impair the climate in which basic research flourishes, reduce the amount of effort going into basic research and the training of new scientists, and lower the quality of instruction? From the military standpoint alone we must recognize a danger here. Most of the fundamental knowledge which led to the production of the atomic bomb, radar, and other spectacular military instruments came to us from Europe. It would be unwise to count upon Europe to provide such fundamental scientific knowledge in the future. Our security makes it imperative that military demands shall not undermine basic research or attract too high a proportion of talent into any one field of interest.

The foregoing are but a few current illustrations of the fact that, in a time of international tension, we must continuously guard democracy's internal strength so that we will not, through emotion or expediency, impair its fundamental principles.