for Government aid, 7; recommenda- 

 tions for development in armed serv- 

 ices, 7-8; deficit in talent, 7-8, 18, 

 23-24; need for Government scholar- 

 ships and fellowships, 8; development 

 of talent by Government as an aid to 

 industrial research, 21; nature of prob- 

 lem, 23-27; Government responsibil- 

 ity, 31; development of talent as func- 

 tion of proposed National Research 

 Foundation, 34, 38, 39-40. 



Bowman Committee on — 

 Need for talent for research in the 

 Government, 76; as responsibility' of 

 proposed National Research Founda- 

 tion, 116-117. 



Moe Committee on — 

 Federal responsibility, 137-185, 

 passim; long-term plans (early school- 

 ing of more able students, scholar- 

 ships and fellowships), 137-139, 147- 

 157; plans for the near future (to 

 locate and develop talent in armed 

 forces), 137, 139-141, 158-165; pre- 

 cautions necessary, not to syphon a 

 disproportionate amount of ability 

 from other fields, 138, 142-143, 145, 

 150; scope of science used by the 

 Committee, 142; suggested means 

 and procedures for discovery and 

 development, 180-185. 



Stewart Committee on — 

 De\'elopment of, in armed forces, 

 necessary before demobilization, 189- 

 190. 



Talented students: statistics from studies 

 in Indiana, Minnesota, and Pennsyl- 

 vania on mental ability, high school 

 attendance and graduation, and col- 

 lege enrollment, related to socio- 

 economic groups, 144-145, 147-148; 

 studies concerning able students lost 

 to higher education, 166-176. 



Tate, J. T., vice chairman, Committee 

 on Science and the Public Welfare, 

 44, 72. 



Tax laws: effect of, on industrial re- 

 search, X, 76, 110-111; recommended 

 legislative action on, designed to aid 

 research and development, 111-112. 

 See also Internal Revenue Code. 



Taylor, Hugh S., member. Committee on 

 Discovery and Development of Sci- 

 entific Talent, 45, 136. 



Technical schools, need for policies of, 

 to assist veterans in making up lost 

 time in scientific training, 163-165. 



Technological progress, basic research as 

 the pacemaker of, viii, 19, 78-79. 



Technology: lack of full awareness of 

 difference between science and, ix; 

 science distinguished from, xxvi; 



recommended Federal aids to, 107- 

 109; undergraduate degrees (1941) 

 in natural sciences and, 150; Ph.D. 

 degrees (6-year period) in natural 

 sciences and, 150; statistics on re- 

 search in natural sciences and, 177. 

 See also Federal Council on Science 

 and Technology. 



Tests: in the program for discoven.' and 

 development of talent, 180-185, 

 passim. See American Council on 

 Education; Carnegie Foundation; 

 College Entrance Examination Board; 

 Cooperative Test Service; Engineer- 

 ing Education, Measurement and 

 Guidance Project in; Armed Forces 

 Institute; Iowa, University' of. 



Tetanus, 13, 49, 52. 



Thomas, Dr. Charles Allen, quoted on 

 need for scientific training to re- 

 place technical men in the armed 

 forces, 159. 



Thomson, Elihu, 85. 



Transfusions, blood, committee on shock 

 and, 53. 



Translation of scientific data, NSF func- 

 tions in providing, xviii, 116. See 

 also Libraries. 



Truman, President Harry S., xix. 



Tuberculosis, 53, 54-55. 



Turner, Kenneth B., assistant secretary, 

 Medical Advisor^' Committee, 43, 48. 



Tuve, M. A., member, Committee on 

 Publication of Scientific Informa- 

 tion, 45, 188. 



Typhoid, 52. 



Typhus, 13, 49, 52, 53. 



U-boats, battle against, as battle of sci- 

 entific techniques, 6, 17. 



Ulcers, peptic, 14, 55. 



United States: place of, in discovery of 

 fundamental new knowledge and 

 basic scientific principles, 78; progress 

 in applied science, 78; development 

 of scientific research in, and growth 

 of Federal participation in research, 

 83-85. See Government, U. S. 



United States Congress: Increased atten- 

 tion to scientific research and develop- 

 ment and legislation and appropria- 

 tions conducive thereto, vii-xx'\'i, 

 passim; standing committees in, con- 

 cerned with science and technology, 

 viii; need for appropriations by, for 

 scientific research in Government to 

 be assured on long-term basis, 76. 

 See also Budget, Federal. 



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