A Monsanto jelly used in Napalm incendiary bombs has proved ideal for use in screwworm salve for sheep. In the mechanization of its processes, Monsanto has come to depend less and less on human control of its plants. Still expanding, Monsanto keeps its eyes fixed on a goal which still lies distantly on the horizon. The AEC is considering a joint plan of Monsanto and Union Electric Co. of Missouri for an atomic power plant. Monsanto's atom scientist-president Dr. Charles A. Thomas hopes the power plant will make Monsanto the first private enterprise in the world to harness atomic energy for industrial production.
Electrodes extract chlorine from brine.
Silhouetted chemist tests samples in control room. Despite the diversity of its products, Monsanto has specialized in one chemical-the fiery element phosphorus, a waxy yellow substance which bursts into flame when it comes in contact with air. This substance plays such an important role in the company's operations that an entire manufacturing division, one of the company's six, is devoted to phosphorus and its many derivatives. After its processing, the phosphorus is carefully stored in tanks under a layer of water to protect it from contact with air. Phosphorus compounds are among the most useful chemicals known.