The Washington Association of Scientists was formed in January, 1946, to impress upon the public the potentialities of atomic energy, and to urge satisfactory methods of control and development of this source of energy. (see preambles to original and revised constitutions, Box 1, Folder 2). The association early associated with the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) (see Box 1, Folder 9 and 11, and Box 2, Folders, 12 to 16), and, in March 1947, was incorporated in the District of Columbia (see Box 1, Folder 1). Like similar groups in other parts of the country, it carried on various programs of education and agitation, directed toward both the general public and the government, and aimed at not only civilian and international control of atomic energy, but collective security, the promotion of scientific research and the integrity of the scientific profession as well. Somewhat longer-lived than many of its sister organizations, it continued to be active into 1957, but thereafter subsided. However, there is no record of the organization having been formally disbanded.
From the guide to the Washington Association of Scientists. Records, 1946-1957, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)
