The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-25

Atom Bomb Puny
Asserts Chief Of
Weather Staff

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DIR. F. W. Reichelderfer, chief o:
the United States Weather Bureau,
does not think that atomic eSplo-
sions will prove OF value u con.
trolling" future weather.
He believes that powerful as
atomic energy is, II IS still puny
when compared with the titanic
forces OF nature
The weather man does not be-
lieVe that atom bombs could end
a dry spell. dissipate unwanted rain
clouds. lessen :he likelihood OF
floods. or smash tornadocs or hur-
ricanes.
As to hurricanes. Reiehelderfer
says:
Hurricanes start on a large
scale geographically and are the
result OF cyclonic conditions that
develop over areas OF 5000 to 10000
square miles.
The energy needed 10 move the
great mass OF air covering an area
CT thousands Of square miles and
weighing untold millions OF :ons is
SO great that II Is not likely TO be
much influenced by the use Of an
atomic bomb, or bombs"
The government still is having It's
food problems-some OF them about
as bad as the wartime headaches.
There is not enough butter-agri-
culture sources predicting 1t will be
in extremely short supply for the
next three months.
There are, however, plenty OF po-
tatoes. There are 20 many, in fact.
that the government is worrying
about a surplus OF them. Further,
there are not enough freight cars
TO move them.
Other problems involve fluid
cream and cheese which the gov
ernment believes will be short in
the months ahead.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has
expressed the belief that the future
peace OF the world depends upon
the women OF the United States.
She says privately that the women
of Europe have no vitality with
which TO fight any new disturbance
OF world peace.
Their long resistance against
Nazi aggression. declared Eleanor
Roosevelt. has robbed them OF their
will to fight further.
The former first lady warns the
United States that peace Is thing
which the women Of America must
fight for intensively. She said that
during her European tour she found
that the men TO whom Europe
might look for leadership were
killed OF manned in the two world
wars.
Probably nowhere are current In
ternati onal political sentiments
more quickly reflected than IN
Washington's cocktail parties
generally referred to euphemistic-
ally as receptions"
Moscow's expanding influence IS
no exception. Parties by Czech, FOL
ish and Balkan diplomats are al
ways heavily-attended by members
of the Russian embassy. Before
Russian influence became predom-
inant in Poland and Czechoslovakla
British were most heavily repre-
scented.
The last great reception in the
Sov;at embassy came in the midst
of early revelations about me can
adian spy scare. II celebrated the
2Sth anniversary OF the foundins
of the great Red army. Ihere were
regiments galore. but few from the
United States. Lieut.. Gen. Bedell
smith. ambassador designate TO
MOSCOW, was the only outstanding
Tnited States military figure to ap-
near Lesser diplomats from me
state department showed up, Out
embassies were lacking, but thoee
no top figures. ,r,.,
Heads OF most OF the major Allied
in charge OF the missions OF states
within the Russian sphere Ill
turned out.
The crowd was smaller than us
ual. but the vodka disappeared as
fast as ever.
Congress sional action on the S2O,-
900, 900 sugar subsidy will deter
mine whether or not there will be
more sugar for United States con-
sumers.
Effective Feb. 3, the government
has boosted the price three cents
per five pounds. This was TO COM
pensate :or the import OF 100000
tons Of sugar from Cuba, Puerto
Rico and Hawaii in 1916.
II Congress turns thumbs down
on the pending subsidy proposal,
there may be another hike TO be
passed along to the consumer.