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nology transfer helped build Russian military strength, and the effect 

 on American jobs Congressman Roe in particular expressed concern 

 at the lack of any central policy toward technology transfer and 



observed : 



We arc truly in the midst o( World War III right now. It is an economic war .is 

 to which society and economic system can prevail. 



TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO UNDERDEVELOPED NATIONS 



Perhaps because of the wide divergencies of opinion on the sub- 

 committee, no report was issued on the hearings. But the following 

 year, the Hanna subcommittee in its final public effort held three 

 days of public hearings on a bill introduced by Congressman Hanna, 

 H.R. 14242, entitled the " International Science and Technology Trans- 

 fer Act of 1974." At hearings held May 21-23, Chairman Hanna called 

 witnesses to comment on his legislation, whose aim was to establish 

 an institute under the National Science Foundation to facilitate the 

 transfer of American inventions and research developments in science 

 and technology to underdeveloped nations. The bill was carefully 

 tailored to insure its referral to the Science and Astronautics Com- 

 mittee and Hanna's subcommittee. 



When NSF Director Dr. Guyford Stever in his best diplomatic 

 manner praised the intent but not the content of Hanna's bill, it 

 promoted Winn to remark : 



I do get sort of a lukewarm feeling from your testimony this morning. 

 Hanna himself had to concede: 



Mr. Winn, I think we will detect the chill winds from OMB blowing across this 

 legislation. 



As the three days of hearings drew to a close, Winn remarked he 

 would compare the whole problem brought out by the hearings to the 

 following analogy: 



One can compare it with throwing a football to a group of less-developed 

 country kids who have never seen a football game. They do not know whether you 

 kick it, eat it, sit on it; I think we may be doing that and thinking we are helping 

 these less-developed countries. 



Without attempting to summarize the hearings, Chairman Hanna, 

 at 11:25 a.m. on Mav 23, 1974, delivered his final pronouncement as a 

 member of the Science and Astronautics Committee: 



Unless there is some other matter to be disposed of, the committee will be 

 adiourned. 



BRUSSELS CONFERENCE ON SATELLITE TRANSMISSIONS 



Speaker .Albert designated Chairman Teague as a congressional 

 adviser to the U.S. delegation attending the Brussels Conference in 



