SECTION 3 

 FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FOR RESEARCH, 1937 AND 1938 



Contents 



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Introduction 61 



Purpose of a Report on Expenditures for Research 61 



Difficulties in Estimating and Analyzing Federal Expenditures for Research 61 



Previous Estimates of Federal Expenditures for Research 64 



I. The Facts About Federal Expenditures for Research 65 



Limitations of Data on Research Expenditures 65 



Total Amounts of Research Expenditures, Fiscal Years 1937 and 1938 65 



Research Expenditures Distributed by Agency 66 



Research Expenditures According to Subject and Purpose 68 



Recent Trends in Research Expenditures 71 



II. Financing Research: Problems and Generalizations 76 



Research Appropriations 76 



Financial Administration of Research Projects 78 



Budgetary Information and Procedure 82 



Absence of Research in Some Agencies 83 



Duplication in Research Activities 84 



Cooperative Private and Government Financing of Research 84 



Restrictions on Expenditures for Printing 85 



Comprehensive Economy Drives 85 



Prolongation of Research Projects 86 



Appendix 86 



Notes on Methods Used in Compiling Data on Federal Expenditures for Research 86 



Summary of Previous Estimates of Federal Expenditures for Research 91 



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