A government that has even
<the thread of the democratic
•processes is based in degree on
trust, on the honesty-of-purpose
of its leaders. It must be
The United States, so we say,
has that thread and is so based.
Yet, its hierarchical scientists
are flaunting this essense of de
mocracy.
See how it goes:
The National Academy of Sci
ences is an 850man body chart
ered by the U. S.' government
to foe its collective counselor on
^problems that fall within the
academy’s competence. *
One such problem is this mat
ter of race.
Admittedly, there is a' great
discrepancy between the achieve
ments of American white people
and American black people.
None argues that. The argu
ment turns on why these differ
ences exist: E»o they exist be
cause one race unfairly receives
a disproportionate share of those
things that develop cultural and
economic well being; or do the
differences exist because there
are inherent, genetic race dif
ferences that preclude the -two
from functioning competitively?
In today’s bristling at
mosphere, that question(s) is di
rected at the National Academy
of Sciences as pointedly as any
question could be aimed. It- is
a scientific question that can be
resolved1 only by scientists.
Moreover, it must be settled if
there ever is to be a just rela
tionship between the races.
Nobel Laureate William Shock
ley, on three distinct occasions,
has risen to challenge the Na
tional Academy to formally un
dertake the study. And three
times he has been rebuffed.
Why? * ’
Hear. E)r, Frederick Seitz, the
Academy president: “(I)t is es
entially impossible to do good
research in this field so long as
there are such great social in
equities”. Ini short, Dr. Seitz
tells us, the NAS cannot attempt
to resolve the problem because
the problem existsv
There is no need to belabor
the essentially false logic in the
Acaderiiy’s position. It is as ob
viously false to the scientists as
it is to the layman. Their had
in-the-sand attitude is a betrayal
of both the academy’s trust and
its charter. It is a betrayal not
only of the democratic process
but oi science, itself. All of
which, as I say, is obvious.
Why, then, do you suppose
the academy blithely allows it
self to assume so ridiculous a
posture, refuses to make the stu
dy, arrive at the strath — since
the truth; so science tells us,
will set us free?
The answer to that, too, is ob
vious if we go but one step fan
ther.
The academy is not an organ
ization that either functions as
a unit or it doesn’t function at
the literature published by those
who have. • ! -'**
The truth is this: The research
Dr. Shockley demands — and
as he well knows — has been
done already. It is available,
now, today, for collating and for
publicizing. It is there to be put
together by any responsible
agency.
But this, is what sticks the
NAS: Without exception, every
evidence points to the conclus
ion -that race differences are
genetic in origin; that what peo
ple are is determined to 80 per
cent' by their inheritance. And
since such evidence is unaccep
table to the -policy makers oi
our government, the evidence is
glossed over smothered. Cop
ernicus faced the same sort oi
thing when he argued that the
earth was round and rotated
daily on its akis. That too, was
political heresy. The difference
was this: Coperni-cus damned the
torpedoes and spoke out anyway
Not the National Academy oi
Science. Without protest, it al
lows the government it is charg
ed with advising to pursue a
policy based upon the opposite
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of tho scientific evidence.
Scientists? It is to laugh. Al
chemists is the better word.
Charlatans is better yet.
WHAT IS THE
ANSWER?
by Henry E. Garrett, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR EMERITUS,
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
FAST PRESIDENT*
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOG I CAL ASSOCIATION
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Q: Dr. Garrett, what can be
done to save our schools from
domination by the federal gov
ernment?
A: Many things. One of the best
ideas has been proposed by Cal
ifornia Assemblyman William
Campbell. It consists of a plan
to issue vouchers to every ele
mentary and secondary student.
These vouchers would defray
the oost of school, whether it
be public or private. They would
in fact provide freedom oi
choice. Parents could send their
children' to any school that seem
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come under the act. So also
would religious schools, remed
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schools and plain, old-fashaonec
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egalitarian in the best sense. Un
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gradually be squeezed out, ox
remain to care for those whc
cannot or will not learn.
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