Atomic Energy Commission Press Conference

(Original Caption) Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, is shown at yesterday's press conference where it was announced that British and US scientists have made progress in taming the mighty power of the H-bomb for peaceful purposes. control of the thermonuclear reaction, comparable with that which occurs when a hydrogen bomb detonates, would provide a limitless source of electric power from sea water, it was reported, but it will be many years before the dream becomes a reality.