June 17, 1921] 



SCIENCE 



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should keep in close touch with their govern- 

 ing bodies, and annually present a report to 

 their councils. The results of the work will 

 carry the weight of the associated leaders of 

 science in America. 



3. Essential to the purposes of the under- 

 taking is a competent and vigorous executive, 

 composed of a director or executive secretary 

 with necessary expert and clerical assistance. 

 The functions of this executive are provision- 

 ally outlined thus: 



(a) To assemble, classify and correlate all 

 outstanding activities in the scientific and 

 industrial conservation of natural resources; 

 with the purpose of bringing these into effec- 

 tive juxtaposition and concentration and thus 

 produce an active army of organized workers 

 directed to a common end without duplication 

 of effort or cost. The former is essentially 

 statistical; the latter is directive and requires 

 a skillful exercise of judicious procedure and 

 tactful guidance. 



(&) To effect active cooperation with the 

 officers and directorates of existing organiza- 

 tions concerned with natural resources. 



(c) To assemble available data relating to 

 the status of our natural resources, to enlist 

 therefor such industrial and other agencies as 

 are actively engaged therewith, to interpret 

 these data in relation to protection and re- 

 serve, as well as to the economic and social 

 welfare of the state, and to provide a broad 

 scientific basis for legislative action by the 

 state and the federal government. 



id) To initiate and judiciously enforce by 

 education recognition of the principle under- 

 lying the protection and use of natural re- 

 sources. 



It is held that this recognition can be made 

 most effective and enduring by implantation 

 in the minds of the children of the elementary 

 schools; that in schools of higher grade, in 

 colleges and universities, and in schools of en- 

 gineering and applied science this principle 

 can be enforced by correct teaching in already 

 established courses. Extravagance of state- 

 ment and emotionalism must be cautiously 

 avoided. Teachers must themselves be taught 

 not only to inculcate this principle but to do 



it wisely. Advantage must be taken of exist- 

 ing channels of educational approach through 

 the state educational organizations and the 

 state executives, in which the Division of 

 States Relations of the National Research 

 Council may helpfully cooperate. 



It is held that the proper teaching of the 

 conservation principle is a most effective safe- 

 guard for the future of this nation. This 

 undertaking will therefore involve uninter- 

 rupted effort with the eventual aid of proper 

 texts, the probable establishment of a bureau 

 of lecturers who may reach the public outside 

 the schools, and the utilization of all modern 

 accessories to effective educational appeal. 



Supplementary 

 Cost of tile loorh. — The cost of the work is esti- 

 mated as $25,000 per annum, distributed as fol- 

 lows: 

 Salaries 



Executive Officer $10,000 



First Associate 5,000 



1 Clerk 1,600 



1 Clerk 1,500 



1 Clerk 1,400 



$19,500 



Traveling Expenses 2,000 



Office Sent 1,000 



Office Expenses 

 Including telephone, telegrams, sta- 

 tionery, postage, etc 500 



Printing, Drafting and Contingent. . . . 1,800 



Total $25,000 



Financing. — ^It is desirable, if possible, to 

 secure a permanent fund of $500,000 whose 

 income would be available for the work in 

 contemplation. In that event, a separate foun- 

 dation could be established, or the fund could 

 be given to the National Academy, the Na- 

 tional Research Council, or the American As- 

 sociation for the Advancement of Science with 

 provision for the use of the income for the 

 work of this committee. 



In case the funds are in the form of annual 

 contributions, it is desirable to plan in ad- 

 vance for a certain income to cover a period 

 of not less than five or ten years. Reasonable 



