-~ 19 - OFFICIALUSE ONLY Status Revert on Genetic Confcrence ee ere en 20, 1955. Dr, Emerson gave a status report on the Genetic Conference held at Harwell on September 19 anc He saic that it had been sct up by the British Atomic Enorsy Authority anc it was made up largely of geneticists from the United Kingcom, 5 fromthe United States, 1 from Sweden and 2 from He reported on the ad hoe Committee which mct in Washington at the AEG on Octobcr 27, 1955, to discuss the desirability of cxpanding the gecnctZ@®work with mice and where was the best place to have this work carricd ovt. He said that the pancl did feel that this work on mousc genetics should be expanded in order to get pertinent information in e shorter length of time and that the best place to make this cxpanzion end have the work done was with Dr. Wm, Russcll in Oak Ridgc. The cost of expinding the genctics program was thoroughly discussed. In this connecticn Dr. Dunham steted that he had presented this problem to the Commission ard that they had indicated to the General Manager that the problem should rcceive a high priority. Therefore, in all prooability funds will be made available in the near future to re-: model the present facilities at Oak Ridee to take care of the expansion in the mouse genctic program, Dr. Failla in summarizing the discussion stated that he thought it would be wisc not to cxtend te program too far until reports have becn received from the National Academy of Sciences Committec. OFFICIAL USE ONLY aAAA em.