The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-12
interpreting
The War
BY JAMES D. u,,,,n-
Associated Prose @. lille

As sAN FRANCISCO, Aug, !, Mfl'e
Armed 1A: with the atom ~ i Fn1l
5: speaking democracy finds i hagia
the time being the stew 'ss'
mankind's nature, ''e"a'd
Realization of this inbe,,..
Pr President Humans deeIss
thursday d1y night that the ''I H.,
States IS Britain and Canada ae v ~
not disclose the secret Of t,s sa
mic bomb until means h.u me u
found to control the bomb 's .. "
to protect ourselves and ~. !"
OF the world from the dsn rs
total destruction" NsS
The full meaning Of the di,,,,,
OF atomic fission and its so.'
remains locked in the fut,s ss''
one thing is clear alreadv
~ 49, sll1 ea' VI utter annihisa
to large segments of bum,.s
never before practicable, noa
become reality.
Whether America is ready J.,
cept it or not, this can NV,
vast shift in the balance NJ NJ.
power, definitely toward the s Ny
that hold this new threat
1t will take years perhap, +,
ply the principle of atomic en.'
to other uses, but it can scar.
be doubted that it will be ths \
pllcatlons of atomic enerYv
peace eventually may be ius
revolutionary. The possesscr,
atomic energy to drive jndr,l
and communications will bsy.
economic weapon which nj
well surpass in effectivenes, i
first child of the domestic
atom-the atomic bomb.
No nation without this powe,
hind its factories, its carriers
entire economy, could com,
with those who use it.
The question facing the Emf |
speaking peoples today, theret-|
is first, whether to share this M
new secret.
Already there are voices ags|
that. Senator Wiley (R-Wis) isc|
He notes that our secrets n
been shared in the past, and ID
against us.
Past discoveries of compaY|
Importance in their time-sI
weapons as gunpowder, the all
ored ship, radio, the airplH|
were not kept secret.
Many of them never were sec,s|
but the spontaniety with which d
liar discoveries were made
many countries leading 10 the
velopments Of these weapons 4
gests that they could not ha|
been kept secret long, if at all
"You can't change the mind
man. comments Sen. 0'Maha|
D-Wyo). This discovery will |
remain a secret. We must see d
that it is used for peaceful u
poses and the United Nations
ganization is the logical sge|
to do that
So the question Is likely 10 I
down to how to share the seen
in the end, because if we don't ,
fact that we don't may stimua
others to match it or even ncea
it.
Sen. Burton (R-Ohio) sugges
that the United Nations ec0n0n-
and social council could supeTv'
atomic energy development Or d
a special agency be created
handle It.
Sen. Hatch D-NM) says; ~
we either live together in pei
or we die together . =. The WOf'|
going to have to accept the
of law and justice or be deStFoys|
From Britain speaks Sir v
Anderson, Britain's wartime SCI
tific chieftain, warning that the
leashing of the atom could ny
a maniac dream of dealt" 81
true if craftsmanship Of the n
est order" is not used by the
ted Nations in Harvesting andwI
it for peaceful purposes.
AS he lives now, man IL
between his individuallsm ana
sense of obligation to his kim
The democratic faith is fns'
can, by intelligence and gooo I
overcome his own shortcomings
the common good. j
The Fascist idea, when guy
be discredited by now, IS
there's no use trusting n-I
Democracy then, armed VIII
first forging of history S mN
tent weapon, faces It's s"l
test as a working prlnclpN
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