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Wince- Smith
THE WHITE HOUSE
Nov.5.91
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92953261
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy
OCT 31 1991
% STATES AMERICA
Washington, D.C. 20230
MEMORANDUM FOR:
Bernadine Healy
Director, National Institutes of Health
FROM:
Deborah Wince-Smith
Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy
SUBJECT:
Intellectual Property Protection for the
Human Genome Project
I wanted to let you know that I share your belief that it is
imperative to establish appropriate intellectual property
protection for the human genome project. It has been firmly
established that such protection is absolutely essential to
attract industrial sponsors for such projects. Without
intellectual property protection there is little incentive for
companies to invest in the extensive research and development
costs that these large, complex projects entail.
It is also interesting that the Industrial Research Institute
(representing many of the most research intensive U.S. companies)
polled its members on the Administration's "mega-science"
projects to determine which has the most commercial potential.
The human genome project won hands down. It is not enough that
we pursue basic science without regard to economic
considerations. For projects like the human genome to reach
their potential the private sector must be an integral partner.
Without intellectual property rights being protected this
partnership cannot succeed.
I am keenly aware of the controversy that has erupted over
this project recently. It is unfortunate that this is generating
more heat than light. There is no reason why intellectual
property protection need interfere with scientific communication
and research. This fear was expressed before passage of the
Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517) and the Federal Technology Transfer
Act (P.L. 99-502) which allowed universities and federal
laboratories to perform proprietary joint R&D with the private
sector. There has been no evidence that these laws inhibited
scientific communication. Indeed, university publishing and
patenting have both risen since 1980. What has changed though,
is that the U.S. taxpayers are receiving an economic as well as
scientific return on their investments. In the current economic
climate this contribution cannot be ignored.
It is also unfortunate that some critics do not understand the
patent system. The filing of a patent application does not imply
that science is being "hidden", quite the opposite-- the patent
system was designed to encourage public disclosure through the
incentive of ownership.
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There is also no implication that by filing patents exorbitant
prices will be charged for the use of the discovery. Many
Government patents are routinely made available non-exclusively
with little, if any charge. Indeed, the Commerce Department is
patenting the Digital Signature Standard system so that we can
ensure that it is appropriately used not to "gouge the
public." We intend to make this technology available royalty
free!
You are to be commended for your leadership in this area. If
my office can be of any assistance, please let me know.
CC: Dr. D. Allan Bromley
Dr. Robert White
Dr. James Mason
David McIntosh
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these patents, it will, in effect, con-
By Larry Thompson
trol any dollar value that can be de-
Washington Post Staff Werer
rived from their commercial use.
NIH' S Rush
he National Institutes of
While the potential wealth is un-
T
Health appears to be trying to
known, the few biotech products
corner the market on human
already on the market-nearly all
genes.
being manufactured with the aid of
Last summer, the federal govern-
specific genes-have generated
ment's bastion of biomedical re-
hundreds of millions of dollars in
search applied for patents on 347
sales and will eventually reach bil-
human genes-the naturally occur-
lions annually.
ring molecules that dictate the form
"We don't look at patents as a
fund-raising tool," said Reid G. Adler,
to Patent
and function of the human body.
Next month, NIH says it expects to
who, as head of the NIH Office of
file a second application on 2,000
Technology Transfer, filed the patent
more human genes. Until now mo-
applications. Adler thought he was
lecular biologists had patented only a
protecting the future of the American
few human genes, one at a time, as
biotech industry. Once discoveries
they were identified and used to
are described in scientific publica-
make biotech products such as insu-
tions, Adler said, it is more difficult
lin and the blood-clot dissolver Tis-
to win worldwide patents.
sue Plasminogen Activator (tPA).
"I didn't want to miss the boat,"
The magnitude of NIH's action
he said. "Our primary goal is to get
Human
has ignited a firestorm of criticism.
products developed. Having patent
Biotech industry officials worry that
protection will enhance our ability
to transfer this technology to com-,
government patents will stifle com-
mercial development of gene-based
panies. Without patent protection,
companies won't spend the money
products. Scientific leaders in Eu-
to develop it."
rope and Japan predict the filing will
Almost no one else sees it that
trigger an international race to nail
way.
down protective gene patents for
"This is a disincentive for small
their own countries.
biotech companies," said Richard
Among the most vehement ob-
Godown, president of the Industrial
jectors has been James D. Watson,
Genes
Biotechnology Association. The
who shared a Nobel prize for dis-
patents could hamper small biotech
covering the gene's double-helix
companies trying to discover and
structure. "This offends our sense
market new gene-derived products.
of justice," said Watson, who now
Companies might risk spending
directs NIH's human genome pro-
their limited venture capital to de-
ject, a massive program to identify
velop a product only to find that
all the estimated 50,000 to 100,000
NIH already "owned" that gene.
genes in the human body. Watson's
program has been pursuing a much
Big Scale, Limited Evidence
more open approach to finding
How can anyone patent a human
genes.
gene? After all, they are naturally
Craig Venter, leader of the rel-
occurring substances that have ex-
atively small, 15-person laboratory
isted in humans, and their ances-
within NIH's National Institute of
tors, for millions of years.
Neurological Disorders and Stroke
To receive a patent, according to
that is identifying the genes, said he
patent office officials, an "invention"
is amazed by the controversy. Us-
must be novel, "non-obvious" to
ing a strategy rejected by genome
someone in the relevant field, and it
project leaders, he can "rapidly and
has to be useful. The problem of
inexpensively" find the most inter-
patenting naturally made chemicals
esting genes-the specialized sub-
first arose years ago in the pharma-
set of genes that is active in a given
ceutical industry. Penicillin, for ex-
type of cell. Critics charge he is
ample, is a natural substance pro-
skimming off the genetic cream.
duced by fungi, yet it was granted a
The British journal Nature has
patent. Moreover, a few human
warned that Venter's approach
genes have been patented-but in
could launch a "patent gold rush"
the specially prepared form used to
with every country's labs trying to
manufacture gene-based drugs.
stake out its own genes. If NIH gets
But no patents have ever been is-
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"This offends our
"This is a bit of a
sense of justice."
tempest in a teapot."
- James D. Watson,
- Bernadine P. Healy,
NIH human genome project director
director of NIH
sued on the scale proposed by NIH.
utility of his new genes. Scientists
And seldom have scientists sought
working in this field also argue that
such broad patents for a gene and its
what he did is totally obvious.
gene products-the proteins that
While refusing to discuss the NIH
cells would manufacture under in-
application directly, Edward E. Ku-
struction from the gene-on such
basiewicz, director of the patent of-
limited evidence. Venter's gene-an-
fice's biotechnology group, said that
alyzing factory, unlike the efforts of
to get a patent for the "DNA that
the genome project, analyzes gene
represents the gene, the person has
bits, not the whole gene.
to identify that gene, isolate it, purify
Instead of determining the entire
it, put it in a different form than it has
sequence of subunits that make up
in nature, and give it a different util-
the gene-the series of "letters" that
ity than it has in nature."
spell the message-Venter's group
Even within the NIH, the debate
analyzes just enough of these newly
has a sense of free-for-all. NIH Di-
discovered genes to show that they
rector Bernadine P. Healy said she
exist and that the same code has not
has no intention of blocking the
been reported before. They then
next patent filing even though Wat-
leave it to others to finish the time-
son opposes it.
and money-consuming job of analyz-
"One of Jim's strengths is that he
ing the entire gene and the protein it
is deliciously blunt and has strong
makes. But by then, he and NIH will
opinions on things," Healy said. "My
hold the patent.
belief, at the present time, is that
This approach has been strongly
this is a bit of a tempest in a teapot.
attacked by Watson and others.
I think the discussion has become a
"I mean it is brainless work,"
little silly because it has been ele-
Watson said. "This is a perfect case
vated to the level of some moral,
of a brainless robot." Science mag-
science policy, [an] ethical issue."
azine quoted Watson as saying that
Meanwhile, Healy said, "the
"virtually any monkey" could run
patent office will look at it and see if
these robot gene machines.
there is anything here that is
Initially stunned by these attacks,
patentable."
Venter and his staff now take the
As it happens, the patent office
criticism with some humor: Last
says it will be a year before it can
week, technicians purchased gorilla
get around to evaluating any appli-
masks and posed for photographs in
cations. Until then, major genome
front of their sequencing machines.
projects in the United States, Eu-
Page 2 of
Brainless or not, does it qualify
rope and Japan may be forced to
for a patent? Opinions vary. Patent
spend millions of dollars on a gene-
attorneys have raised doubts be-
finding race just in case Venter and
cause Venter does not know the
NIH get their patents.
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molecule of DNA [1] is a twisted
ladder with rungs made of four kinds of
subunits (A, T, G and C) [2]. To learn
the sequence, molecular biologists put
copies of the gene in four test tubes.
Different enzymes are added to each,
chopping the genes apart only after an
A, a T, a G or a C. Gene fragments are
put in an apparatus where an electric
current putis them the length of a slab
of gelatin. The four sets of fragments
run in parallel, becoming spread out by
length [3] as smaller ones move faster,
They show up on film because they are
tagged with radioactive molecules.
Sequence can be read by moving a
horizontal straightedge from the bottom
up and noting which bands are touched
in order. Machines can read the bands,
drawing spikes for each subunit [4]
and naming it. Printout is actually four
superimposed graphs, using a different
color for each subunit.
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FROM
80:21
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 20, 1991
Dear Wang:
I was delighted to get your news-filled letter of August 13 which arrived
while I was away on vacation. As soon as I returned I took off for the
west coast and so I hope that you will understand the delay in
responding.
Let me first of all thank you for the superb piano disk that you sent
me. I really have enjoyed listening to it and you are entirely correct
that the playing is done with style.
Your daughter obviously has the appropriate sense of music already and,
having just come back from visiting with my 20 month old
granddaughter, I was delighted to find that she too has very real
preferences in terms of the music that she is prepared to listen to and is
already well attuned to a classical repertoire.
I was pleased to get the reprint of your lead paper and will look
forward to the DSAM preprint as soon as it becomes available. From
the sound of things you are still having a certain amount of good fun
and doing good physics at LLNL and Argonne and your proposed
experiment on the reversed oxygen plus alpha particle reaction sounds
interesting.
