"I had a plan for the NDRC in four short paragraphs in the middle of a sheet of paper. The whole audience lasted less than ten minutes... I came out with my 'OK - FDR' and all the wheels began to turn."
Vannevar Bush. Pieces of the Action. 1970.

"There were those who protested that the action of setting up NDRC was an end run, a grab by which a small company of scientists and engineers, acting outside established channels, got hold of the authority and money for the program of developing new weapons. That, in fact, is exactly what it was."
Vannevar Bush. Pieces of the Action. 1970.

"Sam Rosenman and I drafted the order establishing the O.S.R.D. - mostly Rosenman with me hanging hard on the outskirts. The order assigned the N.D.R.C. as one component of the new office, and that assignment brought the only change in the civilian membership of the N.D.R.C. to occur during its lifetime."
Vannevar Bush. Pieces of the Action. 1970.

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