RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 231
John Casimir University, Lwow, Poland. Institute of Con.
sti'tutional and International Law. Research on problems
of international relations $15,000
World-wide study of agricultural economics 18,000
The East
Institute of Pacific Relations. Pacific Council, Honolulu,
Hawaii. General expenses and research program 135,000
Total $618,000
3. Public Administration
Over a period of years the Foundation has
included within its social science program a
number of projects in the field of public administration.
Specifically, grants have been made to
the Universities of Chicago, California, Syracuse,
and Cincinnati for research and for training
programs in thisfield;an endowment grant was
made to the Institute of Public Administration,
and support was given to the Committee on
Government Statistics and Information Services,
which played a useful part in the establishment
of the Federal Government's Central Statistical
Board. The Foundation offered initial support to
the work of the Science Advisory Board created
by executive order to render advisory service to a
variety of Federal departments; and, under its
emergency program, sponsored a variety of
projects, of which many were related to some
aspect of public administration. All these projects
have been outlined in previous annual reports.
There follows in summary form a list of
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