LETTER TO HONORABLE ALLEN W. DULLES FROM HOWARD L. BEVIS

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• Publication Date: February 7, 1958
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THE PRESIDENT'S CM/RAMIE
ON SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
OFPICEOFTHECHAIRMAN February 7, 1558
The Honorable Allen W. Dulles
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
2340 E Street, L. W.,
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear . Dulles:
We were delighted that you were able to attend and
address the Conference at Yale on kuerica's Hurn.an
ie sources. Your address was a distinct contribution
and was very favorably received.
-tly I express my personal as well as my official thanks.
I believe you will be interested in seeing the attached
printed program and the list of participants.
Sincerely,
enclosure
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'11-cuard. I. _Levis
Chairman
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ALLEN W. DULLES
Luncheon
THE NEW HAVEN LAWN CLUB
February 3, 1958
12:30 P.M.
Host: DIVERSEY ENGINEERING COMPANY
Luncheon
THE NEW HAVEN LAWN CLUB
February 4, 1958
12:30 P.M.
Host: SCIIENLABS PHARMACEUTICALS
DIVISION OF
SCHENLEY INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reception
THE PRESIDENT'S Room, WOOLSEY HALL
YALE UNIVERSITY
February 3, 1958
6:15 P.M.
Host: MERCK AND COMPANY, INC.
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SECOND-DAY ROUND-TABLES (10:00 A. M. February 4)
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"Conserving Our Rarest Resource--
Creative Talent"
Chairman: Dr. Eric A. Walker, Pres.
Pennsylvania State Univ.
8. "Forty Million Growing Minds--
The quality of Elementary and
Secondary Education"
Chairman: Dr. Clarence H. Faust
Vice President
The Fora Foundation
: CltRDPWC9arThreNWQ)113q,14e Campus--
Maintaining Standards with
Increased Enrollments"
Chairman: Dr. Katharine McBride,
Pres. Bryn Mawr College
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Talent--Graduate Education and
Research"
Chairman: Dr. Paul Gross, Vice Pres.
Duke University
I should like to participate in: Round-Table No.
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Dr. Howard L. Bevis
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Associate Professor of Physics, Brown University
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California Institute of Technology
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Superintendent, Detroit Public Schools
Dr. Jerome S. Bruner
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Rand Corporation, Washington, D. C.
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THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE
ON
SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
On April 3, 1956 President Eisenhower established
the National Committee for the Development of Scientists
and Engineers to unify and stimulate the nation's efforts
to meet growing needs for scientific manpower.
The President recognized that "although the govern-
ment has a responsibility . . . . the basic responsibility
for solution of the problem lies in the concerted action
of citizens and citizens' groups . . . ." He charged the
Committee to enlist the cooperation of all interested
individuals and groups in dealing with the problem.
DR. HOWARD L. BE VIS, Chairman
President Emeritus
Ohio State University
DR. ARTHUR S. ADAMS
President, American Council on
Education
DR. GLENN 0. SLOUGH
President. National Science
Teachers Association
DR. WALLACE R. BRODE
President, American Association for
the Advancement of Science
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of Sciences
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President
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State Universities
DR. ERIC A. WALKER, Vice Chairman
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Pennsylvania State University
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of the United States
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President. U. S. Conference
of Mayors
DR. WILLIAM W. WHITEHOUSE
President, Association of
American Colleges
MR. ROBERT L. CLARK DR. E. D. VINOGRADOFF
Executive Director
Staff Director
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ROUND TABLE NO. 1
"Understanding the Nature of the Soviet Threat"
Chairman:
James B. Austin
Frank H Bartholomew
William Benton
Lloyd V. Berkner
Robert T. Beyer
Barry Bingham
Victor Butterfield
Frank Conniff
Nicholas DeWitt
Douglas Ewing
Max Femmer
Morris D. Friedman
T. Keith Glennan
Jess Gorkin
Alex Inkeles
Alex Korol
Clarence H. Linder
Quigg Newton
Theodore S. Repplier
Walt Whitman Rostow
Wilbur L. Schramm
Herbert Scoville, Jr.