I have not been back to Yale recently but gather that there are some
major changes. The new accelerator appears to be running exactly as
advertised and a lot of good work is on the point of being published.
I should tell you that I did send off the requested letters of reference to
Dr. Woodworth.
Again, warmest thanks for the compact disk and all the news. If your
travels should bring you to Washington at any time, please do let me
know so that we can arrange to have our paths cross.
Sincerely yours,
Ama
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. Tzu-fang Wang
Physics Division
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, California 94550
RECEIVED
Dear Professor Bromley,
all AUG 13 A9: 50
Finally got a chance to report to you what I am doing recently.
THE
Andrea and her mom are visiting relatives over Chicago so that I could
have a chance to do something else. This baby is restless (18 monthsold
already still feel like that she was born yesterday). She can at least
now recognize 22 characters of alphabetic and speak some simple (few
words) sentences and enjoy good classical music. About two weeks ago,
I was listening to P.D.Q. Bach (you know, the notorious one) 's 1712(not
1812) overture for fun, she went to the amplifier and pointed at the
volume knob and complaint. After I switched Mozart's piano quartet, she
stopped complaining and sit back listened till the end of the music.
Thank you very much for your little note to Jolie about my paper
on superdeformation, I am pretty sure that you didn't correlated that
T.F. Wang with this T.F. Wang. No body would(could) believe I am doing
high-spin stuffs these days. As you probably known, I am the person
who always teasing people doing γ-γ coincidence measurements since
they might miss a lot of 5-MeV γ-rays(a joke, but possible). A good
example is the linking transition of the SD band-- no body found any yet.
Right now I am still have my doubt about the L=2 assignment (at least
for the mass ~ 190 region) is right, I still suspect they are L = 1. For a
band of about 1 % intensity and no definite linking to low-lying states
(bypass isomer?), I doubt a good DCO measurement (let alone the
angular correlation measurement) can be made. A lot of tricky
background subtractions invloved (and none of them are right) which also
complicated what have seen. Believe or not, I am even doing a DSAM
measurement of some interesting bands in 9⁸Pb. Will definitely will send
you a preprint. Enclosed please find a reprint of the 198,196 Pb paper.
After the shut down of the radioactivity beam facility at Livermore,
I was saved by this the so called "shape-isomer task force" -- I always
making fun to myself that I am only doing this job for living. This will
be my last year with this group, and I am trying to find other positions
in the Lab.. I hope with a Q-clearance I be able to find a real job in the
Lab. (Help! Help!). Thing interests me most these days is my proposal
(one of those once in 6-years) of doing a measurement of the ¹⁴O(α,p)¹⁷F
reaction. Of course, I bug John (Schiffer) a lot so that he lets me torture
his machine (another joke, Lowell Bollinger even supports this
experim Iahave also enclosed two proposals of this task for your
review. You know I like to do things backward (please do not take it
seriously), instead of measuring ¹⁴O + α ( ~ 5MeV 140 on a "Helium"
target) , I propose to measure ¹⁷F + p, even worse a ¹⁷F beam ( ~ 40 or
more MeV beam energy because of the Q-value) on a hydrogen target so
that you can catch the recoil ¹⁴O's with a spectrograph. The ¹⁷F will be
produced via H(¹⁷O, ¹⁷F)n reaction at higher energy (~ 90 MeV) for high
production cross-section and then deaccelerate to the usable energy --
only ATLAS can do this job since each resonator behaves like a battery
and you can always reverse a battery. Another advantage of doing this
deacceleration process is to clean up the primary beam (because of the
differences in rigidity and time-of-flight), this method almost costs
nothing (apart from the hydrogen target) compared to the other methods.
This is something I am pushing (probably John is pushing, too) these
days. Hope will work out.
Was over Tower Record yesterday, and was attracted by the
background piano music played in the store. Not because I can play all
of them but this guy play in such a way that makes me appreciate these
pieces more. He is not a perfectionist but he plays with style. Got two
copies so that we both can share his music. Listen how slow he plays
Schubert's "Moment music", and how light he plays Ivanovici's "Waves",
and how unusual he plays first few notes of the Beethoven's "Moonlight".
Hope this music will make you feel relaxing after a day of intense
work
With warmest wishes,
Sincerely,
Jju-fang wang
"CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING"
TYPE:
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DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9123455
ORIGINATOR: 02
STATUS I
DIRECTORATE STATUS
FROM:
WANG, T.F.
TO:
DR. D.A. BROMLEY
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 08/12/91
SUBJECT: TWO PROPOSALS FOR DR. BROMLEY'S REVIEW, " FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY BEAMS AT ATLAS" AND
"DEVELOPMENT OF THE A17F BEAM FOR ASTROPHYSICAL
REACTION RATE STUDIES".
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
D. Allan Bromley
ASSIGNED:
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED: AS NECESSARY
ACTION:
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
08/27/91
STAFF DUE DATE
DATE COMPLETED:
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COPIES TO: D. Allan Bromley
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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REMARKS: Enclosures to DAB.
OSTP RECEIVED: 08/13/91
FILE: DAB-PERSONAL*PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 20, 1991
Dear Paul:
Many thanks for sending me the material from your Adaptation Report. I have now
been able to get my hands on what may be the only remaining preprint copies of the
Adaptation and Mitigation Reports in existence. I would take this occasion to
congratulate you and your colleagues on an outstanding piece of work.
I was also intrigued by the way both the New York Times and Washington Post
attempted to bury the brief story that they did on the report. What you have to say
and can say, with scientific credibility, is not exactly what many of the journalists
have taken to be revealed truths.
All of us will clearly miss Roger Revelle. He was one of the truly great men of
science and all of us are diminished by his disappearance from the scene. I had the
pleasure of working with him in many different activities over the years and Pat and
I had come to consider he and Ellen as among our close friends.
Again, congratulations on an excellent piece of work and with all best wishes to both
you and Barbara,
Sincerely yours,
Aman
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. Paul E. Waggoner
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Box 1106
New Haven, Connecticut 06504
Paul Waggoner
(203) 789-7826
FAX 789-7232
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Box 1106
New Haven CT 06504
4:26 PM EST September 9, 1991
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FAX to Dr D Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President for
Science and Technology
The White House
Washington DC 20500
Dear Allan,
You will recall that the Evans committee on Policy
Implications of Global Warming encompassed a panel on
Adaptation. I am chairman.
The Adaptation report was released on Friday with subsequent
notice in the papers typified by the attached story from the
New York Times.
Also I attach the Preface, Findings and Recommendations of
the report itself. My reason for attaching the Preface is
to show my obituary to Roger Revelle.
Should you or your people want to know more, I am at your
service,
300 Paul E Waggoner
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9/20/91
(b)(6)
Re: Letter of Recommendation for Tzu-fang Wang [personal
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DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9123538
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STATUS I
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FROM:
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TO:
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DATE OF
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SUBJECT: REQUESTS LETTER FROM DR. BROMLEY TO ENHANCE HIS
CHANCES OF GETTING A PERMANENT POSITION FROM HIS
TEMPORARY POSITION AT LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL
LABRATORY.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED: D. Allan Bromley
ASSIGNED:
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED:
RESPOND APPROPRIATELY
ACTION:
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
09/04/91
STAFF DUE DATE
DATE COMPLETED:
DATE COMPLETED/DEPT:
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FILE: DAB-REFERRAL
DEPT RECEIVED:
Dear Prof. Bromley,
Sorry to bother you so fast after the letter I sent to you about a week ago. I was, as
usual, sending my resume around and of course, with you as one of my referees. This is going
to be a position working with a group at LLNL Y-division using high power free-electron laser
to study hot plasma fusion as well as laser interactions with matters. They are pretty interested
in my background, however, they have no idea (they say is negotiable??) to have a permanent
position. However, with a strong letter from you, the director of the lab. might could weight
things completely differently, and might be able to create a permanent position.
Could you help me on this matter? The position seems very interesting since they've got
one of the highest power laser in the world, probably lots of new physics can be studied with this
laser. If possible, could you please send (and FAX) a strong reference letter of me to:
Dr. John G. Woodworth
L-482 POB808
LLNL, Livermore CA 94550
FAX (415)-423-6506
TEL (415)-422-4508
I have also enclosed a copy of my resume for your reference, both Peter and John
(Schiffer) will also write for me.
Like to tell you an interesting story about one of my paper concerning about halflife of
²⁰F using radioactive beam technique: I have measured the lifetime and its disagrees with
measurements by Alburger, Wilkinson, and Calaprice. Believe or not, our difference is only 20%
of one of their time-bins. The referee unfortunately is Alburger and I had one of the toughest
fight with referee since I was born (a joke, I certainly won't be able to write a paper while I was
born). Finally, I gave up, instead of Phys. Rev. C, I submitted to Nuclear Physics A. About
three weeks ago, got accepted. I knew the referee is Alburger since my previous lifetime
measurement of ⁸Li, the results almost identical to Alburger's measurement, the same referee
(who uses the same old-fashioned typewriter to type the referee report) kindly accepted (and
praised) the paper and even suggest to add a reference by Alburger et al
With best wishes and thanks,
Sincerely,
Ju-fang
P.S. Please also find a recent photo of Andrea and my father, we were over N.J. Medical School
to attend my youngest sister's commencement.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 12, 1991
Dear Joe:
Thank you for your letter of May 14 in which you convey your decision not to serve
as a consultant to OSTP to support the PCAST panel on high performance
computing.
We will be inviting various private individuals to testify before the PCAST as experts
on high performance computing. Appearing as an expert will not entail any
Government employment. I hope that your schedule and interest will permit your
appearing as an expert, so the PCAST might benefit from your views. We will be
sending you a formal invitation, including date and place of the PCAST meeting.
Sincerely,
Dhan
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. Joe Wyatt
Office of the Chancellor
Suite 211, Kirkland Hall
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee 37240
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
May 30, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR D. ALLAN BROMLEY
FROM:
MICHELLE K. VAN CLEAVE
mker
SUBJECT:
JOE WYATT AND PCAST PANEL ON HPC
You asked for my comments on the letter you received from
Joe Wyatt. He apparently remains confused about the distinction
between industry representatives and consultants. (I would note
that if Dr. Wyatt is confused, others may be confused as well,
reaffirming the wisdom of your decision to limit formal panel
membership to PCAST members.) I believe his concerns are now
moot. If the other private sector individuals are now being
asked to serve as experts, rather than as panel members,
Dr. Wyatt may serve in the same capacity, which should obviate
his concerns.
