This splendid agency but a few months hence will go out of 

 existence. The contribution that it has made to the winning of 

 the war is inestimable. Without such contribution, it is safe 

 to say that victory still would await achievement. However, the 

 office has been essentially a war agency, and it is now engaged 

 in liquidation. To its distinguished and internationally known 

 head. Dr. Vannevar Bush, and the staff of great scientists he 

 gathered around him to aid in the development of new 

 weapons, the Nation owes much. 



— Excerpt from Report No. 1125 of 

 the Committee on Appropriations 

 of the House of Representatives, 

 October 17, 1945 



