A proposal that scientists be given positions of responsibility within the government in Israel was voiced here last night at the opening of an exhibit of Israel scientific documents at the Israel Embassy by Sir Francis Simon, who opened the showing.
Sir Francis insisted that if Israel is to build up its scientific potential it must attract topflight scientists from abroad. He hailed Israel’s method of producing heavy water as a first class development in a “fruitful field.”
Sir Robert Robinson, Nobel prize winner, who also spoke at the opening of the exhibit, declared that it was a great tribute to Israel that in the short time which had elapsed since the state was established it was possible to arrange such an exhibit of progress in so many fields.
Sir Ben Lockspeiser, secretary of the Privy Council Committee for Scientific and Industrial Research, compared Britain and Israel as two countries poor in raw materials who could live only by “working up” their raw materials into manufactured products for sale abroad. He expressed confidence that Israel’s scientists would live up to the demands made on them by the country.
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