Federation of Atomic Scientists

Pauling and many other scientists began to speak out on these issues. Dozens of scientists discussion groups coalesced into a national organization, the Federation of Atomic Scientists (FAS), which lobbied Congress to keep atomic energy under civilian rather than military control. Pauling joined the FAS and raised his voice in favor of civilian control. 

Charles D. Coryell, 1912-. Professoi of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Consultant to the Brookhaven and Oak Ridge National Laboratories of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. The studies of J. A. Marinsky and L. E. Glendenin in his group led to the chemical identification of the missing element 61, which in 1949 was officially named promethium. Dr. Coryell participates actively in the scientific efforts of the Federation of American Scientists and of the United World Federalists toward peace and world stability. 

See Federation of American Scientists, WMD Around the World Ministiy for Atomic Energy, Minatom, http //www.fas.org/nuke/guide/mssia/agency/minatom.htm (as of April 6,2004). 

In this atmosphere of repression, many whose politics were liberal, who favored international cooperation and domestic political freedom, fell silent. Membership in the Federation of American Scientists and other liberal political action groups dwindled. The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists disbanded. The left wing in American politics crumbled. It was simply too dangerous to criticize American policy. 

The Atomic Bomb," January 10, 1946, transcript (published February 15, 1946) copy given by Tim Moy and in author s possession. Philip Morrison, "If the Bomb Gets Out of Hand," in Masters and Way, One World or None (New York McGraw-Hill, 1946), 6. Louis N. Ridenour, "There Is No Defense," in Masters and Way, One World or None, 33. Nelson and Schiff, Our Atomic World, 6. Federation of American (Atomic) Scientists, "Survival Is at Stake," in Masters and Way, One World or None, 78 Lewis Mumford, "Gentlemen You Are Mad " Saturday Review of Literature 29 (March 2, 1946) 8. 

Federation of American (Atomic) Scientists, "Survival Is at Stake," 78. "The Available Facts," Popular Science 16 (August 1955) 77. (The editors were recalling events of a... 

These wartime atomic-related comic book stories generally flew under the radar of the newly created federal security system. Up to 1939, news of the advances of nuclear science functioned essentially in an "open world," as scientists traveled from nation to nation to freely discuss their theories and discoveries. During the "golden age" of the... 

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