Evening star., 1945-08-19

the world that a couple OF grains Will
be sufficient to run your vacuum clean
er and washing machine for great
many years, and so on. A gulllble public
undoubtedly will be fooled many times
before it settles down to accepting facts.
The truth is that the atomic bomb,
with its mighty power, probably cannot
be used for any other purpose except
that of destruction and annlhilatlon.
Power, in itself, does not mean any,
thing. Only when power can be made to
serve useful purpose is it of any value.
Nothing Gould Hold 1t
The atomic bomb, at the moment Of
disintegration, releases all of its vast
power in one cataclysmic explosion. The
force that is generated is so great that
there is no way in which it can be har-
messed and utilized. No machine could
conceivably be built that could contain
that power No known metal or mate
rial could possibly Withstand heat OF
several billion degrees that is generated
by the bombs explosion. 1t simply Is
not feasible to consider harnesslng the
power of the atomic bomb.
The big discovery that has been made
by the scientists who produced the
atomic bomb, and which apparently has
not, as yet, been realized by the layman
and even has escaped the attention OF
many scientists. is not the bomb ltse1,
but the principle on which the atomic
machinery operates to attract and store
ho of her nf This :
the most important discovery. Man has
now found out that the machinery rep
resented by the atom can attract unllm-
tied power from the atmosphere, and ne
has found a way to release that power
from the atomic machine back into the
atmosphere" and in so doing, create un-
believable energy in the form of heat and
light In the atomic bomb we have sue
ceded in releasing this power in one in
stantaneous explosion. Nature, how
ever, knows how to release it gradually.
utilizing the power, heat and light for
useful purposes This is what happens
in the natural disintegration of uranium,
radium and other elements in the earth.
Duplicating the Atom
Now we come to the real value Of the
atomic bomb discovery. Having discov-
cred the secret of atomic power, Scien-
fists will in the not-too- distant future,
build small machines which. in their
operation, will exactly duplicate the
atom in attracting and storing energy
from the atmosphere" In other words,
we will now be able to build a syn
thetic atom, just as the chemist nov
builds synethtic vitamins and synthetic
hormones. And We will be able to con-
troll this synthetic atom. In these atomic
machines man will be able to harness
and control the unlimited power of the
universe for his own use and at little
or no cost. Using the principles dis
covered in the perfection of the atomic
bomb we will build tiny atomic ma
chimes that will run vacuum cleaners
washing machines, automobiles, trac-
tors, trains and ships.
Ships will sail to their destination on 8
beam generated by an atomic machine
that not only keeps them on their course
but would, at the same time, furnish the
power to get to their destination.
The country could be divided into
power zones with central atomic plant
in each zone that would furnish power
light and heat to every one free, as part
of Federal service, with each person
paying nominal power tax each year
Homes could be kept free from disease
carrying microbes by the installation OF
invisible ultraviolet irradiation. The
farmer would have unlimited power to
till his land and operate his machines.
All of these things, and other marvels
of mans ingenuity, will come to pass az
a result of the atomic bomb discoveries
and new epoch of prosperity and ad'
vancement will arrive that will elevate
mans estate to its highest level.