Are You Worried About the Atomic Bomb?

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Guest Moderator: Clarence R. Decker

Speakers:

Dr. Rensis Likert is Director of the Institute of Social Research of the University of Michigan and former Director of the Morale Division of the United States Bombing Survey in Germany and Japan.

Dr. Ralph E. Lapp has been associated with the development of the atomic bomb from its inception, first with the Manhattan Project, next with the Argonne National Laboratory and in 1946 he participated in the Bikini Bomb tests as a scientist consultant on radiation. He is the director of the Nuclear Science Service in Washington, D.C.

Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan is a member of the Organized Reserve as an Air Combat Intelligence Officer and is responsible for the civil defense programs in the state of Michigan.


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