a “ -35- 7 sa" Subcommittee would visit ANL or Arco during the first half of July (to . be arranged with Dr. Zinn), Dr. Snyth and Mr. Nichols expressed the hope that the Subcommittee vould also consider whether the BWR were receiving a ‘Ateproportionate share of enthusiasn, |at the expense of the fast breeder work, (Appendix Cy item 4) ada ee, : There was some discussion of the homogeneous reactor, Mr, Whitman Homo- geneous Reactor mentioned his feeling of encouragement after visiting Oak Ridge, “Pay Dr.’ « a7 Smyth and Mr, Nichole raised the question whether” one.of ‘the intermediat eteps before the full-scale reactor should not be “skipped, ‘Dr. Wigner said that alt‘hough the Laboratory was concerned by some of the technical problems» it would probably agree to omit the next intermediate step if encouraged to do so, Mr. Whitman had an impression that it was in part a politicalquestion and that Oak Ridge would probably“omit ‘the next . ~ step if the full-scale reactor were ‘approved, yen . . B Comenting on U-233, Dr. Rabi said that, theComites felt that - U-233 going ahead with it was a “good “idea, worthwhilein‘its.“own right. How- ever, not enough information had been available at this meeting to serve as a basis for any far-reaching conclusions. He hoped that the Operatic Analysis paper which considered U-233 in relation to other questions could be available at the next meeting. Plutonium Tsotope Separation Dr. Rabi next commented that the GAC favored the encouragement of isotope separation research wherever possible, ur. Whitman suggested that K-25 could be encouraged to do more along this line. item 3c) _. New York Times (Appendix C, item 2) (Appendix C, E ARCHIVES ARCH DOE The next subject discussed was the appearance of a column in the ‘cw York Times in which W. L. Laurence had made some statements which - re Se