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Thus if one is convinced of the reality of the dangers threatening the welfare 

 of the race, as before mentioned, and admit that in race*biology there is a possibility 

 of obtaining a means of counteracting these dangers, it is apparent that one should 

 without delay, support race*biological science, although it will be in a distant 

 future before it can fulfil, to any great extent, its practical and self*imposed task. 

 The forces which threaten to envenom the race, will be at work incessantly, and 

 their activity will be ever on the increase. The sooner the antidotes are prepared, 

 the more beneficial they will be. 



In consideration of all that I have said, and the opinions given on the sub* 

 ject, from which I have taken a part of my remarks, I do not hesitate to agree 

 with the unanimous sentiments contained in these opinions, that one should give 

 the race*biological science powerful support for its continued development. The 

 help the community have hitherto given its future assistant in selfdefence is in* 

 sufficient. It is not enough that, occasionally, more or less Government support 

 is given to single scientists; it demands a firmly organized scheme of investigation, 

 with co-operation of well*qualified assistants. The magnitude and intricacy of the 

 task before us, demands this. - 



As the personal professorship, the establishment of which is now under con 

 sideration, would be conferred on Decent Lundborg, it would be of great inter* 

 est to hear his own opinion on the subject. - - His decided refusal of this 



professorship, gives us no option in the matter. 



Thus remains the question of establishing a Swedish Racebiological Institute. 

 The objections raised are not in my opinion decisive. - This is for us, as 



it were, a remarkable step to take, but the importance of the matter demands that 

 it must be handled in an unusual way. The fact that the goal of race*biology 

 appears to be in the distant future, should as we have already stated, not relieve 

 us from the duty of acting immediately, and equip the same with means for its 

 development. . 



In the proposition it was suggested that besides the salary for the future 

 principal, Decent Lundborg, an extra sum of 82,500 Crowns (Swedish) should be 

 granted for 1922, of which 24,000 Crowns should be utilized for the first equipment 

 of the Institute, 26,500 Crowns for working expenses, and the balance for salaries 

 of assistants. 



The financial position of the State however, at this time of general economic* 

 al depression, is specially serious, and Parliament this year was obliged to be 

 very careful with regard to expenditure, in every way. 



On the Parliamentary Committee of Ways and Means, which had the prepa* 

 ration of this question on hand, voices were raised in favour of the alternative, 

 that is to say, to be satisfied for the time being with a personal professorship 

 for Docent Lundborg, also an University Institute of smaller dimensions. As 

 Decent Lundborg energetically refused to co-operate in such a solution of this 

 important question the Committee agreed to the proposition, but were in favour 

 of a reduction of the grant for 1922, to 60,000 Crowns and a salary for the prin* 

 cipal. In the report of the Committee it stated : 



The Committee are in full agreement with the Head of the Department res* 

 pecting the importance of researches, which the Race. biological Institute intends 



