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tend international conferences, confer with scientific leaders in other 

 nations, and visit scientific installations in other countries. Although 

 a majority of these visits were undertaken by the Daddario subcom- 

 mittee in the 1960's, there were significant exceptions such as the large 

 committee delegation which visited Australia in 1964, a subsequent 

 visit by Congressmen Hechler and Roush to Spain, South Africa, and 

 Australia in 1965, and a special mission to Moscow by Congressman 

 Roush in 1967. Roush, designated by Chairman Miller to chair a 

 special ad hoc Subcommittee on International Commercial Standards 

 in 1966, attended the Moscow meeting of the "International Organi- 

 zation for Standardization" in June 1967. Some 56 nations were rep- 

 resented in this organization whose aim is to promote the development 

 of standards in the world in order to facilitate international exchange 

 of goods and services. 



SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCES 



Early in 1967, the Daddario subcommittee requested the Library 

 of Congress to compile a report on "The Participation of Federal 

 Agencies in International Scientific Programs." Philip B. Yeager of 

 the committee staff had many conferences with the Science Policy 

 Research and Foreign Affairs divisions of the Library during the prep- 

 aration of the report, a 167-page document which furnished excellent 

 background for the Panel and a springboard for further committee 

 activities in the international field. It was the first time that a com- 

 prehensive survey of international science had been furnished to the 

 Congress. The distinctive character of the report was that it did not 

 simply list and compile agencies and programs to read like a telephone 

 book, but it emphasized important highlights in the involvement of 

 Federal agencies in international scientific activities. 



The 1967 report led off with a discussion of the National Academy 

 of Sciences, characterized as "one of the Nation's most effective 

 instruments in international science." The committee worked closely 

 with the National Academy of Sciences and its president, Philip 

 Handler, as a focal point for furnishing stimulus, leadership, and 

 support for activities in this area. It also covered a complete listing 

 and analysis of the many international organizations with scientific 

 activities in which the United States takes part, as well as the huge 

 variety of international scientific projects undertaken by the numerous 

 Federal agencies. Subsequent reports covered annual developments in 

 international scientific policies. 



CHAIRMAN MILLER AND THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE 



The ubiquitous Chairman Miller journeyed on May 8, 1967 to 

 Strasbourg, France, where he spoke before the Council of Europe, 



