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(I1-nDevelopmentRadarr-Detailed in New Books , LONDON (CP)—The detailed D i story of the development of radar, regarded as one of thetgreat revolutionary discoveries of the 20th century, is told in a book just published by Sir Robert W a t s o n-W a 11, widely acknowledged as the “father of radar.”The book, Three Steps to Victory (Odhams Press), describes the evolution of radar—radio direction-finding and ranging—andshows the immensely importantpart it played in saving Britain from defeat in the Second World War.In 250,000 word, Sir Robert tells how radar had its beginnings in curiosity about thunderstorms and their effect on radio,and how with this knowledge asa background scientists evolved principles for detection of certain objects through the reflection of radio waves.The Scots-born Sir Robert, 65 now lives in Canada. He has « company in Montreal, where hi! staff are working on an underwa ter “eye” designed to spot sub marines the way radar detect!the movement of aircraft.Professors UrgeMichener ReturnAs House SpeakerPATERNITY STRESSEDThree Steps to Victory is an intensely personal book, and British critics are mixed in their reactions. There is ungrudging credit for Sir Robert’s achievement, but regret among some reviewers that he felt it necessary to reopen old rivalries.The Daily Express, for instance, comments that Sir Robert apparently wants to establish not only that he is the father of radar, but the grandfather as well.“No claim to paternity has ever been pressed so strenuously,” says the paper’s science expert, Chapman Pincher.In his partly autobiographical account, Sir Robert looses a few shafts at Sir Edward Appleton, now principal of Edinburgh Uni versity, who years ago publicly disclosed that Sir Robert was the only member of the team working on radar who wanted to patent the inventions.The New Statesman says the book will remind readers that objective scientists can also beexceedingly subjective.IGNORED AFJTER WARThe magazine sympathizes, however, with Sir Robert’s apparent resentment that the pioneers of radar were virtually ignored in post-war honors lists, and had to spend 44 days before an official commission justifying their claims for financial rewards. Finally, they received £87,950, of which £52,000 went to Watson-Watt.The lengthy book contains many sidelights. One is that in 1937 Sir Robert went to Germany on a spying mission at Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s request to investigate a report that there was a radar research station in East Prussia. It turned out there wasn’t.TORONTO (CP) — Five staff members of the University ofToronto Wednesday proposedthat Roland Michener, Speaker of the last House of Commons, be re-elected without opposition and named as Speaker of the new House.Mr. Michener is ProgressiveConservative candidate in Toronto St. Paul’s, which he represented in the last Parliament.In a letter to The Star, the writers said that during the single session in which he served as Speaker, Mr. Michener “seems to have gained the confidence of members of all parties in the House of Confmons.”“The moment seems opportune to begin a new tradition: re-election of the present Speaker as long as he is willing and able to serve the House of Commons.”They urged that aU four parties in the House support bia-'re-election and his naming as Speaker in the new Parliament.The letter was signed by S. G. D. Smith, lecturer in political economy; C.A. Ashley, professor of commerce; T. H. B. Symons, dean of Devonshire House, a university residence; H. I. Macdonald, dean of men at University College, and J. S. Pettigrew, lecturer in the English department of Trinity College. All are electors in Toronto St. Paul’s constituency.IS Minute AlertAt Missile BaseWASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. airmen assigned to handle ballistic missiles in Britain will becapable of launching a salvo within 15 minutes of a firing order.Under pressure, they could trim that “alert time” to two minutes.This appraisal, supplied Wednesday at the third annual jet age conference of the Air Force Association, applies to air force personnel who will work with intermediate range ballistic missiles.
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