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␈↓ α∧␈↓α␈↓ ∧↓STANFORD UNIVERSITY, STANFORD CALIFORNIA

␈↓ α∧␈↓α␈↓ ε*April 29, 1976

␈↓ α∧␈↓Dear Colleague:

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αTWe␈αhope␈α
you␈αwill␈α
sign␈αthe␈α
enclosed␈αscientists'␈α
and␈αengineers'␈α
statement␈αopposing␈α
Proposition
␈↓ α∧␈↓15.␈α∂ In␈α∂the␈α∂main,␈α∂it␈α∂is␈α∂self-explanatory,␈α⊂but␈α∂if␈α∂you␈α∂want␈α∂more␈α∂information,␈α∂we␈α⊂recommend␈α∂the
␈↓ α∧␈↓readings␈α
listed␈α
at␈α
the␈α
bottom␈αof␈α
the␈α
page.␈α
 Please␈α
don't␈αpostpone␈α
your␈α
decision␈α
too␈α
long,␈αbecause
␈↓ α∧␈↓we need your response in time for an ad aimed at influencing the election.

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αTMany␈α∂scientists␈α∂and␈α∂engineers␈α⊂prefer␈α∂to␈α∂postpone␈α∂committing␈α∂themselves␈α⊂on␈α∂controversial
␈↓ α∧␈↓issues.␈α∞ Unfortunately,␈α∞there␈α∞is␈α∞no␈α∞more␈α∞time,␈α∞and␈α∞the␈α∞people␈α∞of␈α∞California␈α∞must␈α∞make␈α∂a␈α∞major
␈↓ α∧␈↓decision␈α
on␈α
June␈α
8␈αon␈α
the␈α
basis␈α
of␈α
the␈αinformation␈α
then␈α
available.␈α
 There␈α
is␈αtremendous␈α
confusion
␈↓ α∧␈↓-␈αeven␈αas␈αto␈αwhether␈αProposition␈α15␈αis␈αfor␈αor␈αagainst␈αnuclear␈αenergy␈α-␈αand␈αit␈αis␈αthe␈αresponsibility
␈↓ α∧␈↓of scientists to use their training to evaluate the issues and to advise the public.

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αTNor␈α∞would␈α∞passage␈α∞of␈α∞the␈α∞initiative␈α∞merely␈α∞postpone␈α∞a␈α∞few␈α∞projects␈α∞giving␈α∞more␈α∞time␈α
for
␈↓ α∧␈↓research.␈α∂ In␈α∂our␈α∂opinion,␈α∂no␈α∂utility␈α∂in␈α∂California␈α∂will␈α∂be␈α∂able␈α∂to␈α∂put␈α∂a␈α∂dime␈α∂of␈α⊂its␈α∂customers'
␈↓ α∧␈↓money␈α
into␈α∞new␈α
nuclear␈α∞projects␈α
or␈α
research␈α∞until␈α
the␈α∞legal␈α
battles␈α
raised␈α∞by␈α
the␈α∞initiative␈α
have
␈↓ α∧␈↓gone␈αall␈α
the␈αway␈α
to␈αthe␈α
Supreme␈αCourt␈α
which␈αmay␈α
take␈αmany␈α
years.␈α Besides␈α
the␈αrequirement␈αof␈α
a
␈↓ α∧␈↓two-thirds␈αvote␈α
of␈αeach␈α
house␈αof␈α
the␈αLegislature,␈α
there␈αcan␈α
be␈αendless␈α
litigation␈αabout␈αwhether␈α
the
␈↓ α∧␈↓statutory requirements of the initiative have been fulfilled.

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αTAdditional␈αsignatures␈αare␈αwelcome,␈αbut␈αwe␈αneed␈αthe␈αsignatures␈αby␈αMay␈α10,␈αso␈αif␈αyou␈αdecide
␈↓ α∧␈↓to sign the statement, please try to get it to Professor Connolly by that date.

␈↓ α∧␈↓Sincerely yours,

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ β$Holt Ashley, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ β$Felix Bloch, Professor of Physics

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ β$Thomas Connolly, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ β$Robert Hofstadter, Professor of Physics

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ β$John McCarthy, Professor of Computer Science

␈↓ α∧␈↓Readings:

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αT1. The Necessity of Fission Power - Hans Bethe, ␈↓↓Scientific American␈↓, January 1976

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αT2.␈α⊃␈↓↓The␈α⊃California␈α⊃Nuclear␈α⊃Initiative␈α⊃-␈α⊃Analysis␈α⊃and␈α⊃discussion␈α⊃of␈α⊃the␈α⊃issues␈↓␈α∩-␈α⊃Stanford
␈↓ α∧␈↓University Institute for Energy Studies.

␈↓ α∧␈↓␈↓ αT3. ␈↓↓Nuclear Science and Society␈↓ - Bernard L. Cohen, Anchor Books.


␈↓ α∧␈↓αWe will also be glad to answer questions.