Evening star., 1954-07-28
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table or kill opposition amend
ments.
Basic provisions Of the Senate
passed bill include:
:. Authority to the President
TO share now-secret information
with allied nations on nuclear
weapons and their use In future
defense or possible wars
:. Similar authority to disclose
pe&cetirne information and uses
Of atomic power.
8. Revision Of present tight
security regulations, governing
atomic information so that in
dtistry and public and private
agencies can engage In research
and expected commercial devel-
opihent. al
4. A proposal to make the
chairman of the five-member
Atomic Energy Commission its
official spokesman" after public
hearings disclosed q division of
opinions among present Acc
commissioners.
s.. Authority of the Acc to
issue licenses and patents in the
field of nuclear facilities and de-
velopments.
Fight Dropped Suddenly.
Senate opponents gave up the
fight suddenly last night after
two weeks of denouncing the bill
asa gigantic giveawayz-a view
disputed by Republican leaders.
President Eisenhower ducked
the, public versus private atomic
power issue at his news confer
ence today.
A reporter pointed out that
the. atomic measure passed by
the House provides for private
companies to make electricity
from atomic power, while the
Senate bill contains provision
authorizing governmental bodies
to make such electricity. He
asked If the President objected
to the Senate provision.
Avoids Being Specific.
Gen. Eisenhower, remarking
that he did not know that issue
had met in that head-on FASH
ion. said he would have to avoid
being too specific.
He pointed out that naturally
all atomic power Is Government
produced now and is not for
sale because it five to 10 times
as costly as electricity produced
in d steam plant.
He added that lost Of people
are going to be using atomic
power eventually, however.
The fight produced three all
night sessions. The final ses-
sion, starting Monday, lasted just
short of SO hours.
The back Of the opposition ap-
peared broken Saturday night
when Democratic Leader Lyndon
B. johnson joined in an effort
tos5limit debate. He failed, as
Senator Knowland did in re-
peated attempts.
Senator Knowland also lost
Monday in a move to invoke
cloture or an automatic time
limit. He won "A votes-20 short
of the number needed.
The majority leader took sharp
criticism during a two-hour de-
bate yesterday on his parliament
tary tactics, but after that the
air cleared and the Senate moved
steadily toward the final vote.
A motion to send the bin back
to committee-usually the final
effort to kill a bill-was not
made. probably because in this
instance the bill would have
gone to the Senate-House Atomic
Committee, the same group that
originated the legislation. II IS
the only joint committee that
can originate legislation.
The Senate nailed into the
bin an amendment by Senator
JohnSon. Democrat, of Colorado.
authorizing any Federal power
agency to operate atomic power
plants. II they can get funds
from Congress, and giving prefer
ence in the sale of power to CO.
operatives and publicly owned
utilities.
A second amendment, by Sem
atof Gillette. Democrat, of Iowa,
gives the same preference for by
product power now available
from present Acc research
plants.
The Senate approved an
amendment by Senator Kerr.
Democrat. of Oklahoma provid-
ing that new patents be shared
with qualified applicants for q
lu-year period-one Of the most
disputed parts of the bill.
Data Exchange Approved.
International clauses permit
ting exchange of some nuclear
information and laying the
groundwork FOR D start "a Presi-
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