Appendix 4 



Report of tlie Committee on Discovery 

 and Development of Scientific Talent 



Table of Contents 



Page 



Letter of transmittal „„ 1 36 



Summary — 137 



Preface 142 



I. Long-term plans 147 



1. The desirability of and necessity for the proposed plans .— 147 



2. The desirability and necessary extent of the proposed long- term plans 150 



3. The recommended long-term plan and means for achieving it 152 



II. Plans for the near future — 158 



1. Deficits of scientific and technological personnel resulting from war 



and selective-service policies 158 



2. Plans for integrated scientific training for soldiers and sailors 160 



3. The importance of quality of instruction in "Army universities" 



abroad ___ _ 161 



4. The place of the GI Bill of Rights in ameliorating scientific and 



technological deficits 162 



5. Duties of schools, colleges, universities, and technical schools to 



returning veterans 163 



6. Importance of problem of scientific training of men in armed forces.... 165 



Appendix A. The educational pyramid: studies concerning able students lost 



to higher education 166 



Appendix B. Data concerning training of personned for science and technology -._. 177 



Appendix C Suggested administrative organization, bases of selection, schedule 



and procedures 1 80 



135 



