National welfare: 



Science related to, since J 950 — 

 Increased awareness oi' relationships 

 between science and, vii-xwi, passim. 



Dr. Bush on — 



Science related to, vii-viii, 5, 6-7, 9, 

 10-12, 17-22, 40; scientific talent re- 

 lated to, 23; need for coordination of 

 research programs in interest of, 31. 



Bowman Committee on — 



Scientific progress essential to, 74, 77. 



Moe Committee on — 

 Science as a member of a team in, 

 142-143; training of highest ability 

 students essential to, 146; promotion 

 of public interest in development of 

 science as important to, 157; discov- 

 ery and development of scientific tal- 

 ent in the armed forces, and special 

 postwar educational programs for vet- 

 erans and wartime industrial workers 

 as essential to, 158-165; adverse ef- 

 fects of deficits in trained scientific 

 personnel on, 158-165, passim; re- 

 cruitment by industry of students 

 who should continue education as 

 adverse for, 169-170. 



Stewart Committee on — 

 Release of scientific information de- 

 veloped during the war as important 

 to, 187-192. 



Natural resources. See National resources. 



Natural sciences: 



Dr. Bush on — 



Proposal for a division of, in a Na- 

 tional Research Foundation, 35, 39; 

 support of research in, as function of 

 proposed National Research Founda- 

 tion, 35, 37, 39-40. 



Bowman Committee on — 

 Subject of study by the Committee, 

 73; costliness of research in, 79; ex- 

 penditures for research in, 86, note 

 5; analysis of research in engineering 

 and, and postwar needs by univer- 

 sities, colleges, industrial research lab- 

 oratories, and nonprofit science insti- 

 tutes, 122-134, passim. See also Com- 

 mittee on Science and the Public 

 Welfare. 



Aioe Committee on — 

 Undergraduate degrees (1941) in 

 technolog\' and, 150; Ph.D. degrees 

 C6-year period) in technology and, 

 150; statistics on research in tech- 

 nology and, 177. 



Naval Observatory, establishment of, 84. 



Naval Research Laboratory, establishment 

 of, 85. 



Navy: 



Dr. Bush on — 



Role of, in medical research, 15; in- 



creased emphasis on science in officer 

 training, 17; need for continued re- 

 search by, 17-18; scientific students 

 in, 24. 



Palmer Committee on — 



Adoption of use of penicillin by, 53; 



role of, in medical research, 55-56. 



Bowman Committee on — 

 Cooperation with, as function of pro- 

 posed National Research Foundation, 

 117. 



Moe Committee on — 

 Recommended participation of, in 

 program to locate and develop scien- 

 tific talent in the armed forces, 140- 

 141; students of medicine and en- 

 gineering in educational programs of, 

 159; plans for integrated scientific 

 training in, to reduce the wartime 

 deficit in trained personnel, 160- 

 162, 165. 



Stewart Committee on — 

 Wartime scientific research under aus- 

 pices of, 190; to participate in deci- 

 sions on release of wartime-developed 

 scientific data, 191. 



See also Armed services; Army; Navy, 

 Secretary of the; Navy Department; 

 Navy Postgraduate School. 



Navy, Secretary of the: joint statement 

 with Secretary of War, to National 

 Academy of Sciences, regarding scien- 

 tific progress and the national secur- 

 ity, 17; release of results of wartime 

 medical research to the public, 28. 



Navy Department: support to basic re- 

 search, xiii; as participant in war- 

 time scientific research, xiii, 29; as 

 board member to declassify scientific 

 information, 29. See also Armed 

 services; Military services. 



Navy Postgraduate School, xvi. 



Neuropsychiatry, 53. 



Neurosurgery, 53. 



New England Industrial Research Foun- 

 dation, as a research clinic, 107-108. 



New York, State of: Board of Regents of, 

 qyoted on imperativeness of higher 

 education for ablest students, 144; 

 "Regents' Plan" for postwar educa- 

 tion of demobilized armed forces and 

 wartime industry workers, 164-165. 



New York Public Library, 118. 



Norcross, Cleveland, secretary. Committee 

 on Publication of Scientific Informa- 

 tion, 45, 188. 



Nuclear energy, international aspects of 

 diversion of, into constructive uses, xv. 



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