Committee Hears
Red Face Story
WASHINGTON, UP)—The story
of how American scientists missed
the boat on an important atomic
invention because they failed to
read a letter they thought came
from a “crazy Greek” was told
yesterday to a congressional com
mittee.
It’s the story of an invention
which now stands to save the
United States at least 70 million
dollars in the construction of a
powerful atom-smashing machine.
Scientists in this country actual
ly did perfect the invention, but
they found out later that the same
thing had been developed a year
before by a Greek electrical en
gineer named Nicholas Christofil-
os, living near Athens.
The story was related to the
Semite-House Atomic subcommit
tee on research and development
—and amplified in a talk to re-
porters-by Dr. George K. Green
of the Atomic Energy Commis
sion’s Brookhaven National Lab
oratory. It goes this way:
In 1950, Christofilos, working as
an electrical engineer for an ele
vator firm, wrote a letter to the
AEC-supported University of Cali
fornia Radiation LaboratmV at
Berkeley on the subject of atom-
smashers even though, as Green
put it, “he had never even seen
one.”
Gx*een said the letter “was a
mess,” and the UCRL scientists
Attorney General
Orders FGC Probe
WASHINGTON, CP)—Atty. Gen.
Rogers yesterday directed the FBI
to investigate charges that FCC
Commissioner Richard A. Mack re
ceived money from a lawyer in
terested in a case before the Feder
al Communications Commission.
An aide said Rogers “acted on
his own motion” after House in
vestigators heard testimony that
Mack admittedly accepted sever
al thousands of dollars from a
lawyer active in getting a Miami
television license.
A brief announcement by the
Justice Department said Rogers
ordered a complete investigation
of the allegations.
Mack was not available to news
men. He was absent from a full
scale session of the FCC assem
bled to hear final oral arguments'
in a Toledo TV channel case. Aides
told reporters there was no state
ment from Mack at this time.
wrote him a reply “analyzing all
his errors and misconceptions.”
A year later, said Green, an
other letter came. The scientists
thought it was “a crank letter”
and “they didn’t even read it.”
Bift, as things turned out later,
said Green “in this case it was
not a crank letter.”
In the summer of 1952, a team
of scientists at Brookhaven came
up with an invention known as
the “strong focusing principle”
which was immediately recog
nized as something that would
make possible the erection of a
powerful atom-smasher with a big
saving in materials and power
needed to run it.
Shortly after that, Christofilos
came on a visit to Bi'ookhaven,
and one day while having lunch
with Dr. Green mentioned that he
had come up with the same in-
vention-but a year before. He
also told Green about having writ
ten to the California scientists.
Green immediately telephoned
to Berkeley.
“They got his letter out of the
files,” Green grinned, “and their
faces were red.”
Demos Work
On Tax Cut,
Antirecession
WASHINGTON, (^—Dem
ocratic leaders in Congress
went to work on a 10-point
anti-recession program yester
day and also planned to revvw
the possibilities of a tax cut this
year.
Sen. Johnson of Texas, the
party’s chief in the Senate, has
asked the chairmen of six key
committees there to come up
quickly with legislative proposals
aimed at relaxing credit, multi
plying public works projects and
generally creating more jobs.
House Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex)
disclosed the plan to have another
look at the. tax structure in the
light of Tuesday’s report that al
most 4% million Americans are
unemployed.
Rayburn told a news conference
the Democratic leaders would re
view the situation and see where
a tax cut, if there is one, will do
the most good, and determine
whether the budget will stand it.
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Friday, February 14, 1958 PAGE 3
Kream & Kow Klub
Changed Name
Kream and Kow Klub members
voted at their last meeting to
change the name of the organiza
tion to the Texas A&M Dairy Sci
ence Club.
The club consists of students
majoring in Dairy Science, either
dairy manufacturing or produc
tion. James Traweek, Dublin sen
ior, is president of the organiza
tion.
Colorful dessert salad: alternate
orange and grapefruit sections side
by side; arrange two or three pitted
cooked prunes stuffed with cream
cheese at the side; garnish with
sliced stuffed olives.
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$90,000 Vessel Granted
For Use in Oceanography
A $90,000, 126-foot ship recently
was donated the A&M Research
Foundation for use in oceano
graphic research by the Pan Amer
ican Petroleum Corporation of
Houston.
Announcement of the gift was
made yesterday by foundation di
rector Archie M. Kahan who says
the motor vessel, “Hidalgo” is par
ticularly well suited for both in
shore and long-range work in the
Gulf of Mexico.
Bridge Tourney
Registration Opens
Any Aggie wishing to play in
the 1958 National Intercollegiate
Bridge Tournament may sign up
now in the M.S.C. Directorate Of
fice to play on Feb. 26, F. B. Bu
chanan, chairman of the Bridge
Committee said yesterday.
A&M is one of the more than
100 colleges and universities
throughout the United States
which have entered the 1958
tournament.
All play will be by mail and
will be conducted at individual col
leges campus in a single session,
on a date fixed by the Tournament
Director between Feb. 23 and Mar.
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February 13 and 14
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Kahan said the motor vessel, the
third ship now owned by the A&M
Research Foundation, was secured
for the foundation through Whit
ney M. Elias, vice president of the
petroleum corporation, and
and through the efforts of Howard
Tellepsen, president of Tellepsen
Construction Co. of Houston.
“We are most grateful to the Pan
American Petroleum Corporation
for the gift of this fine vessel,” Dr.
M. T. Harrington, president of the
A&M College and System, said.
“It will be an asset of considerable
value to the A&M Research Foun
dation in its oceanographic research
in the Gulf of Mexico, and should
materially aid scientific studies
that are of constantly increasing
importance to Texas and to the na
tion.”
The Hidalgo, built in 1944 by the
U.S. Navy as a sub-chafer, was
purchased and converted to a work
and crew vessel by Pan American
Petroleum in 1948. It is now in a
Galveston port with other Founda
tion vessels.
Powered by two 500-horsepower
engines, the vessel has an 11-knots
cruising speed, 14-knots top speed
and a range of 4,000 miles. The
vessel will accommodate 21 scien
tists and crew members.
One of the first cruises of the
Hidalgo will be to Bermuda as part
of International Geophysical Year
activities.
“The possibilities in oceanograph
ic research today are almost illi
mitable,” Kahan declares. “That’s
why, given equipment like this new
ship, we’re given a new feeling of
challenge in trying to find out
more about the Gulf and how it
affects our lives.”
Industrial Exhibits
Due for ME Shops
A group of industrial exhibits
will be held February 21 and 22
in the Mechanical Engineering
shops in connection with the In
dustrial Teacher Conference.
Included in the exhibit, will be
shop equipment and tools suitable
for laboratory use, drawing and
drafting supplies, educational ma
terial and many other items used
in the educational field.
Featured in the February 22
program will be a demonstration
of the use of the polaroid camera,
by Harry Goldstein of Tuscon
High School, Tucson, Ariz. It will
be in the Assembly room of the
Memorial Student Center.
Aggies -
Try Youugblood’s
Fried Chicken
Vs Chicken - Trimmings $1.00
Barbecue — Steaks — Seafoods
Rock Building
South College
Midway Between
Bryan & College
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