Tos Angeles Herald-Examiner, Friday, October 16, 1970 A-3

 

TUNNEY OFFERS PLAN
TO USE SPACE EXPERTS.

Congressman John .. Tunney
(D-Riverside) today called for a
switch in Federal priorities to
convert fhe resources of ‘the
Sagging aerospace industry to
an all-out assault against crime,
illness, poor transit, water pol-|
lution, and fire and flood ram-
pages. - !

Flanked by four members of
his scientific advisory panel,
Tunney outlined his plans to
newsmen at the Los Angeles
Press Club.

Tunney is the . Democratic
candidate for the U.S.. Senate
seat of Republican George Mur-
phy. :
The aerospace industry pro-
duces 15 per cent. of Southern.
California’s income, Tunney
said, and recent cutbacks have
resulted in the layoff of thou-
sands of workers.

“It’s wrong to have the

Tunney said he made his rec-
ommendations .after consulting
with his 15-man scientific advi-
sory panel. Four of the.mem-

bers were present at the confer-

ence. They were Nobel Prize
winners Dr. Harold Urey, Uni-
versity of California at San Die-
go, and Dr. Joshua Lederberg,
Stanford University; Dr. Albert
Hibbs, Jet Propulsion Labora-
tory in Pasadena, and Bruce
Murray, of ‘the California Insti-
tute of Technology in Pasadena,
and Bruce Murray, of the Cali-
fornia Institute of Technology in
Pasadena.

 

'(aerospace) industry so closely
tied to defense spending and
‘space programs,” he said.
Tunney’s scientific advisory
panel said that the industry is
capable of solving problems:
“e control, health’ services,
pollution control,!
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CANDIDATE. JOHN TUNNEY (CENTER) CALLS For SWITCH FROM AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
Others appearing, from left: Dr. Harold Urey; Dr. Joshua Lederberg; Dr. Albert Hibbs and Dr. Bruce Murry