Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-09
Morse Defended
BY Vandenberg
In |sotope Row
Insists Atomic Probe
Is No Reflection on
Friendly Nation
CONGRESSIONAL Committees
Consider Contempt ActionsI
Against Communist and Two
Others. Page As.

igan, leading Republican spokes-
man on foreign affairs. vigorously
denied today any reflection has
been cast on Norway as friendly
nation by questioning the legality
of the Atomic Energy Commits
sion's recent shipment of radio
active isotopes to Norway.
AS the Joint Atomic Energy
Committee pursued the charges of
Incredible mismanagement"
against the commission, Senator
Vandenberg took sharp issue with
statements by Mr.. Lilienthal that
IAN aura Of suspicion" has been
thrown around Norway by ques-
tioning the isotope transaction.
With a trace of a smile, Mr..
Lilienthal replied that, "at the
risk of being taken out into the
woodshed by Senator Vandenberg
I would like to suggest that" the
friendship of a country necessarily
is a factor In discussing the export
of isotopes.
Not For Military Purposes.
Other high lights of today's
session were:
/. Mr.. Lilienthal said Norway
does not plan TO use the isotopes
for military purposes. although
the shipment went to the Nor
weigian Defense Establishment.
2. Former Admiral Lewis L.
Strauss. the one commission men,
Der who voted against export of
isotopes. said one OF his reasons
was the possibility they could be
used for research abroad In germ
warfare.
8. Represe NATIVE Jackson,
Democrat. of Washington. charged
the hearings have become "a
carnival OF confusion" because
Senator Hickenlooper. Republican,
Of Iowa. has failed to file q bill
of particulars on his charges OF
incredible Acknowledgement"
Sees Reflection on Norway.
Senator Vandenberg. who took
a leading part In the defense OF
Mr.. Lilienthal when one group
Of Republicans was opposing his
appointment two years ago, has
been quiet listener in the cur
rent hearings until today. Before
the hearings began, he confined
himself to a statement that the
commissions regime should be re-
viewed.
The Michigan Senator spoke up
today because, he said, Mr.. Lii
ienthal had twice indicated there
is some reflection on Norway as
a friendly country.
Il find no such implication ex-
cept in Mr.. Lilienthal's own
statements" Senator Vandenberg
went on.
The fact a country Is a friendly
nation. the Michigan Senator said,
does not change in the slightest
the Atomic Energy Commission S
obligation under its law" Several
Republicans have contended the
exceeded its enabling
act by the isotope shipment to
Norway. although they have not
the general export of
istopes for medical research.
In reply to the Jackson crit
icism. Senator Hickenlooper said
he tried to proceed In an orderly
way. starting with q study of the
personnel security records Of the
commission. but was blocked by
the still unsettled dispute over
whether these employee cases
should be identified by name.
Violation Charged.
Representative jackson COM
planned the committee meets each
without knowing "wheth-
er we are going to O construction
project in Chicago or to the far
away fjords of Norway"
Chairman Mcmahon ended the
discussion of procedure by reiterat-
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