ne -5 Meny persons will p:<sent other plans or fragzents of plans, some of which will have merit. lor example, it may be thet sericus \e consideretion should be given to the usc of selected micro-organisms t to the testing. C t fo Vs cause of the ease with which stasisiiceily significant data ern be ottained. In viev of the hizh resistance of most uicro-organisms to ionizing reci- tions as compored to thet of kigher forus, their usefulness would probably be lirited to arecs closa to the hyrccenter. might make thig imprectical. It would appecr thet blest and heat demese It 1s well to caution, however, thet many olens will be provosed which may well be of grecter financial and snatiel mazsnitude then this, but these should be exemined with extreme caution. A smell, coordineted series cf tests, run upon a sufficient number of test gotistically simificent yet not unwieldy, will be a much enent with more gritifying end justifying results. Tavge anin.is which are not well "calibrated" and cannot be ea3sity shielded from blest or radiation, testing certein physiologtesl, peychologiccl, or eytologicel resucnces which ere not yet quantite tively esteblished vith exectness, or other crocecures of grecter magnitude but based upon less well understood reactions would be e waste of time, money, effort, ard space. A sonsicsretion af the facilitiss envisioned as necessary for a program euch at abuv2 srovosed séears aotopos at this point. As fer as ‘ the corn rroblen is concerned, this reauires only the procurement of eufficient corn seed prior to exbork:tion for the testing site, the peckeging thercof, exposure,oni collection for retumm to oerticipeting istitutions. As far as thse Drosophile., Tradeccantia, end memmalien studies are concerned, a little more elaborete orgenigs tion and frecilities mst be availatls. To get well stabilized test srimals cnd flies, they should be eacclimeted’ in tne test clincte well in advence of the to ts. ffter the tert, they sheuld "| DO¥ ARCHIVES