Thomas Slick
R. C. Tucker
John Turkevich
Eric A. Walker
Thomas K. Finletter
Partner, Coudert Bros., New York
Vice President for Research and Technology,
U.S. Steel Corporation
President, United Press Associations
President, The William Benton Foundation
President, Associated Universities, Inc.
Associate Professor of Physics, Brown University
Publisher, Louisville Courier Journal
President, uesleyan University
Associate Editor, The Washington Star
Russian Research Center, Harvard University
Vice President, Research and Engineering, N.B.C.
International Business Machines Research Center
Maurice Friedman, Inc., Lexington, Mass.
President, Case Institute of Technology
Editor, Parade Magazine
Russian Research Center, Harvard University
Center for International Studies, M.I.T.
Vice President, Engineering Services,
General Electric Co.
President, University of Colorado
President, Advertising Council, Inc.
Center for International Studies, M.I.T.
Institute for Communications Research,
Stanford University
Assistant Director, Central Intelligence Agency
President, Slick Airways, Inc.
Rand Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University
President, Pennsylvania State University
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"The Scientific Revolution: Challenge and Promise"
Chairman:
Dr. Joseph W. Barker
Mr. Robert Cairns
Mr. Thomas H. Chilton
Mr. Clark A. Dunn
Mr. Richard Eells
Dr. James Franck
Mr. R. Buckminster Fuller
Dr. Lincoln Gordon
Honorable Edith Green
Dr. Reuben Gustayson
Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh
Dr. William Houston
Dr. Katharine McBride
Rev. Laurence J. McGinley
Dr. Eugene Rabinowitch
Dr. Hartley Simpson
Dr. Morris I. Stein
Dr. Fred L. Whipple
Dr. Dael Wo]fle
Dr. Harrison Brown
Professor of Geochemistry
California Institute of Technology
President, Research Corporation of America, N.Y.
Assistant Director of Research, Hercules
Powder Company, Wilmington
Technical Director, Engineering Department,
E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
President Elect, National Society of Professional
Engineers
Consultant, Public Policy Research, General
Electric Company
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of
Chicago
President, Geodesics, Inc., Detroit
Professor, International Economic Relations,
Harvard Business School
Representative from Oregon, Washington, D.C.
President, Resources for the Future, Washington,D.C.
President, University of Notre Dame
President, Rice Institute
President, Bryn Mawr College
President, Fordham University
Editor, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,
University of Illinois
Dean, Yale Graduate School
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology,
University of Chicago
Director, Astrophysical Observatory
Smithsonian Institution, Cambridge, Mass.
Executive Officer, American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Washington, D. C.
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Dr.
Mr.
Mr.
Dr.
Dr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Dr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
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"Educating_Future Scientists in a
Rounded Educational Sem"
Chairman:
Arthur S. Adams
James E. Allen, Jr.
Max Ascoli
Eugene N. Beesley
Carl W. Borgmann
Maynard M. Boring
Thomas Carskadon
Charles H. Chatfield
Clarence H. Faust
D. J. Forrestal
Edgar Fuller
Robert Hoopes
Albert C. Jacobs
Louis Johnson
A. N. Jorgensen
Harry C. Kelly
Francis Keppel
F. C. Lindvall
Dr. Richard Meier
Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer
Dr. R. B. Norman
Dr. John S. Richardson
Rear Admiral H. G. Rickover
Dr. Anne Roe
Dr. William Sanders
Mr. Earl P. Stevenson
Dr. Ruth Stout
Mr. Charles A. Thomas
Dr. Oswald Tippo
Hon. Lister Hill
U. S. Senator from Alabama
President, American Council on Education
Commissioner of Education, New York State
Editor and Publisher, The Reporter
President, Eli Lilly and Corpany, Indianapolis
President, University of Vermont
Consultant, Engineering Manpower,
General Electric Company, New York
Associate Director, Twentieth Century Fund
Secretary, United Aircraft Corp.
Vice President, Ford Foundation
Director of Public Relations, Monsanto
Chemical Company, St. Louis, Mo.
Executive Secretary, Council of Chief State
School Officers, Washington, D. C.
Vice President, American Council of Learned
Societies
President, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.
Partner, Steptoe and Johnson, Washington, D. C.
President, University of Connecticut
Ass't. Dir. for Scientific Personnel and Educa-
tion, National Science Foundation
Dean, Faculty of Education, Harvard University
President, American Society for Engineering
Education; Chairman, Engineering and Aeronautics
Divisions, California Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
Author, Washington, D. C.
