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This letter, written by Dr. Francis Bonner in 1945, outlines the activity of the Manhattan Project Scientists in New York and Washington. It notes the proposed May-Johnson Bill, which was being submitted to the House of Representatives. If passed, this bill would have turned over the bulk of nuclear research to the military. The scientists opposed the bill because they believed atomic energy research was a global concern.

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