107, 1 masturbation on a large scale of Marshallese. 2 DR. You are dealing with a group where 4 there is no control. You would have to use the Uterikans 5 as control. 8 9 10 Alderson Reporting Company Washington, D. C. You don't know who the fathers are. 7 i MR, IMIRIE: Since 1945, . You could only use the control years because before that it was Japanese. DR. DUNHAM: And up to 1950 there was no penicillin to clear up the gonorrhea and keep the tubes open. CDR. CRONKITE: In terms of birth per unit of time 11 or anything like that, I think it would be meaningful, 12] because the Navy cured the gonorrhea, and all the women 13 are now fertile, as amply demonstrated. 14 DR. DUNHAM: Furthermore, the data in Japan 15 suggests that as far as live births and so on are concerned, 161 there are pretty good data on that. 17 large numbers of people studied both control and irradiated 18 population, and there is apparently no difference. 19 has been a general drop in birth rate in Hiroshima and 20 Nagasaki, but it is the same in the control population as 21 in the radiated. 22 af If properly induced. 3 6 | ARC DUNHAM: A lot of it where There This group which has undoubtedly received all of them, something less than 200 r, I don't think you 23 would expect fo find a thing on overall birth rate. #4 pointed out, it is not practical to do sperm counts and 76 that sort of thing. Mar yimy As Gene Genartrent oO ey Bye bets t Silos v2 en a “ . [or