among the papers we received from elinor thornburgh are telegrams and letters regarding what people thought should be done to deal with the accident. there are some very interesting suggestions. we have a telegram from someone who was with the manhattan project. he telegram the governor to say to prevent melt down, if safety rods are inoperative run borax solution into damaged nuclear reactor if the access port is available. a letter came from terry richards of kansas city. he has lots of advice for the governor. what's interesting is he drew sketches of how he watched the problem. there were people who were opposed to the use of nuclear energy and were concerned about the accident. there was criticism of what was happening at the time. this is a telegram to the governor on march 30. it says dear sir, it's the greatest moral sin for you to state there is no danger to children or pregnant women in harrisburg at this time. it seems a prudent man would rather err on the side of safety. the children should be evacuated immediately or be cursed by those who will be maimed, deformed, and mutilate