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Λ η j\vcMdvmiv Miurrivr A recent United Press news story re­

counted the di lemma of a University of Chicago physicist whose case points up an unreasonable aspect of the Atomic Energy Act. Rober t J . Moon, 36-ycar-old nuclear physicist who is said to have built the University of Chicago cyclotron, filed a pet i t ion with the Atomic Energy Commission asking permission to take a faculty post a t McMas te rs Universi ty, Hamil ton, Ont . T h e Atomic Energy Commission is re­ported t o have said tha t it cannot give Dr. Moon an} ' assurance or guarantee t h a t his future act ions will not involve a violation of the Atomic Energy Act. T h e act authorizes t h e death penal ty for any American who discloses re­stricted a tomic information outside of th is count iy .

While the release emphasizes t h a t the Justice D e p a r t m e n t , ra ther t h a n the Atomic Energy Commission, nor­mally would be called upon for legal rulings and in terpre ta t ions of new laws, it is in any even t mos t unfor tunate if t h e Atomic Energy Ac t is to s tand in the w a y of the free exchange of scientific personnel between t h e United Sta tes a n d Canada. T h e t w o countries main­tained close liaison in m a t t e r s of a tomic energy and mil i tary affairs during the war, and t here is every reason to believe t h a t it is the in tent ion of both govern­ments that these relations should con­t inue. But the effect of the above in­terpretat ion is to place a harrier be­tween the two countries, to keep a n y American scientist who has had ac­cess to restr icted material from crossing our northern border and t o discourage t he appo in tment of Canadian scientists to American universities or industr ial firms where restr icted work has been conducted. Surely the law was no t meant to do this. Rather , we feel t h a t it was in tended to cover ent irely different s i tuat ions.

I t is our hope, therefore, t h a t t h e Just ice Depa r tmen t will soon be called upon t o render a decision in this m a t ­t e r and t ha t t h e resul t will be a rul ing which will permit t h e removal of th is academic barrier . While we recognize the impor tance of th is ruling of t he Atomic Energy Commission as safe­

guarding the security of the United Sta tes , we t rus t t h a t some way can be found to continue cordial academic and scientific relations with Canada and other nations with which w e have a common interest.

Watte far IVeir* A University of Oklahoma professor

predicts the t rea tment of paper to emit the scent of the product advertised.

The enormity of this possibility is positively staggering. Imagine news­papers, books, and magazines giving off odors all their own. M a n y of us have detected malodorous emanations from certain stories of the past. If the pro­fessor is correct, this sort of th ing may be the rule rather than the exception.

Soon it may be possible for tfcie weary homeward-bound businessman, to sniff his newspaper on the commuter ' s special. In this way, he will acquire a summary of the latest news without ruining his eyes trying to read on the bouncy local. Difficulties might arise on t h e New York City subway, where his nose for news would have serious interference caused by fetid evidence of t h e contig­uous s t raphanger 's diet.

Perhaps the ACS will adop t appro­priate perfumes for its publications. Here are some suggested odors with which the pages might be graced:

Analytical Chemistry—Hydrogen sul­fide

Industrial A Engineering Ch-emistry— Pipe fitter's compound blended with noxious industrial fumes

CIIEMICAL· & ENGINEERING N E W S — flash powder, banquets , and fumes from acrid letters

Journal of the American Chemical So­ciety—organic lab smells and aca­demic must

Chemical Abstracts—combinations of pr inter 's inks of thousands of publi­cations

And stretching the pro Hecy t o others:

Reader's Digest—mult linoTis vapors condensed to pasty :d conglomer­a t e

Esquire—Scotch flavored wi to Seaforth cologne

Better Homes and Gardens—cooking and flowers merged with freshly sawed wood

Vogue—exotic perfumes T h e " P i n k " Newspapers—borsch t

touched off with a spot of vodka Government News Releases—(cen­

sored) Quick, Watson, the oxygen!

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