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Impacts of the Early Cold War on the Formulation of U.S. Science Policy: Selected Memoranda of William T. Golden, October 1950-April 1951. William T. Golden , William A. Blanpied

“…the atmosphere was that we had a new world, and all would go well." 4 By 1950, despite five years of legislative vicissitude, the reality of a National Science Foundation, envisioned as part and parcel of that promised new world, seemed at long last assured, even though with a scope and budget considerably more modest than originally proposed. 5 On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel that, five-years earlier, had been established as a temporary demarcation line between the Soviet and American occupation armies of what had been, for 40 years, an integral part of the Japanese Empire.…”

“…The report of the Committee on Plans for Mobilizing Science (Stewart Report), now before you for consideration, which makes recommendations concerning the establishment of an organization to perform, in the event of another emergency, functions comparable to those of the Office of Scientific Research and Development in World War II. 4. The inquiries which have reached you from congressional and other sources on this broad subject, with particular reference to the relationships between civilian scientists and the military.…”