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Independent NBS Proposed

JUN 01, 1953
National Physical Sciences Laboratories.
Physics Today

On May 6th a bill was introduced in the House of Representatives calling for the establishment in the executive branch of the Government of an independent agency to be known as the “National Physical Sciences Laboratories” and having all of the present functions and responsibilities of the National Bureau of Standards. The bill, H. R. 5043, was introduced by Representative DeWitt S. Hyde (R., Maryland) and has been referred to the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

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