Education: E.R.C.

Ever since he sent his famed memorandum to President Eisenhower urging a Strategy Board for Political Defense against the spread of Communism, Brigadier General David Sarnoff, board chairman of RCA, has stood out as one of the most imaginative strategists of the cold war. Last week, after receiving the National Security Industrial Association's second annual Forrestal award for "outstanding leadership in encouraging vital understanding between industry and government in the interests of national security," General Sarnoff put forth another idea—a plan to ease the shortage of science and mathematics teachers and thus reduce the odds against Soviet superiority. "I propose," said...

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