SECTION VII 

 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Cooperation in the preparation of this report was 

 obtained from many sources, including the dii'ectors of 

 most research laboratories and many leaders in the var- 

 ious branches of applied science. It is all but impossi- 

 ble to mention here a complete list of those to whom 

 recognition is due. 



The several authors and the many collaborators and 

 reviewers who contributed unhesitatingly of time for 

 which there was already great demand are cited. Many 

 organizations with which the authors are associated 

 have been most generous in granting the significant 

 amounts of time required. 



In the Government, special assistance was given by 

 the State Department, the War and Navy De- 

 partments, the National Biu-eau of Standards, the 

 Bureau of Mines, the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 

 Commerce, the National Mediation Board, and the 

 Library of Congress. The Work Projects Administra- 

 tion, National Research Project, contributed generously 

 in extending data based on studies of the director- 

 ies of research laboratories of the National Research 

 Council. 



The National Association of Manufactm-ers coop- 

 erated generously in a canvass of its membership for 

 research data. 



Officers of the American Federation of Labor and the 

 Congress of Industrial Organizations gave helpful 

 information and suggestions. 



Dun and Bradstreet, Incorporated, and Moody's 

 Investor's Service made available published reference 

 material which was of assistance in the preparation of 

 statistical portions of the report. 



Research laboratories sent illustrations which have 

 been inserted as presenting pictorially some of the 

 physical facilities and aspects of industrial research. 

 Space limitations necessitated omission of much inter- 

 esting and valuable pictorial material, and, obviously, 

 only a few of the 2,264 laboratories could be represented. 

 Selections were made from photographs readily avail- 

 able and suitable for publication, and which serve the 

 desired purpose. 



Haskins Laboratories, Incorporated, Arthur D. Little, 

 Incorporated, and the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology made generous special arrangements permitting 

 staff members the tune requii'ed for direction and con- 

 duct of the Survey. 



Miss Florence Hellman, Chief Bibliographer, Library 

 of Congress, prepared a working bibliography which 

 included many of the references now appearing in the 

 report. 



The American Society of Mechanical Engineers as an 

 organization assisted in the preparation of the section, 

 "Industrial Research by Mechanical Engineers." 



Mr. F. T. Letchfield made a preliminary review of 

 the problem and presented to the Academy a discussion 

 of the general scope. His study was used as a basis for 

 the agreement between the National Resources Plan- 

 ning Board and the Academy. Many of the sugges- 

 tions in his report were most helpful to the Committee 

 and the Staff in the conduct of the work. 



To a large number of individuals who have contrib- 

 uted generously of time and effort the Committee feels 

 that it has great obligation. Without this cooperation 

 the report could not have been compiled. 



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