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Gaither Report: Report of the Study for the Ford Foundation on Policy and Program







workshops in combination with research projects. The latter might attempt to measure the extent to which public apathy is reduced, or the resulting extent of improvement in local affairs. Emphasis in research should also be placed on the efficiency of the techniques used, in order that such workshop projects may be installed in other communities more easily and effectively.

Furthermore, the Foundation can render the same assistance to governmental operations in the domestic sphere as in international matters. It can supply direct aids in forming and executing policy, and in stimulating greater public understanding and support; and it can supply valuable assistance through expert consultants whose special knowledge or experience would not otherwise be available.

Finally, there is fundamental need, as previously set forth, for more and better qualified persons at high policy levels, both elective and appointive, in government. Insofar as the solution of this problem requires changes and improvements in our educational system, it is discussed in Program Area Four. In addition, alteration in the fundamental conditions of government employment to make public service more attractive seems indispensable. If the Foundation could help raise the prestige of government service for either elective or appointive positions it would make a contribution of great value to peace, to our internal strength, and to the solution of all social problems which will henceforth confront the United States.