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IN the course of his inspiring address on "The Scientist in Industry" to the Federation of British Industries at a meeting held at the Royal Institution on March 19 in honour of him and Sir Robert Robinson as Nobel Prize winners in 1947, Sir Edward Appleton referred to the vital importance of avoiding any segregation or isolation of research effort. He spoke also of the need for interpreting as liberally as possible whatever restrictions may have to be imposed in the interests of Government departments or industrial firms on men of science serving such organisations. Sir Edward‘s address was pervaded with a lively sense of the value of human factors ; and above all of the importance of freedom of intercourse and movement ; his Words, indeed, contrast strongly with the restrictions which the Government announced a few days earlier on the employment of members of Communist and Fascist organisations in the service of the State. On grounds of national security, the Government has concluded that the only prudent course to adopt is to ensure that no one who is known to be a member of the Communist Party, or to be associated with it in such a way as to raise legitimate doubts about his or her reliability, is employed in connexion with work the nature of which is vital to the security of the State.
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Freedom and Loyalty. Nature 161, 537–539 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161537a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161537a0