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ANALYTICAL
CHEMISTRY
AMERICA NEEDS MORE SCIENTISTS ~Jt America faces a critical problem—the serious result of the war's impact upon our supply of scientists. For four years nearly all of our prospective college sci ence students were diverted into the armed forces, and the number of students majoring in science was drastically reduced. Meanwhile, the annual demand for scientists has grown so rapidly that the supply in this country is woefully inadequate and will remain so for a long time unless a definite corrective program is established. Our national security, our industrial and social prog ress, our health and happiness—all of which depend largely on our scientific leadership—are threatened. Scien tific developments for our future needs must begin with basic research conducted by properly trained scientists. We must make every effort to increase America's force of scientific personnel. T o this end, we pledge our support in the hope that scientists, educators, and people in industry can work together in stimulating an early interest in science in a greater number of students and thus lay the foundation for their later specialization.
President
BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. R O C H E S T E R , Ν . Υ.
The
Future
of
America
Depends
on
Scientific
Leadership
