go without it. If ability, and not the circumstance of family fortune, deter- 

 mines who shall receive higher education in science, then we shall be 

 assured of constantly impro\'ing quality at eyery leyel of scientific activity. 

 The Goyernment should provide a reasonable number of undergraduate 

 scholarships and graduate fellowships in order to develop scientific talent in 

 American youth. The plans should be designed to attract into science only 

 that proportion of youthful talent appropriate to the needs of science in 

 relation to the other needs of the Nation for high abilities. 



Including Those in Uniform 



The most immediate prospect of making up the deficit in scientific per- 

 sonnel is to develop the scientific talent in the generation now in uniform. 

 Even if we should start now to train the current crop of high-school gradu- 

 ates none would complete graduate studies before 1951. The Armed Services 

 should comb their records for men who, prior to or during the war, have 

 given evidence of talent for science, and make prompt arrangements, con- 

 sistent with current discharge plans, for ordering those who remain in uni- 

 form, as soon as militarily possible, to duty at institutions here and overseas 

 where they can continue their scientific education. Moreover, the Services 

 should see that those who study o\'erseas have the benefit of the latest 

 scientific information resulting from research during the war. 



The Lid Must Be Lifted 



While most of the war research has in\'olved the application of existing 

 scientific knowledge to the problems of war, rather than basic research, there 

 has been accumulated a \'ast amount of information relating to the applica- 

 tion of science to particular problems. Much of this can be used by industry. 

 It is also needed for teaching in the colleges and universities here and in the 

 Armed Forces Institutes overseas. Some of this information must remain 

 secret, but most of it should be made public as soon as there is ground for 

 belief that the enemy will not be able to turn it against us in this war. To 

 select that portion which should be made public, to coordinate its release, 

 and definitely to encourage its publication, a Board composed of Army, Navy, 

 and civilian scientific members should be promptly established. 



A Program for Action 



The Government should accept new responsibilities for ]:)romoting the 

 flow of new scientific knowledge and the de\'elopmcnt of scientific talent in 

 our youth. These responsibilities are the proper concern of the Government, 

 for thev xitallv affect our health, our jobs, and our naticjnal security. It is in 

 keeping also with basic United States policy that the Government should 

 foster the opening of new frontiers and this is the modern way to do it. For 



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