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    "ocrText": "- 3 -\nARCHIVES \"MATIONAL SSRVICE RECORDS ANO\nour national policies are to succeed, they must be administered by officials\nwith broad experience, mature outlook, and sound judgment. There is, how-\never, a critical shortage of such men - nen who possess the capacity to\ndeal with great affairs of state.\nThe Government has recruited from our academic institutions many\nmembers of its professional staffs - geologists, physicists, lawyers,\neconomists, and others with specialized training. These men are essen-\ntial to the conduct of the Government and the welfare of the Nation.\nBut we have been much less effective in obtaining persons with broad\nunderstanding and an aptitude for management. We need men who can turn\na group of specialists into a working team and who can combine imagination\nand practicability into a sound public program.\nAll large organisations, public or private, depend on the team-\nwork of specialists. Coordination is achieved by administrators trained\nto assemble the fruits of specialized knowledge and to build on that\nfoundation a sound final decision. Men trained for this kind of admini-\nstrative and political leadership are rare indeed.\nIn the task of finding and devoleping inen and women who will\ntraining\npossibular\nadd strength to the public service, universities have a responsi-\nbility. They should develop in their students the capacity for seeing\nand meeting social problems as a whole and for relating special knowledge\nto broad issues. They should study the needs of government, and encourage\nmen and women with exceptional interests and aptitudes along the necessary\nlines to enter the government service.\n5\nThe Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs\nof this University was established with this purpose in mind. It seeks\nto prepare students for public careers. It is significant that the School\nbears the name of a statesman whose concept of civic duty contributed so\nmuch to the Nation and to the world."
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