A COAST-TO-COAST World Automotive Engineering Congress of the Society of Automotive Engineers will open in New York on May 22 for a 5-day session; will be in Indianapolis May 29 to 30; in Detroit May 31 to June 2; and will close with a 3-day session in San Francisco, ending June 8. Of the 60 technical papers to be presented, 18 will be on aeronautic subjects, of which ten will be presented by European authorities who are making a special trip to appear before the Congress.

Senate chews Guam, and why? Some of our smartest swivel chair seamen say the Administration asked for Guam so that the Alaskan air base could be slipped in unnoticed. For years the Navy has wept for Kodiak and has always been slapped down. Now, as the far North base becomes a reality, no hand or voice is raised against it.