As I have discussed with Gene, I recommend that Dr. Wyatt be
treated the same as the other outside experts. I would not
recommend that he be singled out for special treatment; i.e., he
should not be penalized for his reluctance to fill out the
consultancy paperwork. It is his right to refuse to fill out the
paperwork; he simply cannot serve as a consultant. However, if
no one will now be required to be processed as a consultant,
neither should Dr. Wyatt.
If you no longer wish to have Dr. Wyatt support the panel, you
need not invite him to appear as an expert. There is no legal
requirement to include him, but he should not be excluded simply
because he refused to fill out paperwork that is now unnecessary.
I would recommend a simple response to his letter such as:
"Thank you for your letter of May 14 in which you convey
your decision not to serve as a consultant to OSTP to
support the PCAST panel on high performance computing. We
will be inviting various private individuals to testify
before the PCAST as experts on high performance computing.
Appearing as an expert will not entail any Government
employment. I hope that your schedule and interest will
permit your appearing as an expert, so the PCAST might
benefit from your views. We will be sending you a formal
invitation, including date and place of the PCAST meeting."
CC: Gene Wong
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 1, 1991
Dear Professor Wells:
Thank you for your letter of July 10 inviting me to join you and your colleagues
for the meeting of Chairmen of Biochemistry Departments in U.S. Medical Schools
scheduled for January 16-19, 1992. I apologize for the much belated response.
As much as I would like to join you, I must regretfully decline your kind invitation
because that particular time is the period set aside for the release of the budget, and
it is absolutely essential that I remain in Washington.
Again, I appreciate your thinking of me, and let me offer my bet wishes for a
successful and productive session.
Sincerely yours,
Douan D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Professor Robert D. Wells
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Texas A&M University
103E Biochemistry Building
College Station, Texas 77843
"LIFE SCIENCES (CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING)"
TYPE:
INVITATION
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9122183
ORIGINATOR: 02
STATUS I
DIRECTORATE STATUS C
FROM:
WELLS, Robert D.: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
TO:
DR. D.A. BROMLEY
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 07/10/91
SUBJECT: INVITATION TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING
OF CHAIRMEN OF BIOCHEMISTRY DEPARTMENTS IN U.S.
MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED: D. Allan Bromley
ASSIGNED: D.A. Henderson
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED:
ACTION: Response
SENDER'S DUE DATE: 07/30/91
OSTP DUE DATE:
07/30/91
STAFF DUE DATE
07/30/91
DATE COMPLETED:
DATE COMPLETED/DEPT:07/22/91
COPIES TO: LIFE SCIENCES
D.A. Henderson
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
PHONE:
EXT:
REMARKS: Originally sent 07/17/91 to DLS FYI, on 07/19/91 Bromley asked
if perhaps DAH should go.
OSTP RECEIVED: 07/16/91
FILE: P-INVITATION
DEPT RECEIVED: 07/19/91
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Education
Research
Extension
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 51
Professor and Head
Director and Welch Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
103E Biochemistry Building
DIRECTOR of Biosciences and Technology
1100 Louisiana, Suite 3050
College Station. Texas 77843-2128
Houston. Texas 77002
Office 409/845-5032
Office 713/751-0485
Fax 409-845-9274
Fax 713/651-0728
TexAn 857-5032
TexAn 850-1680
July 10, 1991
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
Science Advisor to the President
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Old Executive Office Building Rm. 306
17th Street and Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20506
Dear Dr. Bromley:
The purpose of this letter is to invite you to attend and participate in the
meeting of Chairmen of Biochemistry Departments in U. S. Medical Schools.
The meeting will be held January 16-19, 1992 at Frenchman's Reef in Saint
Thomas, Virgin Islands. A policy session will be held on January 17 or 18 on
the subject "Funding Research In The 90s".
You may recall that you accepted my invitation last year to attend the
annual meeting held in Kona, Hawaii, and unfortunately, found it necessary to
cancel prior to the meeting due to issues in Washington.
The Chairman's meeting is generally attended by 60-80 individuals who
are major educators, researchers, and policy makers at our medical schools.
I am confident that the group will greatly appreciate your participation
and presentation of views regarding this critical subject.
...)r. D. Allan Bromley
Page 2
July 10, 1991
I look forward to communicating with you in the future regarding this
meeting. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely yours,
R.D.Wells
Robert D. Wells
RDW/bls
CC: Dr. Ralph A. Bradshaw
Department of Biological Chemistry
California College of Medicine
University of California - Irvine
Irvine, CA 92717
Dr. Moseley Waite
Department of Biochemistry
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Wake Forest University
300 S. Hawthorne Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27103
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
July 22, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR ALLAN BROMLEY
FROM:
D.A. HENDERSON DERSON
SUBJECT:
INVITATION TO MEETING OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS'
CHAIRMEN OF BIOCHEMISTRY DEPARTMENTS
A lovely location for a meeting in January but I have difficulties in justifying
such a trip. I was brought up with too much Calvin.
budget
Anice nois
Sene
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 31, 1991
Dear Bob:
Many thanks for sending me the ComSci Yearbook. We were absolutely delighted with
the Fellows that we had during this past year and I must really tell you that Janice
Howell, Don Pryor, and Tom Russell, really made major contributions to the activities
of this office. We were particularly pleased that it was possible to extend Don Pryor's
Fellowship for an additional year because he truly did an outstanding job in a variety
of areas and is someone of whom Commerce can indeed be proud. I have frequently
had occasion to call on him for fast turn-around analyses of a variety of complex
issues and in each case he has performed superbly.
I congratulate you on the ComSci Program and I hope that the kind of experience
that Ms. Howell and Messrs Pryor and Russell were able to gain here at OSTP will
serve them well as they move ahead in their careers. They are three excellent young
people.
Again, my thanks and congratulations.
Sincerely yours,
An
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
and
Director
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President
Dr. Robert M. White
Under Secretary for Technology
Department of Commerce
14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20230
"CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING"
TYPE:
INFORMATION
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9121986
ORIGINATOR: 02
STATUS C
DIRECTORATE STATUS
FROM:
WHITE, Robert M.: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
TO:
DR. D.A. BROMLEY
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 07/03/91
SUBJECT: RE: THE COMSCI FELLLOWS ASSIGNED TO OSTP DURING THE
FOLLOWSHIP YEAR AND A COPY OF THE YEARBOOK PREPARED
BY THE 1991 FELLOWS.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
ASSIGNED:
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED:
ACTION:
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
STAFF DUE DATE
DATE COMPLETED:
DATE COMPLETED/DEPT:
COPIES TO: D. Allan Bromley
Damar Hawkins
Ken Yale
ADMINISTRATION
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
PHONE:
EXT:
REMARKS: Enclosure to DAB.
OSTP RECEIVED: 07/05/91
FILE: ADMINISTRATION-PERSONNEL
DEPT RECEIVED:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The Under Secretary for Technology
Washington, D.C. 20230
02
Honorable D. Allan Bromley
Director
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Room 358, Old Executive Office Building
17th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20506
Dear Dr. Bromley:
I would like to thank you for the courtesies extended the
three ComSci Fellows assigned to OSTP during the fellowship year.
It is my understanding that they were involved in a number of
important issues; Janice Howell in the Office of Policy and
International Affairs, and Thomas Russell in the Office of
Industrial Policy, felt as though they made real contributions
during their tenure. We are pleased that Donald Pryor, the
NOAA participant assigned to the Office of the Associate Director
for Physical Sciences and Engineering, has been granted an ex-
tension by his agency and will continue at OSTP for an additional
year.
These three individuals personify those who participate in
the ComSci Program, and we are proud to have such outstanding
Fellows in the program every year.
Enclosed is a copy of the yearbook prepared by the 1990-
1991 Fellows, detailing their activities in the program.
Thank you again for supporting the ComSci Program, and for
making the fellowship year such a valuable experience for Ms.
Howell and Messrs. Pryor and Russell.
Sincerely,
Robert M. White, Ph. D.
Enclosure
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 25, 1991
Dear Bob:
I am responding to your letter of June 18 requesting input on the operation of the
Manufacturing Forum. The concept of a Manufacturing Forum in which leaders of
industry, government and universities would be provided with the opportunity of
discussing in a non-threatening environment issues relating to the U.S. manufacturing
base was, and remains, an excellent one. In my view, one of the reasons for our
problems in this crucial area has been that such fora have been lacking.
The Manufacturing Forum has now been in operation for one year. Certain problems
have arisen that, unless correctable, could lead to the conclusion that the Forum will
not contribute significantly to improvement in the manufacturing climate in the U.S.
If correctable, the Forum could provide a uniquely useful mechanism toward this end.
The problems as I see them are as follows:
It is essential that appropriate Administration leaders, at the highest levels,
participate in the discussions of each Forum meeting. This, of course, was the
original intent. Because of scheduling conflicts, or lack of commitment, this
simply has not occurred. Because of the heavy involvement of the Office of
Management and Budget and the Vice President's Council on Competitiveness
in regulatory and economic growth issues, I would have thought that their
participation in the Forum would have been highly desirable.
Small business (20-500 employees) should be better represented on the
Forum. Two types of small businesses are of particular interest--the high-tech
entrepreneurial start-ups and the established small manufacturers that service
the large manufacturers. One or a combination of the two should be
represented on the Forum.
2
In view of the critical importance of manufacturing to U.S. economic growth and
competitiveness, I think it would be unfortunate if the Manufacturing Forum were not
continued for another two years. My suggested structural changes would include
these mentioned above. I would make a high priority item discussion of renewal of
university manufacturing education in engineering and in business administration, a
future agenda item already listed for the Forum.
