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On the old forum I posted the question about the name stamped on the front engine mounting bracket of my M37. I got no responses. Well here it is. Recently I discovered an old Mopar book I bought way back when I was in high school. It said the following about Chryslers famed "Floating Power Engine mounts":
'Patented in 1928 it located rubber engine mountings along the natural rocking axes at the front above the timing cover and at the rear below the transmission'. This was a big selling feature on DeSotos. Glad I didn't throw out my copy of 'Plymouth-Dodge-Chrysler, The full Mopar Story' by Petersen publishing. It had one picture of a M37 while discussing flatheads. Groovy.

Cool, I wondered what it meant also, and I believed it had to do something with the valves. Thanks for the info. Indeed books may be an "always giving treasure."

In the early days engines were bolted right to the frame, chrysler first made an used what we now call motor mounts and for the purposes of marketing called it 'floating power' it was a big improvement over other cars of the time for overall comfort in the vehicle.