a oO 4 e ; er ee ticination be in Eve Opinion on Nuslear Energy Matters: a i pep os el : at Wh I the Glimate of Through papers given by more than 40 AEC staff members, consul- tants and contractor employees, at the Nuclear Engineering Conference at the University of Michigan in late June, technical knowledge in this field was conveyed to more than 50 representatives of other nations attending the conference and through the press and periodical coverage, and the publication of the proceedings to the technical community through= out the world, b. Participation of more than a score of AEG Commissioners and staff members, consultants and contractors in the National Industrial Conference Board's annual meeting on peace=time uses of atomic energy in mid-Uetober had a like effect. ce SEC staff members played the leading role in the publie discussion of the progress to be expected in development of peacetime applications of atomic energy at a meeting on September 28 sponsored by the Atomic Industrial Forum, Ine, d. The AEC arranged for representatives of all media a photographie and press tour of the unclassified portions of the Materials Testing Reactor at the National Reactor Testing Station on August 12 and 20, e. AEC and contractor staff members provided the testimony at hearings of the Joint Committee on Atomie Energy bringing up to date REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT, D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY tar’ public knowledge of medical and agricultural applications of atomic energy in early and midsummer, Through the publication of the transeripts of these hearings a wealth of material on peacetime uses foreshadowing the benefits of the President's proposals for international cooperation in the field was made public and sent around thewo rld by the efforts of the USIA, Toye nn eei bead