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Engines
P atents Issued
November 27, 19^6 .
lion. Henry Morgenthau, J r . , Secretary of the Treasury,
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P l e a s e n o t e co py o f my j o i n t l e t t e r of t h e 25t h i n s t . t o th e American Petroleum I n s t i t u t e and the Automobile Manufacturers A s s o c i a t i o n , on t h e s u b j e c t of "The Shambles on American Highways are re s u lt of allow ing predatory rugged individualism and se lfish self-g o v e rn m en t by economic r o y a l i s t s to run r i o t . "
The o f f i c i a l s of t h e works c o n t r o l l i n g t h e l e a d dope fu e l monopoly under what th e w rite r b eliev es to be unlawful p a te n t c la im s, as shown by c o u rt re c o rd s , have boasted th a t th e Congress and even t h e U.5 .Supreme Court do n o t dare to d e a l d e f i n i t e l y w ith t h e i r p i r a c y i n b u s i n e s s o p e ra tio n s and f r a u d in c o u r t -proceedings, r e s u l t i n g i n j u d i c i a l f r a u d , as w i l l b e d e m o n s t r a t e d i n s u b s e q u e n t l e t t e r s to t h e o rg a n is a tio n s named, by p u b lic re c o rd s.
How c a n t h e C o n g r e s s and t h e Supreme C o u r t i g n o r e su ch facts as re fe rre d to h e re in , in th e face of the recen t e le c tio n s, c l e a r l y showing t h a t a m a jo rity o f th e American p e o p le do n o t approve m is re p re s e n ta tio n s by anyone, in order to fu rth e r allow c le a r v i o l a t i o n of t h e U. S. C o n s t i t u t i o n and A c t s o f C o n g r e s s b a s e d t h e r e o n , i n s t i t u t e d f o r t h e p r o t e c t i o n o f t h e common d e f e n s e a n d t h e p u b l i c w e l f a r e in th e exact manner s p e c i f i c a ll y s ta te d in the C o n s titu tio n its e lf " '
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R efe rrin g t o my io i n t l a t t e r to. you o f November .28, 1936*
listin g t o th e noaeosity f o r oliminabion of poisonous eshrnoi gas os. in
motor v e h ic le s -on;Aacrlean' highway* boeause of th e to x ie o f f s e t on tea;--:
b e in g s, r e s u ltin g I n m oid e a ls , with death end in ju ry g re a te r th p n in
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In order t o a d ' ^ ^ t r s t e th e p i r a t i c a l a ttitu d e - o f te o h a ie a l ::< employed by th e members o f your Ass eolations* towards inCepm&ent invoa
who' so lv e problems in v o lv in g th e v e ry .life " o f th e i n t o t r i e s 'affected * r l
not le tte r* - quoted below* from Hr. 3cni* 1 A nibalr Chief i.Bfcginoer of vn-
P e e rle s s Motor Car Company, t o the w riter* vhleh p la in s ita elf Hr.* v-
ih e l i s now Chief isngiaeor of th e Ponti&o. B iv isio a of th e General Hot-ox
C o lo ra tio n , which Corporation boasts th at w en th e ti.S, Supreme Court doc:
not d a re c h a lle n g e i t s fra u d in C ourt proe eodings and r e s u l t i n g in l u l i e f c i
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is some roas en fb r your malling us theea p a te a ts, which
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ther -i no aeeeoolty of seadlng th e p eerl cas Cemssny meY.
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out o f-a jy eonei&orat'ioii as & aember o f tfc S#A*JS;# da th o a lle g a tio n
was. n o t s o l c a t l f i o and beeaus ho l u a f t l c d a s u l i f o r in fria g o sie a t >
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however, wes o l i owed ad lib itu m a b i l i t y t.o e x p lo it ito
poisonous lo ad dopo fu e l th e o rie s bssed on dry m ixtures covered by writ::,;
p a t onte o f I 920.
In o ld er t h a t you may c l e a r l y u n d o rstm d th e n e c e s s ity f o r my gr;.;\ charge again a t tho members o f your A sso ciatio n s, p l e a s e note t h a t in i t , proceedings o f th e S.AS* f o r 19X6 ar a number ' o f -ddreaeos ' o f w ell Ata-cv.;-. .taehnlesL spo.rto d ealin g with, th e fuaL, c r i s i s which was beginning to (le vel op in America a t th a t tim e,, in th e form, o f high end r i s i n g p ric e s fc ; to r ih e ls which, caused a c o i^id crab l a percentage" of th e mot or- v ehi odes ira us to bo l a i d up 'by in d iv id u a l owners.
