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PHYSICS and SOCIETY THE ~E~SL£TTER OF THE FORUM ON PHYSICS AND SOCIETY. PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY. 335 EAST 45TH ST •• NE~ YORK. NY 10011

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FORUM OFFICERS AND EXECuTIVE COMMITTEE ••••••••••••••••• 2 A FAREwELL ANO A LOOK BACKWARDS. MARTIN L. PERL •••••••• 3 STATEMENT BY THE NEw CHAIRPERSON. BRIAN SCHwARTZ ••••••• 4 ~QRUM SESSIONS AT THE APRIL (MAY) wASHINGTON APS MEETING ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5 FORUM AWARDS AT TME WASHINGTON APS MEETING •••••••••••••6 FUTURE FORUM SESSIONS ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••6 ~OMINATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR FORUM AWARDS •••••••••••• 6 AAAS RESOLUTION ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••1 ACDA OPENINGS •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 APS COUNCIL REPORT. EARL CALLEN ••••••••••••••••••••••••1 PQPA REPORT. W. COLGLAZIER. M. MORAVCSIK. L. ROSEN ••••• 9 LETTER TO THE EDITOR. VLADISLAV BEVC •••••••••••••••••• ll A IS FOR ATOM. B IS FOR 80MB. DIETRICH SCHQOEER ••••••• 11

PHYSICS AND SOCIETY EDITOR: JOHN COMMUNITY: ON THE RELATIONS OF DOWLING PHYSICS AND THE PHYSICS COMMUNITY TO GOVERNMENT A~D TO SOCIETY. AND THE PHYSICS AND SOCIETY IS A SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF OUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE FORUM ON SCIENTISTS. CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE PHYSICS AND SOCIETY. A DIVISION OF SENT TO THE EDITOR: JOHN DOwLING. THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY. THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT. ~ANSFIELO STATE NEwSLETTER IS DISTRIBUTED FREE TO COLLEGE. MANSFIELD. PA 16933. MEMBERS OF THE FORUM. IT PRESENTS 117-662-4275. NEWS OF THE FORUM AND OF THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY AND PHYSICS AND SOCIETY IS ALSO PROVIDES A ~EDIUM FOR FORUM MEMBERS DISTRIBUTED FREE TO PHYSICS TO EXCHANGE IDEAS. PHYSICS AND LIBRARIES UPON REQUEST. SUCH SOCIETY ALSO PRESENTS ARTICLES AND REOUESTS AND PECUESTS FOR OTHEP LETTERS ON THE SCIENTIFIC AND INFORMATION SHOULD BE SE~T to THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE PHYSICS EDITOR.

Forum on Physics &'Society BULK RATE U. s. POSTAGE Physics Depa rtment PAID Mansfield State College Mansfield, Pa. Permit No. 3 Mansfield, Pa. 16933 E!ducational Non-Proflt **** E K H ~ ~ PIS 0 ~4 D~FT PHYSIcs/aSTRONOMY 3RIGHA~ Y~0~G ~NIVEqSITY PQOVO UT (140;2. P~YSICS A~D SOCIETy, VOLU~E 9. NUMBER 1 APRIL.196u PAGE 2

~E~BEQSHIP IN THE FORUM ON PHYS!CS AND SOCIETY: A~Y APS ~EMBER MAY JOIN THE FORUM SI~oLY BY wRITING T~E FORU~ SECRETARY-TREASURER, DIETRICH SCHROEER. JEPT. OF PHYSICS & ASTRONO~Y. U. OF NORTH CAROLINA. CHAPEL HILL, NC 27514, THERE AQ~ NO FORU~ DuEs FOR APS ME~BE~S THIS YEAR. ------

~ORUM O~ PHYSICS AND SOCIETy: OFFICERS AND ExECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR 1980

C~AIRPERSON: CAMBRIDGE. MA 02138 (&17'-491-1850 BRIAN 3. SCHwARTZ '-81' SCHOOL OF SCIENCE FRANCIS Law, APS COUNCIL BROOKLY~ COLLEGE (CUNY) DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS BQOOKLY~. NY 11210 MASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECH. (212)-780-5&87 CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139 (&17)-253-3713 VICE-CHAIqpERSON & PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRoEqSO~: PAUL C. MAxwELL ('82. COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY KE~~ET~ w. FORO, ,'82) U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDE~T, NEw ~EXICO WASHI~GTO~, DC 2051S INSTITUTE OF ~INING AND TECHNOLOGY SOCCOq~O, N~ 87801 LEO SARTORI t'81' (5051-B35-5508 U.S. ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMA~E~T AGENCY SECRETAQY-T~EASUR(R 32C 21ST STREET, Nw wASHINGTO~, DC 2C451 DIET~ICH SCHROEER 4'82J (2D2)-&32-7qQ8 DEPART~ENT OF P~YSICS & ASTRONOMY UNIVERSITy OF NORTH CAROLINA MARY L. SHOAF (PAST CHAI~PEPSON' CHAPEL HILL. ~C 27514 P.O. BOX ~51 (919)-933-3019 P~INCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LAB PPINCETON, NJ 08540 EXECUTIvE COMMITTEE: t&OQ'-&83-Z&lS

ROBERT N. CAHN (·82) ~ARY BETH STEARNS, APS COU~CIL LAWQENCE-BERKELEY LABORATORY FORD RESEARCH STAFF BERK~LEY, CA 94720 FORO ~OTOR COMPANY 4415J-ij8&-449C DEARBORN. MI _6l21 (313J-323-1714 EDwARD GEQJUOY "81) DEPART~ENT OF PHYSICS OTHER FORUM POSITIONS: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PITTSBu~GH. PA t52&0 ~OHN DOwLI~G. NEwSLETTER EDITOR (412'-&24-4358 DEPARTMENT Of PHYSICS MANSFIELD STATE COLLEGE KRISTL HATHAWAY ('81) MANSFIELD. PA 16933 PHYSICS DEPARTMENT (717'-&&2-4275 AMEqICAN UNIVERSITY wASHI~STON, DC 20jl& JOHN PARMENTOLA, CIFS (202)-b8&-2542 REPRESENTATIVE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS PAUL HORwITZ (PAST CHAIQPERSON) MASSACHUSETTS INST. OF TECHNOLOGY. BOLT. 3ERANEK & NEWMAN CAMBRIDGE. MA 02139 lC MOULTO~ STqEET '&17)-253-5349 P~YSICS A~D SOCIETY. VOLuME 9. ~UMBER 1 APRIL.1980 PAGE 3

