-5Engineers to initiate plans for the Fourth Scintillation Co
Symposium. Tentatively, the symposium is scheduled for J
195, inWashington, D.C., and will be sponsored jointlyb
Nationai Bureau of Standards, ATMs, and the TRE, A Symposi
mittee, consisting of leaders in the field of scintillatio
was established to prepare for the forthcoming event. Basal
on the
results of the 1952 conference (with attendance of 00 scieahtists and
engineers), it'is anticipated that there will be consideratfle interes
in the scheduled symposium which will review progress in the
lation counter field.
scintil-
General
Treatment of Polycythemta Vera--Cardinal Stepinac..
(§NCLASSIFI«v)
Arrangements were made for Dr. John H. Lawrence, Director @f the Donner
Laboratory of Medical Physics (University of California Prdject-Berkeley), to travel to Yugoslavia to render medical aid t@ Aloysius
Cardinal Stepinac who is suffering from polycythemia. Carfiinal Stepinac
has been exiled in the village of Krasic Since his release] from prison
(1945-1951) where he was sentenced after accusal of plottife against
tne Communist-Tito regime. Recently, the U.S, Consulate iff Zagreb,
reportedly acting under instructions of the State Departmeht, ascertained that the Cardinal's condition was serious and that
ing from polycythemia, a disease of the red blood cells,
The assistance of Dr, Lawrence was requested by Archtishop John J.
Mitts of San Francisco representing the Nationai Council
of the Roman Cathclic Church,
Archbishops
Dr, Lawrence has done exterBive research
on the treatment of polycythemia with radioactive isotopeqd
and is a
recognized authority in this field. Release was obtained [from the
Commission of a sufficient quantity of Phosphorous 32 for fmedical treatment, and Dr. Lawrence left for Yugoslavia on duly 23, 1993.
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