
this bill seems rather silly. You must agree
that rather than interference. this is one of
the very few protections that the public
.has left. And if they don't protect us the
people will let them know at the next
,election.
We Must revive Spirit of Good-Neighbor
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. J?E L. EVINS
OF TENNESSEE
IN THE ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, February 13, 1958
Mr. EVINS. Mr. Speaker, the exigen-
cies of our concern for the peace of the
world in Europe, Africa, and Asia have
sometimes tended to make us overlook
that the preservation of cordial, good
nLighbollyrelations with our sister na-
tions of t is hemisphere is one of the
essential eements.in, the foundation of
our system of security and contributes
tremendously to our Nation's well-being.
In recent years the news from our good
neighbors to the south has at times been
discouraging and in some respect
ofninous iI implication. There are oc-
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that perhaps we
casional Indications
tend to take our good relations with our
neighbors a little too much for granted.
The Nashville Tennessean, one of the
Nation's great newspapers, in an edi-
torial on Sunday January 12 makes some
highly pertinent and thought provoking
comments in this connection. Wanting
to call these to the attention of my col-
leagues I ask unanimous consent to have
the editorial inserted in the Appendix of
the RECORD.
The editorial follows:
WE MUST REVIEW THE SPIRIT OF GOOD-
NEIGHBOR POLICY
When President Eisenhower, in his state
of the Union message, warned the Nation
that the Soviet Union is engaged in a total
cold war for the minds of men and is using
every effort, economic and otherwise, to
spread its influence, he might well have
used Latin America for an example.
The nations to the south of us are familiar
with Soviet tactics-for very blandishment
is being used on them, from filmed cartoons
to cultural arts, from trade talks to popular
fronts, in an effort to present the Russians
in the best of lights, and to spread the
Kremlin's jnflugnce.
Not long ago, a prominent South American
leader expressed his sentiments on why this
goes on. He felt that the fault lies in our
tremendous'outward concern for the under-
developed nations in other parts of the world
and an apparent neglect of our neighbors
closer to home.
And it is true that the good-neighbor
policy, as espoused by the late Cordell Hull
of Tennessee, has languished for lack of spirit
and leadership. The so-called good partners
program of the Eisenhower administration
has been little more than words.
The policy of Mr. Hull represented prob-
ably the greatest and most significant change
in attitude by a large nation for its smaller
neighbors in the history of our times. Mr.
Hull won friendships. He cleared up mis-
understandings. He evolved a language of
diplomacy that the South Americans liked.
He sold the program to our neighbors and
the people at home and he made it work.
In the intervening years, however, the
flourishing and tightly welded relationship
was allowed to crack. President Eisenhower
sent his brother, Dr. Milton Eisenhower, to
South America to work out an enlarged plan
for inter-American friendship. The univer-
sity president was cordially received, and
came home with a six-point plan which was
not bold or' different but at least pointed
out the need for closer cultural and economic
relations.
But somewhere along the line, this pro-
gram vanished.
At the 'Caracas _'Conference In 1954, Secre-
tary of State Dulles used 2 weeks of the
meeting to jam through a resolution against
International communism. The Latin Amer-
icans complained that economic matters
needed attention, and Mr.-Dulles, with char-
acteristic abruptness, suggested an economic
conference be held later in Rio de Janeiro.
The Rio conference was hardly a success.
The United States delegation was headed by
former Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey,
and he treated the Latin American delegates
like stepchildren asking for candy instead
of food. The Latinos wanted an interna-
tional bank established with Latin American
managers and a 15-year development pro-
gram to which the United States would give
from taxes it collects from firms in Latin
America.
Secretary Humphrey cold-shouldered both
proposals, and offered nothing new.
So a lack of urgency has led to neglect
and the picture of our relations today is not
a harmonious one. We export more than we
import, We dump surplus commodities. We
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onic wind tunnel, rocket powered models,
or, dynamics facilttres and multistage re-
search rockets area" few examples of this
ability which is"absolutel essen lal in prob-
ing new frontiers fruitfully. '
at 16 a major-teCllnlcal fallacy to consider
aeronautics as a field that extends to the
limits. of the earth's atmosphere "and astro-
nautics as somethin that begins `where the
atmosphere ends. Both are integral parts
of the same overall scientific problem. Any
successful efforts in making #he useful
plunge Into outer space must be based on the
foundation of knowledge already accumu-
lated on flight through the atmosphere from
sea level to its outer 'fringes. 'Any' space ve-
hicle must also successfully pass through
the envelope of'atmosphere both on its out-
Ward and return journeys.
There is a strong case to be made for
charging NACA with the job of spearheading
our national advance into space with a mini-
mum of time and ' new money required to
achieve the strong possibility of maximum
progress. If NACA gets the job, our jump
into spice will be catapulted from a solid
Arguments Against Toll Television
EXTENSION OF R1~MA'RKS
ICON. FkED 1tICK G. PAYNE
Of" ,*AINE
IN THE SENA'T'E OP THE UNITED STATES
Thursday Nbruary ?13,'1958
Mr. PAYNE. Mr. President, pay TV
Is, one of the most controversial issues
under consideration here in Washington
at the present time. I have jowled Sena-
for wS"TROM THURMOND, of'Soutl Carolina,
In sponsoring a resolution opposing pay
TV. The February"10 issue of the Bangor
Daily News contains an excellent letter
to the editor on this subject by Clayton
Hamlin, Jr., of Unity, Maine. Although
I do not' know lqr. H amlin, T was im-
pressed by the arguments which he
marshaled against'pay TV. I ask unani-
mous consent that Mr. Hamlin's letter
may be printed in the Appendix of the
RECORD..
There being no objection, the letter
was ordered to bg printed in the RECORD,
as follows: y~
HE I AVORS ALL-FREE TV
EDITQR, BANGOR DAILY NEWS :
I suspect that by this time you will have
been somewhat deluged by replies to your
editorial relating to pay TV. It isn't hard to
Imagine that these Ietters will bring out the
usual ideas that no?one should be expected
to pay for something that they can get for
nothing and that the whole idea is just a
conspiracy to make` some more profit from
the long-suffering taxpayers. Also, consid-
ering the public statements issued recently
by the various networks stating that they
would go broke If that TV gets started, it is
gical to assume 'that this point Will also
1tueritighed `frequently. I think you will
3iave, to admit that all of these facts deserve
consideration before anything is done about
t i.is jproblem.
I wonder, however, how many have con-
sidered the. long-range effects if this plan
2od get started. 51 It would start out sim-
y noug`h, of cotxr'se. Perhaps' you would
hav m to pay a giT,f"ter or so to see a "ball
gaff , and if there was something special,
like a new hit shpty on Broadway, a lot_ of