[ RadSafe ] Release of history of Manhattan Project security

[JPreisig at aol.com]

Radsafe,
 
     Arthur Compton, Arthur Holly Compton ---->  Compton Scattering??? 
(Pair Production etc.)...
 
     Pretty  interesting.          Sometimes  scientists figure out things 
themselves and National security guys think there  is an information leak 
somewhere.
 
     Joe Preisig
 
PS  The Germans discovered fission (Hahn and Strassman) after the  crash of 
a UFO in the Black Forest.
      Coincidence???? 
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/22/2014 2:28:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV writes:

I only  read a bit of it, but two things are clear:  (1) This is an amazing 
 document that some historians are going to pour over for years and (2) I 
am  deeply glad I don't have to read many pages done on an manual typewriter  
anymore.

-----Original Message-----
From:  radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu  
[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Crane
Sent:  Friday, August 22, 2014 10:50 AM
To: RADSAFE
Subject: [ RadSafe ]  Release of history of Manhattan Project  security

<http://fas.org/sgp/library/mdhist-vol14.pdf>

This  fascinating document confirms a story my late father, Milton Crane, 
told me  perhaps 40 years ago: that during World War II, the school newspaper 
of  the University of Chicago published an article that included a 
reference to  the fact that Arthur Compton, a professor of physics at the 
university, was  known for his work on splitting the atom. (See page 6-17.) I can add 
a detail  that does not appear in the written history.

According to my father,  the writer and editor were immediately visited by 
counterintelligence agents,  intent on knowing whether there had been a leak 
of classified information.  (There hadn't.) They were then told that they 
must never write about such  subjects again. The response of the writer 
and/or editor was that they would  refrain from doing so only if it was explained 
to them why. At that point,  they were told that work on splitting the atom 
was in progress, and that it  was their duty to help protect this 
all-important military secret. That was  good enough for them. 

My father, who had served in OSS during the  War, was a member of the 
university's English department from 1947 to 1952. I  have no idea who his source 
was.

-- Peter Crane,  Seattle


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