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IN the report of the president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, covering the year ended September 30, 1941, Mr. Frederick P. Keppel, who retired from the presidency on November 18, states that of grants totalling 2,706,834 dollars made during the year, 500,000 dollars were allocated for matters relating directly to the national emergency. Special stress is laid upon the importance of timing in enterprises involving effective co-operation between public and private agencies, public offices, and private citizens or groups. Besides contributions to the National Academy of Sciences totalling 100,000 dollars, emergency grants were made to the Institute of Public Administration for special studies undertaken at the request of Government agencies, to Harvard University for training supply officers, to the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Institute of Pacific Relations, as well as to other agencies. Of other grants, 398,511 dollars was allotted for library interests, including support of the Journal of Documentary Reproduction, 566,930 dollars for adult education and 906,956 dollars for research and studies. The Committee on Scientific Aids to Learning has steadily proceeded with its work in the fields selected for intensive study,namely,the problems of microphotography, including visual fatigue, and the development of the best visual and auditory equipment for classroom use. From the special fund set aside by Mr. Carnegie for the Dominions and Colonies, 70,000 dollars was allotted for library and educational services in Trinidad and the Windward and Leeward Islands r 30,000 dollars for the research activities of the International Labour Office at McGill University, 14,800 dollars to the Canadian Research Council in the Social Services and 7,500 dollars to the Royal Institute of International Affairs for a study of the internal economy and external relations of Newfoundland ; a further grant has also been made to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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Carnegie Corporation of New York. Nature 149, 190 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149190b0
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