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THE recent debates on defence and on man-power in the House of commons have one feature in common. Though the more responsible speeches there ran a thread of anxiety as to the man-power resources of Great Britain ; whether that distribution was, in fact the most appropriate for current and future needs, and whether the most effective use was being made of man-power in the occupations where it is at present deployed. In the defence debate, concern as to the actual targets for man power was expressed on the Government side of the House, notably in regard to recruiting both for the Army and for the Air Force. Further, the Minister of Defence referred to his intention of expanding the research staffs in the scientific services, which for the last two or three years have been kept below the desired strength because of what were regarded as the more urgent claims of the universities, the teaching profession and industry, in accordance with the priorities recommended in the Barlow Report on scientific man-power.
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Scientific Man-Power in Great Britain. Nature 163, 617–619 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163617a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/163617a0