UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION WASHINGTON OFFICE OF THECHAIRMAN C“ VY 4A 1. BO 18 March 1955 Dear Mr. President: With reference to the letter which you received from Dean Rusk of the Rockefeller Foundation offering to finance the National Academy of Sciences in an independent study of the genetic and other effects of fall-out from meclear detonations, this is simply to complete the staff work and to let you know that I have been in communication with Mr. Rusk and that the matter is under way. Respectfully, coer Reuvat “s “ yy Lewis L. Strauss ‘ . , ‘ € b quien of 4 f L REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY Mae’ The President The White House i REPOSITORY Fachalite ; COLLECTION mandatratigen, ; Ann eoxne. lot Ku Ak ans sAtdtes TS Strctoe sheenmet wa