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...Kenneth S. Pitzer, Dean of the College of Chemistry at the University of California, in a telephone interview with the CRIMSON last night, stated that "the interests of the nation would be better served if the advisory board could be made up of men who had more faith in the future of their work." He declined to give the names of any other members but Conant...
...Pitzer, commenting on a speech which he gave before the American Chemical Society's Southern California branch this weekend, lashed out at the top advisors whose "skepticism" and "over caution" have slowed research towards useful atomic energy. He based his charges on an article by Conant which stated that research towards atomic energy for non-military purposes would be abandoned by the United States...
Over the whole program hangs the shadow of military security. Can Pitzer protect his men from the threat of attack (without hearing or recourse) on charges of disloyalty?* Unless he can reassure his colleagues on such points, AEC may have to get along with the skim milk of U.S. scientific talent...
Problems of Chemistry. Dr. Pitzer's youth is no handicap in the still-young world of atomic energy, but the fact that he is a chemist rather than a physicist may surprise a good many scientists. The AEC's official explanation is that the work of the commission's laboratories is tending more & more toward chemistry. One of the urgent tasks is getting uranium out of low-grade ores. Another: chemical separation of the dangerous radioactive byproducts of plutonium manufacture. Says Dr. Pitzer: "The problems holding up the Atomic Energy Commission are chiefly chemical ones. The problems...
...wealthy California citrus grower and real estate man, Pitzer graduated with top honors from CalTech, did important war work whose nature is still a secret, and became an instructor in chemistry at the University of California when only 23. As head of AEC research, the bright geometry student will have to solve problems that no teacher has ever figured...