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The thirty-sixth meeting of the iidvisory Committee f o r EiologJ and S&d.i.cine was held at their go nne N2tional Laboratory a d the Lrgonne Cancer Research Hospital on Fridzy and Saturday, Piarch 13 and 14, 1953. iitt endance Committee Piemberst Dr.iJan Gregg, Chairman Dr. Gioaccbino Fail la ibir. Beverly Thompson Dr. Austin Pi. Bues Visitors from LNL and rlrgonne Cancer Research Hospitals Division of 3iological and Piedical ilcseuch The Committee visited the new 3iology i3rues and his staff outlined the activities of the v&ious programs and the facilities of the lciboratories were inspected. Many cornfiendations were expressed
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3n the nuw building with its excellently plmned laboratories. t o thi: Comit tw th z t the 1aborP.tories ii?d becn planned with vision and that the fac ili tics will lond thernselves t o constructive rcsezrch. =&as of research wers discussed which included neutron toxicity, radium toxicity and other internal radbelement to xt city, chronic gama ray toxicity prograia has been planned and it will be initiated in afew months; in the meantime, a snall prokrun on soft X-ray effects on largo aniri~zlsis t o be cz r ried out. ik copy of the outline of activities under the Division of Etiological and Medical Research may be found i n Central Files of t h e Division of Biology and &idicinc.) It was apparcnt Dr, Zrucs explained thata &gome Cancer Rcsemch Hospital The meeting of the iL C3iwas convened at the Lrgonne Cancer Research Hospital a t 9200 idi. with the Chairman of the ComrrLttee presiding. the Division of Biological. Sciences, University of Chicago, welcomed thc Committee as the first official body that hzd visited the Hospital. fie spoke of the organization and described the activities of thi: four major divisions. Coggeshall statod that Dr, Jacobson, as Director, and Dr, Hasterlik, as ,issociato Director, will be responsible for the conduct of rescarch and the operational pl2.n of t h e Hospital. and 10, 1953 The Chairman prcsented the draft minutes of the thirty - fifth meeting held on Januwy 9 and 10, 1953, f o r consideration. seconded, the motion that tt s clinutes be 3pFroved subject t o review of any points
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that nay bc ra is cd by lc ttc r with Dr. Gughcr at a later date. The rno tim was Heport on -visit t o Eniwetok Dr. Bugher reviewed tho discussion that took place atthe Committce meeting held i n Janua-y conckrning thc: gos sibi lit y of establishing a marine biological field of study program a t Eniwetok. i n associztion with thc Office of Naval Research and the Pacific Science Eoard, took a committee o f outstanding marine biologists to Eniwetok s o they could see Iie stated that in view of that discussion Dr. Wilbur, i first hand and give an independent evaluztion of the proposed project. reported that the group revicwed the facilities that were presently available for a smll biological station and they also made a brief biological survey af two The possibilities for biological studies wre found t o be very good, ad particularly so for studies of ecological changes related to test activities, physical facilities on Perry Island are excellent, i.e., air-conditioned building (unoccupied), sca water can be made available, maintenance of buildings It xas stated by Dr, Wlbur that the and equipment presents no problems, boats are available with crews and maintenance, with living accommodations unusually good md an excellent mess for It was brouzht out that there are no facilities available for Dr. Wilbur advised further that if use i s nadc of the hil ding that is now available, it would have t o be released for the test activity program, o r €or a period of three or four months a year+ The visiting group felt this was a serious consideration, I n view of this situation
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thi: &C reprcsentativc st a timed at Eniwetok suggested that it wmld be s ~ o l lt o consider putting LI:]a small building for tke exclusive use Gfa biological station ad equipment. conditioning, would not exceed acost of @5,000. Personnel could utilize such a building throughout the It was estimated that such a building, including plumbing and air ,’dtsr afull discussion and in view of the many uroblems that would be encountered, the Committee stated that before I proceedin& with plans for ostabli’dhng a biological station at Eniwetok that it should be nscertainod t h e extent of interest o f biologists in having such a station mzde availzblc. indication of sci ents ic investigators who might wish t o undertake