- 2 - OFFICIAL USE ONLY Staff of AEC Mr. Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman Mr, Thomas E. Murray, Commissioner Mr, A. Tammaro Cdr. John Crawford Mr. Richard Hallinan Mr, John Hall Mr, Frederick Hobbs Mr. Ralph Strom Mr. W. K, Davis Mr, Herbert Hoffman Mr, Duncan Clark Mr, William H. Berman — NYOO Mr. Merril Eisenbud ORINS Dr, William Pollard Wednesday, November 30, 1955 9:00 A.M, The Chairman convened the meeting and stated that the Committee was fortunate indeed in having Mr. Strauss with them and he asked Mr. Strauss to make a few opening remarks. Mr, Strauss said that he was particularly happy to be present on the occasion of Dr. Dunham's first meeting in his capacity as Director of the Division. He stated that the Division is uniove in that it has had but three Directors, Dr. Warren, Dr, Bugher, and Dr. Dunham and all three are attending this series of meetings, During his remarks he spoke of his recent trip on the "Nautilus" and of the future use of fissionable material for the propulsion of ships. Review of Research rogram Dr, Shilling opened the discussion by speaking of the vastness of the research program in the biological and medical fields and specifically referred to eight different items as samples of areas of interest. He asked Mr. Stanwood to speak on the distribution OFFICIAL USE ONLY