STIMULATING AND SUPPORTING THf "A FA~EwELL AND A LOOK 8ACK~APDS" BY INTERESTS OF PHYSICISTS IN THOSE THE PQEVIOUS EDITOQ OF ~HYSICS AND ISSuES .. SOCIETY ~A~TIN L. PEQL. SLAC. STANFOQD. CA 943Cl wE HAVE TRIED TO DO T~[ SAME THING IN ARMS CONTROL: BUT IN THIS THIS ISSU~ OF PHYSZCS AND AREA ~E HAVE FAILED. AS HAS EVERYONE SOCIETy HAS A NEw E:ITC~. JOHN ELSE.. THE OEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOWLI~G. AFTE~ EIGHT YF0K~ AS BUDGET wILL SOON BE RISING; THE EC), IT 0 q I F EL TIT 'ri AS T!!>! E TOP ASS ~UCLEAR wEAPON SYSTE~S OF TEN YEARS T~IS ~E~SLETTEQ C~ TO rT~E~S. I A~ AGO STILL EXIST; AND NE~ NUCLEAR v:~Y ~L:~S[J T: ~ASS T~' E=ITCRSHIP ~EAPON SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED. C~ Te pCO~E~5C~ DO'riLI~:: ~y VERY I ~AS MORE HOPEFUL ABOUT ARMS B~ST ~IS~~S TO HIM FOR THE SUCCESS CONTROL TEN YfARS AGO. OF PHYSICS AND SOCIETY. CERTAINLY THE MOST UNHAPPY AS I THOUGHT ABOUT _RITING THIS COHPARISO~ wITH TEN YEARS AGO IS IN LAST E~ITO~IAL I BEGAN TO COMPARE OUR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. THEN OUR VITAL THE PQESE~T wITH TEN yEARS AGO wHEN NATIONAL INTEREST WAS IN THE DEFENSE w~ FIQST FOUNDED THE FORUM ON OF SOUTH VIETNAM AGAINST THE P~YSICS AND SOCIETY AND BEGAN TO COMBINED DRIVE OF CHINA A~D NORTH THINK A30UT THIS NEwSLETTER. I VIETNAM TO MAKE SOUTHEAST ASIA A .OULD LI~E TO SHARE THIS COMPARISON CO~MUNIST MONOLITH. TODAy OUR VITAL .ITH Y~U. I wONDER IF YOUR NATIONAL INTEREST IS THE PERSIAN COMPAQISON wILL BE VERY DIFFERENT. GULF. THERE IS EVEN A NE~ DOMINO THEORY: FIRST AFGHANISTAN. THEN IN THE PAST TEN YEARS THERE IRAN. THEN THE SHEIKDOMS OF THE HAVE BEE~ TWO ~AJOQ CHANGES IN THE PERSIA GULF AND SAuDI ARABIA. THEN AREAS .ITH .HICH PHYSICS AND SOCIETY IRAO. SYRIA ••• A~D THE FORUM ON PHYSICS AND SOCIETY HAS BEEN CONCERNED. FIRST. THE APS ~HAT HAPPENED TO OUR VITAL HAS FINALLY BECOME CO~FORTABLE wITH NATIONAL INTEREST IN ASIA OF TEN THE CONCEPT THAT IT SHOULD BE YEARS AGO? DURING THOSE TEN YEARS INVOLVED wITH PHYSICS AND SOCIETy CHINA AND vIETNAM HAVE HAD A BORDER ISSUES SUCH AS THE ENVIRONMENT. ARMS ~AR. AND CHINA. THE ~OST POPULOUS CONTROL. AND THE ECONOMIC wELFARE OF COM~UNIST COUNTRY. BECAME FI~ST OUR PHYSICISTS. SECOND. THE ECONOMIC CULTURAL ALLY. THEN OUR POLITICAL AND CAREER SITUATION FOR YOUNG ALLY. AND ~ILL SOON PROBABLY BE OUR PHYSICISTS HAS IMPROVED; MOSTLY MILITARY ALLY. THER~ IS A LESSON BECAUSE STUDE~TS HAVE 8ECO~E AWARE HERE BUT IT SEEMS TO BE TOO OF THE ECO~OMIC AND CAREER REALITIES oescuRE TO BE WIDELY RECOGNIZED. IN PHYSICS. I AM PLEASED THAT UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT A TEXTBOOK PHYSICS AND SOCIETy PLAYED A PART IN EXERCISE FOR THE STUOENT. MILITARY ACHIEVI~S THESE CHANGES. BUDGETS ARE RISING. THERE IS SERIOUS TALK OF A NEw DRAFT. AND EVEN THE DURING THE PA~T TEN YEARS THERE MILDEST ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENT IS HAS BEEN lNCREASING INTEREST IN THE STALEMATED. E~vIRON~ENT BY THE A~ERICAN PEOPLE AND By OuR LOCAL. STATE. AND FEDE~AL PERHAPS THE UNCONSCIOUS REASON GOVER~M~~TS: ALTHOUGH ENERGY FOR MY PASSING ON THE EDITORSHIP IS PQOBLE~S AR~ CERTAI~LY BEGINNING TO THAT I DON·T FEEL I CAN REVERSE THAT TREND. PHYSICS AND ENERGETICALLY BEGIN AGAIN wITH THE SOCIETy A~D THE ~OqUM HAVE ARGUMENTS AND ISSUES OF TEN YEARS CONTRt3UTED INDIRECTLY TO THE AGO. IT IS TIME FOR NEw ~NERGY TO EDUCATIO~ O~ THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC Bf PUT INTO PHYSICS AND SOCIEIY. OFFICIALS O~ ENVIRO~MENTAL ISSuES BY APRIL.1980 PAGE 5

CASPER (CARLETON COLLEGE). THE FORUM ALWAYS HAS ~EEO FOR DlvISIO~AL COUNCILLOR. wITH ROBERT INCREASED MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVE ~. CAH~ «U~lvE~SITY O~ CALIFORNIA. PARTICIPANTS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DAVIS) A~D PAUL ~AxwELL (U.S. HOUSE .~ITE TO ~E TO VOLUNTEER YOUR IDEAS CO~~ITTE£ O~ SCIENCE t TECHNOLOGY) AND SERVICE. I wOULD ESPECIALLY ARE THE ~E~ MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIvE LIKE TO INVITE THE NE. YOUNGER COMMITTEE. THE QUALITY OF THE MEMBERS OF APS TO JOIN THE FORUM AND CANDIDAT£S wHO ~ON THE ELECTION AS PARTICIPATE IN DEvELOPI~G NEW wELL AS THOSE WHO RAN wAS INITIATIvES FOR THE FUTURE. OUTSTA~aI~G. THE FO~Uw NEwSLETTER wHICH ~AS EDITED BY ~ARTY PERL. • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• «SLAC) SI~C£ ITS INCEPTION _ILL HAVE A NE. ESITO~ JOHN DOwLING «MANSFIELD WASHINGTON APS SESSIONS: SUBMITTiD STATE COLLE~E). BY BRIAN SCHwARTZ

WHILE THERE IS MUCH TO BE PROuD SESSION: "~RMS CONTROL ANO NE. OF I~ TERMS OF THE FORUM·S WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY". TUESDAY. 29 ACHIEvE~£~TS I~ THE 197CS. THIS NEXT APRIL 1980 9:30 ~.M •• CHAI~PERSONS: DECADE IS STARTING OFF wITH MANY NEW LEO SARTORI. PHYSICAL SCI~~CE AND CONCE~~S AS wELL AS UNRESOLVED vlGDOR TEPLITZ. PHYSICAL SCIENCE ISSUES. FOREMOST IS THE ISSUE OF OFFICER U.S. ARMS CONT~Ol AND ~Ew .EAPO~S DEVELOPMENT. ARMS DISARMAMENT AGENCY. CONTROL AND THE INSTABILITY OF THIS ~UCLEAR AGE. EVENTS IN THE PERSIAN 1. "NEw wEAPONS TECHNOLOGY-. DR. GULF AREA ARE RE-ESTABLISHING THE SEY~OUR L. ZEIBERG. DEPUTY ~OOD OF THE COLO WA~ AND RAPID UNDfRSECRETAR~ OF DEFENSE FOR INCREASES IN MILITARY EXPENDITURES. RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING (STRATEGIC ONCE A~AIN THE MILITARY AND AND SPACE SYSTEMS). UNIVERSITY ARE EXAMINING THEIR qELATIO~S~IP FOR THE SUPPORT OF 2. "SALT". U.S. GOvERNMENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. THE ENERGY OFFICIAL fTO BE ANNOUNCED). PROBLE~ SEEMS CHRONIC AND NOT A~ENASLE TO SI~PLE TEC~NOLOGICAL OR 3. "NEAR TER~ NEEDS AND PROSPECTS POLITICAL SOLUTIONS. THE ENERGY FOR ARMS CONTROL". DONALD G. ISSuE U~DEQMINES THE ECONOMIC AND BRENNAN. DIRECTOR OF NATIO~AL POLITICAL STABILITY OF THE WORLD AND SECURITY STUDIES. HUDSON INSTITUTE. ~AMES AR~S CONTROL EVEN MORE URGENT. wHILE INDUSTQIAL EMPLOYMENT FOR ~. "CAN ARMS CONTROL HALT THE ARMS SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS IS AGAIN RACE?" BERNARD FELO. M.I.T. REACHING A CYCLIC HIGH. EMPLOYMENT PQOSPECTS AT UNIVERSITIES ARE QUITE SESSION: "80q~ CL~SSIFIED". SLEAK. THE DOwNTURN IN THE NUMBER wEDNESDAY 30 AP~IL 1960. 9:3C OF COLLE~E AGE STUDENTS WILL HAVE A A.M •• CHAIRPERSON: EARL CALLEN. THE ~A~OR EFFECT ON THE VIGOR OF AMERICAN UNIV~RSITY. UNIVERSITY EMPLO~~ENT AND SCIENTIFIC qESEARCH. AN AGING HIGHLY TENURED 1. -THE P~OGRESSIVE CASE: FACULTy wILL BRING THREATS TO PENALIZING THE DISCLOSU~E OF COLLEGES· CUALITY AND INTEGRITY. RESTRICTED MATE~IAL.M HONOR'BLE PAUL EQUAL ACCESS TO SCIENCE EDUCATION N. MCCLOSKEY. ~R •• CONGRESS~AN FROM AND OPPORTUNITY FO~ MINORITIES AND CALIFORNIA. wOMEN ARE STILL IMPORTANT AND UNACHIEvED GOALS. ON THESE AND z. "THE PROGRESSIVE CASE: THE CASE OTHER ISSUES. THE FORUM WILL INFORM AGAINST THE GOVERN~ENT." BRUCE THE PHYSICS CO~MUNITY AS WELL AS THE ENNIS. LEGAL DIRECTOR. AMERICAN SOCIETY AT LARGE ABOUT THE ISSUES CIvIL LIBERTIES UNION AND CHIEF A~O POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. DEFENSE COUNS~L FOR THE pqOGRESSIvE PHYSICS AND SOCIETy. VOLu~E 9, NUMAER 1 APRIL,198C

t197b). MATTHEw MESELSO~ '1978}. SHER.OOD PO~LAND (1979), A~D SID~EY 3. "SECQECv AND PU8LIC POLICY DRELL (1980). THE PREVIOUS ISSUES RELATED TO NuCLEAR POwER." RECIPIE~TS OF THf FORUM AWARD APE: THO~AS B. COCHRAN. NATIONAL RALPH LAPP C197~I, SCIENCE ~£.S AND RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, COMMENTS STAFF (1975), HEReERT YOR~ .ASHINGTO~. DC. '197&1. FRAN~ VON HIPPEL A~D JOEL PRIMACK '1917». THEODOR~ TAYLOR 4. "THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGE~CY l19781, JEREMy STONE (1919), AND AND "ILITARY SECRECY.» MORTON wILLIAM SHURCLIFF 119801. THE HALPEQIN. CE~TER FOR NATIONAL PURPOSE AND GUIDELINES FOR THE TwO SECURITY STUDIES. AwARDS ARE GIVEN 8ELOw.

SESSION: FORU~ AwAPD SESSION, LEO SZILARD AWARD FOR PHYSICS IN THE TUESDAY, 29 APRIL 1980, 7:3C P.M" PUSLIC INTEQEST: TO RECOGNIZE CHAIRPEQSON: PAUL HOROwITZ (BOLT, OUTSTANDING ACCO~PLISHMENT BY A BARANE~ AND N~~MA~) PHYSICIST IN PROMOTING THE USE OF PHYSICS FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY 1. PRESENTATION OF THE 198C LEO IN SU:H AREAS AS THE ENVI~ONMENT. SZILARD AWARD FOR PHYSICS IN THE ARMS CONTROL. ANJ SCIENCE POLICY. PUBLIC I~TEREST TO SIDNEy DRELL. THE AwARD CONSISTS OF s2Sa AND A CERTIFICATE CITING THE CONTRIBUTIONS 2. "NATIONAL SECURITY AND ARMS OF THE RECIPIENT. THIS ANNUAL AWARD CONTROL", DR. SIDNEy DRELL, OEPUTY IS 8EING ESTABLISHED AND SUPPORTED DIRECTOR. STANFORD LINEAR Sy THE FORUM ON .PHYSICS AND SOCEITY ACCELERATOR AS A MEMORIJL TO LEO SZILARD IN RECOGNITION OF HIS CONCERN FOR THE 3. P~ESE~TATION OF THE FORUM AWARD SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF SCIENCE. ANY FOR PRO~OTING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING LIVING PHYSICIST IS ELIGIBLE. THE OF THE RELATION OF PHYSItS TO RECIPIENT .ILL BE CHOSEN BY THE SOCIETY TO .ILLIA~ A. SHURCLIFF. EXECUTIVE COM~ITTEE OF THE FORUM ON PHYSICS AND 50CIETY. ~. "PRO~OTING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING: THE SO~IC 300~: SOLAR ENERGY". DR. APS FORUM A~A~D FOR PROMOTI~G PUBLIC wILLIAM A. SHURCLIFF. HONORARy UNDERSTANDING OF THE R~LATION OF RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, HARVARD PHYSICS TO SOCIETY: TO QECOGNIZE UNIVERSITY. OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE ENDEAVOR TO PROMOTE PUBLIC •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES I~VOLvING THE INTERFACE BETwEEN PHYSICS AND FUTURE FQRU" SESSIONS: PLEASE SUBMIT SOCIETY. THE AWAPD CONSISTS OF S2SC SUGGESTIO~S FOR FUTURE FORU~ AND A CERTI~ICATE CITING THE SESSIONS TO THE NEw PROGRAM CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE RFCIPIENT. CHAIRPEQSON, KEN FORD, PRESIDENT. THIS ANNUAL A.ARD IS BEING NE~ MEXICO I~STITUTE OF MINING t ESTABLISHED AND SUPPORTED 8V THE TECHNOL03Y, SOCCO~RO, NM 87801. FORUM ON PHYSICS AND SOCIETV. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION. _ITHIN •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• THE PAST TwO yEaRS A PERSON MUST HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS NO~INATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR TO THE PUSLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE 1981 SZILARD AND FORUM AWARDS SCIENCE AND SOCIETy ISSUES THROUGH SHOULD BE SENT BEFORE APRIL 20 TO SUCH MEANS AS NEwSPAPER OR ~OURNAL BRIAN SCHWARTZ. THE PREVIOUS ARTICLES. BOOKS, FILMS. ETC. THE RECIPIENTS OF THE SZILARD AwARD HAVE RECIPIENT wILL BE CHOSEN BY THE BEEN: DAVID R. INGLIS (1974), EXECUTIVE CO~~ITTEE OF THE FORUM ON BERNARD FELD 11975), RICHARD GARwIN PHYSICS AND SOCIETy. PHYSICS A~D SOCIETY. VOLuME 9. NU~BER 1 APRIL.198Q PAGf 7

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• CONVERSION BY ALL NUCLEAR-.EAPO~S PRODUCING NATIO~S OF FACILITIES FO~ FOLLOWI~5 IS A RESOLuTION ADOPTED BY NUCLEAR .EAPONS PRODUCTIO~. THE COU~CIL OF THE AAAS AT THEIR RfSEARCH. AND TESTING. INTO SCIENCE A~NUAL ~EETING. JAN~ 198C. IN SA~ AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES FOR FRANCISCO. REPRINTED FRO~ SCIENCE PEACEFUL USES. 207. 870 (19801. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT: "NUCLEA~ WEAPONS CONT~OL.- SUB~ITTEO BY RIC~ARD BARNET. EUGENE BEL~. 1. ONE ~AJOR THE~E OF THE 1981 AAAS ~ELEN CALDICOTT. STEPHEN CHOROvER. MEETING BE DIQECTING SCIf~C~ TO~ARD JACK DE~NIS. BERNARD FELD. JERO~E PEACE. FRANK. RUTH HUBBARD. JO~ATHAN KING. SALVAOO~E LURIA. PHILIP MORRISON. 2. THE COUNCIL OF T~E AAAS EVE RETT f'! END E·L SOH N. LIN USPA ULIN G • ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP TO HELP ANNAMA~IA GORINI TORRIA~I. JUDITH ORGANIZE AND MOBILIZE QESOURCES TSIPIS. KOSTA TSIPIS~ AND ~OSEPH TOwARD NUCLEAR AR~S CONTROL. IIEIZE~BAU~: ~OTE: THE EDITOR wOULD BE INTERESTED wHEREAS I~P~OVING THE EFFECTIvENESS IN HEARING FROM FORUM ~EMBEQS ~BOUT OF SCIENCE IN THE PROMOTION OF HU~AN wHETHER THE FORUM (AND/OR APSI ~ELFAR£ IS AN OBJECTIVE AND A SHOULD ALSO ADOPT SUCH A RESOLuTION. SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE A~ERICA~ ASSOCIATION FOR THE •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ADVANCE~ENT OF SCIE~CE. AND POSSIBLE POSITION OPENINGS: ~HEREAS THE USE OF ~UCLEAR ~EAPONS PHYSICISTS .ITH AN I~TEREST IN AR~S THREATENS DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN LIFE CONTROL MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ~ ONE A~D SOCI£TY. AND MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE OR TwO YEAR APPOINTMENT WITH THE E~TIRE ECOSYSTE~ NEEDED TO SUPPORT U.S. ARMS CONTROL AND OISARM~MENT LIfE. AND AGENCY. FOR MORE I~~OR~ATION CONTACT: DR. ROBERT ROCHLIN. U. S. ~HEREAS THE M_NUFACTURE OF URANluM ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAME~T AGENCY. A~D PLUTONIU~-BASED wEAPONS~ EvEN ~ASHINGTON. DC 20451 • • ITHOUT THEIR USE. IS A SOURCE OF LONG-LIVED ENVIRON~ENTAL POLLUTION ...... A~D OF JAMAGE TO HU~AN HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. APS COUNCIL REPORT BY EARL CALLEN. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. wASHINGTON. DC 3E IT R~SOLVED THAT THE AAAS: 2001&. FEB •• 1980:

1. SUPPORT CONTI~uED~ VIGOROUS U.S. APS M[MBERSHIP IS 30448; UP '460 OVER EFFORTS TO OBTAIN EFFECTIvE PREVIOUS YEAR {FISCAL YEAR - JUNE 3ILATERAL NUCLEAR AR~S LI~ITATIONS. 3rt. FORUM ~EM8ERSHIP IS 2143; UP f 23 (2&13 AS OF FEB. 19B~). THE l. SUPPORT COMPLETION OF THE LARGEST DIVISION IS CONDENSED ~ATTER COMPREH~~SIvE TEST BAN TREATy. (3873t. FIVE DIVISIONS {CHEMICAL PHYSICS. NUCLEAR. PARTICLES AND 3. OPPOSE THE DEvELOPME~T BY ANY FIELDS. PLASMA. FORUMt ARE > 20CO. COUNTRY OF NE~ ~EAPONS SYSTEMS WHICH ELECTRON AND ATOMIC PHYSICS HAS ~A~E VERIFICATION MORE DIFFICULT. OR 16&C. AND BIOLOGICAL. COSMIC PAYS. POSE A FIqST-STRIKE THREAT. FLUID DYNAMICS AND HIGH POLY~ER HAVE ( 1000 ME~BERS EACH. 4. SUPPORT. IN PHASE wITH PROGRESS 1"1 AR"IS CONTROL. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEw APS DIvISION HISTORY OF PLANS FOR THE STEP-BY-STEP PHYSICS. PEOPLE I~ THE FIELD NEED PHYSICS A~D SOCIETY. VOLU~E 9. NUNBER 1 APgIL.198C PAGE 8

A~ APS DLATFOR~: THEI~ TALKS ARE TOO T~IS. THERE IS PLENTY TO 8~ DONE TECHNICAL FOQ THE REST OF THE SENDING JOURNALS. SENDING PEOPLE HISTORIA~S. (TEACHERS AS ~UCH AS RESEARCHERS). ADVISING ON CURRICULU~. BRIN51NG uDC APS FISCAL 1980 BUDGET SURPLUS (NET TEACHERS HERE FOR UPDATING ANC UDC QEVENUE) wILL BE ASOUT \380.000. STUDENTS HERE FOR OUALITY E9JCATION. ~OSTLY T~ANSFERRE~ TO EQUIPME~T AND COLLABORATI~E RESEAQCH REL~~ANT TO BUILDIN3 RESERVES. I 00 NOT THI~K UDC·S. (INDONESIA 4ND lOAN HAVE O~E SHOULD THINK OF .AYS TO SPENO LE~S THAN 50 PHYSICS PHD·S EACH. MONEy BECAUSE IT IS THERE. BUT I 00 INDONESIA HAS lZS MILLION PEOPLE. THIN~ THAT IF wE CONE FOR.ARD wITH IRAN !5 MILLION.) .ORTHY ~~OJECTS. T~EY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF GETTING SUPPORTED. DONeT THIS IS MY LAST REPORT AS FOQu~ wE HAVE ANY GOOD IDEAS ANYMORE? COUNCILLOR. MIKF. CASPER. A FINE 'MORE O~ THIS LATER.) CHOICE, IS MY REPLACEMENT. I·vE REALLY ENJOYED THE JOB. ,~o I'VE POPA HAS A PROPOSAL (JOHN ALLRED) TO E~JOYED wRITING THESE REPOQTS. BUT STUDy SAFETy ASPECTS OF FAST BREEDER I·M NOT HAPPy ABOUT THE CU~RENT ~EACTORS. NRC MAY SE INTERESTED. STATE OF THE FORU~. wE ARE NOT THE IT·S MOVI~G FORwARD. CUTTING EDGE OF CHA~GE ANYMOQE. THE NEw IDEAS ARE NOT COMING F~OM US. DOE HAY 3E wILLING TO SUPPORT A POP A wHY IS CIFS A COMMITTEE OF DOPA. FOLLOWUD STUDY ON ENERGy wHEQE IT DIDN'T BELONG CPOPA IS CONSERVATIO~. SUPDOSED TO ORGANIZE STUDIES ON g p 08LEMS ~ITH ~ MAJOR TECHNICAL THERE wILL aL~OST CERTAI~LY BE A COMPONENT) At..!D NOT. A CO ..... ITTEE OF Popa STUDY ON COAL UTILIZATION THE FORUM? wHY IS THE NEw COMMITTEE «PROBABLY UNDER BARRY COOPER). O~ INTERNATIO~AL DEVELOPME~T ~EING STARTED UP IN POPA. AND NOT IN THE 3ERTRUDE GOLDHA8ER IS FOR~ULATING A FORUM? wE ORGANIZE STIMULATING STUDy O~ THE CAUS:S AND REMEDIES OF SESSIO~S AT NEETINGS REGULARLY THE IGNORANCE OF BASIC PHYSICS AMONG THE BEST ATTENDED SESSIONS AT THE THE PUBLIC. MEETINGS -- AND WE GIVE SYMDATHETIC SUPPORT. O~ COUNCIL AND IN OUR SIDNEY aOROwITZ IS PUTTING IDEAS NEwSLETTER. TO A LOT OF OTHER TOGETHER FOR A STUDy ON HOW TO HAK~ COMMITTEES. AND THOSE THI~GS ARE PHYSICS GRADuATE EDUCATIO~ HCRE FINE. BUT THF.RE wAS A TIME wHEN THE RELEVANT TO EMPLOYMENT IN INDUSTRy. fORUM DID A lOT MORE THAN PROvIDf PLATFORMS AND ~OTE "RIGHT". CIFS (CO~MITTEE ON INTER~ATIONAL FREEDOM OF SCIENTISTS) wILL COME OUT ONE SeRVICE I HOPE wE CAN pOOVIOE IS FROM U~JER PooA AND WILL BE A TO GIVE FORUM MEMBERS A SENS£ OF THE COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL UNTIL THE POLITICS OF WHO THEY ARE VCTI~G FOo BY-lAWS CAN BE CHANGED TO MAKE CIFS IN COUNCIL ELECTIO~S. wE CAN DO A STA~)I~G COMNlfTEE OF THE SOCIETY. THIS BY GETTING STATEMENTS FhOM COUNCIL GAVE CIFS A '600e BUDGET. CANOIDATES. INTERVIEwS. AND BY ALONG wITH OTH~R MAJOR APS REPORTING ON WHO VOTES WHICH wAY IN COMMITTE~S (WOMEN. MINORITIES. COUNCIL VOTES. THAT .OULD RECUIRE OPPORTU~ITIES. APPLICATIONS. ROLL CALL VOTES. BUT wHY NOT? I E 0 UC ATI 0 ~ ) • THINK THE FORUM COUNCILLOR SHOULD ASK fOR ROLL CALL VOTES ON ISSUES THERE .ILL BE A NEw POPA LIKE ERA. HUMAN RIGHTS. A~D SOME SUBCOMMITTEE TO AID PHYSICS It..! POPA STuDIES. I THINK A lOT OF OEVELOPI~3 COUNTRIES. BILL M£MBERS wOULD BE AMAZED BY THE COlGLAZI~R. HIKE MORAVCSIK AND LEwIS VOTING RECORDS Of SOMF. OF THE PEOPLE ROSEN wE~E INSTRUMENTAL IN LAU~CHING THEY HAVE ELECTED. PHYSICS A~D SOCIETY. VOLUME 9. NU~BER 1 APRIL.1980

1. GIvING PUBLICITy TO ExISTING POLICY: SETTING UP DEPA~'~ENTS. P~OGRA~S. SUCH AS THE T~IESTE JOURNALS. PROFESSIO~AL S~CIETlfS. PROJECT FOR SENDING DCNATED BOOKS ETC.). A~D SAC~ ISSuES OF JOUR~ALS TO LDC'S (LESS DEvELOPED COU~TRIES) AND THE 3. EVALUATING A CUESTION~AIRE SE~T PHYSICS INTERVIEWING PROJECT wHICH TO LDC PHYSICISTS EQUCATED IN THf SENDS U.S. PHYSICISTS TO INTERVIEw U.S. BUT wHO HAVE RfTURNEn HOME IN LDC STUDENTS WHO ARE APPLYING FOR ORDER TO HAVE A BETTER ASSESSME~T OF AOMISSIO~ TO U.S. GRADUATE SCHOOLS. THE RELEVANCE OF THEIR EDUCATIO~ (AND THEN DISTRIBUTING THAT z. KEEoING REGIST~IES OF BOTH INFORMATION TO U.S. GRAOUATE A~ERICA~ P~VSICISTS WHO _ILL BE SCHOOLS). TRAvELLI~G NEAR LDC'S AND LDC PHYSICISTS WHO ~ILL 8E TRA~ELLING IN 4. MAKI~G ARRANGEME~TS FOR THE U.S. IN ORDER TO FACILITATE PQACTICAL I~DUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE I~ VISITS A~D SEMINARS. THE SUMMER FOR LDC GRADUATE STUDENTS 8fING EDUCATED IN THE U.S. 3. ORGANIZING OCCASIONAL SESSIONS AT APS ~EETINGS ON THE NEEDS AND wE RECOMMEND THAT THf SU8CO~HITTEE CONCERNS OF LOC PHYSICS STUDENTS SERIOUSLY CONSIDER RAISING BEING EDUCATED IN THE U.S. ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SPONSOR MORE EXPENSIVE PROJECTS. T.O METHODS OF ~. KEEPING A LIST OF VOLUNTEERS FOR R~ISING FUNDS AQ[ VOLUNTARY ~EFEREEI~G LDC JOURNALS AND FOR CONTRI3UTIOfllS ON THE ANNUAL AI'S DllES EVALUATI~G PROPOSALS AND COMPLETED STATEMENT A~D FORMAL PROPOSALS TO ~ESEARCH SENT TO OR SPONSORED EY LDC AGENCIES OR FOUNDATIONS. SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. w[ 00 NOT RECO~MEND ANY CHANGES AT s. KEEPING A REGISTRY OF SHORT-TER~ THIS TIHE I~ THE POLICY FOR PAGE JOBS I~ LDC'S FOR AMERICAN CHARGES FOR APS JOURNALS. THf PHYSICISTS ON SABBATICAL. CURRENT POLICY DOES PROvIDE FOR THE PUBLICATION OF ARTICLES wHEN PAGE b. RECOM~ENDING LDC SCIENTISTS TO CHAPGES CANNOT BE HONOPED. RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS TO PHYSICAL REvIEw ABSTRACTS. wE ALSO CONSIDERED, BUT IN LESS DETAIL, TWO OTHER AREAS or CURRENT 7. PROVIDING INFORMATIO~ TO U.S. . OR PROSPECTIVE AI'S INTER~ATIONAL PHYSICS DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER FOR ACTIVITIES. THE FIRST wAS THE THEM TO UPGRADE THEIR PROFESSIONAL LONG-STANDI~G COMMITMENT AND EFfORTS ADvISING TO LOC STUDENTS. BY THE AI'S ON BEHALF OF T~E HUwAN RIGHTS OF SCIENTISTS. THERE wE MORE EXPENSIVE PROJECTS. FOR WHICH SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL THAT CIFS BE THE SUBCO~MITTEE WOULD HAVE TO RAISE MADE A SEPARATE STANDING COMMITTEE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. COULD INCLUDE THE OF THE APS. REPORTING DIRECTLY TO FOLLOWIN:i: COUNCIL. THE ~Ew POPA SUBCOMMITTEE !' FOR COLLABORATING wITH PHYSICS IN 1. SE~DING COMPLIMENTARV APS DE~ELOPING COUNTRIES SHOULD BE JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO SOME CREATED I~RESPECTIvf OF THE FUTURE SELECTED LDC INSTITUTIONS. ORGANIZATIONAL STATUS OF CIFS.

2. SPONSORING A SUMMER SEMINAR FOR REGARDING RELATIO~SHIPS wIT~ OTHER LDC STUDENTS BEING EDUCATED IN U.S. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES. wE RECOMMEND GRADUATE SCHOOLS ON PROFESSIONAL TH(T SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BE GI~E~ NEEDS AND CONCERNS WHICH THEy MAY TO JOINT SPONSORSHIP OF OCASJO~AL HAVE TO CONFRONT IN THEIR HOME MEETINGS wITH FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL COUNTRIES CE.G •• NATIONAL SCIENCE SOCIETIES IF A SUITAeLE OPPORTUNITY PHYSICS AND SOCIETY. VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1 APRIL.1980 PAGE 11

ARISES. HOwEvER. THE COORDI~ATION THE DRIvEL BY CALLE~ A~D KOH~. OF A JOI~TLY SPONSORED MEETING COULD BE QUITE COMPLEX AND COULD NOT BE VLADISLAV BEvC UNOERTAK~N wITHOUT CAREFUL STUDY. SYNERGY RESEARCH INSTITuTE, aox 5&1, WE wOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSwER ANY SAN RANSON. CA 94S83 QUESTIO~S THAT you MAY HAVE CONCERNI~G OUR RECO~~ENDATIONS. • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• SINCERELY.

_ILLIA~ COLGLAZIER. MICHAEL A IS FOR ATOM. B IS FOR BOMB: A MORACVSI~. LOUIS ROSEN PORTRAIT OF OR. EDwARD TELLER •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• PRODUCED BY BRIAN KAUFMAN FOR NOVA • WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATI~N. 125 LETTER TO THE EDITOR: wESTERN AvENUE. BOSTON. MA 02134. 3/4" VIDEOCASSETTE. COLOR. 60 MIN •• NOVEMBEQ 5. 1979 1980. INOUIRE FOR PURCH~SE.

IT IS TRULY ABSURD TO PUSH 21 ,PEVIEwED By DIETRICH SCHROEER. SOvIET CITIZENS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN PHYSICS DEPT.. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH THE UNITED STATES 'FORU~ ON PHYSICS CAROLINA. CHAPEL HILL. hC. 2751~.) AND SOCIETY. VOL. 8. NO.3. SEPTEMBER 1979) WHERE UNEMPLOYMENT A IS FOR ATOM. 8 IS FOR BOMB: IS A EXISTS FOR OUR OWN CITIZENS WHO BIOGRAPHY or EDWARD TELLEq. IT IS CANNOT FINO WORK. ALSO A HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENTISTS AND ~uCLEAR I BELIEvE THAT AN APPROPRIATE .EAPONS. IT IS A wIDE-R_~GING COURSE OF ACTION FOR THE FORUM WOULD PROGRAM: IT OPENS wITH ~URSERY BE TO ENSURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT or RHYMES ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPO~S. SHOwS LABOR CERTIFIES PHYSICS AS A SCIENTIFIC GENIUSES _T .OQK AND AT DISCIPLINE IN WHICH NO IM~IGRATION WAR wITH EACH OTHER. AND ENDS wITH A vISAS MAY BE ISSUED SO LONG AS THE SURREALISTIC IMAGE OF HUMA~KINO'S UNEMPLOY~ENT SITUATION CONTINUES. SELF-DESTRUCTION. IT IS w~LL DONE. ENTERTAINS I~ SPITE OF THE IT -OULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO UNDERLYING TERROR OF THE HYDPOGEN FIND OUT WHAT AMOUNTS OF MONEY ARE BOMB. AND APPEARS SATISFACTORILY BEING SPENT BY CIFS FOq INTERVENING CORRECT ANO EvEN-HANDED IN LETTING ABROAD IN MATTERS wHICH .RE OF THE PARTICIPANTS SPEA~ FOR LITTLE CONCEQN TO AMERICANS AND THEwSELVES. BUT THE -~6u~ENTS WHERE AR£ THESE FUNDS COMI~G FROM. GIVEN. AND THE MOTIv_TIONS REvEALED ARE OFTEN vERY SUPTLE. THE FORUM SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON DOMESTIC PROBLEMS ~F WHICH THERf ARE THIS BIOGRAPHY OF TELLER IS _N PLENTY. SUCH AS. FOR INSTANCE. THE EXCELLENT VEHICLE FOR TALKI~6 A90UT RECENT ENDORSEMENT OF PRIOR SCIf.~TISTS A~D NUCLEAR wEAPONS. GOVERNME~T CENSORSHIP OF TfLLER PLAYED A MA~OR QOLF IN PUBLICATIONS MADE BY THE ELEvE~ ESTA8LISHING AND PERPETUATI~G THIS MEMBERS OF THE AAAS wHO MAKE uP ITS RELATIONSHIP. HE HAS BEEN THE "COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC FREEDOM AhD SCIE~TIFIC SPOKESPERSON FOq THeSE RESPO~SrBILITv~ REPORTED IN THE wHO HOLD A HAWKISH VIEw. FINALLY. PQOGRESSIVE. ~AY 1979, P )2. HIS INVOLVE~ENT S~O.S WHAT IS WRC~G wITH THIS wHOLE SCI£NCE-~ILITARY WHY DON'T YOU PRINT A LETT(P CONNECTION. LIKE THIS FOR A CHANGE INSTEAD OF PHYSICS A~D SOCIETY. VOLU~E 9. NUMBER 1 APRIL.198C PAGE 12

T~E p~OGqAM IS INTERESTI~G. ALSO TO DEVELOP AND THE~ DfPlOY THE I~FOR~ATIVE. AND EVEN AMUSING. ~E H-BOMB. THE SUBTERFUGE OF CALLING LEARN DETAILS ABOUT A FASCINATING THIS SCIENCE CANNOT 8E USED TO COVER ASPECT OF OUR HISTORY AND GET TO SEE UP THIS PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF 'T~E POSTURING OF SOME OF OUR TELLER lAND OF ALL wEAPONS FAVORITE SCIENTIST HEROES AND "SCIENTISTS"' FOR THE EXISTENCE OF VILLAINS. BUT THE PROGRA~ TELLS US H-BOMBS AND FOR WHATEVER THQEATS A~D SOMETHIN5 ~ORE. SOMETHING THAT IS STABILITIES THEY REPoESENT FOR THE PROFOU~DLY DISTURBING. IF ONLY ~E U.S. AND FOR HUMANKIND. LISTE~ CAREFULLY ENOUGH. IT TELLS US ~HAT IS WRONG ~ITH THE WHOLE IEDITOR·S NOTE: THE ABOVE IS RELATIONSHIP 8ET~EEN SCIENTISTS AND ABSTRACTED FROM SCHPOEER·S LONGER NUCLEAq wEAPONRY. AND ~HY THE PUBLIC REvIEw TO BE PUBLISHE) I~ THE HAS 8EE~ UNABLE TO COME TO GRIPS BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIE~lISTS.J ~ITH THE CONTROL OF SUCH wEAPONRY. • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• HOW ONE DESCRIBES TELLER·S ~CRK ~ATTERS A GREAT DEAL WHEN wE TRY TO ME~BERSHIP I~ THE FORUM O~ PHYSICS UNDERSTA~D HIS JUSTIFICATION FOR AND SOCIETy: ANY APS ~EM8E~ ~AY JOIN LIMITING THE wEAPONS SCIENTISTS· THE FORU~ SIMPLY BY .~ITING THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR FORUM SECRETARY-TREASURER. DIETRICH wORK. TELLER SAYS. "THE SCHROEER. DEPT. OF PHYSICS t RESPONSI3ILITY OF TH~ SCIENTIST IS ASTRONO~Y. U. OF NORTH CAROLINA. TO MAKE SCIENCE. IF HE DOESN·T. CHAPEL HILL. NC 27514. THEPE APE NO NOSODY wILL." wE NOW UNDERSTAND THAT FORUM DUES FOR APS MEMBf~S THIS ~E HAS FAILED THIS FIRST YEAR. RESPO~SI3ILITY. ONCE wE APPRECIATE THAT HIS ~EAPONS ~ORK IS NOT AT ALL •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• SCIENCE. "IF HE ~ANTS TO. HE SHOULD APPLY IT. KNOwING THAT IT MAy BE FUTURE FORUM SESSIONS: PLEASE SUB~IT USED FOR GOOD OR EVIL PURPOSES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE FORUM ONE CAN NEVER KNOw." TELLER INDEED SESSIONS TO THE NEw PROGRAM APPLIED SCIENCE. BUT HE DID KNOW 'CHAIRPERSON. KEN FORO. PRESIDENT. THE PUqpOSES FOR WHICH THE NEw MEXICO INSTITUTE OF ~INING t APPLICATIONS wOULD BE USED. THE TECHNOLOGY. SOCCORRO. NM 87801. PURPOSES OF THE H-BOMB ARE OBVIOUS. HE IN FACT HELPED PROMOTE THE •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• POLITICAL DECISIONS ON THEIR USE. - ••• HE HAS ONE LAST RESPONSIBILITY. NOTE TO READERS: THIS ISSUE OF THE TO EXPLAIN ~HAT HE HAS LEARNED AND NEwSLETTER IS BEING OFFSET DIRECTLY ~HAT HE HAS CONSTRUCTED." TELLER HAS FROM A COMPUTER PRINTOUT. THIS wANTED TO GIVE SUCH EXPLANATIONS. PROCESS HAS THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING BUT THE SECRECY CONDITIONS HAVE MADE CHEAP. LEAST TIME-CONSUMING. EASILY ONLY AN ELITE ELVGIBLE TO UNDERSTAND EDITED. COMPOSED AND CORRECTED. THE FULLY HIS ADVICE. CAN TRUE DISADVANTAGES ARE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE SCIENTISTS EXERCISE THIS A CO"PUTER. ~E HAVE ONLY UOPER CASE RESPONSI3ILITY IF THEY ACCEPT SECRET LETTERS. AND THE TYPE TAKFS uP A LOT wORK? " ••• IN A OE~OCRACY ••• THE OF ROO"_ THE EDITOR WOULD RESPONSI9ILITY STOPS AT THIS POINT." APPRECIATE YOUR CO~MENTS ON WHETHER BUT THIS IS NOT TRUE FOR THE OR NOT T~E ADVANTAGES OUTwEIGH THE RESPONSIBILITy OF wEAPONS ENGIhEERS. DISADVANTAGES. THEY ~UST ACCEPT THE CONSEOUENCES OF DESIGNING SUCH wEAPONS AhD ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USES TO WHICH THEy ARE puT. TELLER PERSUADED THE GOVERNME~T NOT ONLY TO STUDY. BUT