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ATOMS FOR PIECE
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treatment room, a research medical reactor, a whole
body counter and health physics facility.
He spoke
also of some of the details of films to be prepared for
Geneva showing, all of which had to be prepared in
English, Russian, Spanish and French.
DR. WARREN expressed
the opinion that the United Kingdom had stolen the show
as far as the commercial exhibits were concerned during
“the last Geneva Conference and gave the impression that they were the
only people doing anything with atomic energy.
He hoped that this
would not be the case for the coming meeting.
DR. DUNHAM invited all
those present to submit any items for the Geneva Conference to him.
Item 7.
GENETICS - DR. WARREN asked for comments from DR. GEORGE BEADLE,
who had been invited to the meeting as a consultant. DR. BEADLE
expressed general satisfaction with the program
and stated that he was planning to go over some
of the details with Dr. Zelle. DR, ZELLE expressed
the Opinion that in view of the recent increases
RESEARCH
PLANNING
in budget, there was some question as to whether
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additional funds could be spent wisely in this
area.
Item 8.
HUMAN RADIOBIOLOGY - DR. HENSHAW expressed the
opinion that measurements of life span should be investigated
further.
There was a general expresseion of satisfaction
among the Committee members with the progress in the human
radioblology program.
Item 9.
BLAST DAMAGE ~ DR. BURNETT supported Dr. Cantril's previous
expression of feeling that the blast damage really did not
belong in the Biology and Medicine program and DR. WARREN also
expressed the opinion that someone else should take it over.
Item 10.
AGRICULTURE - In introducing this Item, DR. WARREN said that
tremendous contributions had already been made to the economy
of the country through the AEC agricultural research program.
DR. PEARSON expanded somewhat on his earlier remarks about his
trip to Central and South America.
Item 11.
TOXICOLOGY - This Item was discussed generally by Dr. Dunham
with no comments from the Committee.