Sincerely,
Allas
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. Robert M. White
President
National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20418
"CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING"
TYPE:
ACTION
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9121825
ORIGINATOR: 02
STATUS I
DIRECTORATE STATUS
FROM:
WHITE, Robert M. and Frank Press: MANUFACTURING FORUM
TO:
DR. D.A. BROMLEY
JUN 27 1991
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/21/91
SUBJECT: REQUEST TO HELP EVALUATE THE FORUM'S PROGRESS AND IN
SETTING THE DIRECTION FOR THE FORUM BEYOND THE END
OF 1991, IN A LETTER TO BOB WHITE.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED: INDUSTRIAL
ASSIGNED:
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED: DRAFT REPLY FOR DAB'S
ACTION:
SIGNATURE
SENDER'S DUE DATE: 07/15/91
OSTP DUE DATE:
STAFF DUE DATE
DATE COMPLETED:
DATE COMPLETED/DEPT:
COPIES TO: INDUSTRIAL
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
PHONE:
EXT:
REMARKS: Re-assigned to Industrial 06/27/91.
MNFG FOROM,
OSTP RECEIVED: 06/21/91
FILE: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
DEPT RECEIVED:
THE MANUFACTURING FORUM
National Academy of Engineering National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20418
01 JUN 21 A8: Telephone: 202/334-1579
FAX: 202/334-2290
June 18, 1991
BITNET: [email protected]
'OFFICE CF CF THE
DIRECTOR
The Honorable D. Allan Bromley
Director
Office of Science and Technology Policy
17th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20506
Dear Allan:
We established the Manufacturing Forum in early 1990 in the
belief that the Academies could contribute importantly to
focusing attention on key issues affecting the performance of
U.S. manufacturing industries by hosting a continuing dialogue
among senior leaders from industry, government, and academia.
You and we made an initial two-year commitment, having in
mind that we would then evaluate the Forum's progress and its
mode of operations and determine whether and how it should
continue. We would like your help in this evaluation and in
setting the direction for the Forum beyond the end of 1991.
We would appreciate hearing from you, preferably in a letter
matters: directed to Bob White, regarding your views on the following
1. Should the Manufacturing Forum continue?
2. Has the Forum made contributions to understanding of
manufacturing-related issues that are commensurate with its
potential and with the caliber of its members?
3. Would you change the basic charter or structure of the
Forum?
4. Are there specific aspects of the Forum's procedures, level
or balance of membership, member attendance and participa-
tion, agendas, use of outside experts, staff, etc., that you
have identified as particularly useful or as particularly
problematic? eliminate? Which aspects would you reinforce, change, or
5. Are there ways in which the Forum might be more useful to
you in executing your own responsibilities?
The Manufacturing Forum promotes increased competitiveness of American manufacturing industries
through effective working relationships among government, industry, labor, and universities.
The Honorable D. Allan Bromley
June 18, 1991
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6. What issues should receive the Forum's attention in the
future?
To assist you in considering these questions, we enclose a
copy of the most recent Manufacturing Forum Status Report, an
informal document that includes the current membership, the
charter, the agendas of all the meetings, and a summary of major
Forum activities.
Thank you for your participation in the Manufacturing Forum
and for your help in considering its future directions. May we
hear from you by July 15?
Yours sincerely,
Che Robert M. White
Orank
Frank Press
President
President
National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Sciences
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 30, 1991
Dear Chris:
I am happy to send off a letter on your behalf to Dr. Avi Hauser at
AT&T Bell Laboratories. I remember him well from his days at Yale.
I share your high opinion of the AT&T Bell Laboratory and if you can
find a position there I think you will find it to be very much to your
liking.
With all best wishes and the hope that you will soon be settled at Bell,
Sincerely yours,
AML
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. Christoph Winter
500 Prospect Street
Apartment 2D
New Haven, Connecticut 06511
500 Prospect Street, Apt. 2D
New Haven, CT 06511
July 23, 1991
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
6716 Tulip Hill Terrace
Bethesda, MD 20816
Dear Dr. Bromley:
Thank you very much for your long and very informative letter. I very much
appreciate the time you have spent to help me in the difficult task of
finding a job here in the US. I have not yet contacted Erich Vogt at TRIUMF
but I have looked into the job situation in Canada. On the same day that I
received your letter I was invited to Bell Laboratories for an interview. I
had talked to John Ennis and he had mentioned Avi Hauser, a Yale graduate,
you are undoubtedly familiar with his name. After reading my resume Bell
called me on the same day, and I was invited for Friday, July 25. To my
surprise the visa question was not considered significant at all. Needless to
say that this cheered me up quite a lot. Before I look into the "Canadian
option" I would like to examine the job opportunities at Bell.
Along with the invitation they have asked for letters of recommendation and
suggested you along with Peter Parker and Klaus-Peter Lieb from Göttingen. I
would thus like to ask you whether you would write a such a letter for me. In
that case you should send it to
Dr. Avi Hauser
AT&T
480 Red Hill Road, Room 1K223
Middletown, NJ 07748
I like the "Bell option" very much. Bell is a very exciting company with very
diverse interests, and from the recent long article in Physics Today I gained
the impression that it is a unique blend of industry and National Laboratory.
Thank you again for the help. I will keep you informed on the outcome of my
trip to New Jersey.
Sincerely,
Clinsboph Winter
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 9, 1991
Dear Dick:
Many thanks for sending me a copy of your report presented to the First
International Sakharov Conference on Peace, Progress and Human RIghts.
This is a strong, hard-hitting document and I hope that you got an appropriate
reaction from those present. I had no idea, myself, as to the magnitude of the
problem that you describe.
What kind of follow-up, if any, is in place either in the Soviet Union or elsewhere to
respond to some of the incredible activity that you describe?
Again, my thanks and all best wishes. The Nation and the world is indebted to you
for your work in this and many related areas.
Sincerely yours,
Am
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Professor Richard Wilson
Physics Department
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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Doxian Franklay
The Report by Professor Richard Wilson
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
U.S.A.
The Coordinator of the Chernobyl Theme of the First International Andrei
Sakharov Memorial Congress "Peace, Progress and Human Rights"
on the Visit to the Armenian-Azerbaijani Border, May 25-29, 1991
Presented to the First International Sakharov Conference on Physics,
Lebedev Institute, Moscow on May 31, 1991
1) Preamble
I take no position on the political question of which administrative entity
shall rule any individual person of ethnic Armenian or ethnic Turkish origin.
However the USSR is a member of the UN and signed various treaties. Azerbaijan
and Armenia are bound by these treaties, and are subject to all international
laws on human rights.
I know of the turbulent history of the Armenian peoples and all the
Caucasian peoples over the centuries and of the last several years including the
hundreds of thousands of innocent refugees from both sides. No aspect of this
history with its millions of individual tragedies, is justification for any
violation of human rights by either the government of Armenia or the government
of Azerbaijan. They have the duty to protect the citizens within their
territories no matter what their ethnic origin. If they fail in this, the USSR
must intervene. If the USSR does not, the UN must call the USSR to account.
2)
The arrangements for the visit
I travelled as part of a "group of experts" of the 1st International
Sakharov Conference "Peace, Progress and Human Rights" on May 25-29, 1991, led
by Baroness Cox of Queensbury, Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, United
Kingdom.
We had visas for Erevan and Baku, approval from the USSR, but promises of
protection only from the authorities of Armenia1. We therefore started our
visit in Erevan, Armenia. Although the protection of Azerbaijanian authorities
was lacking, I and five others crossed the Armenian-Azerbaij ani border at one
location near Voskepar and other members of the group at two other locations.
I interviewed villagers on both sides of the border; and talked to a major of the
Azerbaijan OMON (the Azerbaijani local defense force), and the regional head of
the Armenian KGB.
10n Friday, May 31, five other members of the group met President Mutalibov
of Azerbaijan for four hours in Baku, However, they were denied permission to
visit Stepanekert or any other area of Azerbaijan with ethnic Armenians.
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The group, including myself, met refugees from the town of Getaushen
(Tchaikend) (3000 inhabitants) who had been deported in the last month. Among
the refugees we met families of ethnic-Armenians held prisoner in Azerbaijan.
We met Armenian physicians who had gone to Nagorny-Karabakh to treat the sick.
The physicians had been jailed and beaten. We photographed their bruises.
Others of the group met refugees from other locations, and interviewed
Soviet Army officials. When together, we compared notes and corrected minor
discrepancies.
3) There was a remarkable consistency between the stories of individual
villagers, and of others. I believe, that this consistency attests to the truth
of their stories. During the deportations there were numerous civil rights
violations of several types.
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killings
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multiple killings
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beatings
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forced abductions and imprisonments
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rapes
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stealing of property and livestock or buying for an insulting price
(a car for 2 roubles!)
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obtaining "voluntary" requests to leave Azerbaijan at gunpoint or by
other threats
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tearing ears of girls by forcible removal of earrings.
We found no evidence, in spite of diligent enquiry, that anyone recently
deported from the village of Getaushen left it voluntarily.
Although most, if not all, of the beatings and killings were carried out
by the Azerbaijan OMON, the Soviet Army was clearly not passive. They organized
the initial surrounding of the village and then stood aside while the OMON
terrorized the villagers. The Soviet Army arranged the transport of the
villagers who were left on the Armenian side of the border with only the clothes
they were wearing.
4) I paid especial attention to the situation in the Armenian village of
Voskepar in northeast Armenia, and the neighboring village of Nishki-Voskepara
in Azerbaijan. Intense fighting took place in Voskepar April 27th to May 6th.
It is perhaps worthy of note that Armenia refused to sign the new Union treaty
of April 23rd.
There were Soviet internal troops on both sides of the border. On the
Armenian side under Captain Baginski and on the Azerbaijani side under Colonel
Makarichin. The villagers in Voskepar trusted and entertained Captain Baginski's
troops.
On April 27th firing started from the Azerbaijan side, on cars on the
Armenian side of the border. The drivers fled on foot. When it was dark, the
deputy mayor of the town went to the road junction, to cope with the cars. A
Soviet armored car was there and called by radio for instructions: "We are under
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fire; what shall we do?" "Do not fire". The chief of the regional KGB, Lev
Arisimovich, gave us "hearsay" evidence that Captain Baginsky was told that
this troops would be fired on if they got involved. Three days later the
regiment of Soviet internal troops on the Armenian side withdrew. (Date
confirmed by Soviet general in Erevan).
A detachment (25 or 29 I am not sure which) of Armenian militia, under
orders of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia, were coming to Voskepar
by a back road at 5 a.m. on 6th May when they were ambushed by two Soviet army
helicopters. Eleven were killed and the rest taken prisoner. The Armenians
believe the prisoners have been handed over to the hated OMON.
