Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-06-17

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day leaders to '''''S'
handle this Frank R. Kent.
mighty discovery with wisdom ane
restraint would make futile and silly
all international efforts to establish
:. an enduring peace on earth. Sc.
curity simply could not exist with
so awful a weapon loose in the
world and so deadly a fear hanging
over all.
Took Task Reluctantly.
When Mr.. Baruch reluctantly tool
from Mr.. Truman the assignment
to represent. this country on the
United Nations Atomic Energy
Commission. he did so with full
understanding of the magnitude Of
the job. He knew very well it was
by far the biggest thing he hao
ever been called upon to do. II
seems impossible to read his report
without agreeing that he has fully
measured up to his responsibility.
With the able men who assisted
him, and Endorsed by the President
and Secretary Byrnes, he has en-
phasized our leadership in this
great business and presented a plan
so simple, so lucid. so practical and
fair that it is difficult to see how
any one can object.
If the nations of the world cannot
cooperate in this, then clearly they
cannot cooperate in anything. And
. if they do cooperate in this there
seems no reason cooperation could
not be achieved in all things
where cooperation is called for
Either" says Mr.. Baruch, 1--WE en-
brace international cooperation OF
we embrace international disinte-
grafton. We are here to make a
choice between the quick and the
dead,' which is vastly more than a
sonorous phrase-it is an everlast-
ing truth. While the Jacksonville
enthal report is the basis of the
Baruch plan, the latter goes farther
than the former, is on clearer
ground, has a more practical ap-
proach.
Must Get Guarantees.
And Mr.. Baruch does not take
the view of those enthusiastic and
extremely vocal scientists who want
to start out by giving every bit OF
atomic knowledge we have to every
body else. Not that he is unwilling
to give but only that he wants to
give at the right time and in the
right way. And the right time, &C
cording to the Baruch report, is
after the international Atomic De-
velopment Authority has been
created, ratified, accepted and es-
tablished; not until we are assured
that no other nation will or can use
an atomic bomb against us-not
until that has been guaranteed and
insured, will we give.
But when that guarantee has been
made, then we will cease the manu-
facture of bombs, turn over or de-
stroy all we have, give to the IADA
every particle of knowledge and in
formation we have, hold back Moth
ing, surrender all.
Not before in the history of the
world has any nation with win
ming weapon" made any such prop
osition as this. Not before has any
nation given such unquestionable
evidence of its desire for peace. Not
before has the road to peace been
so clearly marked. 1t seems in
credible that any nation should be
reluctant to march forward on it.
It seems incredible that any nation
should make small objections or
petty points.
Though Mr.. Baruch politely asks
for criticisms and suggestions, it is
clear that the plan he has laid down
is the final American position,
reached after the most mature
study, Endorsed by the White House
and State Department, in complete
accord with their thought and
feeling.
No One Nation Has Veto.
There is to be in this matter, Mr..
Baruch most clearly explains, no
veto power that can be exercised
by one nation to block the road. In
this matter we all go along or none
of us do. We, who have the bomb,
now call for its remuneration as an
instrument of war and for a world
security program mot composed
merely of pious thoughts but of
enforceable sanctions-an interna-
tional law with teeth in it,"
With no nation dissenting. the
Baruch plan cannot become effec-
tive at once. The steps will take
time. But once we start to take
them we will more surely be on our
way to the great goal than ever be-
fore. For one cannot read this re-
port without visualizing, as Mr.
Baruch does, control not only of the
atom bomb but of all other weapons
of warm fact, of war itself.