The Astin Case
MAY 01, 1953
Prompt Public Clarification Urged; Statement by Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks to Senate Select Committee on Small Business, March 31, 1953; Statement by Dr. A. V. Astin, Director, National Bureau of Standards: April 1, 1953; Statement by Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks, April 17, 1953; Statement by Dr. A. V. Astin, April 17, 1953.
DOI: 10.1063/1.3061237
A packaged mixture of epsom salt and Glauber’s salt, with a pinch of barium sulfate and other unidentified substances in minute quantity, has rocked the scientific community, created a new political uproar in Washington, and led to the forced resignation of the Director of the National Bureau of Standards, a man whose considerable scientific contributions to the nation during his 23‐year career in government service are a matter of public record.
© 1953. American Institute of Physics
