The whole experience at the time made me extremely foolish. I came to the conclusion for no reason at all, except that I felt empowered, because I held this pit, had seen this explosion, that somehow this testing was a useful thing. I don't know how I got this impression. And I had a girlfriend in Lake Forest, Illnois. Francis… we drove back. Francis, I drove back... sorry dropped me at her place in Lake Forest. Her mother said, 'You know, tomorrow; we're going to go somewhere where Adlai Stevenson [II] is, an old friend. We're going to see Adlai Stevenson.' I said 'Oh gee', because Adlai Stevenson was running against Eisenhower on the proposition that nuclear tests should be stopped. And.....I thought well you know...I had this... I thought they shouldn't be stopped. I don't know why I had this idea, this very, very stupid idea. I went over and... I was introduced to Adlai Stevenson. 'This is Jeremy Bernstein, he spent the summer at Los Alamos. He saw these tests, he thinks the testing is a good thing'. Stevenson took one look at me and turned around and walked away. He had no interest in talking about anything with me and he was right. He lost, I voted for him. Anyway... that was the summer of '57.