Part Four: Renewal of Our Scientific Talent: 



Nature of the Problem 23 



A Note of Warning 23 



The Wartime Deficit 24 



Improve the Quahty 24 



Remove the Barriers 25 



The Generation in Uniform Must Not be Lost 25 



A Program 26 



Part Five: A Problem of Scientific Reconversion: 



Effects of MobiHzation of Science for War 28 



Security Restrictions Should be Lifted Promptly 28 



Need for Coordination 29 



A Board to Control Release 29 



Publication Should be Encouraged 30 



Part Six: The Means to the End: 



New Responsibilities for Go\ernmcnt 31 



The Mechanism 31 



Five Fundamentals 32 



Military Research 33 



National Research Foundation 34 



L Purposes 34 



IL Members , 34 



IIL Organizations 35 



IV. Functions 37 



V. Patent Policy 38 



VI. Special Authority 38 



VII. Budget .' 39 



Action b\' Congress 40 



Appendices 



1. Committees Consulted 43 



2. Report of the Medical Advisory Committee, Dr. W. W. Palmer, 



Chairman 46 



3. Report of the Committee on Science and the Public Welfare, 



Dr. Isaiah Bowman, Chairman 70 



4. Report of the Committee on Disco\er\ and De\elopment of 



Scientific Talent, Dr. Henry Allen Moe, Chairman 135 



5. Report of the Committee on Publication of Scientific Inlormation, 



Dr. Irvin Stewart, Chairman 186 



Index 193 



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