CHEMICAL & ENGINEERING
NEWS
AUGUST
2 4,
1964
Group of Scientists, Engineers Backs Johnson Movement among 42 leading scientists and engineers to support LBJ for President sets principles, plans campaign Washington's Jefferson Hotel, five blocks north of the White House, was the scene last week of a stategy meeting called to support Lyndon B. Johnson for President. Scientists and engineers, rather than politicians, though, gathered at a meeting unusual to American politics. A dozen or so organizers of the newly formed Scientists and Engineers for Johnson drew up a statement of principles and made plans for the coming campaign. The statement drafted by the group was to be read later in the week before the Democratic Platform Committee. Group. The group claims 42 toplevel scientists and engineers as its organizers. Topping off this distinguished list stand the names of two former Presidential Science Advisors: Dr. George Kistiakowsky, Science Advisor to President Eisenhower and now professor of chemistry at Harvard and Dr. Jerome Wiesner, Science Advisor to the late President Kennedy and now dean of science at MIT. Also, although not listed as one of the 42 organizers, Dr. Donald F. Hornig, President Johnson's science adviser, put in an appearance at the Washington meeting. The committee states that it supports: • A balanced and rational defense policy. • Arms limitations consistent with the national security. • Continued advancement in medical and other scientific research areas. • Uninterrupted growth in the number and quality of educational opportunities available to all citizens. • Expanded federal action on the application of science and technology to the social and economic problems of our time. • Continued progress in space exploration.
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• Rejection of extremism under any guise. Campaign. The appearance of the group before the platform committee will mark the first detailed public statement of the group. However, committee plans call for much broader participation in the coming campaign. With its core of 42 members, the committee plans to set up 20 to 40 local chapters "to stimulate the involvement in active politics of scientists and engineers across the country." These local groups will work in close cooperation with the National Citizens for Johnson organization. Throughout the campaign, committee members will voice their comments on sciencerelated issues. The formation of this group marks a major step by the scientific and technical community into the political arena. Although 42 people are listed as organizers, a committee spokesman says much of the credit for starting the group goes to Dr. Donald M. Mac Arthur. According to the committee spokesman, Dr. Mac Arthur, who is married to the former Diana Taylor (Lady Bird Johnson's niece), set off the initial formative spark by calling some of his close friends to sound them out on their willingness to join such a group. Dr. Mac Arthur, formerly manager of the chemistry and life sciences research center at Melpar, Inc., is now the executive director of the committee's Washington headquarters. Goldwater headquarters states that at present there is no group of scientists or engineers organized to back Sen. Barry Goldwater for President. However, the Citizens for GoldwaterMiller organization in Washington states that such a group is being organized to back the Goldwater-Miller ticket.
The Organizing Group Includes Dr. Luis W. Alvarez, professor of physics, University of California Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, president, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research Dr. Harrison S. Brown, professor of eochemistry, Caltech >r. Owen Chamberlain, professor of physics, University of California Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, professor of psychology, City College of New York Dr. Rufus Clements, près., University of Atlanta Dr. W. Montague Cobb, professor of anatomy, Howard University Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, professor of surgery, Baylor University Dr. Sidney Farber, scientific dir., Children's Cancer Res. Foundation Dr. Buckminister Fuller, chairman of the board, Fuller Research Foundation Dr. Michael Fere nee, Jr., research executive, Dearborn, Mich. General James M. Gavin, USA-Ret., president, Arthur D. Little, Inc. Dr. Peter C. Goldmark, vice president, engineering, CBS William J. Halligan, chairman of board, Hallicrafters Co. Dr. Milton Harris, v.p., Gillette Corp. Richard E. Horner, vice president, Northrop Corp. Dr. Kelly Johnson, vice president, Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Dan A. Kimball, chairman of board, Aerojet-General Corp. Dr. George Kistiakowsky, Science Adviser to President Eisenhower, now rofessor of chemistry at Harvard r. Polykarp Kusch, professor of physics, Columbia University Dr. Charles C. Lauritsen, professor of physics emeritus, Caltech Dr. Russel Z. Lee, president, Palo Alto Medical Research Foundation Dr. Katharine McBride, près., Bryn Mawr College Dr. George A. Miller, professor of psychology, Harvard University Dr. Clark B. Millikan, director, Guggenheim Aeronautics Lab., Caltech Dr. Samuel M. Nabrit, president, Texas Southern University Dr. William A. Nierenberg, professor of physics, University of California Dr. Gerard Piel, editor and publisher, Scientific American Dr. Emanuel R. Piore, v.p., IBM Dr. Kenneth S. Pitzer, près., Rice Univ. Admiral W. F. Raborn, USN.-Ret., vice president, Aerojet-General Corp. Dr. Roger Revelle, director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California John H. Rubel, vice près., Litton Industries Dr. Chauncy Starr, vice près., North American Aviation, Inc.; president, Atomics International Dr. Helen B. Taussig, professor of ediatrics, Johns Hopkins University eorge S. Trimble, Jr., vice president, The Martin Co. Ralph W. Tyler, director, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Dr. Harold C. Urey, professor of chemistry-at-large, University of California Dr. Paul Dudley White, heart specialist Dr. Warren Weaver, past-president, AAAS Dr. Jerome Wiesner, Science Adviser to the late President Kennedy, now dean of science, MIT Dr. Vladimir K. Zworykin, honorary vice president, RCA Laboratories
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