HATS OFF TO THESE TWO MEN

The anti-nuke demonstrations at several plants were a fizzle in everything except the usual oversized publicity. At Diablo, the NBC crews dutifully crowded round Ellsberg and Commoner, whose callous harangues were piped to the millions. What they didn't bring was the picture above: pro-nuclear counter-picket Dr. Thomas J. Connolly, Stanford professor of mechanical engineering. Last year, Connolly's eloquent testimony before the California State Legislature became a model for the defenders of public safety and energy abundance in the other states where the Luddites were trounced. "I think any time there is a mob action," said Connolly "it's good for people on the other side to come out and show just what' s going on. "And he could hardly have carried a better slogan. Unlike the anti-nukes, Connolly has no access to the lavish finances of the sham environmental organizations; like thousands of other genuine scientists, he opposes putting lust for political power above human lives. If there were more who have his guts, the Commoners and Ellsbergs would get the contempt they deserve.