INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION, 1959-79 4Q3 



Writing his reflections after the colloquium, one of the most 

 striking conclusions was posed by Dr. Franco Fiorio, scientific coun- 

 selor of the Italian Embassy in Washington (and later chairman of the 

 U.N. Working Group on Remote Sensing of the Earth by Satellites) 

 in a letter to Chairman Miller. After reviewing the necessity for inter- 

 national action to protect the environment, Dr. Fiorio painted the 

 gloomy results of failure to take such action: 



The alternative for the not too distant future might well be a dead "Spaceship 

 Earth" carrying for the eternity the cargo of memories and dreams of an extinct 

 race in its silent voyage throughout the immensity of the Universe. 



MEETING OF THE MINISTERS OF SCIENCE, OECD 



Chairman Miller, as the congressional adviser to the U.S. delega- 

 tion, traveled to Paris on October 13-14, 1971, to address the Ministers 

 of Science of all the member countries of the Organization for Eco- 

 nomic Cooperation and Development. Dr. Edward E. David, Jr., the 

 President's Science Adviser, headed the U.S. delegation, and Philip B. 

 Yeager of the committee staff accompanied Chairman Miller to the 

 Conference. 



At the Conference, Chairman Miller had an opportunity to express 

 his views and those of the Science and Astronautics Committee far 

 more freely and fully than he had at the 1967 OECD "Confrontation 

 Meeting" which he had attended with Dr. Hornig. He furnished 

 examples of the congressional role in the making of science policy, 

 especially the work of the Subcommittee on Science, Research and 

 Development in revising the charter of the National Science Founda- 

 tion, the recommendations on what U.S. science policy should be, 

 and the development of technology assessment. Information was also 

 furnished on Science Committee findings on the relation between 

 Science, Technology, and the Economy. In Chairman Miller's report 

 to the committee and to the Congress after his return, he stressed the 

 meaning of the meeting to the United States: 



First, there is a change of emphasis in the way science and technology will be 

 used in the future * * * (with) concentration on the applications of technology to 

 the kind of social needs and life-quality standards which the OECD nations have in 

 common and to which they have proclaimed their dedication. * * * 



Second, more international movement and involvement seem unavoidable. * * * 

 Third, in situations such as these, it would appear that the United States has 

 little choice but to participate in this worldwide economic ballgame. 



A NEW CHAIRMAN: JIM SYMINGTON 1972 



As 1971 drew to a close, Chairman Miller could look back with 

 some pride on the committee record on international cooperation, a 



