body to recommend the personnel of 

 the various committees. It would be 

 in a position to advise Congress and 

 the Bureau of the Budget on the 

 qualitv and importance of research 

 being conducted bv the bureaus. Bv 

 being able to relv upon the disinter- 

 ested advice of such a bodv, Congress 

 might be willing to appropriate sums 

 for long-term programs of basic re- 

 search whose importance it is difficult 

 or impossible for nontechnical per- 

 sons to evaluate properlv. Besides 

 consulting with the bureau chiefs on 

 their individual or collective prob- 



lems, the board would find it helpful 

 to meet at stated intervals with the 

 interbureau committee proposed ear- 

 lier in this chapter. 



We add our recommendation to 

 those of earlier committees and 

 strongly urge the creation of a per- 

 manent Science Advisory Board, em- 

 powered to assume over-all re- 

 sponsibility for advising the various 

 branches of the Government in scien- 

 tific matters. We suggest that this 

 board cooperate closelv with the 

 National Research Foundation. 



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