The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-07

--IOkyO or one OF Japan OtneI
great war industry cities is be-
lieved here today to be next III
the list for atomic bomb de-
struction.
This is the view of officials
trying to evaluate the possible
effects of the terrifying new
Weapon-both on bringing this
war to an early end and on shap-
ing the world of tomorrow.
From what has been an
nounced publicly by President
Truman and other American and
British officials it is clear that
cid ideas of National Defense
and Security-based even on
weapons as modern as the rock
cts Hitler used against London -
are due to undergo radical
changes.
In its impact on peaceful pur-
suits, the newly harnessed energ
still is some years from prac-
teal use. according to officials
reports. but it may revolutionize
industry and trade of the future.
RIGID CONTROLS
Evidently with this in mind,
President Truman made clear IN
his announcement of the new
bomb yesterday that the develop
ment of the atomic power in this
country is to be kept under tight
government control.
Because Of its enormous pot
entialities for both war and
peace, the use of atomic energy
is a two-sided problem. Here
are principal points of both
sides as developed in official
statements and interpreted by
those qualified to do so:
Effect on the war with jap
an
Dropping of the first atomic
bomb on the japanese army
base at Hiroshima Sunday night
was mainly warning to the
enemy. Pending full reconnais-
sance reports. it is believed here
that the city. which had a pre-
war population of $4,000. was
largely if not completed wiped
out.
American propaganda broadcasts
are bombarding the japanese
with reports of this mighty new
weapon. Enemy warlords can
determine for themselves what it
did at Hiroshima with destruc-
tive force comparable to 10000
tons Of TINT.
The Japanese have no adequ-
ate defense against this weapon
any more than against regular
aerial bombardment. They can
only surrender or face destruc-
ton. The hour is the most crit
ical in their national history.
Few top officials here expect d
surrender at once, and Mr.. Tru-
man himself said the United
States is fully prepared to 30
ahead with the bombings.
The contention will be made
that should such an attack occur
in some future generation this
country would need millions OF
trained citizens capable of taxi
ing control to prevent panic, TO
organize security and to prepare
for resistance and counterat-
tack. In the war of the future,
these authorities say, an enemy
ready for quick conquest prob
ably would seek to follow up
atomic rocket attacks by para
chute invasion of key cities.
However, Senator Johnson
(D-Colo), a member Of the mill
tary committee, told interview
ers at Denver last night 1.-The
atomic bomb ought to blow up
peacetime CONSUMPTION 1t
ought to mean the end of big
armies"
PEACETIME RESEARCH
One of the most common COM
ments heard in the capital after
release of the news about the
atomic bomb was that it great
ly increases the responsibilities
of governments to work to-
gether for world peace. Many
persons said success of the Unit
ed Nations organization now
becomes Uore important than
before.
Another piece of legislation
for which military leaders are
to argue would auth
o e the federal government to
and promote peacetime
scientific research. 1t was such
research which led eventually