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Meet the Press (NBC, 6-6:30 p.m.). Guest is Dr. Edward Teller, noted nuclear physicist and a chief architect of the H-bomb...
...Clay Pigeon. When the chiefs stepped down, it was the scientists' turn. Dr. Edward H. Teller, one of the developers of the hydrogen bomb and strong advocate of intensive atmospheric test ing, told the Senate that "the signing was a mistake. If you ratify the treaty, you will have committed an enormously greater mistake." Teller's chief objection was that the U.S. would be un able to perfect an anti-ballistic missile. Though he admits that a workable system would probably cost an astronomic $50 billion, he declared: "Missile defense may make the difference between our national survival...
...Pentagon's research and development chief, Dr. Harold Brown, a 36-year-old Whiz Kid who ran the Livermore Lab at 33, challenged Teller, noted that while he was "a dear personal friend of Edward's, in this case I disagree with him." But Lewis Strauss, Dwight Eisenhower's Atomic Energy Commission chairman for five years, seconded Teller. The treaty is "a clay pigeon," he said. "It is made to be breached. I think it will be breached to our disadvantage...
...Tired. In the grand old game at White Sulphur Springs, there were even some international cards for a hand or two. Some Kennedy critics had been watching with great interest Dr. Edward Teller's outspoken Washington testimony against the Administration-backed atomic test ban treaty. It would, they decided, be a fine idea to invite Teller to explain his treaty objections to the conference. Teller accepted, promised to catch an overnight train to White Sulphur Springs...
Since the military, whatever its true opinion, has remained publicly united behind Gen. Taylor, the treaty opponents and skeptics have had to speak for themselves, with an occasional assist from Dr. Teller. They have been facing the full Administration battery, and their declining numbers show it. One example is enough to indicate their difficulties...