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I lis i , no Ol I 111 COMMITTEI ON SCIENC1 AND fECHNOLOGY 



Dr. H. Guyford Stever, Director of the National Science Foundation, took over duties 

 formerly assigned to the President's Science Adviser when the scientific advisory machinery 

 was removed from the White House in 197 3. Subsequently, President Ford in 1976 elevated 

 him to the post of Science Adviser to the President. Here he is shown addressing the com- 

 mittees Panel on Science and Technology, of which he was a member. At right is Representa- 

 tive James G. Fulton (Republican of Pennsylvania). 



technology in this country." During an appearance of Dr. Stever as a 

 witness before the committee, Hechler said to him: 



The way to provide overall leadership for an area that is of prime importance is 

 to place it administratively in the While House. This is the very highest level of the 

 Government, and I certainly look with some apprehension at the apparent down- 



