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The chief of the American Probe
Atom Eomb Casualty Commis-
sion in Hiroshima, Dr. John Mui .
Morton, examined two victims; Need
of the radioactive shower at the,
Tokyo University Hospital and!
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onB!
said his group will pledge all
its facilities to aid their recovs
ery. ut
H-Blast Error Adinitted;
Dr, Morton said he found the
demand that the
reports that enormous new
explosions are planned.
Rep. Chet Holifield (D-Caif.),
revealed in a report on why
264 persons on Kwajalein and
. nearby isi
islands ‘suffered radiation exposure that the test
blast was “larger than expect-
ed”
and
ihat
wunpredicted,
ligh-ahtitude winds played a
part in the Incident.
S uate
Forcign Relations
Committee
Chairman
Alex-
ande
Wiley
(R-Wis.)
denounced “giving out whispers” about the H-bemb and
declared President Eisenhower
should tell the public of the
“serious nature of this new
dey clopment.”
wae
oe mamat | terineaoni
Senate
facts be made public confront
the Covernment today amid
Rep. Stevling Cole (R-N.Y.),
I had expected” and predicted late yest
they would recover in “two or ‘ay:
zo
three weeks; a month at most.” States 1s
And in Yaizu, where the Fu-’ “just co:
Kuryu Maru docked last Sunday, ‘ye i
i
reports indicated the 21 other vost gat!
crew members of the 29-ton ves- | Japanesc
sel weré improving.
‘outside
10 times more powerful than
peared calm, hysteria among the zone
~mittee on Atomie Energy, refused to comment on reports
that a second new H-bomh,
the March 1 blast, is to be set
off in April as part of the pres- 5
ent Pacific tests.
Wiley made his demand
during an impromptu Senate
debate late yesterday.
He
comparec the present situation
to
the
2 ete nwaes a
a
Ameri
Chairman of the Joint Come,
withholding
of
H-bomb facts
if
. information before Pearl Har- :
bor and declared the people 3
must
have
they are to have the “wisdom °
to act.”
.
Holifield, who visited the
radiation victims on Kwajalein, said they are receiving ~
the best possible care, tliat
they are “enjoving” their re
covery andthat all the evid-
beh mee
the Pacific H-bomb tests and
1,
fishermen “in better shape than John M.
U.S. Poncders Bornb Power
WASHINGTON, March 19
(INS)—Offcial disclosure that
a miscalculation was madein
ne
G
ence so far is that no per-
manent injuries will result.
eeer
But while official Japan ap.
people over rumors of atomic shovrel er
food
poisoning
spread.
contirurd
to,
hydroge:
Ancther “redioactive”
tuna beat put inte Toyo ate
yesterday from
Pacific. -
the
.
Allison,
Sovih Uvered to
Se. (fald the L
_ The sale of tuna continued ,the greatc
to fall off throughout the na- ,2ssistance
tion despite prices. lesg. than ties who
half of wholesale. -#£i-s themselves
The “Japanese ‘Tna-Bonito dealing w:
Fisheries Association “vesterday{
The Am
began coordinating Geiger-coun- pleased tc
ter inspections of all ships, plus action wh
their crews and cargoes; which both Jap:
have passed within 700 mile$ of authorities
the Bikini test site since March ,the accid
lL -
.
- . Fukuryu
Japanese health officials have joint U.S
stamped safe tuna with the.of the inc
Government seal of approval... ,Should re
_The 98-ton fishing boat Kochi ,C@2 both
Maru No. 22 docked at Tokyo
“In adv
Tsukiji Pier yesterday with 4.5 I am aut!
tons of tuna from the South that the
Pacific. A Geiger-counter check pared tot
revealed
a
slight
radigactive be necess.
condition aboard the vessel but just com:
medical authorities. said” no SO Warran
radioactivity was found among ,
Meanvt
the crew or the cargo. +..~.,-;Katsuo C
One U.S. importer of tuna sus-| Governme
pended shipments to America: the ineid
pending investigation of the, Okazaki t
Fukuryu Maru incident.
The, Budget C
Van Camp Company, Jiji Press,ment has
reported, notifed Japanese exe) with the
porters yesterday to hold up a) sufferers,
shipment of 1,500 tons of tura:“relic£” ©
purchased by the company re also decl.
cently.
> kuryu NM
A shipment of a special selve hazard «
for radiation burns left. San firmed.”
Francisco Ly air, early today to:
1
-
treat the 33 crewmen of the’ eaa
Fukuryu, Mara.
‘
: ‘cal aid f
The Nippon Times yesterday: said
received
a
contribution -. of
the
US. expe
¥1,000 io help pay medical’ ex-'
now-famo
penses for the 23 radiation vice
radicactiy
tims. The conor vas J. Derne
Palmer of the Japan Procure‘iment Agency,