———ee ns ot others said that a strong point should be made about the fact that additional facilities require additional operating funds for their utilizatic With regard to the GAC's recommendations on administrative policy ir GAC ° the research laboratories, Dr, Johnson said he had circulated an edited Recomen= dations version to the laboratories and field offices forcomment. on Researchon the replies at the next GAC meeting. Labora= tories. Policy Accel~ eiators, . — He would repo Dr. Johnson said that the midwestern interestin a very high energy accelerator is increasing. Dr.Zinn has been told,‘that if the AEC were t a request funds for a midwest accelerator, the accelerator ‘vould be located ANL- at Argonne; also, Dr, Zinn has not been authorized to proceed with a Relations project for the design of such an accelerator until at decones clearer University that actual construction can go ahead. [owe v Jee - wt The authorization of ANL funds for study¢ ofthe,‘accelerator project has been suspended, This was thought to be desireblePending. a better +. evaluation of ultimate costs and how they might.ve.mete.The step was als: taken to avoid implications that the AEC was ‘comitting‘itself to constru: the machine, Dr. Libby questioned this step. He felt it to be vital for the future of the Argonne that the schism between it and the universities. be healed. With this premise he, developed the thesis that funds should b: kept available to permit stepwise development of collaboration and cooperation between ANL and the universities, The Joint accelerator study would be an important step in this direction, Dr. Warner spoke to the same subject, in general agreeing with Dr, Libby, Dr. Smyth expressed interest in the stepwise approach to the problem of Argonne-university .— relations, and indicated that he would review the study fund question in this light with the other Counissioners and the General Msnager,