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Will Arming Stop TV Now? Stopping TV could harm “But the question of shutting down the industry is at present really academic. Guided missile work is now in its elemen¬ tary stages and the problems for some time to come will primarily be those of research and development. “That being the case, not much would lie gained by shutting down the TV industry. In fact, this could be harmful, since the industry’s revenues support much elec¬ tronic research.” In the event of an enemy attack on this country, it is logical to assume that most civilian television activities would cease. But such an attack, fortunately, is still more in the realm of the possible than the prob¬ able. Some guided missile experts have suggested that the television industry be shut down at once /jk recent article on guided missiles in a nationally-read newsmagazine stated that some experts are convinced that the U. S. government should shut down the television industry at once in order to free electronic technicians for work in the pro¬ duction of guided missiles. The missile is expected to revolutionize air war by making unnecessary bombing planes piloted by human beings. Unless we get into a major shooting war, will such a shut-down actually take place? Will TV factories be closed or converted? Will stations cease operations for want of vital engineers? The development of guided missiles is said to present tougher problems than did that of the atom bomb. It requires many of the same skills and materials that go info creating the sensitive pleasure instrument we have in our living room. There are four main types of guided missile and a tele¬ vision or radar system is used for guidance of the terrible war instrument in certain cases. Every missile plant and laboratory is seeking technicians. If large-scale produc¬ tion should begin, the demand for this spe¬ cialized manpower would be greatly inten¬ sified. That would mean a tremendous drain on the television industry’s facilities. However, Your TV Investigator was given this calm statement by a spokesman for the Du Mont Laboratories: “Naturally, the television industry’s engi¬ neers stand ready for whatever assignments the guided-missile people may have in order to speed the progress of this project so important to national defense. 8