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Show SENATOR BENNETT ON these tests, but as one who has sat through many hours of dis-cullion dis-cullion some of them secret on this subject, I can assure you thay in the rapidly developing field of atomic energy we cannot afford to stop our tests while the Russians Rus-sians continur theirs. If we do, we will quickly find ourselves in an inferior position, because testing test-ing is the key to superiority. If we ever fall substantially behind the Russians in nuclear know-how, it will be a dark day for the Free World. In summary, then, two points now seem to be clear: First, the tests to daye have not produced enough radioactivity fo justify the concern which some people have shown. Second, we must find a way to control future tests for peaceful as well as military purposes pur-poses under an adequate international internat-ional agreement by which the Soviet Sov-iet Union will be effectively bound . The achievement of such agreement agree-ment is not going to be easy, but we will keep working toward it simply because there is no akternative. Sooner or later, the need for such controls is going to be sufficiently apparent to the ' Soviet Union so that for their own welfare, as well as that of the rest of the world, the Russians will agree to the necessary limitations lim-itations on atomec explosions. 'Tis motive exalts the action. M. J. Preston "RADIO ACTIVE FALL OUT If you have been confused by the controversy over radioactive fallout, you are certainly not alone. Many Americans have notions abo.ut the seriousness of fallout which are fantastically exagerrat-ed. exagerrat-ed. Without minimizing the problem, prob-lem, I'd like to discuss some of the facts which have been brought to light recently about radiation. As a member of the Joint Committee Com-mittee on Atomic Energy I recently rec-ently have participated in a number num-ber of hearings on this subject, and have, had a chance to question ques-tion the nation's top experts in this field. And lam happy to report re-port that the experience has been, on the whole, most reassuring. One bright spot was the recent report of the AEC's General Ad-visary Ad-visary Committee, which showed that the effects of fallout to date have been greatly exaggerated. This report noted that "total body external radiation resulting from fallout to date, together with future fut-ure fallout in any part of the world from previous weapon tests is: (a) less than 5 as much as the average exposure to cosmic rays and other natural radiation, rad-iation, and (b) less than 5 of the estimated est-imated average radiation exposure of the American public to X-rays for medical purposes." The GAC report also noted that human beings have lived for many generations in parts of the world which have five times as much "background" radiation as is normal nor-mal to the U. S., and more than 100 times the average amount of radiation from fallout in the U. S. As for the internal effects of strontium-90, the committee reported re-ported that the amount of strontium-90 which has been found in food and water is less of a hazard haz-ard than the amount of radium normally present in public drinking drink-ing water supply in certain parts of the United States, and in public pub-lic use for many decades. The committee also found that AEC is releasing fallout information infor-mation promptly and completely, but the report did criticize the form of these reports as "not always readily understood," which may account for public confusion. The Radiation Subcommittee of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy also made a report which was generally encouraging. It also emphasized the exaggeration of the effects of bomb testing to daye. Both 6f these reports, however, indicated that while there is no cause for alarm at this time, there is no doubt that unrestricted unrestrict-ed testing in the furure could create cre-ate much greater hazards. That is why we have been trying so hard to work out a satisfactory agreement agree-ment with the Soviet Union during recent months in Geneva. We have presented one plan after another in an effort to wvercome the Soviet demand for a veto over inspection, but .thus far we have been unsuccessful. un-successful. Until we can get agreement, we cannot afford permanently to discontinue our own testing program, pro-gram, although we have suspended tests for one year, until November, 1959. Many people find it difficult to understand the importance of |