Appendix 5 



The President's Evaluation Commission 



An Evaluation Commission was created by the President and 

 given the function of (1) cooperating with the Secretaries of War 

 and Navy in the conduct of the Tests, and (2) undertaking a study 

 of the tests and submitting to the President a report of its obser- 

 vations, findings, conclusions, and recommendations. 



The finally established membership, announced on March 30, 

 1946, Avas as follows : 



Senator C. A. Hatch, New Mexico (Chairman) 

 Senator Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts 

 Representative W. C. Andrews, New York 

 Representative Chet Holifield, California 

 . Dr. K. T. Compton, President of the Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology 

 Dr. E. U. Condon, Director of the National Bureau 



of Standards 

 Mr. Bradley Dewey, President of the American Chemical 



Society 

 Mr. W. S. Newell, President of the Bath Iron Works 



Corporation 

 Mr. Fred Searls, Jr., special assistant to the Secretary 

 of State 

 Members witnessed the tests from airplanes and surface vessels. 

 Brief reports, included here as Appendices 12 and 13, were 

 made after each test. 



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