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...article by James K. Glassman in the May 7th Crimson Supplement on the Future of the University, the Cambridge Electron Accelerator (CEA) is discussed as an example of Federal money being spent at Harvard. Indeed, because of its $4,500,000 budget in Fy 1969 which comes entirely from the Federal Government, Mr. Glassman has chosen a very good example...
Unfortunately, the contents of the article where it refers to CEA reflects a lack of knowledge and understanding of the laboratory, of its relation to Harvard and to the Federal Government. Among others, the following statements are completely incorrect: "Recent cuts in appropriations will mean that Harvard is paying for something it thought it was getting free. Paying for outdated research equipment is one of the accidents of building what the government wants...
...addition to Harvard researchers, M.I.T., Tufts, Northeastern, S.M.T.I., and Oakridge Laboratories also use the CEA facilities and may be similarly affected by the lack of additional funds...
Both Pipkin and Wooldridge noted that there are no other available sources which could supplement the current CEA income...
...CEA director Caspar Wooldridge said that the funding shortage "will put a damper on our operations, but we will continue to do our best with these limits...