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Mr. FuQUA. Our third witness is no stranger to members of this 

 committee, Dr. Guyford Stever. He is president of Universities Re- 

 search Association. Dr. Stever served as the chief scientist of the 

 Air Force, president of Carnegie-Mellon University, director of the 

 National Science Foundation, and director of the Office of Science 

 and Technology Policy under President Ford. 



He is a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and 

 the National Academy of Engineering. He is currently the Foreign 

 Secretary of the National Academy of Engineering. 



Guy, you have appeared before this committee in many capac- 

 ities over the years, and we are delighted to have you back again. 



STATEMENT OF DR. H. GUYFORD STEVER, PRESIDENT, 

 UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, DC 



Dr. Stever. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I like this 

 kind of hearing because you are down at my level. [Laughter.] 



I appreciate your invitation. I want to congratulate you on doing 

 something about international cooperation in science because there 

 are really some new features overlaying that field that we have to 

 look at very carefully. In the old days we have always kind of felt 

 that there were several very positive reasons for being involved in 

 international cooperation. 



First of all, basic research, really basic research, basic science, 

 which is primarily supported by governments throughout the 

 world, is shared completely throughout the world. 



Second, science and technology have a much more widely recog- 

 nized role than in the past in both international trade and national 

 security in a broader sense, and our realization of that has become 

 sharpened over these past two decades. 



There is consequently a very strong movement for building new 

 international science and engineering relationships and increasing 

 the effectiveness of existing relationships to yield mutual benefits 

 to this country and foreign partners. 



There is another reason. The nations of the world share many 

 problems such as environment, natural resources, natural hazards, 

 health and climate, and support for the underprivileged, all of 

 which could be addressed jointly by scientific and engineering 

 knowledge and practice. 



Furthermore, it is becoming increasingly important to study 

 some scientific problems in several fields on a regional or a global 

 scale. That happens, as several governments are exhibiting increas- 

 ing suspicion about activities of foreign scientists within their na- 

 tional boundaries. 



Finally, there is no question that emerging nations which in the 

 past have occasionally had a scientist or an engineer in the top 

 ranks are becoming more and more developed in their capability 

 and they want to participate on the world scene. 



But there are three societal pressures which are currently — 

 three strong societal pressures — which are currently working on 

 international cooperation. The first, of course, is heavily accented 

 because of the current budget crises, not only in the United States 

 but throughout the world. 



