Evening star., 1926-11-07
By WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT.

= PURRED by the report Of Dr.
Vernon Kellogg. secretary OF
the National Research Council.
~ that European scientific re-
search is seriously hampered
because Of the general economic de-
preston there. the national research
endowment board of trustees. of
which Herbert Hoover ia chairman.
may be expected to put an even
/ to raise $40 ,000, 900 for the support Of
| research in the United States than
already has been given to the project.
! DR.. Kellogg. who recently returned
! from a meeting of the international
! Research Council in Brussels. re-
ceived almost uniformly the infor-
nation that lack of funds was halt
| Ing or slowing down the research
work in pure science on which
America hitherto has relied exten.
| sively. Governments are unable to
| support the work to the extent for
merly given. while private industry is
struggling to maintain laboratories as
/ best they may. In this crisis, Dr.
| Kellogg says. the United States needs
| TO enlarge its research work to pre-
vent American industries from feeling
the loss of European discoveries.
Europe Once Supplied World.
"In the past the great research in
stitutions and universities of Europe"
declares DIR. Kellogg, have supplied
| the world with g. wealth of scientific
| knowledge, and we in the United
States who have Jagged far behind in
| our own researches in pure science
| have profited perhaps more than any
other country. All human progress
| is dependent in the last analysis on
! ! ,f = l,a ST. rf n
lists Never before have we been
faced by such an imperative need for
funds with which To carry on this
work, and all because we have let
Europe do it for us in the past.
In his Office in the National Acad-
| emy Of Sciences Building here DR..
| Kellogg elaborated his first report
! on European conditions. lie illus
trated the compa rative kwardness
| of the United States in research work
, in pure science by EelnarkinS that
Holland had received as many awards
| Of the Nobel prize for such research
as had the United States. whereas the
/ population and wealth of the Jnlteu
! States are so many more times larger
! than Hollands as to make the show
! ing exceedingly poor for this coun-
| try.
Difference in Terms.
DR.. Kellogg emphasized the differ
, ence between research in pure science
and research in applied science. In
the United States the great industrial
concerns generally maintain excellent
laboratories for work in applied sci
ence. or the practical application OF
the fruits of pure science TO every
DAY problems. Pure science deals with
fundamental discoveries, while applied
science takes these discoveries and
produces the inventions and mechan
isms that make life more comfortable
and interesting.
Chairman Boover's committee seek
ing to raise sec, ,000, 900 for the endow
ment of research i'll pure science has
the objective Of placing the United
States in the front rank in this re
spect Research in all branches OF
pure science, such as mathema tics
physics and biology. often result in
discoveries which seem abstract anG
useless to the layman. Vet which form
the basis of those Inventions which
have made America conspicuous in i'll
dustrial leadership.
Aid to Skilled Workers.
The fund to be raised will heir
skilled Investigators to keep at their
laborious experiments. often extend
ing over years. The plan viii be for
the National Academy of Sciences
created by congressional charter as
the scientific adviser of the Govern
ment, to select the ablest investiga
tors who need financial assistance ir
obtaining equipment or to maintain
themselves and TO appropriate foi
these Investigators the necessary sun
to make certain that their important
work will go on.
Genius starving In garIet offer
has produced great discoveries. but
more often than the world knows has
failed to produce great discoveries be
cause of starvation. 1t is true" Mr.
Hoover said. in discussing the pro
posed $4,000 900 endowment that
money cannot buy genius but many
genius In science has defaulted be
cause he had to eat"
| DR. Kellogg giving concrete illus