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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we received yesterday was superseded by the report in the press.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.

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