Ale 0, piofiso n o te th e appeal. o f ,,w&l-haojra member o f 'th e S.A"' appearing i n th e 1916 proceedings of th a t S o ciety ,' f o r a s o lu tio n o f th e economic. problem caused by th e " in a b ility o f 'wet m ixture fuel'methods: lv. in th e engines produced a t that- p e rio d , tp 'p ro p e rly u t i l i s e fuel?; av ail ;.
P le a se not p a rtlo u la fL y th a t the Chainaan. o f th e Hatt.oaal Aavisc Commit too f o r Aeronaut ic e , fo r X916, s ta'tod in an aldroes (a s shorn in th:. 1916 Proccodings o f th e 3.A#lM* t h a t more than 4,000 p a te n ts issu ed a t t h a t . tim.o r d a t i n g to fu e l osrburefei on, 'could n o t so lv e th e te c h n ic a l rv: ec Gnomic' problems involved ' in th o fuel c r i s i s , develop! by th o war 1: ope c a u sin g '.Araar.lcan oil. re fin e rs to a t r i p th e mere v o l a t i l e c u ts of /
1 cum-for m ilita ry a irp la n e purposes .broad az& s e llin g le s s .v o l a t i l e f to American buyers.
f u i a n o ted te c h n ic a l sport f a lla c ie in ly a lle g e d th a t th e proli *.; th e sim ple one of tak in g item A from one p'$,<3ttt, ..pit' item B in cucthe a t, pit i t m 0 in some.other p aten t, e tc ., in order t o produce capable of s lying th e fu e l problem fo r $ o a engines a t 't h a t tins*
Your a tte n tio n 'i s now c e lle d t o th e 'f a c t th a t no such simulo &<:> m s .po ss ib i 0 because, m shorn in p u b lic reco rd s, i t r o o u ir c l th e c'-/v of th e scien ce o f e ^ u ilib iiu a v a p o risa tio n and methods and a p p a ra t;*v .vol.Oped by th o w rite r {causing th e low ering o f .th e b o ilin g , yaperio-. ? O uparhaatiag p o in ta o f l i q u i d fuels in a i r m ixtures frees 100 to 129 J w ith comp e tc v a p o risa tio n of f u e l s ) , tiic h did, n o t cxiot i n th wot engines and methods w ith incom plete v a p o risa tio n and producing ta rr y ... s o l i d r esid u es, w ith carbon monoxide in exhaust0.
Your a t t a i t i on io called to t h o 'f a c t th a t th io . 0cionco and tho
ods based th ereo n in ' engine, o p eratin g cesi d i t i one., ?$js s a id to bo oo^or,
..to th e aocq>tsd sc ie n c e , by lo ad in g scion tie-ts;'! eagiae&rs and p r i o r lz l a 1916, who based t h e i r f a lla c io u s views on fra c tio n a l d i s t i l i a lie n \
s e t i on p ro c e sse s used in la b o ra to rie s and in ny /^
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th s .w itc r to loading motor wort i$ America explaining in cimalo lis * tbo technical t e lls o f th e dry mistlire nothods, ron be ib
f i l i n g , o f abdications for patente In 1917, whioh t?ra icansSl in Abort u 2026* -`Siftsao lotter war ridiculed ''by motor torce engineers*
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Tear a tte n tio n , is* c a ll id t o a r t i c l e 1appearing i n I n d u s tr ie l and ?,{
ceri ag,C hem istry, i n July I 925# e n title d ,^ K q id lib fc lu m V ap o risatio n o f en;
oline*, l)y Kosto n S t ovens on and H erbert j , S ta rk ; also a m o l appearing ; ;
th e am o p u lii c a tio n , In-Deco nibor, 1927* e n ti .tied "Detennin&t-ion* o f V o l til
i t y 0f'G a so lin e , by Heston S t even.on a id Joseph a. Babor
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Your a ttr i t io n la also, c e lia i to the a rtic le by an o ffic ia l o f the oau. of-Standards i n -Washington, Mr. Oso&r 0* Bridgom&a,- ote'-sapo&rlv'? in in d u s tr ia l & s ^ in o e iln g r Oftemletiy , 'A ugust, 1 9 2 8 ,, a n il t i e d , Pa? p o in ta 0./ Air-Gas o lin o Mixtures from D is tilla tio n Curves", and th e other, in th e s . * Jo u rn a l o f November, 1928, e n tit id, ifBew p o in t B ats on a s s o l i n e .
