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PROF. ARMSTRONG'S letter in NATURE of October 24 conveys the impression that he has become suddenly aware of the potentialities for evil of the above Act in its present form. Protests have, however, appeared in the Press over the signatures of Sir Clifford Allbutt, Sir Ernest Rutherford, and Sir G. Sims Woodhead; and in the House of Commons Major Barnes and Mr. F. D. Acland attempted to have inserted in all applicable clauses exemptions for articles required for scientific research. In this action Major Barnes and Mr. Acland were guided by the expressed wishes of the National Union of Scientific Workers, which has also fought the clauses of the Dyestuffs (Import Regulation) Act, 1920, and the German Reparation (Recovery) Act, 1921, which penalised research in this country.
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BAIRSTOW, L., CHURCH, A. Safeguarding of Industries Act, 1921. Nature 108, 271 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108271c0
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