AGAINST THE SHUT-DOWN INITIATIVES

Arizona: J. Swift, Ariz. f. Jobs & Energy (No on 200), Box 21666, Phoenix 85036; tel. 271-7900. Colorado: Colo. ag. Amendm.3, 419-lSth St., Denver 80201, tel. 534-0631. Montana: (No committee yet) - Dan Regan, 40 E. Broadway, Butte 59701, tel. 723-5421. Ohio: E.P. O'Grady, Citiz. f. Safe LowerCost Electricity, 8 E. Broad St., Columbus 43215, tel. 221-1720; Oregon: Oreg. ag. Ban on Nucl. En., 1015 Cascade Bldg., Portland 97204, tel. 221-1470. Washington: C. Montgomery Johnson, Citiz. ag. Ban on Nucl. En., Box 9070, Renton 98055, tel. 235-1480.

The Health Hazards of Not Going Nuclear has now been reviewed by three nationally syndicated columnists, each of whom devoted his entire column to the book: John Lofton Jr. ("a witty, highly informative, thoroughly documented, caustic polemic that demolishes the myths, distortions and outright falsehoods of the antinuclear crowd . . . must reading for anyone seriously interested in the issue"), John Chamberlain ("Ralph Nader and his 'Critical Mass opponents of nuclear energy have been blown out of the water . . . I challenge Nader to debate Beckmann across the country"), and M. Stanton Evans ("should be mandatory reading in every jurisdiction where atomic power is debated . . . If Beckmann spreads his message wide enough, the crusade against the 'nukes' could well be halted in its tracks"). From Golem Press, Box 1342, Boulder, CO 80302; $5.95 paper $10.95 cloth (10 and 20% discount, resp., to current AtE subscribers). 30% discount for cartons of 60 copies.

Edward Cowan of the New York Times is less biased against nuclear power than some of his colleagues, but none too well informed: In a recent article, he wrote "a state could decide that it would rather pay the extra cost of coal-fired power and avoid the risks and uncertainties of nuclear plants and nuclear wastes." (In traveling from Canada to the US, would you pay the extra cost of going over the Niagara Falls in a barrel to avoid the risks of air travel?) We sent him a copy of the book mentioned above, also asking him to check out his description of D.D. Comey as "the Chicago environmental scientist" (the strangest description, it seemed to us, since the death of Chicago philantropist John Dillinger).