National Resources Committee 



cies need to secure from the Congress some latitude 

 in the use of funds. 



17. Research supijorted by State and municipal gov- 

 ernments is now common. The possibilities of coopei'a- 

 tion between the Federal Government and the other 

 units of government in the country should be more 

 fully explored than they have been up to the present 

 time. 



18. Similarly, the universities in some areas have 

 organized with a view to cooperating with one another 

 and witli the Government. 



19. International cooperation in scientific reseai'ch 

 now exists on a large scale. It could be encouraged to 

 the great advantage of this Nation if the Federal 

 Government would adopt the practice Avhich is common 

 among the Governments of other nations of according 

 official recognition and, wherever necessary, financial 

 support to international gatherings of scientists. 



20. The methods of securing the funds necessary for 

 research in the Government can be improved. Clear 

 and explicit statements as to the purposes of research 

 projects should be prepared by research agencies. The 

 equipment of the Bureau of the Budget for the con- 

 sideration of research proposals should be substan- 

 tially increased. 



21. Tlie interrelation of research agencies within the 

 Government would be improved if the various inter- 

 agency committees which now exist were consolidated 

 into central councils in the same general fields of re- 

 search as those in which the national councils of 

 research workers have been developed. 



Recommendations 



On the basis of the survey which it has sponsored, 

 the Science Committee makes the following recom- 

 mendations : 



1. That further studies be undertaken for the purr 

 pose of making a comprehensive review of the research 

 resources of the United States, such as those of — 



{a) Industrial laboratories. 



{h) Business organizations. 



(c) Social and welfare agencies. 

 {d) Private institutions. 



(e) State and local governments in cooperation with 

 State and regional planning boards. 



2. That a study supplementing those in this volume 

 be made of the advisoi-y committees which now cooper- 

 ate with Federal research agencies. 



3. That steps be taken to improve the methods of 

 recruiting research workers for governmental ser^ace 

 and to provide more effective in-service training for 

 civil employees of the Government. 



4. Tliat research agencies of the Government be au- 

 thorized and encouraged to enter into contracts for the 

 prosecution of research projects with the National 

 Academy of Sciences, the National Research Council, 

 the Social Science Research Council, the American 

 Council on Education, the American Council of 

 Learned Societies, and other recognized research 

 agencies. 



5. That official recognition and. where necessary, 

 financial supjiort be given by the Government to in- 

 ternati(jnal meetings of scientists, and that American 

 participation in international organizations and proj- 

 ects be encoTU'aged. 



6. That research within the Government and by 

 nongovernmental agencies which cooperate with the 

 Government be so organized and conducted as to avoid 

 the possibilities of bias through subordination in any 

 way to policy-making and policy-enforcing. 



7. That research agencies of the Govermnent extend 

 the practice of encouraging decentralized research in 

 institutions not directly related to the Government and 

 by individuals not in its employ. 



8. That the interrelations of governmental research 

 agencies be furthered by the organization of central 

 councils along the lines followed by the existing na- 

 tional councils of research specialists. These inter- 

 agency councils would serve to systematize the efforts 

 which are now made by various interbureau commit- 

 tees to coordinate the research activities within the 

 GoTernment. 



