ach rie ‘Meeting No. 1372, 9 May 1958: nneennind At Further indications of pressures to discontinue testing are a request . from Representative Porter to present his views on the need for a test cessation to the Commission and the Commissioner's feelings _ that they should meet with him provided the JCAE had no objections. Also, Commission Graham visited earlier in the afternoon with a group of Pacifists who were staging a hunger strike in the Lobby of the AEC Headquarters Building. Also, Libbey discussed with Starbird -the possibility of utilizing sites in Chile and Utah for underground weapons detonationsand the possibility of interesting oil companies in nuclear explosions for their purposes. Meeting #1371, 9 May 1958: Lengthy budget discussions for the upcoming fiscal years included ® Libbey's remarks that in connection with test funding in the Pacific, wre. te Pl ee al Sg ae | "Consideration should be given to the possibility that by 1960 all testing would be underground at NTS. The Commissioners briefly discussed with the General Manager and Mr. ‘Burrows the question of whether underg round shots would be more expensive than testing at Enewetok, -and Mr. Burrows said he believed underground testing would be less expensive than testing at Enewetok. Mr. Libbey suggested that it might be desir:ble to footnote the cost estimates for testing, indicating that if all testing is carried on underground, additional funds might be required.'' Note that Starbird was not at this mecting. 73