Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists
The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists was formed in 1946 with the primary purpose of raising money for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Federation of American Scientists and other public-education activities of the atomic scientists.[1]
Planning Pugwash
The Committee desired from the outset to realize their idea of having an international conference of scientists - including Soviet scientists - to discuss the dangers of nuclear weaponry. This conference would eventually be known as the Pugwash Conference. Harrison Brown was delegated to pursue this possibility with Andrei Gromyko who was then the deputy foreign minister, and Soviet representative on the UN Security Council. Brown and Gromyko met twice to discuss the proposition. However the Soviets were not yet ready for such collaboration and it was not until July 1957 that the first conference took place. It was held in Pugwash, Nova Scotia.[1]
Members
The following were members of the Committee:[1]
- Albert Einstein - president
- Harrison Brown - executive vice-president
- Hans Bethe
- Linus Pauling
- Harold Urey
- Victor Weisskopf