from war and selective service poli- 

 cies, 158-160. 



See also Civil Service; Talent. 



Pharmaceutical industry: role of, in the 

 war on disease and medical research, 

 13, 15; included in a survey of re- 

 search in industrial laboratories, 133, 

 note 2. 



Pharmacology: development of, basic to 

 medical progress, xi, 14, 56; Ph.D. 

 degrees in, 178. See also Table V, 

 130, note 4. 



Pharmacy, 177. 



Physical science: Division of Mathemati- 

 cal, Physical and Engineering Sci- 

 ences in NSF, xx; support of re- 

 search in, as function of proposed 

 National Research Foundation, 35, 

 39-40; institutions for ^ research in, 

 included in a survey of research in 

 nonprofit science institutes, 133, note 

 3; included within the scope of sci- 

 ence considered by the Moe Commit- 

 tee, 142; undergraduate degrees in 

 mathematics and, 177; distribution of 

 Ph.D. degrees among other helds and, 

 177-178; graduate school enrollments 

 in, 178; deficits in training research 

 personnel in, 179. 



Physical Sciences Study Group, Massa- 

 chusetts Institute of Technology: 

 NSF's support of, to improve science 

 teaching, xvii. 



Physicians, role of, in the war on disease, 

 13. 



Physics: development of, basic to medical 

 progress, xi, 14, 56; development of 

 improved course content for teaching, 

 supported by NSF, xvii; analysis of 

 research in, in universities, colleges, 

 industrial research laboratories, and 

 nonprofit science institutes, 122-134, 

 passim; deficit in personnel trained 

 in, 158, 179; Ph.D. degrees in, 177; 

 graduate school enrollments in, 178; 

 studies by Institute of, on deficits in 

 training of research personnel in phy- 

 sical sciences and engineering, 179. 



Physiology: development of, basic to med- 

 ical progress, xi, 14, 56; analysis of 

 research in selected university depart- 

 ments, 129, 130; Ph.D. degrees in, 

 178. See also Research, medical. 



Plant pathology, 129, note 5 data. 



Plastics, 10. 



Pneumonia, 13, 49, 52, 53, 54-55. 



Population: increase, 1900-1940, 10-11; 

 statistics on child and youth, related 

 to school attendance, 166-176. See 

 also Tables. 



Primary schools, loss of talent in, 147. 



Private organizations: President Roosevelt's 

 question on the role of the Govern- 

 ment to aid scientific research activi- 

 ties by, 1, 3, 73, 77; need for Fed- 

 eral ' cooperative support of research 

 by, 101. See Committee on Science 

 and the Public Welfare. 



Prizes, establishment of, as function of 

 proposed National Research Founda- 

 tion, 117. 



Protozoology, 64, note 1 . 



Psycholinguists, included in NSF support 

 programs, xx. 



Psychology: social, included in NSF sup- 

 port programs, xx; included within 

 the scope of science considered by the 

 Moe Committee, 142; deficit in per- 

 sonnel trained in, 158, 179; distribu- 

 tion of Ph.D. degrees among other 

 fields and, 177-178; Ph.D. degrees in, 

 and graduate school enrollments in, 

 178. 



Public, need to promote interest of, in 

 scientific development, 157. 



Public health: role of groups engaged in, 

 in the war on disease, 13; distribu- 

 tion of Ph.D. degrees among other 

 fields and, 177-178. 



Public Health Service, U. S.: source of 

 funds for medical research, xii; role 

 of, in medical research, 15, 55, 56; 

 scientific interests of, specialized, 62. 

 See also Health. 



Public organizations: President Roosevelt's 

 question on the role of the Govern- 

 ment to aid scientific research activi- 

 ties by, 1, 3, 73, 77; need for Fed- 

 eral cooperative support of research 

 by, 101. See also Committee on 

 Science and the Public Welfare. 



Public welfare. See Committee on Science 

 and the Public Welfare; National 

 welfare. 



Publication. See Committee on Publica- 

 tion of Scientific Information. 



Publications and Scientific Collaboration, 

 Division of, proposed in a National 

 Research Foundation, xxiv, 35, 39. 

 See also National Science Founda- 

 tion; Science Information Service, 

 Office of. 



Rabi, I. I., member. Committee on Science 

 and the Public Welfare, 44, 72. 



Radar, 10, 17. 



Radiation Laboratory, M. I. T., xiii. 



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