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UNITED STATES DEPARTMEM OF COMMIiRCB<br />
WEATHER BUREAU TOPICS AND PERSONNEL<br />
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MARCH 1944<br />
INFORMATION<br />
FOURTH WAR LOAN<br />
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The <strong>Weather</strong> Burenu field service, according to lqtest reports haa gone<br />
Over thc top with ctn nvcragc’ <strong>of</strong> 115 prrcent <strong>of</strong> its quota. In doing this<br />
the niore than 2,800 cniployecs participating invosted approximately<br />
8222,000 in war bonds during January <strong>and</strong> Fcbruary .<br />
All <strong>of</strong> the regions liavc! inade their quotas with a good porccntago to<br />
SParc.<br />
The Ccntral Ofice also has gone over thc top with nn avcrago <strong>of</strong> 108<br />
Percent <strong>of</strong> its quota. The 700 employrcs pnrtioipnting invested approximately<br />
$(f0,000 in war bondR during tho 2 mpntlis <strong>of</strong> the drivc.<br />
This is a record <strong>of</strong> wliicli all <strong>of</strong> us can be justly proud.<br />
Credit for the<br />
Success <strong>of</strong> tlic drivo belongs to all. An oxcellcnt job hns been done to<br />
asid in providing equiptncnt <strong>and</strong> facilities for thr forthcoming large<br />
scctlr <strong>of</strong>fcnRiv(a in Europe <strong>and</strong> to further iniplenic~nt our rrccnt victorirs<br />
in thr Pacific. Honrticst congratulations!<br />
NATIONAL POLICY ON INTERNATIONAL AIR COMMERCE<br />
Future oxpansion <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Weather</strong> Burcau <strong>and</strong> its aotivities <strong>and</strong> policies<br />
Will doprnd in part upon national policy with qcspect to jntcmational<br />
air commerce. Tho <strong>Bureau</strong>’s <strong>of</strong>ficials <strong>and</strong> career employoes who have<br />
an interest in tho dcveloprnent <strong>of</strong> matcorology have doubtless read arti-<br />
des in the current press in which public <strong>of</strong>ficials <strong>and</strong> aeronautical au-<br />
thoritics have aired their vicws on postwar policy in international air<br />
commerce. Discussion falls into two general fields <strong>of</strong> thought which<br />
re& on fundnincntnl principles relating to Amorican idcm <strong>of</strong> political<br />
<strong>and</strong> social economy. It iH ,tlic: old controversy bctwoen those \~ho<br />
believe that frec enterprise <strong>and</strong> competition are tho soul <strong>of</strong> Anierican<br />
Progross <strong>and</strong> those who regard monopoly as essential to cfficioncy <strong>and</strong><br />
aVoi&nce <strong>of</strong> wastrful duplication. Tiiese views have some braring al~o<br />
Upon the ovolution <strong>of</strong> private practice <strong>of</strong> meteorology <strong>and</strong> the \;\‘cuther<br />
Bur~au’s policy with rcfcrence to oxtension <strong>of</strong> Government mcteorolog-<br />
FOR ITEM OF INTEREST TO ALL<br />
PERSONNEL SEE FIRST ARTICLE<br />
UNDER “INSTRUCTIONS”, PAGE 280<br />
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