We saw about six damaged houses in Voskepar. In addition, 20 houses were
burned out (by gasoline) and a church near the border, with Azerbaijan. No
villager dared to go there since.
To complete our picture, it was necessary to hear the views of the Azeri
villagers and their OMON. The Armenian villagers tried to persuade us to go.
"It is dangerous. We cannot protect you." We left the villagers behind and set
off to walk the 1,5 km to the abandoned church and the OMON headquarters in the
school of Nishki-Voskepara just beyond.
It seemed to take a year to walk that distance. Soon two OMON militia
could be seen with submachine guns, then 5, then 20. With no incident, we, five
plus interpreter, climbed the hill to the waiting OMON and Azeri villagers.
The parents of Major Moblouda, an ethnic turk, were sent from Georgia to
Uzbekhistan in 1944 for which he blames Stalin and Mikoyan. Born in Ferghana in
1950, he had to leave two years ago with the Uzbek uprisings. It is sad that
there should be so many tragedies in the one family. But they do not justify
revenge.
We were shown the damage to the school and several houses caused by
Armenian shells. We asked, but were given no dates of the damage and they seemed
over a year old. On the whole, the older damage seemed greater in the Azeri
side, but there was more and more recent damage on the Armenian side. The Major
gave us a message for the Armenians.
"Tell them we will not give them an inch of our territory. When they were
asking in a civil manner we gave them 200,000 hectares. By force they will not
get an inch. If they are bad we will be bad. If they are good we will be good."
Other members of the group got similar statements in other locations.
Recommendations
My personal hope is that President Ter-Petrossian of Armenia and President
Mutalibov of Azerbaijan visit these villages, and other points of conflict and
side by side walk the same road, and reassure the villagers by their presence
that fighting on both sides will cease. On Wednesday 29th May, many of our group
met with Marshal Yazov at the defense ministry. We asked that each and every
prisoner taken by the Soviet army be granted civil rights regardless of his
alleged crimes. Their civil rights include, but are not limited to:
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the right to hear a specific charge
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the right to be held in a prison remote from the conflict with
jailers who are not parties to the conflict
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the right not to be beaten and to have medical care
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the right to have legal representation including representation by
international jurists
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the right to communicate with their friends and families
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the right to a prompt and fair trial
Marshal Yazov agreed to look into this matter personally. It is up to
others to make sure that he keeps his promise.
In view of the evident involvement last month, of the Soviet Army on one
side of the conflict, in violation of Soviet Law and of human rights, I suggest
that this conference pass a resolution.
"Members of the 1st International Sakharov Conference on Physics, present
at the afternoon meeting in Moscow on May 31, 1991, having heard the report of
one of our number, Professor Richard Wilson of Harvard University, call upon
Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Soviet Union. We ask that he notice the
obvious involvement of regular troops of the Soviet Army in gross violations of
civil rights during the last five weeks. We ask that he call a halt to all mass
deportations. We ask that he order that those persons forcibly deported from
their ancestral villages be allowed to return home. Finally, we ask that the
OMON troops be asked to withdraw from the border and preferably disband, and the
Soviet troops be from other republics. Finally, we suggest that he invite UN
observers to preserve the peace, the protect the civil rights of all citizens of
the region."
Voted by a majority of those present (about 150) with one against and seven
abstainers.
Academician Keldysh in the Chair.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 9, 1991
Dear Professor Wan:
Your letter of May 16 concerning your experiences as a member of the President's
Committee for the National Medal of Science is a most useful one and the points you
make are extremely well taken.
In as much as I share your perception, I am slowly trying to change the character of
the Committee but, as you know the viscosity of the Presidential appointment process
can at times be remarkable.
With your permission, I shall make some of your remarks, appropriately edited to
protect the guilty, available at the next meeting of the Committee and will look
forward to the opportunity of working with you in other capacities. It is clear that
you have a wealth of experience than can be of great value to the Administration.
I remain convinced that it would be desirable to reduce the number of Medals, both
in science and of technology, and to associate with them a substantial monetary
award. As things now stand, the numbers have become large enough so that the
special honor involved has become somewhat diluted and it has become well-nigh
impossible to obtain the kind of press coverage that one would like to see.
Again, my thanks for writing and with every good wish,
Sincerely yours,
Rowly
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
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Professor Yuet Wai Wan, M.D., F.R.S.
Louis K. Diamond Professor of Hematology
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Dear Dr. Bromley:
I indicated to you during the recent meeting of the National
Academy of Sciences that I would like to give you my impressions
of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science.
I have just completed my three year term on this Committee.
The President's Committee for the National Medal of Science has
been receiving an increasing number of applications from diverse
disciplines. The members that constitute the Committee do not
have sufficient expertise in all of the different areas. I am most
familiar with the area of biological sciences and will use it as an
example. There are three members, David Challoner, Samuel
Conti, and myself. Rita Ricardo-Campbell, who is a social
sciences expert, occasionally participates in the selection of
biological sciences candidates.
While I have no reason to doubt that Drs. Challoner and Conti
are excellent respectively as administrator of medical school and
dean of graduate training, neither has been involved in research
for a number of years. A search of Medline showed that although
Dr. Challoner had previously been involved in clinical research,
he has only published a handful of papers on health education
policy in the past ten years. I was unable to positively identify
any scientific papers published by Dr. Conti or by Dr. Ricardo-
Campbell from the Medline search. Therefore, I was the only
member of this panel who has been and is still active in
biomedical research. (For your reference I am enclosing my
Curriculum vitae.) While I understand that a number of different
factors are considered for the Committee, scientific expertise
should also be an important component.
The number of experts in each scientific area is too small. As this
number is mandated by the Congress, it would be difficult to
increase it. However, the Committee should form subcommittees
in various scientific specialties and formally recruit outside
experts as consultants at some preliminary meeting and then
discuss the candidates. The Committee could have a final
meeting for selection.
The meeting is too short. Although it is scheduled as a one-day
meeting, we usually start at 9 a.m. and finish shortly after 1 p.m.
More discussion should be devoted to the selection of this very
important prize.
It has been a pleasure to serve with you on this Committee. I
hope your effort to increase the visibility of the medal will
deserve. succeed, as the medalists should receive the attention they
Sinerely yours,
Y.W. Kan
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 9, 1991
Dear Jerry:
Many thanks for sending me your 1983 talk Setting Scientific Priorities: It Can Be
Done. I realized after I had read through this that you must have sent me a copy
back about eight years ago because many of the passages had stuck firmly in my
mind. It was an excellent statement then and it remains one now.
We are working manfully to try to resuscitate NASA's space science budget but I must
say that there is a major misconception in the community to the effect that the
competition is between space and science, or between big science and little science
when, in fact, it is between investments in the future and immediate consumption.
If the scientific community becomes identified as one of the major causes of the
defeat of the space station in the Senate, there are enough space buffs in the
Administration and in the Congress to make my job exceedingly difficult in terms of
trying to maintain the positive funding trends for science and technology that have
existed during the past two years.
I was sorry that I missed the trip to CalTech when the President was out there for
commencement but look forward to being there later in the year.
With warmest best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Dear
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
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Dear Allan:
Well, we heard the speech by the man. Some of us tried desperately to find the profound things
you had written, but they were not terribly apparent to us. I am sorry you couldn't make it, but my wine
cellar hopefully is still in good shape. I would be happy to share some of California's best with you.
Thinking about the speech I was reminded of a speech I made many years ago on science policy in
Washington. While packing up some junk in my house (since we are moving), this document fell out
of some old carton. I am sending it to you to read while sitting on the throne. It is a bit long winded;
parts may be right, parts may be wrong, and many stories are as good to me now as when I told them.
I doubt anything is of use, but you might enjoy reading it when you have nothing better to do.
Very best personal regards,
Jenny Wasserburg
'John D. MacArthur Professor
of Geology and Geophysics
P.S. The current tragedy of the Congressional action of butchering the space science budget is really out
of sight, and is, to some extent, the consequence of erroneous actions and recommendations made earlier
about which I wrote you. Now we have the devil to pay.
GJW:kv
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SETTING SCIENTIFIC PRIORITIES: IT CAN BE DONE
From Seminar "The Changing Structure of the U.S. Research System",
Graduate Program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy
George Washington University,
Washington, D.C., December, 1982
Dr. Gerald J. Wasserburg
Smithsonian Regents Fellow
National Air and Space Museum
and
John MacArthur Professor of
Geology and Geophysics
California Institute of Technology
Introduction
I am delighted to be in Washington as a Regents Fellow at the Air and
Space Museum and am honored to be your speaker this evening. My wife and I are
enjoying the numerous sites and cultural benefits of Washington. Overall, my
impression of the city as temporary resident is far more favorable than I had
gotten over two decades of flying in and hurridly going from federal building
to federal building with a suitcase and briefcase in each hand, struggling to
attend meetings and gathering more reams of paper than I could read. And then
to find a taxi to get to the airport to escape back home with an aggravated
case of bursitis. At best, I considered this as a place to get acid
indigestion and hypertension. Well, now I have more perspective - the city is
beautiful and a symbol of regularity and sanity. Last week, my wife and I
walked up Capitol Hill to see the cherry trees blooming in mid-December after
being evacuated from my office because some beserk man was threatening to blow
up the Washington Monument because some other people were pushing dense pack.
By Sunday, we went for a walk in the snow.
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Dear Jerry:
Many thanks for sending me a copy of your note to Frank Press about the recent
report on the Space Station as well as the earlier recommendations on EOS.
I am in full agreement with your statement and have already had occasion to talk to
Frank about both of these reports.
In the case of the EOS report, while the report itself was not too bad, the Executive
Summary did not really reflect the report and the original version of the transmittal
letter addressed to me from Frank and Bob White was so different from either the
report or the Executive Summary, that I objected vigorously. In the end, both the
Executive and the transmittal letter changed, but your comments still apply.
In the case of Lou Lanzerotti's report, I again share your point of view. I do not
really argue all that much with Lou's Panel's conclusions, but I do argue vigorously
with their premise. They took the statement supporting space science in the
Augustine Report as justification for concluding that the only valid justification for
the Space Station would be its science programs.
