the new legislation the compulsory licensing provision would expire
unless extended by Congress.
'
The discussion was mainly on the dompulséry Leensing point.
Mr.
Murphree, in particular, was concerned about ity “It could essentially
compel a company to turn over an invention it had made to competitions’
without compensation, no matter how much money it had spent in making
the invention,
Dr. Buckley also felt this provision was undesirable;
however, he did not think it very serious.
At 5:40 p.m, Mr. Isenbergh and Mr. Anderson left the meeting, and
Dr. von Neumann returned,
.
There followed an executive session, in which Mr. LeBaron's remarks
and the patent questions were briefly considered.
This session was adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
SESSION
(November 6, 1953)
At 9:30 a.m, the Committee met with Mr. N. J, Carothers and Dr. F.
Produc=-
K. Pittman of the Division of Production.
Matters
the Secretary, and Mr. Tomei were present.
tion
All members of the Committee,
Dr, Pittman reviewed the several papers which his Division had
forwerded to the Conmittee,
presentation.
Mr. Carothers also contributed to the
:
.
The ADP program (Li-6) was in full swing, with substantially
Lithium 6 greater production from Elex than anticipated. No difficulty was
anticipated in meeting the Li-6 requirements for the Castle test
operation,