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2-(Sec. II) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Fri.f Oct.' 19, '58 24 Scientists Ask Study of H-Tcst Effects dfeibsMs.aWstLA 340 Court Street . T. LOUIS Oct. II lV-Twenty- fruii. Wachincrtrtn TTnivwcitv cpiMi. tists, describing the outlook as alarming, today urged studies to . determine what effect continued "77Tr liydrogen bomb tests might have , The scientists issued a state lnent uying the most important decisions on the nation's atomic policy during the past 14 years nave been made "in a vaceum of public Information." . Tbey called for both parties to clearly state their positions on the issues raised by the proposal of Xdlai Stevenson, the Democratic presidential nominee, that Amer ica .take the lead In trying to ob tain an East-West agreement on tajting further H-bomb tests. CeMamlaate Feed .'The scientists, who said they we jpeaking as individuals, Mid tfhe: tests already have burdened (he, Vvper atmosphere with radio active materials which continue to fair on the earth, contaminate our food and become incorporated into human organs." , "There are at present insuf ficient data to permit an absolute conclusion on the danger in con tinued accumulation of such radio activity to ou selves and to future generations," the statement said. : The outlook is, however, alarm big. The situation calls for Inten sive scientific study and public discission." Vtodi.Be Detected ?; The scientists said technically Valuable test of a superbomb could not escape detection by seis mic; or radiological monitoring thus the problem of universal in spection, on which atomic disarma ment negotiations have stalled, piey said "could be safely circum vented in the case of auperveap ens. :" . V ! The Eisenhower administration h'ai taken the position any ban on the tests must be a part of a Comprehensive disarmament plan with- Adequate controls and safe guards. , , Top administration official have been, directed by President Eisen hower to draft a new reply to Stevenson's comments on the pos I'bility of ending H-bomb tests, the- President believes, his press secretary said yesterday, Steven Ion has made "incorrect state ment" on the subject. - Chancellor Ethan A. H. Shcpiey bf-Washington University, com menting on the statement,' said (he; institution has "a long tradk fidn of not intefering with the fights of its faculty members to express themselves as individual citizens." Net la PeliUes " ' ' "Tht- university itself, he said, fhas.not taken and will not take $ position on any matter of politi cal controversy." Amane the scientist who ilmnl the "statement was the -controver-: siaJDr. Edward U.' Condon, for mer director of the National Bik ' reait of Standards and now protes tor of physics and chairman of that department at the university. ,. Dr. Condon, subject of charges and countercharges since IMS, is Credited by some fellow scientists with shortening development of the H-bomb by one year. He is a former president of the American Assn. for the- Advancement of Science and of the American Phy , aical Society. ; ) Condon quit as director of re search and development for the Corning, N.Y., glass works in 1954 when he gave up an effort to win pal, security clearance on Navy contract. 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