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(1) Dr. John 7.. bwers, who has been acting as Assistant to the Director, as well a8 Chief of the Medical Branch, has been appointed Deputy Director of the Division of Biology and &&cine, effective January 23, 1949. He was fonnerly a biochemist I Medicine as Assistant Chief, Medical E3ranch. and radiochemist atthe Radiation Laboratory, University of Call f om semd rrlth the Anny Ordaanee DepaF.tment with the rank of Yajar. (3) Mr. John H. Simom, formerly associatad w i t h Lever &os. as an advertising expert, has been appointed a consultant t0 the Md sion of Biology and Medicine 'for the purpose of stutylng ways and means of presenting Infomation to the general public in relation t o civilian defense Medicine f r o m the Division of Organization and Persomel. Dr. Shields Xarren delivered several addresses during the month of January. H e spoke on January 17 before a group of medical students atthe addressed the Cancer Seminar of the University of Pennsylvania Ye d ical School an "The F&adiosensltixLty of Nomal and Neoplaatlc 2Y.ssuen. Be talked before ths Chicago Medical Society on wPathogenesis of Radiation Injurp on Janaa~y Dr. John Sarrera -sed the Amarican Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. address on Jam~ary26 Ware the Seminar a t the M vers l ty of ky land School He delivered an I Dr. Janes Jamen gave an informal t.uC on January 26 before members of the Fertilizer Industry atthe Department of Agriculture in Mashington on Far till ser Research and Atcmic Energy. livered an addrear on "The 2iolagica.l Effects of Radiationn at the Ilr, Eernard Wolf, Medical Director, New Pork Cperatlons Office, del-, on Radiological Safe* held by the New Pork State Bureau of Favirormrental E A meeting rras held a t Rochester on January 12 and 13 of laboratory
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turd Deal attended. January 12 and Januarp 13 was spent Fr: cllscusring research in k i o l o g . and nec cine or health physics in relation to waste disposal and particle The Rochester sbff reviewed their research program or, The Ca1tmi88ioaers vl rite d the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Jmuary 21, ln8pectlng all of the frcllitier Including the new reactor, The m x m l prcwlsim of $2,m,ooO for the Rlology ud Medicine year coMi8tibg of 100 Postlkctorala in Medicine, 50 Post-Doctorala in 8 fellomMp level of 350 neu awards each There have been 102 fellmhlpa awarded t o tMs date and it is hope0 t o approldmately triple the nmber of awards dpring the remainder of this
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can probably be accomplished. The increasing nunber of applications indicates that this fith Oak Ridge Operatiom Office t o be included on the foreign distribution list for free Isotopes. Eynld md Colombia, South America, have completed aFI.angemcnts ~n investigation is being made by Colonel Elbert Decoursey, USA, and prof. N. L. Brmam, of the hazards connected w l t h the AEC's llashington Building in the event of an a i r burst of UI atOrnic baapb. Blast, fire and radiation effects are being studied. One suggestion is t h a t the bullding does not provide sufficient cover (i.e.,concrete thicknes8), t o afford f'dl protection against death fran radiation, that alteration8 to provlde this pte c tion are -practicable, and that the building should be abmdoned in the event of an finpending war. A fonml report is t o be submitted t o the The GeneralYanager advised the Director of the Division of Biology and Ye dic ix ~that the Cadssion recogrrizea that the responsibility for the waste d i ~ p a lproblau Xes jointly with the Mrlsion of Engineew and and Medicine and the Mvlsian of Engbeering prepare in outline fom a stateties concsraing the waste disposal problem. collaboration and reaulting agreement to affect canbined sponsorship as to the speciryc agenda and papem contanplated for the hUc Health Sdnm on January 24 and 25. technical paper which has been for sane time scheduled for presentation to define more sped.f%c.llythedr present and proposed activi- "TbS most innahdiate action required under the &ore will be fhe same Another immediate action wlll be that concerning tb The Uvisian of Biology and Yediclne cooperated wit21 the Divlsian of r LFagheering in ppariag a program fora Sednar which uaa held in ? bera of varioua-sanitary enginetring and water uorb orgardzationa d t h the i ,, psoce ~ l sand tsafeguerds aa well as iape of the problema irrvolved in the. dispel of rrcttoactive wastes. 1 their desires for more inionnation about our problems and also their will - ingness to be of wsistance to the Carmission in the solution of waste The purpose of the Seninar waa t o acquaint the memThe pmona attending the meeting exprewed
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Dr. Warren addressed the Saainar on ltiealth Problems in Atomic ~rranganentshave been completed r i t h the Wrreau of Plant Industry, Soils and Agricultural Engineering, of the U, S, Deprtaent of Bgriculture t o undertake a research project deal lng with ths badc aspect8 of radioactive mateFiaI.8 and their application to the study of soils and plant nutfition. Under the terms of the agrement, the Caundssion nil1 provide funds for the construction of a facility to include a hsadhwe, greenhouse, controlled tmperature and moisture chambers and lyeimetetr Ganks for this renoarch. The contract wao placed In operation 88 of December 1 and building specifkations and plan6 are at pe sent being dram up, The Applied Mo-phYsic8 Branch has abked for camnnnts fran the area reporting radiation axposurer at tbe mrioua AEC installatiom, The purpose of such a proposal is to develop and maintain pertinent information on radAation expome for future correlation ~ 5 t hmedical data. This long-rarige Scientific experbent can be visualized as a necessity for reviewing such recordrr over the next f i f t y years. A brief summary has been requested of present infoxmation available, haw recorda are maintained and copiea of variaus data and reports fonn8, A report will be made ata later date,