Evening star., 1946-03-16
Russians 10 Develop
Atomic Energy Under
New Five-Year Plan
BY the Associoted Press

MOSCOW, Mar. 16.-The new
flve-year plan for Russia will de-
velop atomic power and boost pro-
duction to one and one-half times
the prewar level, N. A. Voznesensky
head of the planning department,
has informed the Supreme Soviet.
Speaking at joint session last
night of both houses of the Russian
Parliament, VozneSensky asserted
that "monopolistic capitalism can
produce a new aggressor," and de-
clared that the Soviet Union would
maintain and strengthen its mill
tary forces during the five-year pc
riod from 1916 to 1850.
The houses, by rising vote
agreed to drop the title of commits
sar'' and substitute that of min
lister" for its highest government
leaders, and to change the name
of the Council of Peoples Commits
sars to Council of Ministers.
Stain Position Unchanged.
Premier Stain thus becomes
chairman of the Council of Minis
ters, instead of chairman of the
Council of Commissars. In this
capacity he continues as Premier
and head Of the government.
"a London dispatch quoted the
Moscow radio as saying Stain
resigned as chairman of the
Council of Commissars and i'm
mediately was elected unani-
mously by both houses, voting
separately, as chairman of the
Council of Ministers.
CThe reason for the change in
titles was not made clear. Stain
had been chairman of the Coun-
Gil of Commissars since May %,
194l. The title "commissar" had
been used for more than quar-
ter century by the Soviets)
In his outline of the new five-year
plan, Vonesensky said prizes would
be awarded to scientists to stimulate
research on such projects as the de-
velopment of atomic power.
Schools to Expand.
In addition, the Soviet will ex-
pand its technical schools to ac-
commodate 100000 students 'and
will increase it's expenditures for
education and culture to the equiv
alent of about $13,333 ,OO0, 900, or
about two and one-quarter times
the prewar total, he continued.
Other phases of the fve-year
plan, as outlined by Voznesensky:
Rationing of bread, flour and Ger
cal will end this year. There will
be more butter, sugar and shoes in
the immediate future.
Heavy industry will be doubled bv
1850 and automobile production will
be tripled to quadrupled. The an
nual production by 1850 of iron will
be 100000 tons; of steel, Is ,OOO. 900
tons; coal, 250,OOO,OOO; oil, 35,OOO,-
900 tons; electricity, 5000 900 900
kilowatt hours.
The equivalent of about $3,333.-
100000 will be earmarked for rail-
road improvements and about $3,-
500 100000 to finance $4,000, 900
square meters of new housing.
The Soviet national income will
be boosted to about $14,75O 900 900
by 1850.
War Emphasis Laid to U. S.
M. Rubenstein, Soviet New Times
writer, said today that the United
States is tending strongly toward
concentrating the best scientific
brains on atomic energy problems,
with emphasis on atomic energy use
for war.
Writing in the current issue of the
influential magazine Foreign Com
ment, Rubenstein said:
Thousands of scientists, engineers
and workers of different countries
and different nationalities worked
over the problem of separating the
atom. However, the scientific re-
suits of this great international
work the American Government de-
cided to save in secret from all
other countries, including England
and Canada y"
This resulted in dissatisfaction
protests from the majority of scien-
lists participating in atomic bomb
work." he added