- 21 - In a recent letter from Dr. David Shaw, Manager, Hanford Operations Office, the University was informed that through legislation of the Congress the Federal Civil Defense Agency has been charged with the responsibility for national civil defense planning and that the voluntary responsibility assumed by the Atomic Energy Commission for emergency monitoring has now been terminated. Library services The Applied Fisheries Laboratory library of selected unclassified research and development reports, besides supplying current scientific information and technical reference material for the Laboratory staff, is used also by University faculty members and students, documents are received. from whom many requests for The reports are checked out on a two- week loan basis or longer if they are needed for interlibrary loans for use by libraries on other campuses in the state. Talks delivered by members of the Applied Fisheries Laboratory on the subject of atomic energy Speaker Date Group Location (1953) L.R. Donaldson July School of Science Corvallis, Oregon State College Oregon Seattle L.R. Donaldson Aug. Exchange Club F.G. Lowman Sept. Kalama Men's Club Kelso, Washington