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science and have established fundamental research to 

 develop neglected areas. The areas are chosen either 

 because current developments need new data or 

 because of promise of new developments within the 

 company's commercial and technical scope. The 

 study of polymers by du Pont, of acoustics by Bell 

 Telephone Laboratories, of aliphatic organic compounds 

 by the Carbide and Carbon Chemical Company have 

 been made for one or both reasons. But no organiza- 



tion now has responsibility and support for a search of 

 the whole of science for neglected areas most promising 

 in their ultimate return. If new industries are to come 

 from research, as nylon, sound moving pictures, and 

 new chemicals came from the investigations cited, 

 fundamental studies in fields now comparatively 

 neglected would seem to offer one of the best oppor- 

 tunities. 



One of the most apparent of neglected areas is in 



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Figure 5. — Research Laboratory Floor Plan, Gereral Foods Corporation, Hoboken, New Jersey 



