In Atlantic City, addressing the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, AEC Chairman David Lilienthal also took note of the fifth atomic year. "If this country really means business," he said, the $2½ billion investment in atomic development would have to be doubled within the next few years. The U.S. would also have to get over its bugaboo about secrecy. Said Lilienthal:
"Secrecy, applied in a stupid and hysterical and demagogic way, can actually impair and weaken our security. . . . We need ideas if we are to keep our lead and increase it. . . . New ideas require not...
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