Security Hysteria Harries Scientists
Chemical & Engineering News · 1955
BERKELEY, CALIF.—U. S. scientists hold the key to technological progress in the cold war, yet they are harried by security hysteria and viewed with suspicion by the nation at large. At the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting here, two of the group's eminent members, Vannevar Bush and Joel Hildebrand, took a look at the situation and warned the nation anew that we cannot win this race unless the scientists are restored to public confidence. The U. S. has the tremendous advantage over Russia, Bush says, of supposedly being a place of free discussion where men may disagree yet get a hearing without being accused of disloyalty. While Russia might steal a scientific secret here and there and may still have a few subversives where they can influence decisions, its most important objective is to spread confusion and distrust among us. In this, the enemy has been most successful and, indeed, hardly ...