NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION CONVERSION

PROGRAMS, 1971

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON
LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 32 TO AUTHORIZE THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TO CONDUCT RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO PREPARE THE COUNTRY FOR CONVERSION FROM DEFENSE TO CIVILIAN, SOCIALLY ORIENTED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

S. 1261 TO AUTHORIZE THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION TO UNDERTAKE A LOAN GUARANTEE AND INTEREST ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO AID UNEMPLOYED SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS IN THE CONVERSION FROM DEFENSE RELATED TO CIVILIAN, SOCIALLY ORIENTED RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,

AND ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES

OCTOBER 26 AND 27, 1971

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia JACOB K. JAVITS, New York CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island

PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin

BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota

ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ALAN CRANSTON, California

ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa
ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Illinois

STEWART E. MCCLURE, Staff Director

ROBERT E. NAGLE, General Counsel
Roy H. MILLENSON, Minority Staff Director

EUGENE MITTELMAN, Minority Counsel

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts, Chairman CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island

PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri

BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon
ALAN CRANSTON, California

ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
ELLIS R. MOTTUR, Scientific Adviser
Roy H. MILLENSON, Minority Professional Staff Member