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Monday, April 11, 19S3
Science Seeks Facts on Effects
Of Atomic Radiation on Mankind
Washington (U.PJ Science
set out today to establish, once
and for all, the facts about what
atomic radiation does to man,
animals, and plants.
The vast project was under
taken by the National Academy
of Sciences with the Rockefel
ler foundation's financial back
ing and the Atomic Energy com
mission's blessings.
It will be carried out by em
inent scientists who will try to
find out all that can be learn
ed about effects of A-bomb and
H-bomb explosions on living
things.
The study, an academy, spokes
man said, should disclose where
the truth lies between those who
preach atomic doom and those
who uncritically retort "non
sense."
Which Will Slay?
Among other things it ought,
he said, to liquidate the current
controversy over whether the
more than 75 nuclear test wea
pons already exploded have cast
a genetic blight on the race of
man which will manifest itself
generations hence in the form
of human defectives.
The study will last as long
as necessary. At its conclusion
the academy will report its find
ings to the public.
Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, acad
emy president, said the study
will be "a disappassionate and
objective effort to clarify the
issues which are of grave con
cern as well as great hope to
mankind."
Stated as starkly as possible,
the big issue appears to be
whether both man and the atom
are here to stay or just the
atom.
Bronk said the academy "will
appoint a committee of eminent
scientists and staff to deal with
the problem." The committee,
working with full access to data
accumulated by the AEC,- will
dig into "all phases of the bi
ological effects of the increas
ing use of atomic energy."
Object ires Listed
It will:
1. Collect and appraise av
ailable information on every
thing from H-bomb fallout to
contamination of the air by At
omic power plants.
2. Formulate any conclusions
warranted by this information,
whether they are reassuring or
frightening.
3. Identify problems which
urgently require further inves
tigations. 4. Get such investigations un
derway. In addition the committee will
catalogue what is known about
radition "therapy and protec
tion." AEC Chairman Lewis L.
Strauss, whose agency has beein
in the middle of a heated inter
national controversy 'over atom
ic effects, said of the study:
"No more timely service to
the world's people could be per
formed by American scholar
ship." The academy committee's
hardest job will be to. establish
the effect on human heredity of
nuclear radiation to date and the
probable genetic effects of fu
ture weapons tests, or of atomic
war.
The AEC is convinced its test
programs" will not seriously ef
fect the genetic constitution of
human beings." But it concedes
"there is a rather wide range
of admissible . opinion on this
subject."
A Nichol's Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That1
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Presi Fastaro WriHi
Washington (U.P.) Interest
ed in a cozy little summer place?
Your Uncle Sam has some for
sale surplus
lighthouses, 16
of t h e m, lo
cated along
the Atlantic
Coast.
The General
Services Ad
m i n istration
here is hand
ling the sales,
and wouldn't
be surprised if
harman fticnois the current of
fering was gobbled up as fast as
17 others that were put on the
block in the last five years. .
Inflation has hit the light
house market. For example, the
light station at . Wings - Neck,
Cape Cod, was built in 1849 for
$3215. It has been done over a
number of times since, and the
going-rate today is $13,738.
It Was Quite a Life
Much has been written about
the old keepers of lighthouses.
Some of the glimmers were a
mile out to sea. When summer
was around the keeper could
row home for a week end, if he
had an assistant. But in the chill
of winter, he packed a big lunch,
oared out in his dinty and for
the next few months saw more
of the waves than he did of his
wife. Sure, he could wig-wag
his missus a message, but that
wasn't as good as kissing her be
hind the ear at Yuletide.
Worse, the life of the keepers
was here today and maybe gone
tomorrow. Take the plight of one
John W. B. Thompson, assistant
keeper of the Cape Florida light
house in 1836.
The incident occurred on July
23 during the Seminole War.
After it was all over, according
to files in the Coast Guard head
quarters, Thompson made out
his official report. The Cape
Florida house was practically on
shore. He looked out the kitchen
window and saw a band of In
dians approaching, muskets and
bows and arrows at the ready.
Thompson and his helper ran to
bolt the door of the lighthouse.
The Indians Attack
"I had the key in the inside
lock," the keeper said, "when an
Indian had his hand on the out
side latch."
There followed many arrows
.and even more musket balls. All
Thompson and his man had were
three muskets. They fired two of
them- until they were hot and
then picked up the spare.