President, National Association of Secondary-
School Principals; Principal, Amarillo Senior
High School
Past President, National Science Teachers
Association; Professor of Education, Ohio
State University
Assistant Chief, Bureau for Nuclear Propulsion,
Bureau of Ships, Washington, D. C.
Adjunct Professor, New York University
Commissioner of Education, State Department
of Education, Hartford, Conn.
Chairman of the Board, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
Vice President, National Education Association
President, Monsanto Chemicals, St. Louis
Chairman, Department of Botany, Yale University
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"The Economic_Implications of an Adequate Science PE2gram"
Chairman:
Hon. Richard Bolling
Dr. William Capron
Nr. Thomas H. Carroll
Mr. William Chartener
Mr. John C. Davis
Dr. William C. DeVane
Mr. J. Robert Ferguson, Jr.
Dr. Eli Ginzberg
Mr. William E. Gordon
Dr. Paul Gross
Dr. James H. Halsey
Mr. Peter Henle
Mr. John H. Kauffman
Mr. George G. Kirstein
Mr. Porter McKeever
Dr. R. W. 1:rcNamee
Dr. Sidney Roth
Dr. S. F. Singer
Dr. Arthur Smithies
Dr. J. C. Warner
Dr. William Whitehouse
Mr. Carroll Wilson
Dr. Irving Wolff
Mr. Alfred C. Neal
President
The Committee for Economic Development
Representative from Missouri, Washington, D.C.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics,
Stanford University
Vice-President for Economics and Business
Administration, Ford Foundation
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc.
Consultant, International Cooperation
Administration
Dean of Yale College
Asst. Vice-President for Engineering,
U. S. Steel Corp.
Director of Staff Studies, National
Manpover Council, Columbia University
Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
Vice-President, Duke University
President, University of Bridgeport
Assistant Director of Research, AFL-CIO
President, Diversey Engineering Co.
Publisher, The Nation
Information Director, Committee on
Economic Development
Manager, Research Administration,
Union Carbide Corporation, New York
Coordinator of Research Services,
New York University
Department of Physics, University of
Maryland
Professor of Economics, Harvard University
President, Carnegie Institute of Technology
President, Albion College
President, Metals and Controls Company,
Attleboro, Massachusetts
Vice President, Research, R. C. A.
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"Technolmical Reuirements of the
Free World and the Uncommitted Countries"
Chairman: Eric Johnston, President
Motion Picture Association of America
Dr. Walter Bartky
Mr, Edward Booher
Dr. Wallace R. Brode
Dr, J. Douglas Brown
General Hugh J. Casey
Mr. C. A..Chayne
Mr.
Dr.
Dr.
Walker Cisler
Cornelius de Kiewiet
Reuel N. Denney
Dr. Leon Dostert
Mrs. Morris D. Friedman
Mr. John F. Hilliard
Dr. Klaus Knorr
Mr. Robert S. Morison
Dr. Ithiel Pool
Dr. Philip Powers
Mr. H. Christian Sonne
Dr. Hans Speier
Dr. Harold Stoke
Mr. George PA Sutton
Dr. Byron K. Trippet
Dr, John Wheeler
Vice-President, University of Chicago
Vice-President, McGraw-Hill Book Company,New
York
President, American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science; The Science Advisor,
Department of State
Dean of the Faculty, Princeton University
Secretary, Schenley Industries, Inc.
Vice-President, Engineering Staff, General
Motors Technical Center, Detroit
President, The Detroit Edison Company
President, Rochester University
Professor of Social Science, University of
Chicago
Director, Institute of Languages and Linguist-
ics, Georgetown University
Lexington, Mass.
Deputy Director for Manpower, Office of Defense
Mobilization
Professor if Public and International Affairs,
Princeton University
Director for Biological and Medical Research,
Rockefeller Foundation
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral
Sciences, Stanford University
President, Internuclear Company, Clayton, Mo.
President, South Ridge Corporation
Rand Corporation, Washington, D. C.
