FIRST SESSION
(May 27, 1954)
.The Fortieth Meeting of the General Advisory Committee was called to
order at 9:30 am. by the Chairman.
The following member's were present:
Dr. Rabi (Chairman), Dr. Buckley, Dr. Fisk, Mr. Murphree, Dr. von
Neumann, Dr. Warner, Mr. Whitman, and Dr. Wigner: Dr. tibby was unsble
to be present at’ this Meeting.
Dr. McDaniel, who served as Acting
Secretary in the absence of Dr. Dodson, and Mr, Toitet were also present.
.
Minutes,
veeting
Since the Minutes of. the next previous meeting had been approvedby
the individual member's of the Comittee prior to this Meeting, they were
not readi
(Secretary!s Note:
The Minutes were distributed to the usual
recipients on May 12, 1954.)
The Chairman explained the agenda (Appendix A) for the Meeting, and
Agenda
there followed a general discussion of the weapons problems which were
brought about by the advent of large weapons.
It was agreed that the
Committee’ should thoroughly air the entire weapons field, including the
fall-out situation. During these discussions, Dr, Rabi said that the
proposed reduction in research funds by the House had been opposed by the
Senate and that a conference to resolve the disagreement was scheduled
for about June
73 all members expressed the hope that the Senate view
would prevail.
The members of the Committee then made plans for Subcommittee meetings
Sub-
as follows:
Reactor Subcommittee at Argonne on July 7, 8, and 9; Weapons
committee
MeetSubcommittee at Sandia and Los Alamos on July 12, 13, and 14, 1954.
ings
The value of awards was discussed, and it was agreed that the
Committee should inquire further into the status of the proposed
Presidential citation for the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory.