Chapter Six: Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1945 - 2002

General description of OSRD, its accomplishments in WWII, from 2000 web-page; Reprint of England's article in Science 1976 about Bush Report--Endless Frontier. Letter Bush to EWG Feb1943 appointing him as Special Adviser to Div 9 National defense Research Committee; copy of Roosevelt's letter to Bush Nov 1944 about post war funding of research by federal government; letter from Bush to EWG Dec 1944 appointing him to Palmer Committee [to consider medical research under mandate from FDR]; letters to and fro EWG, Bush, and Palmer; Memo from Palmer to committee Jan 1945 about agenda, course of action with EWG's handwritten comments; Comment by EWG on plan to support medical research proposed by Weed [not clear for whom report prepared]; letter EWG to Palmer March 1945 after Exec Committee meeting of Palmer Committee in which EWG expressed change of mind; memo from Homer Smith April 13, 1945 about proposed National Science Foundation; memo April 14, 1945 from Bush to committee about impact of FDR's death; Summary of Palmer committee report sent for member's approval; memo Palmer to Bush April 25, 1945 with cover letter for Palmer report; Palmer Report; memo from Bush to committee serving as cover letter for entire report [not found in EWG papers].letter to President Truman from committee supporting Bush report dated Nov 1945--includes EWG.