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Letter of Transmittal JuLy 5, 1945. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: In a letter dated November 17, 1944, President Roosevelt requested my recommendations on the following points: (1) What can be done, consistent with military security, and with the prior approval of the military authorities, to make known to the world as soon as possible the contributions which have been made during our war effort to scientific knowledge? (2) With particular reference to the war of science against disease, what can be done now to organize a program for continuing in the future the work which has been done in medicine and related sciences? (3) What can the Government do now and in the future to aid research activities by public and private organizations? (4) Can an effective program be proposed for discovering and developing scientific talent in American youth so that the continuing future of scientific research in this country may be assured on a level comparable to what has been done during the war?

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Letter of Transmittal JuLy 5, 1945. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: In a letter dated November 17, 1944, President Roosevelt requested my recommendations on the following points: (1) What can be done, consistent with military security, and with the prior approval of the military authorities, to make known to the world as soon as possible the contributions which have been made during our war effort to scientific knowledge? (2) With particular reference to the war of science against disease, what can be done now to organize a program for continuing in the future the work which has been done in medicine and related sciences? (3) What can the Government do now and in the future to aid research activities by public and private organizations? (4) Can an effective program be proposed for discovering and developing scientific talent in American youth so that the continuing future of scientific research in this country may be assured on a level comparable to what has been done during the war?
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In July of 1945 Vannevar Bush wrote to President Truman, responding to a request made by Roosevelt in 1944.
He submitted "Science the Endless Frontier," a report outlining a plan for Federal support for the sciences and the establishment of the National Science Foundation.

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