TABU Ol ( ONTI NTS XV 



XII. Science, Research and Technology, 1970-79 — Cont'd. p age 



Symington's Bureau of Standards bill 578 



NBS oversight hearings in 1977 578 



Materials policy research 579 



Materials policy handbook 580 



Earthquake research and engineering 584 



Victory in 1977 585 



DNA and genetic engineering 586 



Probing at the edges of knowledge 587 



Committee discussion in 1971 588 



The 1974 and 1976 committee studies 588 



Thornton hearings in 1977 590 



Considering new legislation on DNA 591 



George Brown and guayule 592 



The philosopher-politician 593 



Overcoming negative objections 594 



Successful joint markup session 595 



Seeking the formula for compromise 596 



Victory! 596 



Other subcommittee activities 597 



Employment of scientists and engineers 598 



Innovation and productivity 599 



Intergovernmental science policy 601 



Water resources and agriculture 601 



XIII. Science in the White House 605 



Bipartisan opposition to scuttling of science ma- 

 chinery 605 



Long-range approach of Science Committee . . . 607 



A national science policy 607 



Basic research and NIRAS 609 



Dissemination of scientific information 610 



New technological opportunities 611 



Committee muffs its chance in 1972 612 



The reorganization bombshell 612 



Full committee hearings 613 



Symington and Goldwater are critical 614 



Teague: "What is happening and why?" 615 



The low-key approach 616 



The congressional role in science policy 617 



The 1974 hearings 618 



Careful cooperation with the White House . . . 619 



The Killian report 620 



Green light to draft a bill 621 



