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    "ocrText": "THE WHITE HOUSE\nNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES\nAPR Z2 8 51 AM 55\nOFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT\nRECEIVED\n2101 CONSTITUTION AVENUE\nApril 21, 1954\nWASHINGTON 25, D.C.\nThe Honorable\nSherman Adams\nThe Assistant to the President\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mr. Adams:\nI have followed with enthusiastic interest the President's\nvarious statements having to do both with international cooper-\nation and with science. As you know, the President has also\nXOF146\ncombined these broad and humane views in his expressions of the\ndesirability of international cooperation in science, as in the\nrecent announcement of his intention to call an international\nscientific conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy.\nThis announcement suggested to me that the President may be\ninterested in a major international cooperative undertaking in\ngeophysics, called the International Geophysical Year covering\n*\nresearch in such fields as meteorology, oceanography, solar\nactivity, longitude and latitude determinations, cosmic rays,\nmagnetism, and studies of the upper atmosphere. Some thirty nations\nwill cooperate in these world-wide studies during 1957-58, now being\nplanned and budgeted for. The United States program, developed by\nthe U. S. National Committee appointed by the National Academy of\nSciences, has already been presented to the Bureau of the Budget\nby the National Science Foundation. Some details of this program\nare presented in the enclosed memorandum. I am also enclosing\ncomments from two leaders in the Administration on this activity.\nFrom the President's point of view, I believe that the essen-\ntial feature is the aspect of international cooperation in science.\nMoreover, the topics involved are close to the daily lives of all\nof us. Agriculture, industry, commerce depend in one fashion or\nanother upon weather, navigation, and communications, and the pro-\nposed studies promise to contribute significant advances in these\nand related areas. These advances are marked by their peace-time\napplications, and the prospect of an international cooperative\neffort of this kind should have a refreshing appeal to all men."
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