Evening star., 1960-09-21

Inc united states announced
today it is prepared to throw
open four of it's nuclear re-
actors to inspection by experts
of the International Atomic
Energy Agency. The aim is to
demonstrate its belief in the
necessity and workability of
international inspection meas
ures.
The United States thus took
the initiative on an issue which
is regarded as the most cru
cial question facing the fourth
general conference of the IAEA,
the atoms-for-peace organiza-
ton.
United States Delegate John
A. McCone, chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission,
made the announcement after
reading a special message to
the conference from President
Eisenhower.
Confidence Asserted
The President reaffirmed his
confidence in the agency, say
ing: Il see it as a unique for
um where technical skill and
resources are pooled for the
benefit Of mankind.
In three short years the
agency has become the prime
international organization in
the nuclear field.
Its activities are stimulatinc
much Of the global effort Of
bring more people more bene.
fits of this still new atomic
age"
Mr.. Eisenhower recalled that
seven years ago he himself
first proposed an atoms for
peace agency.
Mr.. McCone summed up the
United States record of aio
to theO 1AEA, which he called
impressive. and then declared
the United States is ready tc
take a major step in overcom-
ing the delicate East-West
problem of international safe.
guards to insure that nucleal
material handed out by the
agency is not diverted for mill.
tary purposes.
Four ReactOrs Involved
If the safeguards system il
put into effect, the United
States will request the agency
to inspect four of it's reactors
for an agreed period. These
are two research reactorS al
Brookhaven National Labora-
tory near New York; the reac-
tor at Argonne National Labor
atory near Chicago; and the
organic moderated nucleal
power plant being constructed
at Piqua, Ohio.
Although none of these use
any IAEA fashionable material
lit should be clear to all from
this offer that the United
States believes that the safe
guards system now before this
conference for consideration is
reasonable and should be &C
ceptable to all states receiving
material or equipment through
the agency" Mr.. McCone said
Mr.. McCone announced 6
second donation of $4,000
worth of special nuclear ma
terials for the agency in 1861,
Satellites Rejection Upheld
The agency earlier upheld
the rejection by it's credential;
committee of Communist bids
for admission of Red China
and accreditation of Hungry
The delegates voted 3l-17
against Soviet motion to oust
the Nationalist Chinese and re-
place them with a Peiping
delegation. There we're eight
abstentions.
A similar resolution by
CZechoslovakia was defeated
6-3 by the credentials commit
tee yesterday.
The delegates also joined the
committee in voting down a So
Wet motion to permit Hungary
to take pare in the conference
Although an IAEA member
Hungary has not been accredit-
ed to the meetings since the
1896 uprising an da subsequent
U. N. condemnation of its Com
munist government.
Soviet Delegate Vastly Yemel-
ianov, a nuclear scientist
charged the United States with
supporting an absurd and ab-
normal" position in opsing Rec
China's admission. He charged
that the Nationalist Chinese
regime on Formosa "is living its
last days with the protection