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which intrigued him. He was thoroughly acquainted with the 

 Daddario suhcommittee, and had testified before it and taken part in 

 the "Government and Science" seminar. Yet like many scientists, 

 despite his position of responsibility, Dr. Haworth related: 



I could not bring myself to go and see a Congressman, unless I had something to 

 see him about. 1 would not take his time just to butter him up, so to speak. 



But the memorandum put the shoe on the other foot. "Representative 

 Daddario, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Science, Research and 

 Development, would like to meet with you next Monday or Tuesday 

 for 'up to an hour probably — morning, afternoon, or evening' — to 

 talk over with you some of the subcommittee's plans for the future," 

 the memorandum started off. Most contacts with Capitol Hill, particu- 

 larly with a committee or subcommittee chairman, were confined to the 

 frosty atmosphere of the formal hearing where you brought a thick, 

 prepared statement which you hoped would not leave too much 

 time for questions. The memorandum went on to say that "with 

 Mr. Daddario would be Representative Riehlman, the ranking minor- 

 ity member, and Philip Yeager, the committee's counsel. They would 

 welcome your bringing anyone you wish, and no preparations or 

 materials would be necessary." Daddario said he wanted to discuss the 

 possibility that the National Science Foundation might prepare a 

 report for the subcommittee on scientific education at the secondary 

 school level, the extent to which the NSF should be involved in the sup- 

 port of research in the social sciences, and the question of future 

 authorization review of the NSF by the committee. 



Daddario's initial, informal contact with the National Science 

 Foundation as with the National Academy of Sciences, developed into 

 a pattern which proved very successful. He recognized that stronger 

 and more personal bridges had to be built with the scientific community. 

 The agencies involved were more executive-oriented, and only dealt 

 with Congress at arm's length when the annual appropriation time 

 came up. "I recall that they would have preferred not to deal with 

 Congress," said Daddario with reference to a minority feeling among 

 some scientists and administrators of science policy. Concerning 

 another experience of a meeting at the National Academy of Sciences, 

 Daddario related that there were "a couple of people there who had 

 never met a Member of Congress before." 



The subcommittee also operated in a strictly nonpartisan fashion. 

 As with Riehlman, and later with Representatives Bell and Mosher, 

 Daddario went out of his way to make sure they were involved in all 

 the important decisions of the subcommittee. Whenever a new pro- 

 gram was being worked out, Daddario exercised great care to be sure it 

 was talked out with the Republican members before any public hear- 



