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* [https://www.nsf.gov/about/history/EndlessFrontier_w.pdf 75th Anniversary Edition] | * [https://www.nsf.gov/about/history/EndlessFrontier_w.pdf 75th Anniversary Edition] | ||
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== President Roosevelt's Letter == | |||
In a letter addressed to Vannevar Bush dated November 17, 1944, President Roosevelt requested his recommendations on the following points: | |||
# What can be done, consistent with military security, and with the prior ap- proval of the military authorities, to make known to the world as soon as possible the contributions which have been made during our war efort to scientifc knowledge? | |||
# With particular reference to the war of science against disease, what can be done now to organize a program for continuing in the future the work which has been done in medicine and related sciences? | |||
# What can the Government do now and in the future to aid research activities by public and private organizations? | |||
# Can an efective program be proposed for discovering and developing scientifc talent in American youth so that the continuing future of scientifc research in this country may be assured on a level comparable to what has been done during the war? | |||
== Introduction == | |||
Bush states that scientific progress is essential for (1) the war against disease, via extended government financial support to basic medical research in U.S. medical schools and universities; (2) national security, via military research during peacetime, supported by a civilian-controlled organization with funds from Congress and close liaison with the U.S. Army and Navy; and (3) public welfare, via a plentiful number of men and women trained in science, strengthened centers of basic research, where creative scientific exploration can flourish with minimal pressure for immediate, tangible results. | |||
== The War Against Disease == | |||
== Science and the Public Welfare == | |||
== Renewal of our Scientific Talent == | |||
== A Problem of Scientific Reconversion == | |||
== The Means to the End == | |||
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