Constructionof a nuclear reactor by the West German chemical industries in cooperation with the Bonn Government has been urged by W. A. Menne, president of the Association of Chemical Industries, according to a dispatch toThe New York Timesdatelined April 29th. Claiming that more than two hundred United States industrial corporations are negotiating with the U.S. Government for the industrial utilization of atomic power, Menne maintained that West Germany must delay no longer in applying the results of nuclear research to industry if it wishes to remain a first‐class industrial power.