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PRol4: Alan Gregg, Chairman, Bdvisory Committee for Biology and Medicine SUBJECT: €WORT OF MXXTIYG OF ADVISORY COM4ITW FOR BIOLOGY AND IIIEDICINE, APRIL 23-24, 1943, BERTCEI;EY, CALIFORIIA 1‘ A meeting of the Advisory Committee for Biology and Medfcine was held on April 23 and 24, at Berkeley, California. The Committee w a s pleased with the progress i n develoFing the fellowship program under the National Research Council and with the yrogress made i n establishing the four regional training centers. 3. The Committee considered the beryl lios is problem at length and recommended that a research program on t h e chronic form of the disease be undertaken at Tradeau Foundation under the guidance of Dr. A. J. beryllium hazard in industrr and feels that ever j effort should be made t o disseminate accurate infomation with regard t o the disease. The Committee also discussed the broad asyects of the ,- The Committee learned with interest of the progress i n organizing studies for M9 and stands ready t o give such assistance as it can i n the biological aspects of the problem. of discussion with Dr. E. 0. Lawrence regarding general aspects of The Committee had the benefit ee re af fim edits interest in planntng for the protection of populations i n the event of atonic disaster or attack. connection they reviewed the r q o r t of the Committee on Psychological Aq ect s in Radiation Hazards resulting from the conference held last It becomes apparent at once that this Committee has not yet considered the psychological aspects of atomic hazards as such but rather has been considering the impact of any major catastrophe i n large part. The recommendations of this Committee were reviewed. It concurred i n several, which are as follows : a@!$Preyaration of a series of booklets o r other suitable
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mate rids containing frank, factual information on the objectives and activities of the Atomic Energy Commission. This series should include a descriptive list o f Atomic Energy Conmission contractors and their -&SO Preparation of one or more basic primere on atomio energy for use by journaliets, radio broadcasters, librarians, educators and literate adults generally. The Committee was not in smathy nith the other recommendations as &! The program i n biology and medicine both i n Berkeley and S a Francisco was extensively reviewed with the cooperation of Drs. John H.Lawrence, Joseph 0. Hanilton and Robert S. Stone and their associates. It was the impression that a well-integratedprogram was being developd i n a comgetent and aggressive fashion. program it was felt that aince there was no Atomic Xnergy Commission National Laboratory on the West C o a s t , and since both University of California and the Medical School o f Leland StanfordOnlversity have ee res seda desire t o cooperate i n developing a research center for the study of the e f f e c t s of high energy radiation under the @dance of Dr. Stone, i t is recommended by the Committee t&t the Atomic Xnerm Commission provide Dr. Stone with a betatron and with suitable facilities for-experimentation as well as for utilizing the betatron In the treatment of humans. and Medicine I s implementing this program. In the study of Dr. Stonela -' It was understood that the Mvision of Biology L 7 The program of research at the University o f California (Lo8 Angeles), &6 under the guidance of Dr. Stafford Warren, xes reviewed. concurred i n the action of reducirlg the budget for this work d $ ? ~ ,OOO biology and medicine may be profit abl g developed here, probably entailing ~ FY 1949 and a l s o concurs i n the belief that a long range-progrm in
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a level o f e-qenditure of $1,125,000 annually. The resurvey of the i t has been zgcroved 'by the 9ivision of Biology and Medicirze. f The Committee feels that resurvep of the Bikini area and initial resiirvey of Eniwetok i s of great biological importance. It feels that Dr, L, R. Donaldson, o f the University of Washiwton, who carried on the Bikini resurvey last year, i s the proper nerson t o head up this ' It was learned with much satisfaction that the Isotope Division has encountered no difficulty in implementing the first phase of the free distribution of isotopes for cancer initiated on April 1. The Cornittee feels th t the provision of scientific exhibits for the meeting of the Bmerican Medical Association and for the Centenary of the Anerican Association for Advancement o f Science have very real advantages i n the woy of acquainting scientists of the non-military as?ects of the working commission and in reaching the grour, o f teachers who may be highly effective in influencing students t o enter the field o f atomic energy as related to the various s cie ntt fic disciplines. The Committee was disturbed at the verJ mate rfd expenditures envisaged by the Atonic Casualty Commission o f the National Research Council and also by the lack of cooperation evidenced by the AIXY and the Yavy i n this field,in view ofthe fact i t was these services that initially asked the Commission t o underwrite the investigation. representatives of the Atomic Casualty Commission t o be present at our next meeting and justify the proposed expenditures. The Committee was >leased to learn that the progrm i n biology and medicine i n Brookhaven seems t o be progressing on a more realistic basis and note with satisfaction the interest of Dr. Donald Van Slyke in this Alan Gregg, Chairman