You w i l l n o te th e re fo re th a t th e Bureau of S tandards a t TTashington, : a r e s u lt of s i x years* co o p eratio n w ith your A ssociations a id th e 3 . a") , ,
firm ed th o v a lid ity o f th e equilibrium v ap o riz atio n method necessary to p ducofdry hoaogonoous m ixture of liq u id fu e ls in a i r e ith e r in th e labors?; c
or in engine operating co n d itio n s; and a l l of these clearly demonstrated th a t th e problem was n o t th e sim ple one fo r s o lu tio n o f th e wet m*J ,~uri g ino t r cablea, as a lle g e d by people who addressed th e S, l*B. in th e y
Also p le a s e n o te th e address of th o w rite r, shorn in tho S.A.B. Joim u of December, 1917, under th o t i t l e of "Solving th e peso lin e Problem", whor in a g a in , in sim ple English,- tho advantages were p o in ted out of dry homogor eoos f u e l m laturos based on th e roed t e s t data r e f e r r e d to i n th a t addrcaa, which p erm itted th e p r a c tic a l e lim in a tio n o f 0 0 i n engine-oxlm usta in ;iJ' : erly designed apparatus attached to tho gas engines in motor v eh ic le s
In o rder t 0dem o n strate tho growing in te n s ity of th o fu e l c r i s i s to h e ro in , pin aso noto th e le p o ri'o f th o Chicago Confer once do&ling w ith \,i Actual s ta g e o f th e f u e l i o ,CTI* 4liJhJ w hich appears in th o 3.A .E . Jo u rn al JW< h e r, 1919 p o in tin g out in considerable d e ta il th e e v ils of wot m ixture methods which sroro th re a te n in g tho very e x is te n c e o f the m otor in d u s try .
Ploaso n o to th e Koport o f tho & A. Puoi Committee, shown In theProoeodings of 1920, wheroin t h a t Fuel Committoo reocmsiendod th e adoption 0 dry m ixture fu e l methods and warnod a i l ooncomod to c o n s u lt p a te n t counse because o f p a te n ta issu ed and pending on such dry m ixture methods.
P icas 0 not that tho. S*A#F. Fuel Commit ta o f 1920
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who ax' 0 now o f f io ia ls and s e v e r s o f th o Board o f D irecto rs of th o Q.M.O. 0
t r o l l i n g tho p a te n ts, jointly w i t h tho Standard Oil Co o f . J . , f o r le a d
dopes in homogonocus a ix tu in s o f liq u id hjft^ocerboaw in e i r and on which is
based tho load dope fu e l monopoly, w ith th o e v i l p ra c tic e s pointed out in t l
2936 Report on P a ten t P o o ls, by th House Committee on -71 vo-
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P Iqqbo n o te th a t t h i s S.A .E. Fuel CommittbiT of 1920, o l e a i a ^ t a t o d b - ;i.
th o 11 fa of th e m otor in d u stry was involved in th o problem o f p ro p e r vapor
t i e s of fu e ls a v a ila b le at p ric e s th o p u b lic could a ffo rd to psy
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5?h w rite r in & subsequent communication to your organisations 3 w ill oivO doewnentaiy p ro o f o f th e p i r a t i c a l th e o rie s o f th e members o f .the lia~ tionajk Automat)IX0 Chamber of Commerce concerning p at o a ts, 'sfoen h e ld by in ventors and groups n o t members o f th e potent pool proposed and adopted in 1916 and where no conoid or at Ion whatsoever was to ho given to oven revo lu tio n a ry pro cess p a te n ts based on new sc lo n e s, #ien hold by an indspcadent In v e n to r, n o t employed by th e mernbera o f th e p aten t pool involved.
In subsequent communications to your 0rgani sat io n s, th e w rite r w ill a lso c i t e docamoatary proof o f the fa c t t h a t th e members of th e 3c ad dopemonopoly p r o s t i t u te d th e in v en tio n o f dry homogeneous m ixtures f o r th e elim in a tio n of C 0 aril b e tto r operating efficiency in th e gas engines in motor v e h ic le s , by adding load (lope to t h e d ry m ixtures and thereby developed, th e g re a te s t on masse cum ulative p o isoning o f.p e o p le , c o n trib u tin g to th e g h ast ly lin t of deaths, In ju ries and looses to th e public purse of m erles, not approached by anything in h isto ry of a sim ilar nature.
Yours 0inoor ely,