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- From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
- Subject: AMERICANS OVERWHELMINGLY FAVOR HALTING NUKE TESTING
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- /** psr.bulletins: 37.0 **/
- ** Topic: Poll favors N-test Moratorium **
- ** Written 11:12 am Jul 23, 1992 by psrnatl in cdp:psr.bulletins **
- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:
- Daryl Kimball July 23, 1992
- or Emily Green
- (202)785-3777
-
- AMERICANS OVERWHELMINGLY FAVOR HALTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING
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- Poll Shows Significant Increase In Support From Previous Years
-
- WASHINGTON D.C. -- Nearly 90% of the American public now support
- halting nuclear weapons testing either immediately or through
- negotiations, according to a poll conducted this week by the ICR
- Survey Research Group. Of those in favor, 72% would call for an
- immediate halt to U.S. testing. Less than 10%, meanwhile, support
- continuing nuclear testing, the official position of the Bush
- Administration.
-
- The poll, co-sponsored by Physicians for Social Responsibility and
- the National Security News Service, reflects a significant
- increase in opposition to nuclear testing from 1989. A Roper
- Center for Public Opinion Research poll at that time showed 67% of
- the U.S. public favoring a U.S.-Soviet agreement to ban nuclear
- testing.
-
- "The vast majority of Americans clearly believe nuclear testing is
- an unnecessary relic of the cold war" stated Julia Moore,
- Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility. "The
- American public, the House of Representatives, and most nations of
- the world are now united in backing a moratorium and watching to
- see what the U.S. Senate will do," Moore added.
-
- The Nuclear Testing Moratorium Act, which would establish a
- one-year unilateral moratorium, was approved by a vote of 237-167
- in the U.S. House of Representatives on June 4. A comparable
- Senate bill has accumulated 53 cosponsors and may come to a vote
- in the full Senate this week.
-
- The U.S. is the only nation in the world still conducting frequent
- nuclear weapons tests. Both France and Russia have enacted
- moratoria on their nuclear testing programs. However, leaders of
- both nations have indicated their intentions to resume testing if
- the U.S. does not agree to a halt.
-
- "With congressional passage of a one year test moratorium, the
- U.S. could demonstrate the leadership necessary to lead the way to
- a world-wide ban on nuclear testing and a serious effort to
- control the proliferation of nuclear weapons," stated Moore.
-
- The following experts are available for comment on the U.S.
- nuclear testing program and the results of the upcoming Senate
- vote: Julia A. Moore -- Executive Director, Physicians for Social
- Responsiblity. 202/785-3777 (w) 202/363-6532 (h)
-
- Dr. Robert K. Musil -- Director of Policy and Programs, Physicians
- for Social Responsibility 202/785-3777 (w) 301/493-4571 (h)
- Daryl Kimball -- Associate Director for Policy, Physicians for
- Social Responsibility 202/785-3777 (w) 202/483-1994 (h)
-
- Dr. Daniel Ellsberg -- Senior Arms Control Analyst, Physicians for
- Social Responsibility and founder and Director of PSR's Manhattan
- Project II. 202/785-3777 (w)
-
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-
- Founded in 1961, PSR is a national organization of over 25,000
- health professionals and supporters in over 120 chapters working
- to prevent nuclear war, protect the environment, and reorder
- national spending priorities. It is the U.S. affiliate of
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
- recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.
-
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