May 27, 1921] 



SCIENCE 



495 



Whereas, the scientific education of the youth 

 of the United States is among the most funda- 

 mental and important functions of the Republic, 

 education being the only means by which the ad- 

 vantages of present civilization may be surely 

 transmitted to coming generations of citizens and 

 by which the future progress of the Republic may 

 be assured; and 



Wheeeas, the prosecution of the said scientifie 

 education of the youth requires unrestricted em- 

 ployment of the apiparatus and materials of sci- 

 ence in educational institutions, this being increas- 

 ingly true for more advanced education; and 



Whereas, the scientific materials and apparatus 

 to be used in educational institutions ought to be 

 selected, as far as possible, without consideration 

 of their place of origin, since science is world- 

 wide in its scope; and 



Whereas, any increase in the cost of scientific 

 equipment for education is to 'be greatly deplored, 

 since the funds available for its purchase by edu- 

 cational institutions are invariably inadequate in 

 comparison with the great needs and possibilities 

 of education; and 



Whereas, institutions for higher education must 

 stni be relied on for the most fundamental and 

 farreaehing steps in the advancement of knowl- 

 edge, through the scientifie researches of their fac- 

 ulties and students; and 



Whereas, both financial and patriotic considera- 

 tions clearly require that the Republic should aid 

 fundamental scientific research in every possible 

 way, especially avoiding the erection of artificial 

 barriers across the path of the advance of true 

 knowledge; and, finally. 



Whereas, in consideration of the foregoing 

 clauses, The American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, with its 12,000 members, 

 almost all of whom are citizens of the tJnited 

 States — representing the fundamental scientific in- 

 terests of the country from the standpoint of 

 scientific research as well as from that of instruc- 

 tion, and representing especially the institutions 

 for higher education and their staffs — views with 

 very serious concern the proposal to repeal section 

 573 of the tariff act of Octcftier 3, 1913, which 

 allows the duty-free importation of scientific ma- 

 terials by educational institutions; therefore, be it 



Sesolved, that The American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science respectfully calls the at- 

 tention of the Congress of the United States to the 

 very great hindrance and burden that would be im- 

 posed upon the scientific education and research in 



the Republic if its educational institutions were 

 to be deprived of the privilege of duty-free im- 

 portation of scientific apparatus and materials, 

 which they have enjoyed for many years; and be 

 it further 



Resolved, that the American Association also re- 

 spectfully urges the restoration of the correspond- 

 ing privilege of duty-free importation of single 

 copies of scientific books in the English language 

 by recognized educational iustitutious and the 

 faculties, such books constituting an important 

 item of iboth institutional and personal equipment 

 for advanced instruction and research, especially 

 since it is undesirable that scientific publications 

 in languages other than English ahoiild be arti- 

 ficially favored in the United States; and be it 

 finally 



Sesolved, that these resolutions be forwarded to 

 the proper committees of the Congress of the 

 United States, to the National Academy of Sci- 

 ences, to the National Research Council, and to the 

 secretaries of the scientific societies affiliated with 

 the American Association, that they be published 

 in SciENCB, oflScial organ of the association, and 

 also that they be sent to each memlber of the 

 association. 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



'SCIENCE' AND THE PRINTERS' STRIKE 



The printers of Science are making special 

 efforts to bring out the journal in spite of the 

 general strike of compositors affecting the of- 

 fices in which most of our scientific journals 

 are printed. In order to assist them, the pres- 

 ent number is reduced somewhat in size and is 

 using mainly matter in type prior to the strike. 

 The present issue gives first place to an im- 

 portant article which under ordinary circum- 

 stances would be printed in the department 

 devoted to special research. It may again foe 

 noted that the advertisers have been requested 

 to use copy already in type. 



The Council of the American Chemical So- 

 ciety voted at their recent Rochester meeting: 



That this council expresses to the directors of 

 the society the hope that the Eschenbach Printing 

 Company will ibe released from any forfeits that 

 may arise under the terms of its contract in con- 

 nection with the impending strike, due to the in- 

 sistence upon the 44-hour week, and 



