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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 == | == Introduction == | ||
=== Summary === | === Summary === | ||