p f. betes gpes ° Sea ty 1 awry a Seng A comprehensive analysis by the AEC staff of the future prospects for nuclear power at home and abroad was entered in the record of the Joint Committee's hearings on amending the Atomic Energy Act and has been widely used in public reporting materials. g. AE staff handled the network arrangements and Commissioners and staff gave aid in drafting the addresses for the historic occasion on September 6 of breaking ground for the first commercial full-scale atomic power plant at Shippingport, Pa. he AEC Commisdoners and staff and special consultants aided the Department of State with the preliminary steps for the international seience congress on atomic energy which was first announced by the AEC Chairman in an April speech. 6. Public Issnances by AEG: In its issuance of press matter and aid to correspondents and commentators and in speeches by Commissioners and senior officers, the AEC kept foremost throughout the year reporting and commenting on peacetime atomic energy applications and on the prospective gains for human welfare when the President's proposals for an international atomic energy agency should hecome realities. A listing of the speeches and releases can be provided if this much detail is desired. 7. Qooperation REPRODUCED AT THE DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY The subject matter made available by the AEC through these means found its most effective use through the American news services to the media of the world and in the USIA special presentations not only as news but as RePaget PuHb ? Fiatiuanaatitine.0. rp hee daesegmentabet LOREMEe A te eB ge tetem te aTCake tee ae TEER eens +