ebGou 4a RADIATION STANDARDS, INCLUDING FALLOUT WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1962 U.S. Conaruss, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ResEarcu, DEVELOPMENT AND RapraTION, JoINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to recess, at 2 p.m., in room AE-1, the Capitol, Hon. Melvin Price (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Price, Holifield, and Hosmer. Also present: James T. Ramey, executive director; George F. Murphy, Jr., Kenneth S. McAlpine, and Jack R. Newman, professional staff members, Jomt Committee on Atomic Energy. Representative Price. The committee will be in order. We will resume hearings today covering primarily radiation standards, after spending all day yesterday on worldwide fallout since 1959. We have four scientists with us today, two of whom will make presentations on medical and industrial radiation exposure, and the final two will cover the basic facts about genetic and somatic biological effects of radiation and their implications for standards. Ourfirst witness will be Dr. Chamberlain, of the University of Pennsylvania, to be followed by Dr. Parker, of Hanford, Dr. Hasterlik, of the Argonne Cancer Hospital, and Dr. H. Bentley Glass, of Johns Hopkins University. I perhaps should also note that there was some more fallout. yester- day. Without any notice to the chairman of the Joint Comunittee or of the subeommittee holding these hearings, a report was apparently released yesterday to the press. Much of the good testimony which we received yesterday was superseded by the report in the press. The series of press Jeaks, and then the release of the report in the middle of our hearings is an old technique by the Public Health Service. Wefeel that it is a disservice to the program and diseourteous to the committee and the Congress, especially in view of the fact that this report was discussed in the first 2 days of the hearings and a request was mace to the staff of the Public Tfealth Service for a copy of the report priorto its release. Consequeitly, Iam requesting the Surgeon General to be present tomorrow to explain this matter. — Dr, Chamberlain, will vou come around, please. and make your presentation. You may proceed, Doctor. 285 SUSURA SRRetePACES PR CANIS ha ta CRS ASE CBD GEERT