biological studies a t Eniwetok during the next year and ahalf. the Committee voted unanimously that Dr. &&her should interpret their feeling as one of real interest in the project and that lie s!im.ld feel complktely free t o SpecFfioally, the Committee would likt : to have an Following this discussion I formulate a plan o f procedure that will involve the eqpensc: and involve decisions i n point of .organization and report to the Committee at the next I;Ir. Bugher was of thc opinion thata very specific proposition which involves particular psople, particular programs, and cost est in at cs could be prepared and made available by the next meeting. Alist of Eniwetok facilities is attached Status of 1954 budget informative review of the status of the 1954 budget as it pertains to the LEX and p z rti cula rly to tb Division of 3i ology 2nd Piedicine, He told of the requirement D r , mgher provided the meeting with an
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that all construction nhich was not imincdietely required f,x the prosecution of t nb w xL < r a nitself had t o be susp5ndcd even though authorized; and thst cm struct ion m certain projocts, even though already under way, had t o be stopped pending the current revicw by the Weau of the Bdget. Committee that in view of the specific orders of curtailmcnt, the 1954 budget estimates da n o t contain any provisions for mjm construction. depicting the budget estimates, entitled f5!3ummary by Programs and Locations" for the fiscal years 1952, 1953 and 1954, were carefully studied, and they are included as part of the minutes. Dr. Warren commented that the summaries presented seemed likoa very " firm set of figures m d it also means, coming i n this form as far along inthe budget year as this, that there has been extraordinarily sound work done on the part of the staff, of the group i n Wmhington, t o get as nearly as possible a rock bottom figure," In further discussion on the programs, Dr. ?$earn stated: "1 think it would be too had t o l e t this go by without appreciation expressed on our part at least and a recognition of the fact that our two budget makers, 9r. Warren and Dr. Bughcr, have kept these figuros i n a realistic =ea, free from padding in t h e past. It has won the respect of t h e Eureau of thc Budget and therefore kings it up tothe present time i n such a next meet- i s t o be held a t Chalk River, Ontario, Canada, on May 8 m d 9, 1953..
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The Committee went irlto Ekecutive Sessian at 11:OO A.i.l., and the meeting adjourned z t 11230 L.I.i* for the purpost of inspectinc thc facilities of the .'irgonnS Cancor Rioscmch 3ospital and t G attend the op ning cercmnies. The Committee participated in the ueremonics opening thc- new cancer research facility, which isthe culmination of several years of hard work and intelligent plm ning of so rnmy people. The cunt rih tion made by the i dC in providing th;; funds for the Hospital dcsigned eqeci.dly for cancer research using radioactive materials opens :I new era of scientific approach and is a tru eI developmnt 3f t h e atomic azer D r . Jacobson conducted the Committee on an inspection of the facilities wU c his staff outlined tLkresearch programc l+ dedication luncheon was held atthe Goldblatt Wcrilorial Hospital with Dr.. Coggeshall acting as Chairman. Dr, Bugher introduced DE. Warren and said t h a t Dr. Warren wmld speak for Fir. 3ean and t h e SC, and that Dr. Gregg wuld speak forth z 1;CBi. Dr* Greggls remarks are attached as Lpptmdices ItB" and "CI. cerammies were concluded a t 3:OO P.1.i. Copies of Dr. Varrents and
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LIST OF EX!!LTOiC FLCILITIES Temperature and humidity controlled room; running sea water (Transite l i n e s ) and aquaria; dark rams and photogrqphic equipmcnt; constant tmperaturo baths; incubator; ccntriruge. No micr~scopes. Other equipmait depw-di.ns upon needs 142 hope that this will be provided bjr the Navy without charge. present there is daily transportation of personnel and equipment between San Francisco, Honolulu, Kwsjalcin, and Eniwetok. Available for transportation t o islands of Eniwetok atoll... Instrument shops and machine shops Services available throughout the year. These me very satisfactory. no charge for room. .!Io families o r female investigators permitted An excellent mess a t $10.50 per week, At least aVI clearance will be required, and +‘Qti clearance would be highly desirable as it wiJ-1 permit the individual to remain at Eniwetok during preparations for test activities. requires atleast one month and llQn atl cast three months for Librzry, sports, movies nightly,