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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-086-010
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC). Materials concern telecommunications, saline water conversion, Special Assistant for Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner as Chairman of PSAC, a report on Project Rover, committees of the Federal Council for Science and Technology, and a memorandum of a conversation between Science Advisor to President Eisenhower George Kistiakowsy and President of the Foreign Service Educational Foundation Paul H. Nitze. Also included in this folder is a review of the FY 1962 military budget and a report titled, "Major Actions of the President's Science Advisory Committee, November 1957-January 1961."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-067-016
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Jerome B. Wiesner, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. Topics include nuclear weapons testing, candidates for a new director of the National Science Foundation, and a status report on activities of the President's Science Advisory Committee. Of note are parts one and two of a report by the President's Science Advisory Committee titled, "Report of the Ad Hoc Panel on Project Rover."
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-067-015
This folder contains memoranda between the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, and Jerome B. Wiesner, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. Materials concern atmospheric nuclear tests, the Advisory Committee of Science and Technology, and a Life magazine article about civil defense. Of note is a report by the National Science Foundation titled “Investing in Scientific Progress,” regarding a 10 year forecast of the nation’s science education and training needs. Also included in this folder is a memorandum by Wiesner titled “Military Power, Arms Limitation, and Foreign Policy.”
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-087-002
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning the President's Science Advisory Committee (PSAC). Materials consist of a copy of a speech titled, "Living with Science," by Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Jerome B. Wiesner before the Federation of American Scientists.