On November 17 the Committee meeting convened at 9:00 a.m. with Dr. G. Failla presiding. The following persons were present: ADVISORY COMMITTEE Dr. G. Failla, Chairman Dr. Shields Warren, Vice Chairman Dr. Simeon T. Cantril Dr. John Bugher Dr. H. Bentley Glass Dr. Charles H. Burnett Mr. Hanson Blatz, Scientific Secretary STAFF, DIVISION OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE Dr. Charles L. Dunham Dr. Gordon M. Dunning Dr. Forrest Western Mr. Howard C. Brown, Jr. Dr. Paul B. Pearson Dr. Allyn Seymour Dr. Charles W. Shilling Dr. Sterling Emerson Dr. Harry D. Bruner Mr. Robert L. Butenhoff Miss Kathryn Weichold Mrs. Frances R. Montgomery, Secretary OTHER, AEC Mr. Merril Eisenbud, NYOO Dr. S. Allan Lough, NYOO Mr. Emery L. Van Horn, Brookhaven Area STAFF, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY Dr. Leland J. Haworth, Director Mr. Gerald F. Tape Dr. Robert A. Conard, Jr. Mrs. G. Failla, Columbia University Dr. Howard J. Curtis Dr. Frederick P. Cowan Dr. J. B. H. Kuper