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``` [Another mistaken action alert on the net. I had sent it along because I knew the reputation of the person who wrote it. But it sounds like this person made a mistake. It was not at all an implausible rumor, but that's no excuse for not getting one's facts straight. Sigh. -- PA]

>Date: 5/17/95 10:03 PM >From: ATEICH >Subject: Rep. Walker's Comments on NSF Budget >Author: ATEICH at AAAS > > > Dear STS-ers, > > While it is gratifying to see the STS and social science > communities mobilize in response to a perceived threat to > NSF funding in social and behavioral sciences and related > areas, I am concerned that much of the reaction is based on > a misunderstanding of recent congressional statements. > > In his press conference last week, Chairman Walker of the > House Science Committee made some disparaging and, in my > opinion, unwarranted comments about the place of the social > and behavioral sciences in NSF. He said that these areas > would be excluded from the 3% a year growth projected for > NSF research overall contained in the House Budget > Committee's plan. He did NOT say they were targeted for > elimination or severe cuts. > > While excluding SBER from the projected growth is not in any > sense desirable, it is a much different scenario than > termination. Since the termination story has gained wide > currency, I have checked with top officials of NSF and with > the staff director of the subcommittee of Walker's committee > that is responsible for NSF's authorization. Both confirm > my interpretation. > > Al Teich > AAAS Science and Policy Programs ```

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