FOR OFP LCL. USE OnLy _8wish to carr on studivs in the ares. Tt is proposed to limit tac Aniti2 activitics o. the station to modest oroportions with annual operating costs %t a level not to exceed $20,000 until the success of the station has become firmly osteblishcud. The Comaittec suggested that olans fcr a biologie2l station at Mniwetok be further investi.ated with a view toward its establishment, snd thet . staff oun or on tois sup ajceet be prepercd for considera-~ tion by the Commission. Status Report of Over-2ll Preer 2is of tie Division during Dr. Bugher oriented the Com.ittce on the over-21ll prograns and the work tae past yeer. The Branch Chicfs desericud the individusl pro;reais in |.cdicine, sioslogy, Health Piesics, Civil Defense, Rediation Instruments, and Program unalysis which incliicd the budget estinates, and rovorted on tne progress and probleuns connectud therewith. Of major interest was the revort on the survey thet wes mide to determine the present status of th relotively now radiation instruments inoustry. It was brought out thet of the 75 companics in the ficid sost of thum malting radiation instruments, (34 replics have ocen reccived) it was found that 6 compinics are grossing over a million dollars. That sales have inerersed from sligntly less than four and a haif miliion dollars in 1948 to an expected gross to exceed twunty million dollers in 1952. The umoloymnt has grown from 130 nconle in i9h to around 2400 in 1952. Emphasis on the Various .spects of the Roscarch Program Dr. Bughcr opened the discussion, and anong the problems that he outlined wherein emphasis was being placed was the work on the biological effects of FOR OFFTCI..L USE ONLY