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[i]In preparing for this speech, I looked over the list of names of those who worked out the technical papers for this event. My first thought was what an impetus the national space effort would receive if all those people were on the government's space rolls. For example, 80% of the first 180 names mentioned on the program came from private industry or universities. Obviously, those organizations could ill afford to lose such talent. But one of the major problems confronting our space effort stems from the government's own rules which prevent it from competing for talent with private organizations. We, in the government, must find a way to offer top competence more than a large sacrifice and a small paycheck. Just last week, at the request of the President, I visited five of our major space installations. The difficulty of retaining high-quality personnel was clearly the greatest problem observed. All too often, the government space installations are training grounds for the highly paid technicians and vice presidents of private industry. We lose far too many of our best people.[/i]
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