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THE Association of Scientific Workers is organizing a conference to be held on January 30 and 31, at the Caxton Hall, London, S.W.I, on the planning of science in war and in peace. Sir Robert Watson-Watt, president of the Association, will open the Conference. The first session will deal with the central direction of scientific research and development, and Sir Stafford Cripps has agreed to speak. It is also hoped to have statements on the organization of science in the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R. The second session will be devoted to the local organization of scientific research and its application ; among the speakers will be Mr. W. C. Devereux, managing director of High Duty Alloys, and Mr. Ben Smith, national organizer of the Association, who will speak on the relationship between managements and scientific staff as it affects production; detailed consideration will be given to the relations between scientific and other workers and to the work of joint production committees. The third session will discuss those changes in the organization of science brought about during the War which may have a continuing effect on the relations of science with society, and there-orientation of science after the War. Prof. P. M. S. Blackett and Sir Lawrence Bragg will be the main speakers. The chair will be taken by Prof. J. D. Bernal. Tickets (2s. 6d. for whole conference or 1s. per session at the door) and full particulars can be obtained from the Conference Secretary, Association of Scientific Workers, 73 High Holborn, London, W.C.1.
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Planning of Science : in War and in Peace. Nature 151, 20 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151020c0
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