ALLIED SCIENCE CO-OPERATION

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28434, 14 November 1957, Page 15

ALLIED SCIENCE CO-OPERATION

Stevenson Accepts Offer Of Post

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 11 p.m.) WASHINGTON, November 12. Mr Adlai Stevenson had agreed to serve as a consultant to the Eisenhower Administration in its drafting of a United States programme for greater Allied scientific cooperation, the White House announced today. The American plan is believed to include the establishment of a guided missile research centre for the armed forces' of N.A.T.O. nations and a comprehensive training scheme to produce 500 scientists a year. The White House at first had said that Mr Stevenson, President Eisenhower's election opponent in 1952 and 1956. had rejected an Administration bid to help work out the programme to be laid before the N.A.T.O. council meeting in Paris next month. But in a later statement, the Presidential press secretary, Mr James Hagerty, said he had made a mistake which arose from “a misunderstanding of my own.” He then said Mr Stevenson would serve in consultation with the Administration as the programme was developed.

In New York. Mr Stevenson said he had informed the Secretary of State. Mr Dulles, a week ago that he would participate on a limited basis in view of "the gravity of our situation in the world.” Mr Stevenson said he told Mi Dulles “orally and by letter, that while I could not undertake to formulate the President's policies, I would gladly review and discuss our Government’s proposals before they were put into final shape. "Where we are in agreement.” he said, "I offered to do such 'missionary' work and provide for such support as I could —privately, publicly and politically, both in this country and in Europe among our allies.” The White House also announced that President Eisenhower will make his second "chins up” speech to the United States tonight. He will outline his programme for training more American vouths as scientists in the space era. The President will speak in i Oklahoma City and the speech will be carried on television and radio Mr Eisenhower will fly to Oklahoma City in his plane. Columbine HI. and plans to return to Washington immediately after the speech. Control of Research Senator George Aiken (Republican. Vermont) recommended today that the Government reclaim some of the control over basic scientific research that he said had been farmed out to private enterprise. Senator Aiken said in an interview that he thought the United States had "too much competition and not enough coordination” in its missile and satellite programmes. Senator Aiken, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that 42 per cent, of the research leading to missile and satellite developments was being done by private firms. The result, he said, was that "we have private industries working against each other in a field where the Government has little control.”