]> http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004001 Benjamin S. Loeb A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress Prepared by Margaret H. McAleer Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
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2000

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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2004 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Papers of Benjamin S. Loeb 1945-1999 (bulk 1961-1971) MSS84718 Loeb, Benjamin S., 1914- 6,000 items 17 containers plus 1 classified 6.8 linear feet Manuscript Division Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
 Economist, author, and government official. Research files containing journal excerpts, correspondence, memoranda, cables, reports, minutes, interview transcripts, writings, speeches, newspaper clippings, and printed matter compiled by Benjamin S. Loeb concerning Glenn Theodore Seaborg's chairmanship of the Atomic Energy Commission from 1961 to 1971. Loeb assisted Seaborg in writing several books on his chairmanship which feature Seaborg's efforts to promote arms control and peaceful uses of nuclear power. Selected Search Terms

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Names: Loeb, Benjamin S., 1914- Bundy, McGeorge--Correspondence Bundy, McGeorge--Interviews Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986--Correspondence Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986--Interviews Seaborg, Glenn Theodore, 1912- Shapiro, Zalman M. (Zalmon Mordecai), 1920- Sorensen, Theodore C.--Correspondence Sorensen, Theodore C.--Interviews U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Subjects: Arms control Espionage--Israel--United States International security Nuclear energy--Government policy--United States Political crimes and offenses--Investigation--United States Uranium enrichment Occupations: Authors Economists Public officials Administrative Information Provenance:

The papers of Benjamin S. Loeb, economist, author, and government official, were given to the Library of Congress by Loeb in 2000.

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Audio cassette recordings have been transferred to the Library's Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division where they are identified as part of these papers.

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Copyright in the unpublished writings of Benjamin S. Loeb in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.

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Government regulations control the use of security classified material in this collection. Manuscript Division staff can furnish information concerning access to and use of classified items.

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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Benjamin S. Loeb Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

 Biographical Note DateEvent 1914, Mar. 5Born, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1935A.B., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 1939-1942Analyst, Security and Exchange Commission 1942-1945Economist and statistician, War Production Board 1945-1948Management research, Saks and Co., New York, N.Y. 1948M.B.A., New York University, New York, N.Y. 1948-1951Research economist, National Security Resources Board 1951-1953Statistician, Defense Electric Power Administration 1953-1955Instructor in management and retailing, Columbia University and City College of New York, New York, N.Y. 1955-1960Writer, Atomic Energy Commission 1958Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1960-1962Editorial specialist on nuclear power, Division of Public Information, International Atomic Energy Commission 1964Published with John Lawrence and Bernard Manowitz Radioisotopes and Radiation (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. 131 pp.) 1970-1971Conducted special research and writing projects for Glenn Theodore Seaborg, chairman, Atomic Energy Commission 1971-1974Speech writer, Atomic Energy Commission 1974-1976Editor, Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1977-Writer and consultant 1981Assisted Glenn Theodore Seaborg in writing Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. 320 pp.) 1987Assisted Glenn Theodore Seaborg in writing Stemming the Tide: Arms Control in the Johnson Years (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books. 495 pp.) 1995Assisted Glenn Theodore Seaborg in writing The Atomic Energy Commission under Nixon: Adjusting to Troubled Times (New York: St. Martin's Press. 268 pp.) Scope and Content Note

The papers of Benjamin S. Loeb (1914- ) span the years 1945-1999, with the bulk of the material dating from 1961 to 1971. The papers concern Loeb's collaboration with Glenn Theodore Seaborg on several books concerning Seaborg's chairmanship of the Atomic Energy Commission from 1961 to 1971. The books, each of which focuses on a presidential administration, explore Seaborg's efforts to promote arms control and peaceful uses of nuclear power. The collection consists of research files containing excerpts from Seaborg's journal, correspondence, memoranda, cables, reports, minutes, interview transcripts, writings, speeches, newspaper clippings, and printed matter. The files are arranged alphabetically by subject or type of material.

A large portion of Loeb's research files consists of material culled from the Seaborg Papers located in this division. Loeb relied heavily on Seaborg's journal which contains diary-like entries supplemented by copies of correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and printed matter. Loeb's files provide topical access to the chronologically-arranged journal on issues such as arms control and test ban treaties, the environment, fast breeder reactors, multilateral force, peaceful nuclear explosions, plowshare programs, and uranium enrichment. Many of the photocopied documents contain Loeb's annotations.

Loeb augmented his use of Seaborg's papers with research at the John F. Kennedy Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Lyndon B. Johnson Library in Austin, Texas, and the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. Files relating to the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963 include copies of State Department cables secured by Loeb through Freedom of Information Act requests. Also included in the collection are Loeb's correspondence and interviews with prominent former government officials including McGeorge Bundy, W. Averell Harriman, and Theodore C. Sorensen.

