◆ SpookStack

co er ts ‘but they did ceem to help the nudlic realize that the lest word had not yet been’ act like citizens, * " GAFITOL SILL- By Banford Gotti ied fhe fallout hearings esrly in i'ay cenerated much confueion end little iieht, spoken. Yeightec hesvily with AEC witnesses, the herrirgs etill produced enough disagreement between scientists to leave the impression thet ve are only groping toward standards of raciation sefety,— , ooo The ADC declassified ana breuyht to the heprinzs enoush material to choke a regiment of cavalry. It countec on the AEC General Advieory Committee to deliver its clean bill a radiation health. The GAC dutifully reportec thet radistion from fallout amounts to less than 5 percent as much as men pets fron his netural enviroment, or from medical X-rays, Chairman Clinton Andereon of the Joint Atomic Energy Committee promptly blasted the report by pointing out that the Git dnesn't have a single biclogist, and took only 2} days to review ite cate. The New York Times gaid the report got a "mixed reception.* The critics,sald the Mmes, pointed out that "some scientists believe the addition of small amounts of radiation to that received from natural sourcee might be cancerous physiologically to some individuals, and second, that, as the Netional Acadeny of Science said three yerrs ago, all radiation is harmful geneticelly." Hearings on the effects of nuclecr var begin in Ju e before the Joint Committee. ; . Meanuhile, with very little publicity, Senator Humphrey's S.Res. 96 passed the Senate by unanimous consent April 30. This places the Senate on record for the first time as supporting the test-ban talks. Since the Senate must ratify any agreement to come from these talks, this first piece of supvort is hopeful, In a letter to the ilational Committee , Senator Eumphrey wrote: "This is to thank you and the National Committee For A Sane iuclear Policy for your Fuppo rt of S.Res. 96, It is profoundly encouraginz to me to know that this resolution received such an enthusiastic and affirmative response throughout the country..." On> unidentified Senator receive! 490 let:ers during a tw: weex period before passage of the resolution. ‘Congrasemen Chester Bowles, Henry Reuss, and Edwin Dooley have introduced companion bills in the House, It is interesting to note that Nerylanders rho wrote Senator John l. Butler about the resolution received a akeptical reply ~ mimeogrephed. “Secnuse of the quantity of mail I have received on this resolution,* he vrote, “it ie necereary for me to answer in this way in order to guarantee everyone oe prompt reply." Neither Butler nor any other Senator saw fit to vote against the resolution. PUBLIC WORRY OV2R FALLOUT REVEALED HES One member of the WCSIP recently proved that reside of Washington are acutely worried about the hazards of fallout. Mrs. S.3/flich, a erendmother, vas eble to obtain signatures on a petition to ond nucle? bomb testing from toree out of every four persons she eporcacned. Thienis something ef a record inr city where government workers and military personnel sometires feci it is dangerous to This reception was in marked contrast to the difficulties oncountered by the “Committee just 6 months sgo, when ws circulated ths *Gencyw Arpeas* petit:on. The. tee wer, .Je@nno. Aner had reassuring "Lig# names on it, such as 4.ber .*) osevelt, and Eextran eeeti. There is a mora® neré aomertare atuct the " - wapepiority of the cpoatsneosy and natural over vou piesned acd cancel. _b@ peiition, timed for Usthere Day ard strece.ng tao divu7rere et fallout, ° a 7 +e