In a study that we did in my office for the Vice President we found, after
considerable examination, that from our point of view the only valid justification for
the Space Station is that of its being the first step in taking humans on an
exploration foray away from the home planet. Once you make that decision then it
becomes clear that the science that most needs doing as a prelude to the second step
is life science, specifically directed toward better understanding of the effects of
prolonged weightlessness on humans. We emphasized in our report the importance of
having a human scale centrifuge eventually on the Space Station because we do not
know yet how the human reacts to gravitational forces in the range between zero and
1g. There may well be thresholds or vast nonlinearities and it is vitally important for
us to know whether providing point .1g, for example, can largely eliminate many of
the negative effects of weightlessness.
We also concluded that although there may, as always, be major surprises in the
microgravity arena, the best judgement we have been able to obtain thus far, both
from national labs and universities and from the private sector folk who are thinking
about these matters, suggests that microgravity research really does not in itself
provide any adequate justification either for building the station or for special
facilities on the station. We recommended that microgravity experiments be carried
out during the several years during which the Station will be man-tended and under
construction, but that once it becomes manned on a full-time basis, microgravity
experiments can better be carried out on free-floating platforms with robotic handling.
The best comment I have heard yet on the cost effectiveness of the Space Station is
one due to Richard Darman who pointed out that once could have said that "the
Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria were not a cost effective set of platforms for the study
of motion sickness!"
Again, thanks for sending me your note. It is important that people like you make
your feelings known to Frank because sometimes there is a tendency for the Academy
to get a little off track.
With all best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Allan
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DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND PLANETARY SCIENCES 170-25
OFFICE DIRECTOR
9 April, 1991
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President
for Science and Technology
The White House
Old Executive Office Building #358
17th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20506
Dear Allan:
Here is a note I have written to Frank about the recent report on the
Space Station. I think the report is flawed, although I am not a supporter
of the Space Station for doing science, as it certainly cannot be justified
by scientific goals. However, if we are going to require long-term piloted
missions, then we must check out thoroughly those biomedical aspects related
to this goal.
In addition, I think the earlier recommendations on the EOS are also flawed.
It 1s tragic that an evolutionary program was not recommended instead of one
enormous splurge whose quality does not justify the commitment, and which will
freeze out the evolutionary and developmental aspects that are imperative for
good science.
The blind copy of the letter to Frank is sent to you as a member of the
NAS and because of your interest in the issues.
Very truly yours,
Juney J. Wasserburg
John D. MacArthur Professor
of Geology and Geophysics
P.S. Have you thought of a way to shut off solar flares, or do we need a super-
heavy lift capability for just the shielding?
GJW:kv
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DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND PLANETARY SCIENCES 170-25
April 1, 1991
Dr. Frank Press
National Academy of Sciences
2101 Constitution Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20481
Dear Dr. Press:
At our last regional meeting there was some discussion of the role of the NAS regarding the NRC
and the nature and quality of the NRC reports. In particular, concern was expressed about the adequate
participation of NAS members on the appropriate committees and on their proper participation in the
report review committee. In addition, there is, on my part, a most profound concern that the NAS
present astute and balanced reports on selected important issues. These reports should reflect on previous
NAS recommendations and when good judgement indicates change in their recommendations, the reasons
for change should be appropriately explained. There is often & request that evaluations be made and
reports with recommendations issued in a timely manner. However, the need for timeliness should not
in any way weaken or prevent the exercise of proper and thorough procedures. The NAS should be
responsive to requests from the government, and provide technically sound and wise advise, but It should
not act as an instrument of tactical decision making or of instant advice on short range issues unless the
NAS has defined a broader strategic level of evaluation and advice. It is clear that evaluation on specific
programmatic issues can be given when there has been R study and report on the broader issues at hand.
Certainly, excessive pressure to issue reports on 2 rapid time scale should be avoided whenever possible.
Whatever the report may be, the report should reflect careful thought and analysis and should be crafted
in a deliberate fashion to represent the considered NAS views for the issues at hand. NAS/NRC reports
should properly reflect the careful analysis and dignity of the NAS.
In my view, this approach has not been carried forward in several reports that I have read. One
such example was the contribution of EOS - US Global Change Program an assessment of FY90-91
Plans, Part П.
The most recent example of a difficulty is the release on 14 March 1991 of the Space Studies
Board Position on The Proposed Redesign of the Space Station. It starts with a summary that appears
to be dominated by the Augustine Committee report. It does not place a broad level of assessment of
what the overall objectives of the space station may be and the extent to which some aspects of science,
applied science or technology are its primary goals. The presentation then turns to the title "Research
Return on Taxpayers Investment". The competence of the Board to address this issue is not evident nor
is it a desirable judgement without a very broad view over many fields. It then turns in the next topic
to Life Sciences Research and Microgravity Research. A critique is presented without having established
what if any objectives should be met and on what time scale and how these objectives are related to the
primary goals of the space station. It then concludes with a short statement on National Goals and their
Achievement. However the analysis, or rather commentary, in these passages does not appear cogently
argued. Indeed, it states that "most of whose goals could be achieved in both a more timely and more
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cost-effective manner by alternative means". The meaning of this is not clear as written, although
consideration of the information in the attachment indicates a direction. The more substantial statements
of the report only appear in the attachments. Aspects of these statements should be in the summary of
the report.
In summary, it is my view that this short position paper was written too rapidly and without
adequate care. It was also not thoroughly reviewed. The reason for urgency may be clear; the reason
for haste is not clear. The NAS and the NRC should do much better than this.
Very truly yours,
Internaturg O.J. Wasserburg
John D. MacArthur Professor
of Geology and Geophysics
GJW/dt
CC: P. Raven
L. Lanzerotti
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 18, 1991
Dear Jack:
Many thanks for your letter inviting me to spend a weekend with you at The
Homestead in Hot Springs.
This is an invitation that I would very much have liked to accept but, unfortunately,
throughout the entire period of your meeting I shall be in the Soviet Union where I
will be chairing the second meeting of the Joint US/USSR Commission on
Fundamental Research.
I would much rather have been at The Homestead both because my past visits there
have been extremely pleasant and because the group that you are pulling together is a
most interesting one and one with which I would have looked forward to meeting and
talking.
Again, my thanks for your invitation; I very much regret that I cannot accept this
year and know that you will understand that my schedule simply will not permit it.
With warmest best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Dua
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Mr. John F. Welch, Jr.
Chairman
The Business Council
888 Seventeenth Street, Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20006
"INVITATION FOR DR. BROMLEY"
TYPE: INVITATION
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9121035
SPEECH:
YES
NO
FROM:
WELCH, John F.: THE BUSINESS COUNCIL
DATE OF EVENT: 05/09/91
LOCATION OF EVENT: THE HOMESTEAD, HOT SPRINGS, WV
TIME OF EVENT:
SUBJECT:
INVITATION TO BE A GUEST OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE
WEEKEND.
RSVP:
04/22/91
CONTACT PERSON:
CONTACT NUMBER:
INVITATION ACCEPTED?
YES
NO
COPIES TO:
REMARKS:
DATE OF LETTER:
04/03/91
DATE RECEIVED: 04/08/91
FILE:
INVITATION
THE BUSINESS COUNCIL
RECEIVED
JOHN F. WELCH, JR.
888 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Chairman
Washington, D.C. 20006
ROBERT E. ALLEN
91 APR 8 P : 07
Telephone: (202) 298-7650
Vice Chairman
FAX: (202) 785-0296
H. BREWSTER ATWATER, JR.
Vice Chairman
WALTER V. SHIPLEY
DIRECTOR
Vice Chairman
JOHN A. YOUNG
JEAN H. CARTER
Vice Chairman
Executive Director
April 3, 1991
The Honorable D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President and
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Allan:
The Business Council will be meeting at The Homestead in Hot Springs
in May, and I want to extend a warm invitation to you and Mrs. Bromley to
be guests of the Council for the weekend.
The Council regularly invites guests who are not scheduled as
speakers, but who, we believe. will have a special interest in topics on
the agenda and will add to our discussions. In addition to morning
sessions on the economy and the environment. we will hear from Dr. Henry A.
Kissinger as the Friday evening dinner speaker.
We would be very pleased if you could be with us for the entire
program. beginning with a reception and dinner on Thursday evening. May 9.
and concluding at Noon on Saturday, May 11.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Jain John F. Welch. Jr.
Chairman
Enclosure
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 29, 1991
Dear Dr. Watts:
Thank you for your letter of February 28, 1991, inviting me to present the keynote
address at your international workshop scheduled for June 1-6, 1991, in Palm Coast,
Florida. I apologize for the much belated response.
Given that matters concerning the environment are high on our priority list, I would
have been very interested in participating in your workshop. However, I will be
travelling during that time, so I must regretfully decline your invitation.
I appreciate your thinking of me and would like to offer my best wishes for a
successful event.
Sincerely yours,
D. Allan BromNey
Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. Robert G. Watts
Director
National Institute for Global Environmental Change
Tulane University
605 Lindy Boggs Center
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118-5674
"INVITATION FOR DR. BROMLEY"
TYPE: INVITATION-SPEECH
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9120697
SPEECH:
YES
NO
FROM:
WATTS, Robert G.: TULANE
DATE OF EVENT: 06/01/91
LOCATION OF EVENT: PALM COAST SHERATON, PALM COAST, FLORIDA
TIME OF EVENT:
SUBJECT:
REQUEST TO GIVE THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, "THE ENGINEERING RESPONSE TO
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: PLANNING A R&D AGENDA." "
RSVP:
CONTACT PERSON:
CONTACT NUMBER:
INVITATION ACCEPTED?
YES
NO
COPIES TO:
Nancy Maynard
Thomas Ratchford
REMARKS:
DATE OF LETTER:
02/28/91
DATE RECEIVED: 03/11/91
FILE:
INVITATION-SPEECH
RECEIVED
Tulane
NIGEC
605 Lindy Boggs Center
: 43
ROBERT G. WATTS
New Orleans, LA 70118-5674
Director
(504)865-5250
VICTOR J. LAW
FAX: (504) 8655345
Associate Director
DIRECTOR
February 28, 1991
D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
360 Old Executive Office Building
17th and Pennsylvania N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20506
Dear Mr. Bromley:
The National Institute for Global Environmental Change - Southern Regional Center is
organizing an international workshop called The Engineering Response to Global Environmental
Change: Planning a Research and Development Agenda to be held at the Palm Coast Sheraton
in Palm Coast, Florida, June 1-6, 1991. A planning session for the workshop was recently held
at the Southern Regional office at Tulane University and the enclosed packet was produced.
