> tewiciya Meeting #1366, 29 April 1958: : Cere Perhaps some indication of the increased and accelerating pressures on declaring a test moratorium are indicated by a couple items here. NE "Strauss said that during a conversation with Mr. Bernard Baruch, Mr. Baruch had suggested that a reply be made to Mr. Albert Schweitzer's recent statement calling for the halting of nuclear weapons tests. reply, Baruch said, would be most effective if it were The made by a ‘distinguished public figure with a large popular following. " Libbey was requested to prepare the material for such a statement and the Commissioners all agreed that this then could be used to provide to such an individual as Baruch would locate. Mr. Libbey remarked that, aside from the Commissioners themselves, the AEC had received relatively little support for its position that U.S. weapons testing should not be completely halted. The fact that the question has becomea political issue has restricted persons employed by AEC from speaking out freely about it, Mr. Libbey said. He suggested that it would be helpful if the support of Senate leaders such as Lynden Johnson and William Knowland could be enlisted in presenting to the public the case for continued testing."