Dean, Graduate School, New York University
President, American Rocket Society
President, Wabash College
Palmer Physical Laboratory, Princeton University
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"Public Understanding of the Scientist"
Chairman: Dr. Jerrold Zacharias
Director, Laboratory for
Nuclear Science and Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr, Samuel Brownell
Mr. Milton Caniff
Mr. Allan Chase
Mr. John T. Connor
Mr. Watson Davis
Mr. John C. Doerfer
Dr. J. 011ie Edmunds
The Rev. Joseph D. Fitzgerald, S.J.
Dr. James G. Harlow
Dr. Pendleton Herring
Mr. James M. Lambie, Jr.
Professor Harold D. Lasswell
Mr. Louis Lyons
Dr. Margaret Mead
Mr.
Dr.
Dr.
Mr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Mr.
Dr.
Maurice B. Mitchell
John S. Nicholas
J. Robert Oppenheimer
George E. Probst
Clifford F. Rassweiler
Laurence H. Snyder
Samuel A. Stouffer
Charles Underhill
L. C. Van Atta
Dr. Alan T. Waterman
Dr. Jerome Wiesner
Dr. Arnold J. Zurcher
Superintendent, Detroit Public Schools
Cartoonist, New City, New York
President, Filmways, New York
President, Merck, Inc., Rahway, New Jersey
Director, Science Service, Washington, D. C.
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
President, Stetson University
President, Fairfield University
Executive Vice-President, Frontiers of Science
Foundation of Oklahoma, Inc.
President, Social Science Research Council
Special Assistant, White House
Political Science Department, Yale University
Curator, Nieman Fellowships, Harvard University
Associate Curator of Anthropology, American
Museum of Natural History, New York
President, Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.,
Chicago
Master of Trumbull College and Sterling Profess-
or of Biology, Yale University
Director, Institute for Advanced Studies, Prince-
ton, New Jersey
Executive Director, Thomas Alva Edison Found-
ation, Inc.
Vice-Chairman, Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
Dean of the Graduate School, University of
Oklahoma
Prof. of Social Relations, Harvard University
Staff Director, U. S. Steel Corporation, N. Y.
Head, Tech. Information and Education, Hughes
Aircraft Company
Director, National Science Foundation
Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Executive Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,
Inc.
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T.31\TI-CTEIR,BITY, FEB1R.,T..TAIR:Y" 3-4, 1958
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3
Morning Session
9:45 a.m. Assembly
General Chairman: DR. 1-lowARD L. BEvis, Chairman
The President's Committee on Scientists and Engineers
10:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks:
DR. A. WHIM EY GitiswoLD, President, Yale University
10:30 a.m. Opening Address: "Toward a New Level of Excellence"
DR. JAMES R. KILLIAN, ,JR.
Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
Luncheon Session
12:30 p.m. Chairman: DR. ERIC A. WALKER, Vice Chairman
The President's Committee on Scientists and Engineers
Luncheon Address: "Science?The Open Door"
DR. ALAN T. WATERMAN, Director, The National Science Foundation
Afternoon Session
2 - 4 p.m. Round Table Discussions
1. "Understanding the Na tit re of the
Soviet Threat"
Chairman: floN. Tnomns K. Finh.Frmit,
Partner, Coudert Bros., N.Y.
2. "The Scientific Revolution:
Challenge and Promise"
Chairman: DR. HARRISON liRowN,
California Institute of Technology
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3. "Educating Future Scientists in a
Rounded Educational System"
Chairman: SENAToR LISTER 1-ht.t. of
Alabama
4. "The Economic Implications of an
Adequate Science Program"
Chairman: AIR. ALFRED C. NEAL,
President, Connnittee on Economic
Development
Dinner Session
5. "Technological Requirements of the
Free World and the Uncommitted
Countries"
Chairman: IION. ERIC JonNs-roN, President,
Alotion Picture Association of America
G. "Public Understanding of the Scientist"
Chairman: DR. JERROLD ZACHARIAS,
lassachusats Institute of Technology
6:15 p.m. Reception
Chairman: DR. IlowARD I,. BEvis
7:15 pan. Dinner Address: "The Soviet Challenge"
14oN. ALLEN W. DULLES, Director, Central Intelligence
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4
Morning Session
8:30 a.m.
