RELATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RESEARCH 



Contents 



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I. Report of the Science Committee 1 



II. Supporting Studies 21 



1. Summary of Memoranda on the Research of the Federal Government in the Natural 23 



Sciences and Technology 



2. Summary of Memoranda on the Research of the J''ederal Government in Social Sciences 47 



3. Federal Expenditures for Research, 1937 and 1938 59 



4. Legislative Provisions Affecting the Research Activities of Federal Agencies 93 



5. The Legislative Branch and Research 113 



6. Research in American Universities and Colleges 165 



7. Problems of the Bureau of the Census in their Relation to Social Science 195 



8. The Library of Congress in Relation to Research 233 



NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE 



