proposals, written peer reviews, and funding deci- 

 sions and on-site reviews by headquarters staff. 



The gross outlines sketched here fail to touch 

 the sources of the flavor and vitality of ERDA's 

 basic research. It has been stretched, refitted, and 

 remolded during the hectic 30 plus months of 

 ERDA's existence. It survived, certainly larger 

 and more diverse, and probably stronger than 

 when ERDA began. The biggest pieces saw ERDA 

 come and prepare to go, with the magnificent ac- 



celerators still probing the innermost secrets of 

 physics. The scientists, many there from the first 

 and many who were added, have done outstanding 

 work. The ERDA laboratories, each with its insti- 

 tutional pride, struggled to change and earn new 

 and broader roles and still to keep their basic re- 

 search creative and fruitful and among the best in 

 the world. It is too soon to be sure how well they 

 succeeded. The signs are hopeful. They augur suc- 

 cess in a new setting. 



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