Agency
Breakfast Address: "The Pace of Change"
14oN. WILLIAM BETON, President, The William Benton Foundation
9:45 a.m. Assembly
10-12 a.m. Round Table Discussions
7. "Conserving Our Rarest Resource ?
Creative Talent"
Chairman: DR. ERIC A. WALKER,
President, Pennsylvania State University
8. "Forty Million Growing Minds?
The Quality of Elementary and
Secondary Education"
Chairman: DR. CLARENCE H. FAUST,
Vice President, Ford Foundation
Luncheon Session
12:30 p.m. Chairman:
9. "The Coming Crisis on the Campus?
Maintaining Standards with
Increased Enrollments"
Chairman: DR. C. W. DE KiEwirx,
President, University of Rochester
10. "Advanced Training for Superior
Talent?Graduate Education and
Research"
Chairman: DR. PAUL GROSS,
ViCC President, Duke University
REV. TnEoDoRt: Al. IlEsDuRcii, President, University of Notre Dame
Luncheon Address: "Education in the Age of Science"
DR. LEE A. DuBRIDGE, President, California Institute of Technology
Adjournment
The following .Round Table notes are intended as suggestions and not limits on discussion.
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Understanding the Nature of the Russian Threat
Russia's menacing upsurge in science presents far more than a military
threat to the United States. The Soviet challenge is not confined to armaments.
It is mounting daily in other areas--technological, industrial, cultural, ideologi-
cal?which contribute weapons to modern diplomatic and economic warfare.
At stake are our relations with our Allies in Europe, Latin America, Asia
and the Middle East. The future political and economic orientation of today's
neutral and under-developed nations lies in the balance.
To understand fully the implications of the Soviet challenge, we need
accurate and detailed information on Soviet science and technology. Do we
have adequate sources of such information? Do we make adequate evaluation'
and use of the information? What are the facts about the quantity and quality
of Soviet education? What do we know of Russian production?the end prod-
uct of research and development? 'What do we know of Russia's increasing and
well-directed program of technological aid to under-developed countries?
How can the American public be brought to understand the broad nature
of Russia's threat on every front?
Chairman: HoN. ThomAs K. FIN LETTER
Coudert Bros., New York
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The Scientific Revolution: Challenge and Promise
Even if there were no Russian bid for military, economic and political
leadership, there would still be a compelling need for the United States to
reexamine its capacity to keep pace with the demands of the scientific revolution.
This revolution is making fundamental changes in our economy and
our society. Science is reshaping the world around us?transmuting elements,
tapping new sources of energy, reaching into outer space, and probing the origin
of life. We have entered a new phase in man's conquest of his environment
and in the relation of man to man, What is the probable shape of our future
society and what course will the transition take?
How should our human resources?our brainpower and imaginative
skills?be deployed to cope effectively both with the immediate demands of
national security and with the long-range requirements of a rapidly evolving
scientific age?
Clearly, there will be a greatly increased need for creative scientific talent
and high level technical competence. How can these needs be met without
weakening the humanistic and cultural values of western civilization?
Chairman: DR. HARRISON BROWN
Professor of Geochemistry
California Institute of Technology
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Educating Future Scientists in a Rounded Educational System
The scientific age demands not only a much larger number of creative
scientists and skilled technologists but a broader understanding of scientific
principles by men and women in every field. How can we gain public accep-
tance and support of the basic changes in our educational system which this
will require? How must curricula be reoriented to meet the realities of the
latter Twentieth Century?
How can we broaden and deepen training in science and mathematics,
especially in the elementary and secondary schools, without weakening instruc-
tion in the social and cultural arts?
1,17hat are the incentives that will impel parents as well as students to
consider scientific careers desirable? How do we inspire youth to accept the
challenge of the unfolding opportunities on the frontiers of the intellect?
Once we have identified, motivated and inspired youth to seek higher
education, should they be assisted financially to enter and remain in the college
of their choice? If this is to be done, by what methods?
While educating our most talented youth, how can we assure diversity
of educational opportunity for all our youth to develop their capabilities to
the fullest? How can we strengthen the entire educational process and obtain
a smoother transition through its various parts? What steps must we take to
provide the teachers and facilities for an adequate educational program?
