National Reskakch Councii. 



•J 101 CoNsrnuTioN Avenue 



Washixiitox, D. C. 



November 2i), 1940. 



Mi;. 1'"i;i:d]:kic A. Uki.ano, 



( 'litii/iiiini , Xdliiiiial I'lxoiirrKf: I'liiniiliuj Board, 



Washington, D. C. 



Mv Dkak Mi;. JjKr.AXu: In c()in|ili,inc.i! witli j-oiir requt'st nf Dccciiibcr 8, I'J.'JS, 

 addressed to tlie Xatioiiiil Uesearch Council, asking that tlie Council undertaUe a study 

 of the rescairli resources of industrial laboratories, I have the honor to transmit to 

 you herewith a report entitled "Research^A National Resource. II. Industrial 

 Kesearch." 



The report has been jirepared under the supervision of a committee of the National 

 Ke-seiirch Council, of 2() UKMuljcrs, of whicli Mr. F. W. Willard is chairman, and with 

 the a.'isistance of a special sliill' under the direction of Mr. Raymond Stevens. Material 

 for the report h:is been submitted by research workers in Government, industry, 

 iniiversity, and professional fields. Unhcsitant and unstinted cooperation has been 

 obtained on all sides in the Council's endeavor to meet comprehensively and con- 

 slruetively the purpose of your request. 



Respectfully su limit ted. 



Ros.s G. IIakkison", Chairman. 



National Reseaisch Council 



2101 CoxsTiiuTioM Avenue 



Washingto.v, D. C. 



SURVEY OF RESEARCH IN INDUSTRY 



November 22, 1940. 

 Dr. Frank B. Jewett, 



President, National Academy of Sciences, 



Washinf/to7i, D. C. 

 Du. Ross G. IIakkison, 



Chairman, National Research Council, 



Washington, D. C. 



Gentlemen: I have the honor to transmit the attached report of the National 

 Research Council's Committee on the Survey of Research in Industry. 



It is my duty to record here the gratitude of your Committee to the leaders of 

 private enterprise in the United States of America who have, without exception and 

 without reservations, responded to your Committee's requests for information. Lack- 

 ing this wholehearted cooperation, your Committee's task could not have been 

 performed. 



To those men eminent in their respective fields who have prepared monographs 

 for this report, your Committee records its grateful appreciation. 



To Mr. Raymond Stevens, Director of the Survey, and his staff, your Committee 

 acknowledges its debt. They have performed a difficult task expeditiously, econom- 

 ically, and with an intelligent discrimination of relative values. 



Respectfully submitted. 



F. W. Willard, Chairman. 



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