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AMERICA NEEDSMORE SCIENTISTS* America faces a critical problem-the serious resultof 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 thenumber of students majoring in science was drasticallyreduced. Meanwhile, the annual demand for scientistshas grown so rapidly that the supply in this countryis woefully inadequate and will remain so for a longtime unless a definite corrective program is established.Our national security, our industrial and social prog-

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