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do to bring about the improved eonditioiis whieh I have attempted to 

 describe ? 



First of all, we can work through our various scientific, technical 

 and business organizations. We can work in many instances as indi- 

 viduals getting the story to otliers more effectively at times than can 

 any organization. 



All the great organizations in natural sciences are represented in 

 the National Research Council which was introduced to you by Pro- 

 fessor Mason last night. The Council is an opportunity for coopera- 

 tion in science and a clearing house for research. The National Re- 

 search Council is not a government organization, but enjoys the help 

 of the Federal bureaus and scientists. It has a wide backing, and 

 large funds have been obtained from certain foundations and indus- 

 tries which wish to help in carrying on this work of encouragement 

 and stimulation. The money for cooperative research must come from 

 those who will be benefited, and as an example I would cite the sup- 

 port of the committee on Forestry by the Southern Pine Association. 

 The Council has a deep interest in all phases of industries based on the 

 forest and its products and invites your cooperation and your use of 

 its facilities. 



Whatever else the war has done for us, it seems to me that it has 

 given people generally a little bit better insight into what science is, 

 what it has done, and what it can do. We should preach research to 

 educational industries, to individuals, to industries. We must get the 

 support required for the research that will keep America in the very 

 forefront. 



Of all civilized countries we have the greatest responsibility in 

 using our great reserves of natural resources, for they are almost 

 world reserves. True conservation is based on intelligent use, and 

 such use requires knowledge such as comes only from research. 



The Forest Products Laboratory with its ten years of creditable 

 work to recommend it can surely look forward with enthusiasm to the 

 next decade during which time, as in the past, it will do its share in 

 making America's place unquestionably in the lead. 



