oe ~- - wl ore OakEE 10- - , . Dr. Johnson, continuing his report, said that the long delayed Execu- tive Order on . executive order on research had been released on March 17 by the White House, "Its language was generally satisfactory to the AEC, The Natione Research Science Foundation ‘was to be encouraged to increase its level of opera- tions; and other agencies were to be encouraged tosupport researches, allied to their particular interests. | a8 | The next subject was foreign travel, Dr. Johnson said the flood of Foreign Travel requests this year posed the question of what the5 potiey “Should +be, ~ Present practice is to allow up to one foreign trip per year from each ° major division of the laboratories, or per million dollars in off-site research contracts. Dr. Johnson proposed to endorse requests (each ultimately requires the General Manager's approval) on the basis of profit to the research program but not on the basis of‘Promoting good will, or of rewarding Alstingui shea sctontista,ete.” # He» favoredpayitg all the expenses or none. Some others present dianot see3 whyit was” necessary to be so rigid in the ‘reimbursement "aspect of ‘the travel polic: and felt that provision to pay part of the expenses would have many advantages, The matter was not discussed further. © DOE ARCHIVE ES Dr. Johnson next reviewed progress in the controlled thermonuclear Con- trolled Th 27m0= nuclear Feactions reaction program, The main technical developmenthad been at Livermore. The magnetic mirror had been excited and protons injected. The lifetime of the plasma, 3 milliseconds, indicated there wereno serious plasna oscillations. hopeful. No neutrons have been observed yet, The duty cyele will be increased. machine had been almost completed, flexible stainless steeltube. The situation is At Princeton, Spitzer's A discharge had been achieved in the