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the universities, foundations, professional societies, and, indeed, 

 amongst and between its own agencies." Daddario noted: 



T am also pleased to say that the chairman of the full committee, Mr. Miller, 

 has given the subcommittee outstanding support. He has not only given us the kind 

 of staff that we need, the type of office help that the staff must depend upon to do 

 its work, but he has participated in many of the meetings and has given us the highest 

 moral support. 



In his response, Chairman Miller revealed: 



I can assure you that the subcommittee was carefully selected. Each member has 

 demonstrated his interest and sincerity and in many cases has some background for 

 the work. Likewise, the staff of the committee is a good one, and thev are the ones 

 on whom we depend greatlv. 



"government and science" seminar 



The "Government and Science" seminar surfaced enough ideas, 

 suggestions and advice to fill several volumes. After all, what do you 

 expect when some of the most intelligent people in the Nation get 

 together and brain-storm with each other? Certainly few people could 

 claim to have as exacting a managerial job as Wernher von Braun. Yet, 

 with timetables staring him in the face, well over 4,000 employees 

 to supervise, superbusy with putting out fires and appealing for more 

 firefighting equipment in his effort to meet deadlines, he still had time 

 to philosophize: 



I would make a request on behalf of our working scientists. They are not ma- 

 gicians, they have no crystal ball. Therefore, they should not be expected to precisely 

 predict the practical benefits of their research. It is no more possible for them to make 

 such a prediction than it is for a historian, a social scientist, or I presume a Member 

 of Congress to predict history. 



The seminar erupted into a raging debate over the proper geo- 

 graphical distribution of Federal research funds, which gave Roger 

 Revelle the chance to indicate perhaps one of the reasons for maldistri- 

 bution: 



The difficulty with many sections of the country is that there are Representatives 

 in Congress representing the citizens and the leaders of those communities who have 

 in fact not emphasized the right things. 



If we look at some sections of the country, the amount of Federal money spent 

 in those sections is very large, but it is spent for military bases, and it is spent for a 

 great many activities other than education, other than real research or support of 

 science and the support of higher education. 



NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 



A few weeks before Christmas in 1963, Leland Haworth, the 

 Director of the National Science Foundation, received a memorandum 



