It was the scientists who first saw the need of security measures, and who on their own initiative clamped down a tight lid o f secrecy on all experiments. We are only in the beginnings of the atomic age. The knowledge that we now have is but a fraction of the knowledge we must get, whether for peaceful uses or for national defense. We must depend on intensive research to acquire the further knowledg e we need. These are truths that every scientist knows.
Science has no political affiliation.
Concern for our national security is nonpartisan. Sober recognition of scientific research as the basis of our future national security should certainly be nonpartisan. My emphasis tonight has been on the physical and biological sciences. These are obviously in the forefront in terms of our industry and technology. The social sciences offer us better ways of organizing our lives.