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

70-659 O

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1972

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa

ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Illinois

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon
ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont