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Federal Government -- Agencies: AEC, 1957

 File — Box: 47, Folder: 12
Identifier: Folder 12

Scope and Contents

A small collection of letters & reports. Examples are: four letters (April-June 1957) from Louis E. DeFalco (DeFalco's Market Co.), Congressman Wilson & Jesse C. Johnson (Dir., Div. of Raw Materials, AEC) re/ concerns of investors with the potential "closing of the AEC's ore buying station at Cutter near Globe, Arizona;" letters (April-June 1957) from Lloyd Walter Vivell (Attorney at Law) Congressman Wilson, Jesse C. Johnson (AEC) & a copy of "Remarks Prepared By Jesse C. Johnson" for the "National Western Mining Conference" -- "The Domestic Uranium Program As It Looks Today" re/ a response to Mr. Vivell, who represented the Neptune Uranium Corporation owned "by some seventy San Diego residents whose interests are in jeopardy by reason of the contemplated closing of the . . . ore buying station" in Arizona; 4 letters (May & June 1957) from constituent Carlton M. Mellan, Margaret M. Young (Sec. for Wilson), Wilson & Brig. General Alfred D. Starbird (Dir. of Military Application, AEC) re/ Mr. Mellon's request to see the nuclear test in Nevada was denied; and five letters (Oct.-Nov. 1961) from constituent Mrs. Ernestine Dease, Congressman Wilson, Richard X. Donovan (Special Asst. to the General Mgr., AEC) & John S. Kelly (Dir., Div. of Peaceful Nuclear Explosives, AEC) re/ a concerned citizen, mother and nurse protests the planned nuclear test near Carlsbad, New Mexico and "all nuclear testing everywhere." The Carlsbad operation was called "Project Gnome" as part of the AEC's "Plowshare Program."

Dates

  • created: 1957

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access to some records is restricted, please consult with Special Collections & University Archives staff for details. Patrons wishing to use the Robert C. Wilson Papers must sign a "Researcher's Agreement," a copy of which can be obtained from Special Collections & University Archives staff.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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