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STAFF NOTES NO, 109
May 8,
1957
1. Labor Laws. -- Noting the Administration's emphasis upon
State rather than Federal legislation, Labor reports that since
1953 every State and Territory has improved its labor laws, in
contrast to the preceding 20 years when the enactment of Federal
laws was emphasized. The trend is continuing in the States this
year in such fields as unemployment insurance, atomic energy
and radiation hazards, and workmen's compensation. (Adm, Conf.)
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2. Atomic Energy Notes, -- (a) Admiral Strauss reports that
the power reactor at Fort Belvoir which was dedicated April 29,
is now operating; it is the third to begin operating in 1957 and the
first fixed-price reactor built. (b) After Admiral Strauss wrote
to Chairman Durham of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
that it was preferable to pass indemnity legislation ( a bill indemnifying third parties in the event of a reactor accident) in present form
this session rather than delay to obtain ideal wording, Durham
succeeded in having the bill reported unanimously on May 2, and
AEC is content with it. (c) Commerce informs us that initial design
and feasibility studies by several firms on applying reactor systems
to merchant ships have been completed and are being evaluated by
AEC and Maritime officials. {Adm. Conf.)
3, International Atomic Exchanges.
(a) We shall inform the NAC tomorrow of our plans to
invite civil defense observers from NATO countries and Sweden to
observe the Nevada nuclear test on July 25. The invitations, to be
issued by FCDA, will suggest that observers include each country's
representative on the NATO Civil Defense Committee. <A press
release on invitations to foreign military and civil defense observers
and to news media representatives is scheduled for issuance here
late on May 10 for the May 1] newspapers. (C)
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