proposed plan for, as means of assist- 

 ance to undergraduates in science, 

 150-157, passim; responsibilities of 

 educational institutions to provide 

 training commensurate intellectually 

 with superior abilitA', 152; State 

 quotas for, 155. See also Fellowships 

 and scholarships; National Defense 

 Education Act; National Merit Schol- 

 arship Corporation. 



School attendance, statistics on, 166-176. 

 See also Tables. 



Schools, graduate: NSF support for reno- 

 vation and equipment of research 

 laboratories of, xxii; need for policies 

 of, to assist veterans in making up 

 lost time in scientific training, 163- 

 165. See also High schools; Primary 

 schools; Secondary schools. 



Science: 



Highlights of the Report and develop- 

 ments since 1590 — 

 Summary of Dr. Bush's recommenda- 

 tions on the role of the Government 

 in the development of science and 

 progress since 1950, vii-xxvi; lack of 

 full awareness of difference between 

 technology and, ix; international rela- 

 tions in, since 1950, xiii-xv; widening 

 of international relations in, to in- 

 clude political considerations, xv; in- 

 adequacy of teaching in, as found by 

 Dr. Bush, and actions of NSF since 

 1950 to improve teaching, xv-xvii; 

 NSF projects on history and philos- 

 ophy of, xx; NSF annual report. Fed- 

 eral Funds for Science, xxiv; tech- 

 nology distinguished from, .xxvi. 



Dr. B^ish on — 



Scope of, as referred to by President 

 Roosevelt, 1; in the war against dis- 

 ease, 1, 3; mobilization of, for World 

 War II, 28-29. 



Palmer Committee on — 



Scope of, related to medicine, 56. 



Bowman Committee on — 



Status and trends in, in America, 



81-89. 



Aloe Committee on — 

 Scope of, within purview of National 

 Academy of Sciences, and of the 

 report of the Committee, 1 42; inade- 

 quacy of teaching of, in secondary 

 schools, 148-149; statistics concerning 

 training of personnel for technology 

 and, undergraduate and graduate 

 schools, 177-179. 



See also Defense Science Board; Fed- 

 eral Council on Science and Tech- 

 nology; Research, applied; Research, 

 basic; Research, medical; Research, 

 scientific; Science, applied. 



Science, applied: 

 Dr. Bush on — 



Function of proposed National Re- 

 search Foundation to improve transi- 

 tion from research to, 37, 39-40. 



Boivnian Committee on — 

 Planned coordination and direction as 

 benefits to, 79-80; methods of prog- 

 ress in, during war, not feasible in 

 peace, 80. 



Moe Committee on — 

 Recruitment of talented students by 

 industry for, as a deterrent to expan- 

 sion of talent for basic research, 149. 



Stewart Committee on — 

 Emphasis on, during war, 189. 



See also Research, applied; Research, 

 scientific. 



Science, Department of: recommended 

 creation of, by the National Academy 

 of Sciences, 99. 



Science, Federal Funds for, NSF annual 

 report, xxiv. 



Science Adviser to the Secretary of State, 

 establishment of position, xiv. 



Science Advisory Board: recommendations 

 for establishment of, to coordinate 

 scientific work of Government agen- 

 cies, X, 7, 20-21, 76, 105-106. 



Science Advisory Board (temporary), 

 appointed by President Roosevelt, 

 100. 



Science Advisory Committee, the Presi- 

 dent's: operations of, related to Dr. 

 Bush's recommendations, x, xiv, xviii; 

 science attache program urged by, 

 xiv; NSF relationships with, xxii. 



Science and Astronautics, House Com- 

 mittee on, vii. 



Science and Foreign Policy, Department 

 of State, xiv. 



Science and Technology, Department of: 

 debate as to need for establishment 

 of, related to Dr. Bush's recommen- 

 dations, x. 



Science and Technology, Federal Coun- 

 cil on: recent establishment of, re- 

 lated to Dr. Bush's recommendations, 

 x. 



Science and Technology, Special Assist- 

 ant to the President for: establish- 

 ment of position of, x; NSF relation- 

 ships with, xxii. 



Science Information Council, establish- 

 ment of, by NSF, xviii. 



Science Information Service, Office of, 

 NSF, xviii, xix, xx, xxiv, note 4. 



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