Chairman: SENAToR LisTER HILL of Alabama
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The Economic Implications of an Adequate Scientific Program
Before the nation develops an adequate scientific program, we must estab-
lish some yardsticks. How do we define "adequate" in relation to military needs
and the needs of expanding technology? How do we define "adequate- in terms
of manpower, educational and research facilities, percentage of the national
income devoted to the scientific program?
How should the necessary and large scale expansion of the educational
system be financed? What is the proper share of the cost which must be reflected
in federal, state and local budgets? On what basis should the division of .fiscal
responsibility .be made?
In what proportion and on what basis should the cost of research be
met from public and private funds?
What responsibility and what incentive does industry have for contrib-
uting?directly or indirectly?to the cost of education? What form should indus-
try's contribution take?
How can the financing of costly apparatus and facilities?accelerators,
radio telescopes, reactors?be equitably assigned? Will reliance on government
support impede the desired progress? What alternatives, if any, are available?
What can be accomplished through the pooling of the scientific resources
of the Free World?
Flow can the smooth progress of long-term work?essential to meet the
challenges of the scientific revolution and Russian efforts to exploit it?be
shielded from the swings of the economic pendulum? In a free society, how can
temporary unemployment of scientists and engineers be prevented from slowing
the momentum of our drive for more technological in.mpower? How can we
maintain the volume and pace of research during lull: in the business cycles?
Chairman: MR. ALFRED C. NEAL
President, Committee for Economic Development
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Technological Requirements of the Free World and the Uncommitted
Countries
The integration of Free World resources is a vital step in answering the
Soviet challenge. Is the American public prepared to have the United States
Lake a leading part in meeting the scientific and technological needs of the rest
of the Free World and the rising requirements of the under-developed countries?
Do we need to know more of the technological requirements of the newly
developing countries, and the political and sociological changes which must take
place concurrently?
Are we willing to match or surpass Russia in training scientists and
technologists for work in other countries? Does the public understand the pos-
sible economic and political consequences of not doing so?
Years of foreign language training form a part of the equipment of the
Russian technologist for service in other countries. What immediate steps should
be taken similarly to equip our future scientific and technological representatives?
What legislative steps arc necessary to integrate effectively the research
of the Free World? How much pooling is needed? Should it be pooling of man-
power or information? If information, at what stage of research and develop-
ment? If manpower, how is the pooling to be effected by a free interchange
of personnel, by assignment of projects, or by joint staffing of joint projects?
To what extent must we be prepared to remove the fetters of our concern with
security? How can the public weigh the advantages and disadvantages of a
free interchange of men, data, and ideas?
Chairman: HoN. ERIC JOIINsToN
President, Motion Picture Association
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The Public's Understanding of the Scientist
The American people live in a new world of science and technology. Yet
the general public does not fully understand the role of basic research, and has
only a distant view of the scientist. How can we bridge the gap that now sep-
arates the public and the scientist, and how can we bring into sharper focus
the importance of basic research?
What is the layman's image of the scientist and his work? In what respects
does it need most urgently to be corrected? How can this be done?
To what extent are scientists themselves responsible for public misunder-
standing of their role in society? What steps can scientists and technologists
take to remove misconception and bring about better understanding of their
problems and achievements?
In both industry and government, there is the problem of maintaining
an environment in which scientists will maintain their self-respect and creative
ability, while giving appropriate regard to practical objectives and security.
Do scientists require a special environment of freedom in order to be
creative? If so, how can this special environment be provided without seeming
to set scientists apart from the rest of the community?
Chairman: DR. JERROLD ZACHARIAS
Director, Laboratory for Nuclear
Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Conserving Our Rarest Resource ? Creative Talent
In thc scientific age, the welfare of the nation will depend increasingly
on creative intellectual talent. What are the best ways of finding, nurturing
and using our supply of talented young people?
Does the environment in which our children live tend to repress crea-
tivity? How can we make a greater effort to broaden their horizons, stimulate
their curiosity, and fire their imagination?
How can the search be broadened and refined? Present testing methods
produce, at best, approximate measurements. Is a major and costly research
project justified and can more reliable testing procedures and evaluation criteria
be established? What alternative methods for discovering creative ability are
available? Can parents and students be persuaded to accept and support the
results of talent tests?
How can our future brainpower be guided into creative channels? What
is the most effective way of awakening, not only an interest in, but a dedication
to scientific discovery?