The helper finally was done
in and the keeper was wounded
"in several places." The Indians
fired, by accident, into tin tanks
of oil, 225 gallons of it, and soon
the inside of the lighthouse was
an inferno. Finally Thompson
made it to the top of the light
house and to escape cremation
climbed out on a two-foot ledge.
"I recommended my soul to
God," the keeper wrote in his
report. "I thought of jumping to
the rocks below, but decided not
to."
The Indians thought him dead,
went about plungering and steal-
Russian Experts
To See All on
Journey To Iowa
Editor's Note Any Soviet delega
tion bent on studying Iowa farming
would be permitted to see whatever it
wisbed. But the following dispatch in
dicates not all Iowans would be happy
to greet the Russians.
By ED DE MAR
United Press Correspondent
Des Moines, la. (U.P.) Gov.
Leo H. Hoegh said today that
Russian farm experts coming to
Iowa to learn "how the tall corn
grows" would be permitted to
see "just about anything they
want to" about American farm
methods.
But, Hoegh warned, the Sov
iet visitors wouldn't be greeted
"with a lot of fanfare."
Visit Good Idea
The governor said he thinks
the visit might be a good idea
because "when they are acquain
ted with us, that should erase
any suspicians and even any
hatred they might have for us."
But he's even more interest
ed in the other part of the ex
change proposal for Amer
icans to go to Russia.
"I'd like to be named to go
over there," he said. "And I'd
like to be able to appoint a few
people to come with me. I'd
straighten them out and sell
them on the United States."
Housewife Opposed
At Cedar Rapids, however, a
housewife Mrs. Joseph Vitek
who was arrested in her na
tive Czechoslovakia by Com
munists on trumped-up spy
charges, said she opposes the
suggestion to let Russians visit
Iowa. '
"If the millions of Russian
peasants were free to see our
way of life, I'd be for that,"
said Mrs. Vitek, who is a lec
turer against Communism.
"But I'm against showing our
secrets to a bunch of hand-picked
Communists. They won't tell
the people what they saw, any
way. "Besides, they couldn't use
our methods. Their climate Nand
machinery are different."
More than 500,000 children in
the U.S. suffer some form of
heart disease. ,
ing everything they could lay a
hand on. Then the Redmen went
away. The keeper cut off one leg
of his pants and waved for help.
Help finally came, and Thomp
son lived to tend another light.
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English Group Going To South America
To Rebuild World After Next Disaster
Hastings, England (U.R)
Those of you who worry about
the future of the human race
will be glad to know that "Sub
Group X" is almost ready to
move into the secret redoubt in
South America.
There it will ride out "the
second flood."
And after the rest of us are
washed away by the water, "Sub
Group X" will emerge and start
the tedious job of getting the
world on its feet again.
The Society of Metaphysicians
has been assembling "Sub Group
X" for about 10 years, ever since
the first atom bomb went off.
The World's End
Metaphysics is the study of
phenomena outside the realm of
orthodox science. John J. Wil
liamson, head of the society, and
his followers are away, way out
side. They claim that by using
special techniques they have
figured out that the world is due
for destruction either by a flood
exceeding Noah's, by radioactive
poisoning or by 'a combination of
disasters such as melting ice
caps, polluted atmosphere, uni
versal sterility.
Williamson, in fact, hints
darkly that he would not be sur
prised if the first flood, Noah's,
was caused by atomic and hy
drogen bomb experiments.
Secret Is Mental Energy
As head of the society's "so
cial community," W i 1 1 i a mson
has been charged with forming
"Sub Group X" and selecting the
spot to hide in.
"The secret of survival is
mental energy," he said, "and
the simple truth is that a ma
jority of people are incapable of
survival."
Williamson, who is 38 and an
electronics engineer most of the
time, said, he had found a few
people with the right amount of
mental energy. This "savior com
munity" is learning how to live
FONG TRIAL OPENS
Portland (U.R) The trial of
Wey Him Fong and his wife,
Sherry, for first degree murder
in connection with the death of
Diane Hank, 16-year-old high
school girl, opens here today.
The body of the girl was found
more than a year ago near Wa
shougal, Wash.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday; 1 a.m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 previous day.
with each other against the day
they leave for South America.
Williamson will not specify
the area because he says "Sub
Group X" needs room and he
doesn't want the place over
crowded. ,
TO OPEN BIDS
Salem (U.R) The State Board
of Higher Education and the
State Bond Commission were to
open bids today on a new 100
man dormitory for Oregon Col
lege of Education at Monmouth.
If bids are within available
funds, it is possible the build
ing might be ready for fall term.
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