A MEMORANDUM on "Post-war Plans for Science", issued by the Association of Scientific Workers, gives a precis of the statement "Scientific Research and the Universities", issued by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, and a more critical review of "A National Policy for Industry" issued by 120 industrialists and of the report "Industry and Research" issued by the Federation of British Industries Industrial Research Committee last autumn, all of which have been discussed in NATURE. Commenting on the proposals by the industrialists for the closer organization of industry, the memorandum urges that organization of the community would be necessary to ensure that the spirit of the proposals is given effect and that the compulsory powers are not abused. With regard to the recommendations of the Federation of British Industries, the memorandum directs attention to the absence of any practical suggestion whereby the consumers or the State could participate in the decision whether certain work should be undertaken because the consumer requires it, or that the Department of Scientific Research should be encouraged to spend more on nationally owned and controlled research institutes for various industries where the results would be published for the benefit of all. While the memorandum sounds a warning against sectional interests being allowed to stunt proposals good and proper in themselves, and calls for a wider vision of the national interest, its criticism is marred by the subjective approach. The prejudice against private industry with which the memorandum starts appears to have clouded judgment to the extent that the writer is more concerned to voice suspicions of any proposals from such a source than to submit them to objective and impartial analysis.