Can our society and our schools modify the preoccupation with con-
formity and encourage the individualism on which creativity thrives? How can
we make intellectual development of the individual as respected a goal of the
public schools as the teaching of good citizenship and the virtues of group
activity? What can be done by the public information media to counteract the
stereotypes which have been found, and create a truer image of the scholar? Can
we combat the fear among students of being regarded as a "brain"?
Chairman: DR. ERIC A. WALKER
President, Pennsylvania State University
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Forty Million Growing Minds?The Quality of Elementary and Secondary
Education
Developing creative talent and educating- the brainpower of the future
is the responsibility of the entire school system. Curiosity must be stimulated
and intellect sharpened in the early elementary grades if students are to reach
their full potential in college and later life. Can mass education meet the dif-
fering needs of a wide range of native ability? Should special programs or
facilities be provided for the gifted child?
How can reasonable equality of opportunity be assured for talented young-
sters in different parts of the country?especially in rural areas? Can we reconcile
a diversified and multi-level curriculum with our cherished concepts of egali-
tarian education?
There is ample evidence that even the "average- child is not being given
the stimulating education which the scientific age demands. Should thorough
instruction in subject matter fundamentals be reinstated as the over-riding pur-
pose of the schools? Is there public support for such a change of emphasis?
How could such support be aroused if it is considered desirable?
Good education demands good teachers. What practical and immediate
steps can be taken to raise the professional, social and economic levels of the
teacher? How can more capable young people be persuaded to choose teaching
as a career? What changes are needed in the courses taken by prospective
teachers? What can other segments of the community?professional societies,
civic groups, industry, college staffs?do to supplement and strengthen teaching
in the schools?
Chairman: DR. CLARENCE H. FAUST
Vice President, Ford Foundation
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The Coming Crisis on the Campus?Maintaining Standards with Increasing
Enrollments
Higher education enrollments will grow as much during the next ten
years as during the nearly two centuries since the republic was founded. How
should this expansion be planned and financed?
Should present institutions be enlarged or should new colleges be founded?
Should admissions be more rigidly controlled?
The private colleges arc planning only moderate increases in their student
bodies. Is it desirable that virtually all of the expansion be in public institu-
tions? Will private institutions become the source of scholarship and of the
intellectual elite, while the public institutions mass produce partially-educated
graduates?
What reorganization is required so that available faculty can handle the
large number of students? Should more of the burden be put on the individual
student? Are films and TV circuits useful tools for college-level instruction?
What steps can be taken to maintain and raise the quality of instruction? How
can we encourage more able people to go into college teaching?
Should junior and community colleges relieve the pressure by absorbing
much of the freshman and sophomore classes? Should they aim primarily to
provide two-year ?terminal courses? Are states and local communities moving
fast enough in this field?
Should students with limited capacities be diverted to two-year terminal
courses? How can aspiring students, their parents, and society as a whole be
persuaded that a competent technician is a greater national asset and a better
and happier citizen than a mediocre scientist or engineer?
Chairman: DR. C. W. DE KIEWIET
President, University of Rochester
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Advanced Training for Superior Talent?Graduate Education and Research
Even before the fresh impetus of the Soviet challenge, the number of
doctoral aspirants was expected to double during the next decade. What must
be done to provide these greater numbers with the individual attention, spe-
cialized training, and the facilities required for graduate study?
Can existing graduate departments be expanded, or are some already
too large? Can the middle-sized university provide more graduate study?
How can the quality of graduate training be improved? Are we wasting
the most productive years of our young scientists in over-long graduate courses?
Obsolescence diminishes the effectiveness of our pool of scientists and
engineers. Should graduate schools provide more. formalized refresher courses
to keep working scientists and engineers abreast of developments in their field?
Can fellowships and research associateships be supplemented to appeal to and
accommodate a much higher proportion of working scientists and engineers?
Adequate research facilities are essential to graduate training. What steps
can be taken to improve research facilities and to make them more widely avail-
able? Where and how can financial support be obtained?
Can the objections be overcome from state legislators to supporting grad-
uate schools in state institutions, many of whose students are from other states
or even other countries? How can public support for graduate schools and
research departments be stimulated?
Chairman: DR. PAUL GROSS
Vice President, Duke University
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