Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Basketball teams Seattle"

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy, right, and Deputy Secretary Donald Quarles talk to newsmen outside the White House late today after a conference with President Eisenhower."

Abstract: "This is the preliminary report of a radiological-ecological survey of the invertebrate fauna that inhabit the Columbia River within the confines of Hanford Works and downstream to the site of McNary Dam. The survey was carried out during the period of October, 1948 through February, 1950. Materials and methods are discussed and the results of extensive radioassays, qualitative and quantitative biological determinations, and hydrographic studies are given and analyzed. Twelve figures and twenty-three tables are included. All aquatic invertebrates were found to be concentrating radioactivity from the river water. A maximum activity density of 4.4-10-(-3) μc/g wet weight was found in the larvae of midges (Hydrobaeninae) collected near Hanford during September, 1949. Radioactive wastes were not found to be causing any apparent deleterious effects to the natural invertebrate fauna. Existing population variations are caused by biological and hydrographic conditions."

Letter from Woodul, Arterbury & Wren to D. W. Kempner replying that he is getting over the flu and Ethel's settled in her ear, went to Arizona.

Letter from Eloise Thornberry to I. H. Kempner expressing gratitude to Mr. Kempner for the preserved figs he sent. She appreciates the generosity and concludes by wishing Mr. Kempner and his family a very happy new year, expressing her sentiments sincerely.