Government, U. S., responsibilities in 

 fields of scientific research and devel- 

 opment: 



Highlights of Dr. Bush's recoviniend- 

 ations and dex'elopments since 1950 — - 

 Science, the Endless Frontier as clas- 

 sic expression of desirable nature of 

 relationships between science and the 

 Government, vii; role of the Govern- 

 ment and developments in that role 

 since 1950 in promotion of basic 

 scientific research, viii-x; increase in 

 Federal funds for research, ix; role of 

 the Government in industrial re- 

 search, x-xi; role of the Government 

 in medical research, xi-xii; role of the 

 Government in military' research, xii- 

 xiii; role of the Government in pro- 

 moting international scientific coop- 

 eration, xiii-xv; role of the Govern- 

 ment in promoting the discovery and 

 developemnt of talent, xv-xvii; role 

 of the Government in publication of 

 scientific knowledge developed dur- 

 ing World War II, xviii-xix; the Na- 

 tional Science Foundation as the 

 means of the Government's playing 

 its role in scientific development, xix- 

 xxvi; five principles of support by the 

 Government for scientific research 

 and education, and highlights of NSF 

 compliance with, xx-xxi; appropria- 

 tions and obligations for basic re- 

 search, xxv-xxvi. 



Dr. Bush on — 



Aid to scientific research by public 

 and private organizations, 1, 3; need 

 for support to medical research, 5-6, 

 14-16; need for support of scientific 

 research, 6-7; competition with indus- 

 tr\' and universities for scientific per- 

 sonnel, 7; need for support in devel- 

 oping scientific talent, 7; need for 

 incentives to industry to conduct re- 

 search, 7; summary' of responsibility 

 in scientific development, 8-9; recom- 

 mendation to establish in the perma- 

 nent Government structure an agency 

 to carry out Government responsibil- 

 it>% 9; advancement of science as the 

 concern of the Government, 11-12; 

 fundamentals underlying support for 

 scientific research, 12; responsibility 

 for scientific military' research, 17-18; 

 increase in applied scientific research, 

 1930-1940, in the Government, 19-21; 

 recommendation for improving per- 

 sonnel policies concerning scientific 

 personnel emplovees, 20; scientific re- 

 search in the Government as essen- 

 tially applied research, 20; recommen- 

 dation that basic scientific research at 

 colleges, universities, and research in- 

 stitutes be strengthened bv use of 

 public funds, 20; recommendation for 

 creation of a Science Advisory Board 



to coordinate policies and budgets of 

 Government agencies engaged in 

 scientific research, 20-21; means of 

 strengthening industrial research, 21; 

 role of the Government in promoting 

 international flow of scientific infor- 

 mation, 22; role of the Government 

 in supporting basic scientific research, 

 22; support to research in Agriculture, 

 22; cost of adequate support to basic 

 and applied scientific research, 22; 

 mobilization of science for World 

 War II, 28-29; various agencies of the 

 Government as participants in war- 

 time scientific research, 29; responsi- 

 bility to make available the results of 

 wartime research data, 29-30; respon- 

 sibilities of the Government in pro- 

 motion of scientific research and scien- 

 tific talent, 31-40; mechanism for and 

 fundamentals of the Government's 

 role in scientific research and develop- 

 ment, 31-40; need for a special agency 

 to assist scientific research outside the 

 Government and to support research 

 on weapons and administer a program 

 on science scholarships and fellow- 

 ships, 31-32; five fundamentals in a 

 program for Government support for 

 scientific research and education, 32- 

 33. 



Palmer Committe on — 

 See Research, medical: Palmer Com- 

 mittee. 



Bowman Committee on — 

 Role of the Government in conduct- 

 ing scientific research, 73; role of the 

 Government in promotion of research 

 in fields of natural sciences, engineer- 

 ing, and agriculture, 73; role of the 

 Government to encourage interna- 

 tional exchange of scientific knowl- 

 edge and engineering art, 73, 75; role 

 of the Government to carry on scien- 

 tific research within the Government, 

 75-76; recommendations for increased 

 effectiveness of scientific work in the 

 Government, 76; achievements made 

 by Federal research agencies, 77; re- 

 sponsibility of the Government to 

 promote scientific progress in the na- 

 tional welfare, 77; precedents in Fed- 

 eral aid to scientific progress, 77, 78, 

 79; need for Federal aid to scientific 

 research in private institutions, 77-80; 

 responsibility of the Government to 

 support pure scientific research, 81-82; 

 responsibility of the Government to 

 suDOort background scientific research, 

 82-83; creation of Federal scientific 

 bureaus. 83-85; Government support 

 of the X^'^ilkes Ex-ploring Expedition, 

 84: expenditures for scientific research, 

 85-89; necessity for support to pure 

 research in universities in order to 

 maintain proportion of pure to applied 



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