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psychosocial! implications of nuclear war.
The study that has im-
pressed me most is one which I think might have been required read-
ing for this conference.
It is entitled Nuclear Disaster (Reference
50), by Tom Stonier, a rather unusual individual who, while he was
on the microbiology staff at the Rockefeller University, was encour-
aged by his associates in a small group called "The Scientists' Com-
mittee of New York" to make a review of the whole subject of nuclear
war and its social implications,
He came out with a report which
many of us were impressed with, although there are many aspects
that many of us didn't agree with. It was ultimately published. I
think he has attempted to analyze the effect of nuclear war in documentary fashion and he has considered all of the physical and biological factors that would enter into an evaluation of what the effect of
an all-out nuclear war would be.
FREMONT-SMITH:
It seems to me that during the time that he
was writing this there wae much more active interest and a good deal
of writing going on ard general activity about this. [I am wondering
what happened. Interest fell off, Did everybody concerned get tired
and frurtrated and give up because nobody seemed to be able to do
anything about it?
I don't know,
done anything more recently?
[haven't seen anything.
Has Stonier
EISENBUD: I don't believe so, I think you told me, didn't you,
Miss Root, that you had seen him last week?
ROOT: Yes. I saw him and he is just as interested but, this being a specific study on what would happen to New York City ifa
megaton-range bomb were dropped, he finished that project. [ don't
know whether he is writing another book, but he publishes articles
and arranges lectures.
EISENBUD: I know he hae done one thing which is very interesting.
He is now over in Manhattan College and is a professor in the Biology
Department.
He has established what he calls a ''pacem in terrem, "
peace on earth, institute.
1 don't know whether he's gotten the funda
for it, but he's attempting to devise a greater curriculurn toward
peace. He feels that by the time students leave Manhattan College
they should understand the implications of this, He's already held
one 3eday serninar where he invited a number of people to present
things to the undergraduates,
FREMONT-SMITH:
Sw he's still active in the area.
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