Word: aids
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Years afterward Paderewski was moving heaven and earth for the relief of the suffering people of Poland. He sought aid on every side. One of the two students who had managed that disastrous concert at San Jose was Herbert Hoover...
...hours. A game of gold was interrupted. In the Maine woods a whole forestry service is goading an army of slugs and other parasites to a counter-offensive against the gypsy moth, which is destroying the forests. At the same time legislators in seaboard states are rallying to the aid of the oyster, in grave danger of extinction. It is only at such times, when privilege and property is in danger, that the present society of high finance deigns to notice the lowly beast bird or fish...
When asked whether he thought the government would ever aid the commercial aeroplane companies, Professor Lucke replied, "No, I do not think it will. All the European governments are helping civilian flying with bonuses for inventions, prizes for records, and subsidies to aeroplane manufacturing and operating companies. Congress has never shown much interest in aviation, however, and it appears to me that there is very small chance of help from the federal government...
...Whether the government gives any-aid or not, there will always be a few enthusiasts working and experimenting with new inventions, but it must all be carried on with private funds. If Congress would encourage invention through a series of prizes and bonuses for the lightest or longest-running engine, or the fastest or smallest plane, as is done in Germany, we would witness a tremendous improvement in aeroplane construction. At present the only systematic experimentation in this country is at Dayton, Ohio, under the direction of the army, and to a lesser extent at Langley Field under the navy...
...Outside of government subsidy, licensing, and inspection, the greatest need of aviation is increased reliability of engines, especially in planes," concluded Professor Lucke. "Enormous improvements are possible if the people who are capable of making them have the proper incentive. With very little chance of federal aid, this incentive must be supplied by the public. A great deal of good could be done if people who can afford it would offer substantial prizes for inventions and improvements in the field of aviation. Public interest is fundamental...