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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 3, 1960
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
Agenda for the Next Cabinet Meeting
The following items will be ready for the next Cabinet meeting, which,
to avoid a meeting the day before the President's departure, I recommend be held on Thursday, May 12 (NSC has been moved tq Monday of
that week):
1.
Report of the Federal Radiation Council
(Secretary Flemming)
By Executive Order of last August 14, the President established the
Federal Radiation Council with the assigned responsibility ‘for providing general standards and guidance to executive agencie for their
use in developing operating rules and regulations for radiojogical
health protection".
After nine months intensive work, the Council is now prepdring its
first Report to the President,
The Report makes recommendations as to radiation protec tion guides in
normal peacetime circumstances (and also excluding weapons transport
and storage and reactor accidents as sources of radiation),
It clearly
underscores that there is no absolute "threshold" but only b "ouide",
with present knowledge.
The Joint Atomic Energy Committee will be holding heari
subject beginning May 24.
Secretary Flemming is most
s on this very
ious to have
the Administration's own report approved and released at| least a week
before that date so that Administration witnesses can testi fy about and
support the President's report at these hearings.
Such a schedule means
a Cabinet presentation for Presidential approval prior tot ne departure
for the Summit,