This packet is a working document for the organization and development of the workshop. As
you can see, the goal of the workshop is to produce a scientifically based document to assess the
needs for future research and technological development necessary for appropriate science and
engineering responses to global climate change.
I am writing to invite you to give the Keynote Address for the workshop. You will see on page
10 of the enclosed material, the organizing group has planned for the Keynote Address to be
delivered either on Saturday night, June 1 or on the following Wednesday night, June 5. But I
am sure we would be most delighted to accommodate your schedule by planning for you to
speak at any time during that week. Should you have any questions or need additional
information about the workshop please do not hesitate to contact me at the above number and
address.
Thank you for your time and consideration and I do hope that you can find time to address our
group.
Respectfully,
Robert G. Watts
Director
National Institute for Global Environmental Change
Southern Regional Center
Tulane University
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 15, 1991
Dear Professor Weertman:
Thank you for your letter of February 28, 1991, inviting me to deliver the Hilliard
lecture scheduled for Friday afternoon, June 21, 1991 and to join you for breakfast
before commencement on Saturday, June 22.
I am happy to accept your invitation but must caution you that occasionally I have to
cancel engagements at the last moment due to Presidential requests. I sincerely hope
that this does not happen.
As the time of my address and the commencement approaches, my office will contact
you to work out details for my visit.
I am looking forward to meeting with you.
Sincerely yours,
Millan
D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Professor Julia R. Weertman
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, Illinois 60208-3108
If
June 27
k
"INVITATION FOR DR. BROMLEY"
TYPE: INVITATION-SPEECH
DOCUMENT NUMBER:
9120636
SPEECH:
YES
NO
FROM:
WEERTMAN, Julia R.: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
DATE OF EVENT: 06/21/91
LOCATION OF EVENT: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
TIME OF EVENT:
SUBJECT:
INVITATION TO DELIVER THE HILLIARD LECTURE AND AN
INVITATION TO BREAKFAST.
RSVP:
03/19/91
CONTACT PERSON:
CONTACT NUMBER:
Marian
INVITATION ACCEPTED?
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what time the lecture is.
COPIES TO:
Maybe he could still go to
Argonne that morning.
REMARKS:
Shie
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DATE OF LETTER:
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ROBERT R. McCORMICK SCHOOL OF
ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
DIRECTOR
February 28, 1991
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President for
Science & Technology and
Director OSTP
Old Executive Building
Room 360
17th and Pennsylvania, NW
Washington, DC 20506
Dear Dr. Bromley,
I have just returned from the SSSC Forum and Committee Meeting,
and wish to reiterate, with great warmth, our invitation to you to
deliver the Hilliard. lecture on Friday afternoon, 21 June (the day
before Commencement). We have a large and active materials commu-
nity at Northwestern, spread over a number of departments and
centers (including two materials related NSF S&T Centers and an
NSF-MRL). I know that there would be tremendous interest here in
the sort of talk you gave to the Forum participants yesterday, and
I believe the faculty would benefit greatly from hearing your
views.
Whether or not your schedule permits you to speak at Northwestern
21 June, I hope that you will plan to have breakfast with us on
Saturday morning before Commencement.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely yours,
Julia weer tmou
Julia R. Weertman
Walter P. Murphy Professor
and Chairman
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 8, 1991
Dear Dr. Waldmann:
Thank you for your letter of February 21, inviting me to present an after dinner talk
in connection with your annual banquet scheduled to be held in May of this year.
As much as I would like to join you, I must regretfully decline your kind invitation
for scheduling reasons. I will away from Washington for much of that month and
already have a large number of other commitments.
Thank you for thinking of me, and may I offer my best wishes for your commendable
efforts in the field of science education.
Sincerely yours,
D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. Thomas A. Waldmann
Chief, Metabolism Branch
Building 10, Room 4N115
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
it
"INVITATION FOR DR. BROMLEY"
TYPE: INVITATION
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9120519
SPEECH:
YES
NO
FROM:
WALDERMAN, Thomas A.: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
DATE OF EVENT:
LOCATION OF EVENT: MARVIN CENTER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
TIME OF EVENT: 09:00PM
SUBJECT:
REQUEST TO GIVE THE AFTER-DINNER TALK ON SCIENCE
POLICY AT THE ANNUAL BANQUET MEETING.
RSVP:
CONTACT PERSON: DR. DANIEL TOMPKINS
CONTACT NUMBER: 202/401-4201
INVITATION ACCEPTED?
NO
COPIES TO:
REMARKS:
DATE OF LETTER:
02/21/91
DATE RECEIVED: 02/25/91
FILE:
INVITATION-SPEECH
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 8, 1991
Dear Dr. Weiss:
Thank you for your letter of February 19 inviting me to address the Academy on May
20 or 21, 1991. I apologize for the much belated response.
As much as I would like to join you and your colleagues, I must regretfully decline
your kind invitation for scheduling reasons.
Thank you for thinking of me, and may I offer my best wishes for success in the
activities of the Academy.
Sincerely yours,
Jalan Frankly
D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. Armand B. Weiss
President
Washington Academy of Sciences
6803 Whittier Avenue, Suite 200
McLean, Virginia 22101
"INVITATION FOR DR. BROMLEY"
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DATE OF EVENT: 12/20/90
LOCATION OF EVENT: OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING
TIME OF EVENT: 05:30PM
SUBJECT:
Invitation to meeting and offer to join the Academy
RSVP:
12/19/90
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 1, 1991
Dear Dick:
Thank you for your letter of January 9, 1991, inviting me to join your group at one of
your monthly seminars on Global Environmental Change. I apologize for the much
belated response.
As you can appreciate, the number of invitations I receive that entail traveling out of
town is overwhelming, and I am finding that I cannot be away from Washington as
much as I might like. As much as I would like to join you and your colleagues, the
next several months are already heavily committed, so I must regretfully decline.
I appreciate your thinking of me and would like to offer my best wishes for your
seminar series.
Sincerely yours,
the
D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Professor Richard Wilson
Department of Physics
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
"CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING"
TYPE:
INVITATION
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9120088
FROM:
WILSON, RICHARD
TO:
DR. BROMLEY
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 01/09/91
SUBJECT: CONVERSE WITH MONTHLY SEMINAR ON GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
ASSIGNED TO:
ACTION REQUIRED:
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
DATE COMPLETED:
COPIES TO: D. Allan Bromley
Nancy Maynard
Sponsor:
2/19/91
Subject:
Harvard University Department of Physics
Audience:
Global environmental change
Monthly seminar audience
Date:
Location:
First Thursday of any month
Harvard Faculty Club
Contact:
Richard Wilson
Comments:
The letter suggests April 4 or May 2. This
invitation seems to be related to something
called the National Inst. for Global
Conflicts:
Environmental Change.
April 4 and May 2 are both PCAST meetings.
YES
NO
THE WHITE HOUSE
'ASHINGTON
January 16, 1991
Dear Dr. Wales:
Thank you for your recent letter to Mrs. Bush expressing concern over our nation's
utilization of its technical talent. The letter has been referred to me for reply.
I agree with you that we need to make maximum use of our technically-trained
human resources. While the long-term trend in both U.S. private and public R&D
spending has been upward, national priorities do change, and technology changes as
well. There is no assurance that people will have lifetime employment working in a
specific technical area. In fact, technical professionals will have to anticipate several
job switches during their working careers. They also need continuing education in
order to keep up with rapidly changing technology.
The Administration is committed to ensuring a quality workforce in this country, and
making the best use of our technical talent is essential to remaining economically
competitive. Unfortunately, being competitive as a nation also means that sometimes
individuals have to adjust to employment circumstances that they may not have
chosen willingly. I have enclosed a copy of our technology policy which will explain
the private sector and government roles in more detail.
I appreciated reading your views on this matter and wish you the best of luck in your
future endeavors.
Sincerely,
D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President
for Science and Technology
Dr. Thomas F. Wales
1221 Banning Boulevard
Wilmington, CA 90744
Enclosure
"CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING"
TYPE:
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FROM:
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TO:
MRS. BUSH
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 01/07/91
SUBJECT: SCIENTIST CRITICIZES ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN GOV'T
RESEARCH POLICIES AND STRESSES THAT CONTINUED
PLANNING IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN U.S. TECH "EDGE"
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'rom: Dr.Thomas ?. ales (Presidential Task Force 1181771)
1221 Danning "lvd
Wilmington California 90744
To: First Lady Barbara Bush
The "hite louse
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington D.C.
Dear First Lady:
I Hope You Will Take The Time To Read This. And Inform
Our President Of Its Contents. Sometimes His Administrative
'Filtration' People Are Much Too Effective.
I Am A Scientist - I Hold A Bachelors In Physics (State
University Of Iowa 1956) And A Ph.D In Computer Science
With Emphasis On Applied Mathematics (California Western
University - 1975). During The Years 1972-1980 I Was One
Of The Two Senior Mathematical Modelers At Rockwell Downey's
Space Division Working On The Space Shuttle (Flight Sim
Lab.). During The 36 Years Of Our Marriage. My Wife And
I Have Had 12 Children. (11 Are Still Surviving.)
Between 1956 And 1970 I Worked In Aerospace. Contrary To
The Liberal Presses Propaganda Most Engineers Were Not
Making 50000$/Year During That Period. At The Time I Had
Only A Bachelor's Degree And Was Making 'Top Dollar'. With
A Salary Of 19000$/Year. In 1970 The US Government 'Shot
The Nation In The Foot' And A Huge Number Of Us Became
Unemployed.
During 1970-1972 In Spite Of Vigorously Seeking Employment
I DID NOT WORK. We Lost Our Home (Now Worth At Least 400K)
And Everything We Had. After The 1st Year Of The Aerospace
Depression The US Government Commissioned Arthur D. Little
Inc To 'Find Out Why All Of Those Engineers Hadn't Found
Jobs'. The Answer Was (And Any Of Us Could Have Told Them)
PREJUDICE And Fear. After 2 Minutes Of An Interview. The
Potential Employer Realized That The Interviewee Was Smart
Enough To Master In 3 Weeks - What Had Taken The Potential
Employer Years To Aquire. Such People Are 'Dangerous'!
