Science: THE UNEASY SCIENTISTS

THE worried debate about the relationship of science and government got a going-over last week from widely divergent angles. In a new Government document, Organization and Administration of the Military Research and Development Programs, the scientists told some of their own troubles. In an impressive editorial, the Protestant Christian Century pointed out the cause of their distress.

The Government document, a book of 710 pages, is the record of hearings last June before a House of Representatives subcommittee. What the committeemen heard was not reassuring. Individualistic scientists, said witness after witness, cannot be regimented and still work at their best.

When they are...

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