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Science The Endless Frontier

A Report to the President by Vannevar Bush, Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, July 1945

(United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1945)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter of Transmittal
President Roosevelt's Letter
Science The Endless Frontier -- Quote from President Roosevelt
Summary of the Report
1.	Introduction:
	Scientific Progress is Essential Science is a Proper Concern of Government Government Relations to Science - Past and Future Freedom of Inquiry Must be Preserved
2.	The War Against Disease:
	In War In Peace Unsolved Problems Broad and Basic Studies Needed Coordinated Attack on Special Problems Action is Necessary
3.	Science and the Public Welfare:
	Relation to National Security Science and Jobs The Importance of Basic Research Centers of Basic Research Research Within the Government Industrial Research International Exchange of Scientific Information The Special Need for Federal Support The Cost of a Program
4.	Renewal of our Scientific Talent:
	Nature of the Problem A Note of Warning The Wartime Deficit Improve the Quality Remove the Barriers The Generation in Uniform Must Not be Lost A Program
5.	A Problem of Scientific Reconversion:
	Effects of Mobilization of Science for War Security Restrictions Should be Lifted Promptly Need for Coordination A Board to Control Release Publication Should be Encouraged
6.	The Means to the End:
	New Responsibilities for Government The Mechanism Five Fundamentals Military Research National Research Foundation
	I. Purposes II. Members III. Organizations IV. Functions V. Patent Policy VI. Special Authority VII. Budget
	Action by Congress

APPENDICES (Note: not available online.)
1.	Committees Consulted
2.	Report of the Medical Advisory Committee, Dr. W. W. Palmer, Chairman
3.	Report of the Committee on Science and the Public Welfare, Dr. Isaiah Bowman, Chairman
4.	Report of the Committee on Discovery and Development of Scientific Talent, Mr. Henry Allen Moe, Chairman
5.	Report of the Committee on Publication of Scientific Information, Dr. Irvin Stewart, Chairman

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