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^Interdepartmental Science 
.T>r. Alexander Wetmore is a logical choice 
to be chairman of the Interdepartmental 
Committee on Research and Development 
established by President Truman’s execu¬ 
tive order in December. As Secretary of 
th^ Smithsonian Institution he occupies a 
liaison position between the Government 
and the public, as well as within the Gov¬ 
ernment itself.. During the thirty-eight 
years which have passed since he came 
to Washington to join the Biological Sur¬ 
vey, he had accumulated abundant ex- i 
peiience in administrative and executive 
work. He has been in charge of the 
National Museum since 1925. The other 
offices he has held include the presidency 
of the American Ornithological Union, the 
Biological Society of Washington, the 
Washington Biological Field Club the 
Washington Academy of Science and the 
Cosmos Club. He was the leader of the 
Tanager expedition to the Pacific in 1923 
and was secretary general of the Eighth 
Ameiican Scientific Congress in 1940 The 
Canal Zone Biological Lea, 5 et apart^ . 
quarter century ago, has been largely his \ 
affair. Meanwhile, he was engaged in 
many unpublicized activities for the Gov¬ 
ernment in time of peace as well as in 
time of war. 
But Dr. Wetmore’s training and practice 
would mean little under prevailing condi¬ 
tions were they not supported by a natural 
talent for getting along with people. His 
statesmanship is a notable asset in relation 
to the job to which the President has 
named him Thirteen other Government 
officers are to serve with him, and each one 
of them represents qualities of distinction 
Beyond them, however, are hundreds If 
not thousands of men and women, each 
engaged in a scientific task of importance 
m,Hnnt, SeCU y &nd P ros P«‘ty of the 
national community. The committee is 
pledged to “the promotion of the national 
* the fuU meaning 
cor 1 t eiLi^ >hra f' H WU1 seek an elective 
con elation of research effort wherever it 
may be going forward. Duplication of 
aOon a L r d ShOUl a 136 eUminated by its oper- 
Each of th SPeed K and e ° 0n0my Promoted. 
whif P Vu ob l ectives is a goal worth 
. Taken together, they should pro- 
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