CAPSULE 

 CONCLUSIONS 



J. R. KILLIAN, JR. 



Special Assistant to the President 

 for Science and Technology 



My REMARKS are limited to a ten-min- 

 ute capsule of conclusions and observations drawn from a year- 

 and-a-half's work and experience by the President's Science 

 Advisory Committee. The President has afforded us an un- 

 precedented opportunity to inform ourselves and to marshal 

 from across the land scientific advice for the government. He 

 has instructed us to evaluate, and to be available for information 

 and advice on science and technology as they affect national 

 security and the general welfare and on ways science may be 

 strengthened and encouraged within and without government. 

 In support of this assignment, we have completed during 

 the past eighteen months thirty-seven major studies and reports 

 conducted by twenty-seven panels, utilizing the experience and 

 knowledge of 160 outstanding scientists and engineers recruited 

 from industry, education, and government. About half of these 

 studies have dealt with ways through which science and 

 engineering can support our national security objectives, 

 but some of the most extensive studies have been directed at 

 the strengthening of science and engineering in the United 

 States and the Free World. 



121 



