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LEGISLATORS EMBARK. Ten Representatives 

 and four Senators journeyed to Bikini to view the 

 atomic bomb tests. Two of the Senators, Carl A. 

 Hatch (D) of New Mexico and Leverett Saltonstall 

 (R) of Massachusetts, were members of the Presi- 

 dent's Evaluation Commission set up by President 

 Truman to supplement the Evaluation Board cre- 

 ated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. BELOW. Ready 

 to exchange one tropical clime for another, Sena- 



tors and Congressmen en route to Bikini stand in 

 the shade of the plane waiting to ferry them 7500 

 miles from the National Airport at Washington, 

 D. C. to the Marshall Islands. Left to right: Sena- 

 tor Guy Cordon of Oregon, Senator Hatch, Sena- 

 tor Saltonstall, Representative Dean M. Gillespie 

 (R) of Colorado, and W. S. Newell, civilian mem- 

 ber of the President's Evaluation Commission, all 

 wearing parachute harnesses. 



