Science and Public Policy: A Report to the PresidentU.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - Government publications |
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Page 244 - It Is hereby declared to be the policy of the people of the United States that, subject at all times to the paramount objective of assuring the common defense and security...
Page 107 - Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 96 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Page 136 - Agriculture to investigate the relative utility and economy of agricultural products for food, clothing, and other uses in the home, with special suggestions of plans and methods for the more effective utilization of such products for these purposes...
Page 273 - I mean stock to remain in this country, to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Page 12 - ... when such data are of great importance to scientific or manufacturing interests and are not to be obtained of sufficient accuracy elsewhere.
Page 11 - Aeronautics to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution...
Page 63 - The Administrator shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive compensation at the rate of $10,000 a year.
Page 245 - A program for the control of scientific and technical information which will permit the dissemination of such information to encourage scientific progress, and for the sharing on a reciprocal basis of information concerning the practical industrial application of atomic energy as soon as effective and enforceable safeguards against its use for destructive purposes can be devised; 3.
Page 70 - USC 55 (a), 508, 603, and 729 (a)), and in the interest of the internal management of the Government...
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| Title | Science and Public Policy: A Report to the President Science and Public Policy: A Report to the President, United States. President's Scientific Research Board |
| Authors | United States. President's Scientific Research Board, John Roy Steelman |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 22 Mar 2007 |
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