It Took Me Until 5 Years After Reemployment In 1972 To
Get My Income Back Up To It's Pre-Depression Level. During
That Time We Were Trying To Raise A Large (And Very Gifted)
Family. I Got My Ph.D In 1975 And Eventually My Salary
Increased To A Good Contemporary Level. Many Technical
People PERMANENTLY LEFT Aerospace As A Result Of That
Serious Mistake. (One Guy I Knew Bought Into A Fishing
Boat Nothing Wrong With Fishing. But What A Wasted Talent!)
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Too Be Brutally Trank. : Lot Of Us Vill lever Ever Forgive
The Personal Damage Done to Our Families By Those Disastrous
Bad Decisions. Collectively. Even After Diqqing Ourselves
Out Of A 10 Year Dent In Progress (Thanks To Reagan And
Bush Wielding Shovels!) Congress Hasn't Learned A Thing.
Now It's 20 Years Later. And They're Doing It Again. Once
Again I Find !yself Unemployed (Since October 12) - This
Time With y lortgage Within 6K Of Being Paid Off! (Thank
You Very Much Democrats!) We Face Another Massive Dent
In Our Nations Productive Technical Capacity - Which We
Cannot Afford (Consider Foreign Competition). For This
Reason I Am Unable To Continue My Contributions To Lifetime
Task Force Membership (Sorry!).
In My View: One Of The Major Problems In The Defense
Industry Is The 'Beaureaucratic Bean Counter' Assumption
That All Work Is Of The 'Cut And Dried' Variety. During
My Days As A Consultant Paid To DEVELOP Solutions. We
Would Multiply Estimated Man Hours By 1.4 As The Estimate
Supplied The Client. Most Of The Time We Would Complete
The Job At Around The 1.0 Mark Producing Very Satisfied
Clients! The 1.4 Was There Because Of The Unexpected: Once
In A While An Unforseeable Set Of Technical Difficulties
Can DOUBLE Costs. Incidentally The '2167A' Standards For
Software Development Reflect This 'Bean Counter' Mentality
To A 'T' ! They Are The Product Of Those Incapable Of What
Is Termed Creative (Not Merely Productive) Mental Activity.
Well. I Know That Present International Affairs Preoccupy
The President. (My Personal Thanks For The Two Of You
Recently Visiting The Middle East!) If You Think That
This Letter Merits Your Doing So. I Would Personally
Appreciate Your Bringing Its Contents To President Bush's
Attention.
I Genuinely Believe That Timely Action In This Matter
Will Forestall A Major Future Disaster. If Possible. USA
Needs A Strong Injection Of Long Term Technical Planning.
Scientists And Technological People Require Continual
Work To Maintain The Nation's 'Edge'. Intelligent Decisions
Must Be Based On Real Knowledge-Not On Congressional Whim.
Thank You For Taking The Time To Read This.
Best Regards To Yourself. The President.
And Your Entire Family! Have A Merry Christmas!
Dr. Thomas G Wales
1221 Banning Boulevard
Wilmington California 90744
From The 'SOOTHSAYING DEPARTMENT:'
Page Of 2
1 Quotation From Swami "Padhakrishnan lorshidpur':
'In The Midst Of All The Chiefs And Indians Horse-Puckey.
It Is Always Necessary To Have A Few People Around To
Do The Actual York!!!'
(The Delegation Of Technical Decisions To Those Tho Herely
Play Golf With The Coss Is NOT A Good Idea!)
Techno-Scientific People Are Obnoxious They Frequently
Tell You What You Need To Know Rather Than What You Want
To Hear!
Consider A Building Containing 1000 Engineers 'Working
On A Project'. The Actual Number Contributing To The Project
Is No More Than 100. The 900 Others Draw Graphs. Say 'Yes
Sir'. Mill Around. And 'Manage' (Sometimes Spelled 'Mangle')
Things. Usually (Due To 'Politics' In The Office) - The
Management Has Utterly No Idea That 10% Of The Staff Are
Doing 90% Of The Work!
Technical Work ISN'T Like Chopping Cotton. The Linear Type
Thinking Of 'Twice As Much Work. Hire Twice The Number
Of People!' DOES NOT WORK. WHAT DOES WORK IS FINDING OUT
HOW TO IDENTIFY THE 10% - Then (Possibly) Dropping A Non
Productive 10% From The Staff - And Hiring Another 10%
Of The GOOD GUYS.
As A Ph.1 I Hate To Admit This, But ....
There Is Relatively Little Correlation Between Dearee Level
And Either Intelligence Level OR Competancy. There Are
B.A.'s Out There With Ph.D Level Knowledge Gained By Their
Pure Practical Experience. One Can Identify The Most
Competant Engineers Very Simply. Given A Technical Degree.
Viz: Basic Core Knowledge:
(1) Has The Persons Salary Steadily Increased At The
Rate Of 100$/Month/Year During The 1st 5-6 Years
Of His/Her Professional Life?
(2) Who Is Always Being 'Run To' For Help When Tough
Problems Arise?
Cutbacks Are Generally Made By 'Bean Counters' Who Think
The Firm Is 'Their Daddy'. These People Are Generally
Shattered When Other 'Bean Counters' 'Lay Them Off'! Here
Is How These Folks 'Think' Regarding Layoffs:
We Are Having Cutbacks. Individual 'A' Is Making 36K/Yr.
And Individual 'B' Is Making 55K/Yr. THEREFORE (Notice
That This Isn't Even A Syllogism!!!!!!) Individual 101
The 'SOOTHSAYING DEPARTMENT': (Continued) Page 2 Of =
Is 'Costing' The Company 52% lore Than " Is - So I'll
Lay Him Off!
Rebuttal: (1) If We Count In Fringe Benefits We See That
Individual '3' is ACTUALLY Costing The Firm
About 1.3 That Individual '1' Is. lot 1.52.
(2) Not Considered AT ALL: Individual 'B' Is
Making More Because He Can Do Work That
Individual 'A' Can't Possibly Do!
The Want Ads Are Full Of Ads For Junior And
Entry Level People (Who Are 'Cheap' On A
Per Employee Basis) Put There By Types Who
Naively Believe That Two Lead Bricks Are
Worth One Gold Ingot - Because They Balance
One Another On A Scales! In Fact. The Lead
Bricks Are Only Ballast - And Too Many Will
Sink The Ship!
Simple Fact: Getting Rid Of Ones Higher Level Technical
Echelon Totally Cripples The Company's Capacity
To Obtain New Contracts And Thereby Remain
In Business!
Keeping The Non-Productive On The Payroll May Cost You
In One Sector - But The Economy Is Temporally Equillibrated.
And Money Circulates Back Via Taxes.
People In Techno-Scientific Professions Have A Marginal
Propensity To Consume ('MPC') Of Nearly 1. This Makes The
Keynsian Multiplier (1)/(1-MPC) HUGE. Anything Affecting
These People Has An Economic Impact Hundreds Of Times As
Large On The Economy As A Whole. It Happened Before During
1970-1972 Aerospace Depression - And Unless The Current
Trend Is Reversed NOW - It Will Happen Again. A Large Number
Of Energetic. Competant. And Valuable People Will Never
Trust Their Government Again. Perhaps Congress Thinks That
Everyone's Memories Are As Short As Theirs.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 10, 1991
Dear Director Chen,
The letter you sent to my former academic home at A. W. Wright Laboratory at Yale
University has been forwarded to me here at the White House. I am currently on leave
from Yale, and have the honor of serving as the Science Advisor to the President and
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Your program in New York at the 11th International Forecasting Symposium sounds
extremely interesting and I hope that you had a productive week, meeting colleagues
from all over the world.
Thank you for your interest in visiting Yale. I hope that you had the opportunity to
visit there after the conference in New York.
Sincerely,
DAWAN Branley
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Director Chen Yuxiang
Institute of Forecasting and Development
Hefei University of Technology
Hefei, Anhuui 230009
People's Republic of China
5/30
"CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING"
TYPE:
ACTION
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9121472
FROM:
YUXIANG, Chen: INSTITUTE OF FORECASTING & DEVELOPMENT, CHINA
TO:
DR. BROMLEY
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 04/29/91
Chen
SUBJECT: YALE UNIVERSITY HAS FORWARDED AT LETTER FROM YUXTANG
REGARDING HIS TRAVEL & HIS REQUEST TO MEET WITH YOU
WHILE IN THE U.S. OR INVITING YOU TO CHINA.
ASSIGNED TO: D. Allan Bromley
ACTION REQUIRED: AS NECESSARY
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
05/30/91
DATE COMPLETED:
COPIES TO: INTERNATIONAL/POLICY
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
REMARKS:
DATE RECEIVED: 05/21/91
FILE: INTERNATIONAL
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W. WRIGHT NUCLEAR STRUCTURE LABORATORY
P.O. Box 6666, 272 Whitney Avenue, New Haven. Connecticut 06511
91 MAY 21 A10: 2,
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
OFFICE OR THE
DIRECTOR
May 16, 1991
Dr. Yuxiang Chen
Institute of Forecasting & Development
Hefei University of Technology
Hefei, Anhuui 230009
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Dear Dr. Chen:
Thank you for your letter of April 29, 1991. Professor Bromley is on a Leave of
Absence from the University in order to serve as Science Advisor to President Bush.and
therefore will not be in New Haven during your visit to the United States.
I will forward your letter to Dr. Bromley's office in Washington, D.C. and hope that you
have an enjoyable visit to the United States.
Sincerely yours,
may Cime Jeluey
Mary Anne Schulz
mts
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 9, 1991
Dear Bob:
Because I have not answered all of your mailings you should by no means conclude
that I do not find them interesting and helpful. How you find the time to do such a
complete scan of the literature is a minor mystery but your points are well taken and
well presented. I hope that you will keep them coming.
This is clearly a year of decision for the superconducting super collider and the space
station, and the budget agreement with its zero sum game in constant dollars for the
next several years makes the future a very difficult one.
With all best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
An
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. Robert Yaes
Chandler Medical Center
Department of Radiation Medicine
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0084
UNIVERSITY
UK
OF KENTUCKY
College of Medicine
Chandler Medical Center
Department of Radiation Medicine
Lexington, KY 40536-0084
606-233-6486
5/16/91
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