Harry Truman actually said...

As long as the Federal Government continues to be the largest factor in the national research effort, it must frankly face the responsibility to insure that this effort is conceived and executed soundly and effectively.

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the First Annual Report of the National Science Foundation.

01/14/1952

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