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IN the House of Lords on April 18, Lord Vansittart raised the question of the control of German chemical industry after the War. In particular, he asked for the appointment of a committee of scientific men to prepare a suitable scheme for the control or elimination of Germany's nitrate and hydrogenation plants. Such control might involve a close watch on German scientific education and research, and even the limitation of manufacture of certain high-precision instruments. There will be general agreement with his view that scientific men are best able to devise means to achieve such restriction and control. Lord Vansittart was supported by Lord Horder, who mentioned two synthetic drugs, used hi the treating of sleeping sickness and malaria respectively, the supply of which had been deliberately restricted in countries outside Germany as a part of the Nazi preparation for total warfare. Lord Strabolgi and Lord Farringdon sounded a note of caution, pointing out that to cut down German nitrate production unduly would have a harmful effect on European agriculture andwould in the end impede the work of re-establishing the health of the people.
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Control of German Chemical Industry. Nature 153, 519–520 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153519b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153519b0