Centucky, study of utilization of ix)tential 

 college ability found in high schools 

 of, 174-175. 



Kidney diseases, 14, 55-56. 



Kitt Peak National Observatory, xxi. 



Kuznets, Simon S., National Income and 

 Its Composition, 1919-38, 86, note 1. 



Labor, organized, increased awareness of 

 relation of research to the economy 

 by, X. See also Education and Labor. 



Land, Edwin H., member. Committee on 

 Science and the Public Welfare, 44, 

 72. 



Land-grant colleges: agricultural research 

 in, 32; Federal aid to agricultural re- 

 search in, 79; as examples of coopera- 

 tion among State and Federal Govern- 

 ments, individuals, and industry, 79; 

 growth of, 84. 



Languages, graduate school enrollments in, 

 178. 



Law, 177. 



Learned, W. S., and Wood, Ben D., The 

 Student and His Knowledge, data 

 from, 170-171. 



Libraries, aids to, as functions of proposed 

 National Research Foundation, 116, 

 118-121. 



Library of Congress, 118, 119. 



Library training, 177. 



Lick, James, research sponsored by, 84. 



Life expectancy, 5, 13, 54. 



Life sciences, distribution of Ph.D. de- 

 grees among other fields and, 177-178. 



Linguistics. See Psycholinguistics. 



Literature, graduate school enrollments in, 

 178. 



Liver therapy, 13, 54. 



Loeb, Martin B. See Warner, W. Lloyd. 



Maclaurin, W. Rupert, secretary. Commit- 

 tee on Science and the Public Wel- 

 fare, 44, 72. 



MacQuigg, Charles E., member. Commit- 

 tee on Science and the Public Wel- 

 fare, 44, 72. 



Madison, James, support of ideas for Gov- 

 ernment-sponsored academy, 84. 



Malaria and anti-malarials, 13, 15, 49, 53, 

 55. 



Malignant diseases, 14. 



Marine Biological Laboratory, 86, note 6. 



Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 

 Radiation Laboratory at, xiii; men- 

 tioned, 140, 161. 



Mathematical, Physical and Engineering 

 Sciences, Division of, in NSF, xx. 



Mathematics: NSF's program to improve 

 teaching of, xvii; included within the 

 scope of science considered by the Moe 

 Committee, 142; inadequate teaching 

 of, in secondary schools, 148; deficit 

 in personnel trained in, 158, 179; 

 undergraduate degrees in physical 

 sciences, allied fields and, 177; Ph.D. 

 degrees in, 177; graduate school en- 

 rollments in, 178. 



McConnell, T. R., member. Committee on 

 Discovery and Development of Scien- 

 tific Talent, 45, 136. 



Measles, 54. 



Meat-packing company, included in a sur- 

 vey of research in industrial labora- 

 tories, 133, note 2. 



Medical Advisory Committee, membership, 

 43, 47, 48; report by, 46-69. 



Medical Fellowship Board, National Re- 

 search Council: Rockefeller Founda- 

 tion fellowship program administered 

 by, 60. 



Medical Research, NSF compilation of 

 science policies on, xxiii. See also 

 Research, medical. 



Medical Research, Committee on, organ- 

 ized under OSRD for wartime scien- 

 tific research: cost of program to July 

 1944, 49; medical advances attributa- 

 ble to, 49, 52; scope of activity, 53-54. 



Medical Research Committee in Great 

 Britain, 57. 



Medical Research Council in Great Brit- 

 ain, 57. 



Medical Research Foundation. See Na- 

 tional Foundation for Medical Re- 

 search. 



Medical schools and universities: 

 Dr. Biish on — 

 Role of, in medical research, 5-6, 15. 



Palmer Committee on — 

 Role of, in medical research, and Fed- 

 eral aid to, as requisite for adequate 

 medical progress, 50-51, 56-60, 66-69; 

 government support in Great Britain 

 to, 57; annual budgets of, 58. 



Bowman Committee on — 

 Growth of, 84-85. 



See Research, medical. 



Medical sciences, Ph.D. degrees in, and 

 distribution of degrees among other 

 fields and, 177-178. 



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