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Show Science Leader Discusses Predicamen The president of the National Academy of Sciences discussed the predicament of science in the current cur-rent national spectrum, Wednesday. Wednes-day. Dr. Frederick Seitz, who in addition addi-tion to his responsibilities as the academy's leader has recently been appointed president of Rockefeller University said that it is unfortunate unfortu-nate that the federal government has cut the scientific research bud- man is interested with its probler He stated the geographic scieic' were progressing with the ife ery of the continental drift. ";; tronomy is in a boom. Within; past few years, new types of sfc have been discovered." Draft Dodgers When asked why he felt He si ective service was cracking fe on graduate students he replied that the general concensus in Wash-t get during the past few years in preference to working on poverty, race riots, crime, and the Vietnam War. Interested In "Own Health" Dr. Seitz said that representatives had particular interests about public pub-lic health, namely "their own," which is the reason that they don't give much money anymore. He stated, however, that any student who desired a grant to do unclassified unclassi-fied work could get it if he had ability. ington was that the graduate schools were "havens" or draf dodgers. The Berkely riots poitj that problem up with several eigv year graduate students taking par in protests." Dr. Seitz commented that at tht present time the Soviet Union was outdoing the United States m IV field of sctoit saMtia, m that within the next two -yeats missile system would be como? able to the U.S.'s. He predict that America would finish firs the race to put a man on the iffi but warned if this country did i ' maintain its present space effo that the situation could change. He predicted that scientific study would go on at a smooth pace. "There is no doubt that science will go on. We'll have to husband our money." "Most decisions are made by people in agencies to individuals," he commented. "These people put too much money in too few areas of the country." Outlining changes and broadening broaden-ing opportunities in science and physics, Dr. Seitz said the field of research was "rich with exciting problems." He continued that chemistry is an endless field if a |
