Abstract
THE resolution of the Board of Directors of the AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY which was concurred in by a unanimous vote of the Council, calling upon President Truman to act at once to prevent a disastrous waste of scientific manpower in the current international crisis has been endorsed by several leading newspapers of the country. The Washington Sunday Star under the title Scientists and the Draft editorialized as follows: The American Chemical Society has called the President's attention to a problem which needs immediate consideration as the mobilization of manpower picks up speed. The problem is how to prevent the waste of knowledge and skills implicit in the drafting of men without regard to their special scientific or other qualifications. Such waste occurred in both world wars, despite belated efforts to assign men to jobs for which experience and education fitted them. In the rush and confusion of mobilization, many technical experts ...
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