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In an address before a regional meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in Louisville, Ky., February 18, 1947, the essential substance of which appeared in Chemical Engineering Progress, June 1947, H. F. Willkie (Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc.), decried the lack of co-ordinated research in the United States. To alleviate this condition, Mr. Willkie suggests that a post of secretary of research in the President´s cabinet be set up. In summarizing the activities of a secretary of research, Mr. Willkie says: