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2. J. R. Steelman,Science and Public Policy, Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. August 1947. Reprinted by Arno Press. New York, NY. 1980.
3. Time, 3 April 1944.
4. J. M. England, A Patron for Pure Science: The National Scienc Foundation's Formative Years. Washington, DC: National Science Foundation, 1982, p. 30.
5. Part I, entitled “The Long Debate, 1945–50 (pp. 9–112), is a detailed treatment of NSF's legislative history.