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the foreign affairs of the United history, now at center stage in States…This impressive biog an altogether absorbing family raphy is a fascinating portrait of history: *John K. Hutchens, the clan in action:’Publishers Book-of-the-Month Club News. Weekly. A BOOK0 F-TH E”Reads like a novel…During all MONTH CLUB MAIN SELECTION but the final months of the Eisen WITH PHOTOS, NOTES, AND hower era it was the Dulles family INDEX; $12.95. PULL A BIOGRAPHY OF ELEANOR, ALLEN, AND JOHN FOSTER DULLES & THEIR FAMILY NETWORK E BY LEONARD MOSLEY The Dial Press/James Wade THE DIAL PRESS DELL PUBLISHING CO_ INC “Packed with drama invaluable to an understanding of America in this century.’ /4: “They were a trio unlike any that which managed and manipulated comes to mind in American In the business of repro duction. the quality of the copy is commensurate with the quality of the original. Let us improve the appearance of your copies by preparing quality originals or by showing you how to. Either way you save at Ginny’s. Good books in every field JENKINS PUBLISHING CO. The Pemberton Press John H. Jenkins, Publisher Austin 78768 Box 2085 Providing Professional Graphic Services and Consultation for today’s Reproduction Methods Nuclear waste. . . from page 5 transfer land for up to 20 years, but since this transfer for nuclear waste storage will, of necessity, be permanent, Congress must pass a law withdrawing the land from use by the general public and transferring it to DOE. One clue to the likely congressional response comes from legislation Sen. troduced: his bill guarantees the states veto power over projects licensed by the NRC. The Senate subcommittee on nuclear regulation held hearings on Domenici’s bill, S.2761, in March. According to James Asselstine, minority counsel for the committee, it is “safe to say that states on their own do not have clear and unquestioned authority to act without specific federal authorization.” Thus, the states may well need the help Domenici’s proposal promises them to overcome the legal doctrines federal agencies could marshal to force nuclear waste facilities on unwilling hosts. The DOE can argue that the U.S. Constitution forbids state control over the exercise of federal functions and makes federal authority exclusive over lands within the federal domain. In addition, congressional enactment of atomic energy legislation in 1946 and subsequent amendments could be said to have pre-empted state regulation of radioactive substances, except to the extent Congress expressly allows such regulation. Despite the uncertainty of the law and DOE’s promise of eventual deference to local will, several states have acted to prohibit nuclear waste disposal within their borders. Most recently, on April 13, Michigan banned the depositing of nuclear wastes. According to Michael Nickerson, assistant deputy attorney general for Michigan, the prohibition is based on the common law right a state has for the exercise of land use authority. Six other states have passed laws forbidding nuclear dumpingLouisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota and Vermont. Colorado and Hawaii have adopted resolutions urging such prohibitions and six more states Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico and West Virginiaare considering legislative bans. In Texas, State Sen. Roy Blake, whose district takes in much of the Deep East Texas study site, intends to introduce protective legislation next January. His bill would require approval from the Legislature before construction could begin on a nuclear waste facility. He concedes that such legislation “may not be more than saying [to the federal government] that we don’t want it here.” Nevertheless, he considers it 20 JUNE 9, 1978