Featured in the collection is Loeb's investigation into allegations that Zalman Shapiro, president of the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation of Pennsylvania, provided Israeli associates with nuclear secrets and enriched uranium in the 1960s. Included are copies of Federal Bureau of Investigation memoranda and reports attained by Loeb through the Freedom of Information Act.

 Related Material

The Loeb Papers complement the Glenn Theodore Seaborg Papers also located in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The General Correspondence and Writings series in the Seaborg Papers contain large quantities of correspondence between Seaborg and Loeb concerning their collaborative efforts.

Container List BoxContents 1Anti-ballistic missile system, 1969, 1986 Arms control Atomic Energy Commission histories, 1968-1971 (2 folders) Executive branch organizational issues, 1969-1970 Franck, James, report and other early debates, 1945-1964, 1978-1983, n.d. General file, 1966-1971, n.d. Atomic Energy Commission, 1966-1971, n.d. Australia, Cape Keraudren plowshare project, 1969, n.d. Bundy, McGeorge, 1964-1986, n.d. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Arguments in favor of Ban, 1972-1992, n.d. (2 folders) 2Testing, 1982-1988, n.d. Center for Defense Information, 1984 Dewitt, Hugh, 1962, 1974-1985, n.d. History, 1970, 1980-1987, n.d. Seaborg, Glenn Theodore, journal excerpts, 1969-1971, n.d. Cousins, Norman, 1980 Cuban missile crisis, 1962, 1973-1977 Education and student unrest, 1969-1971, 1989, n.d. Enola Gay exhibit, Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., 1990-1995 Environment Jurisdictional responsibility, 1969-1973, n.d. Miscellany, 1969-1970, 1991, n.d. Northern States Power Co. v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 1969-1970 Opposition to nuclear energy, 1969-1971, 1989, n.d. 3Radioactive pollution from nuclear power plants, 1969-1971 Radioactive waste, 1969-1971 Euratom, 1964-1969, 1997, n.d. Fast breeder reactors, 1969-1972, n.d. (2 folders) Federal budget, 1969-1971, n.d. Gilpatric, Roswell L., 1964-1965, 1984-1985, n.d. Goffman, John, and Arthur Tamplin, 1969-1971, 1982-1989, n.d. Hanford Atomic Reactor, Richland, Wash., 1969-1970 Harriman, W. Averell Interviews, 1980-1981, n.d. 4Miscellany, 1963-1964, 1973, 1983, n.d. Herken, Gregg, 1986 International Atom Program, 1969-1984 International Atomic Energy Agency, 1961-1970, 1985-1997 John F. Kennedy Library, Cambridge, Mass., research notes and photocopies, 1962-1964, 1980, n.d. Johnson, Lyndon B. Cabinet meetings, 1964-1967, n.d. Conduct in office, 1969-1971, n.d. Miscellany, 1963-1973, n.d. Oral history citations, 1965-1971 Personal traits, 1970-1973, n.d. Relationship with Glenn Theodore Seaborg, 1963-1966 Secrecy, n.d. Summit meeting with Alexei Kosygin, Glassboro, N.J., 1967, 1986 Vietnam War, 1964-1984, n.d. See also Container 16, same heading Limited Test Ban Treaty Amendments, 1985-1992 5Cables, copies received through Freedom of Information Act requests, 1963, 1980 Kennedy, John F., recorded telephone conversations, 1963, 1988 Public reaction, 1989-1990 Low-threshold nuclear test ban, 1981-1987 Merchant ships, n.d. Moyers, Bill, 1969-1972, n.d. Multilateral force, 1962-1966, n.d. See also Classified(2 folders) National energy situation, 1970-1971, n.d. Netherlands, nuclear submarine program, 1969-1970 Nixon, Richard M., 1969-1971, 1989 Non-Proliferation Treaty General file 1964-1968 (2 folders) 61969-1992, n.d. (2 folders) Review conferences, Geneva, Switzerland, 1968-1985 Safeguards, 1964-1968, 1985, n.d. (2 folders) United States as supplier of nuclear fuel, 1963-1967 Nuclear free zones, 1967-1968, 1983, n.d. Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp. Atomic Energy Agency interviews and memoranda, 1966-1971, 1991-1993 Chronology, n.d. Coverup investigation, 1976-1979, n.d. 7Decommissioning enriched uranium operations, 1981-1983, 1993 Explanation of uranium losses, 1976-1979 “Fact” file concerning allegations, 1965-1969, 1976-1979, n.d. Federal Bureau of Investigation Interviews, 1978-1979 Investigations, 1969-1978 Progress of investigations and findings, 1966-1981, n.d. Government Accounting Office report, 1978-1979, 1993 Health allegations, 1980 Keller, Charles A., notes, 1962-1969, 1978-1979 Loading dock incidents, 1968, 1980, n.d. Media coverage, 1969-1979, 1991, n.d. Miscellany, 1966, 1991, n.d. Physical security standards, 1966, 1974-1980 Public opinion, 1979 8Reports, 1966, 1976-1979 (2 folders) Seaborg, Glenn Theodore, journal excerpts, 1969-1971 Secrecy, 1980 Shapiro, Zalman, investigation and surveillance, 1966-1977, n.d. Sources, n.d. United States Congress, 1969, 1978 Nuclear power and nuclear power facilities, 1969-1997, n.d. Peaceful nuclear explosions and plowshare programs 1963-1967 (3 folders) 91968-1990, n.d. (2 folders) President's Advisory Council on Executive Organization, 1969-1973, n.d. Production Buildup, 1958-1964, 1980-1981 Cutback 1961-1969 See also Classified(4 folders) 101970-1980, n.d. Economic impact and utility contracts, 1963-1965, n.d. Project Rulison, gas stimulation project, Colo., 1969-1970, n.d. Proliferation, 1963-1986, n.d. Regulatory reform, 1969-1983, n.d. Risks, 1970, 1987-1989, n.d. Rostow, W. W., 1971, 1983, n.d. Rusk, Dean, 1965, 1986, n.d. Safety, 1969-1971, 1989-1991 Science, 1969-1971 Seabed Arms Control Treaty, 1962-1970, n.d. 11Seaborg, Glenn Theodore Journal excerpts For additional material see Container 2, Container 8, and Container 15, same heading 1961 (4 folders) 1962 Jan.- June (3 folders) 12July-Dec. (3 folders) 1963 (4 folders) 13Meet the Press appearance, 1971 Notes from conversations, 1971 Obituaries and memorial service program, 1999 Professional anecdotes, 1966-1971, 1985 (2 folders) Travel abroad Africa, 1970 Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg, 1997, n.d. For additional material see Container 5, Netherlands France, 1997 Germany, 1966-1967, 1975, 1997, n.d. India, 1964-1983, 1997, n.d. Italy, 1997 Japan, 1970, 1994-1997 Latin America, 1967 Miscellany, 1969-1971, n.d. Sweden, 1997, n.d. United Kingdom, 1963-1971, 1997, n.d. See also Classified(2 folders) 14Secrecy and classification issues, 1985-1997, n.d. Sorenson, Theodore C., 1981 Soviet Union, 1964-1991, n.d. (2 folders) Space, 1969-1970 Stassen, Harold Edward, 1963, 1983 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), 1968-1971, 1986, n.d. Tamplin, Arthur See Container 3, Goffman, John Testing and test bans Background, 1961-1983, n.d. By presidential administration Bush, George, 1989-1991, n.d. Carter, Jimmy, 1980-1982 Johnson, Lyndon B., 1964-1968, n.d. (2 folders) 15Reagan, Ronald, 1981-1988, n.d. (2 folders) Chronology, n.d. Debate over testing, 1992 Nuclear testing, ca. 1968-1971, 1986-1988 (2 folders) Seaborg, Glenn Theodore, journal excerpts, 1962-1971 See also Classified(4 folders) 16Testing and test bans Verification, 1970, 1982-1990 Uranium Enrichment, 1969-1989, n.d. (4 folders) Mining, 1969-1971 Vietnam War, 1965-1983, n.d. See also Container 4, same heading Views of non-nuclear weapon states, 1967-1968, n.d. Wiesner, Jerome B., 1980 Writings and speeches by Loeb, 1988-1995 17Seaborg, Glenn Theodore, 1969-1971, 1982-1996, n.d. (3 folders) Seaborg, Glenn Theodore, and Loeb The Atomic Energy Commission under Nixon Material for epilogue, 1969-1992, n.d. Reviews and reactions, 1993-1995 Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban, correspondence Between Glenn Theodore Seaborg and Loeb, 1972-1980, n.d. General, 1980-1983, n.d. Miscellaneous, 1985, 1993, n.d. “My Three Presidents,” 1993, n.d. (2 folders) “Nuclear Diplomacy during the Cold War,” 1997-1998, n.d. For additional material see Container 13, Travel abroad CL 1Classified Multilateral force, 1963 (Container 5) Production Cutback, 1965 (Container 9) Seaborg, Glenn Theodore Travel abroad United Kingdom, 1963 (Container 13) Testing and test bans Seaborg, Glenn Theodore, journal excerpts, 1963 (Container 15)