DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER 



ing year, when he asked for the same dog, he was told the 

 price would be five dollars a day. When he protested the steep 

 inflation and insisted that it was the same dog, the owner agreed 

 but said that the dog had been promoted to assistant professor 

 and was now worth the added money. The next hunting 

 season, the price jumped to seven dollars and a half because 

 the dog had then achieved the rank of associate professor, and 

 the year after, it was raised to ten dollars, the reason being that 

 the well-trained canine had reached the noble status of full 

 professor. 



The following year, when the hunter returned to rent 

 the same dog, he was turned down. "Why not?" demanded the 

 hunter insistently. "Well, I'll tell you," said the old woodsman, 

 "I can't let you have him at any price. This spring we gave him 

 another promotion and made him the president of the college. 

 Now all he does is sit around and howl and bark, and he ain't 

 worth shooting." 



Now, even though my scientific education is limited, I 

 think there may be some usefulness in considering together 

 certain aspects of the relation of government to science and the 

 conditions under which the work of scientists and scholars will 

 best flourish. 



In our lifetime greater advances have probably taken place 

 in science and technology than in all prior history, and these 

 advances have profoundly affected, and will continue to affect, 

 our manner of living. These advances and changes have also 

 had a profound effect on government and on national policy. 

 In my public service I have found myself increasingly involved 

 in dealing with problems and policies affected by the growth 

 and impact of science and technology. Out of this experience 

 in dealing with these matters and my close and cordial relation- 

 ships with increasing numbers of scientists and engineers arise 

 such observations as I shall make here. 



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