Milford chronicle., 1946-08-30
Science Us.
Civilization

pACK in 1862. Alfred B. Nobel.
- Swedish chemist who invent
ed dynamite, thought his new
weapon SO terrible that mankind
in Self-defenSe would outlaw war.
History proved him wrong as it
did other men who prophesied the
same thing with the invention Of
poison gas, tanks and airpowcr. Will
history have another verdict for the
atom bomb?
Just back from Bikini, Sen. Carl A.
Hatch said last week that man had
advanced scientifically to the point
where war no longer was possible.
Sen. Hatch is chairman of the Prczi
dents special committee on evalua-
ton of the atomic bomb. He said the
A-bOmb meant abolition of war" or
mankind's destruction
simultaneously an American scien-
list who helped develop the atomic
bomb played variation on the same
theme. He is DR.. Harold c. Urev.
Nobel prize winner (for discovery Of
heavy hydrogen in 1890 ard profes
Sor of chemistry at the University of
Chicago.
Only Three Choices
ne very existence of the A-bOmb
leaves the United States ONLY three
alternatives, he said. Unless war is
eliminated, he declared. this country
may have to conquer the world before
other nations gain atomic bomb Sc
CretS.
vi the other two courSes-continu-
ing to build up stockpile of bombs.
or dcViSlng adequate" international
control-only the latter, said the rotcd
chemist, can avert a major conflict.
In an article written for Air AfTo,rs.
new quarterly magazine, DR. Urey de-
clared, that there was no military de-
tense gainSt the atom bomb and none
was to be expected He held it impos-
Slblc to prevent others from di:cover-
ing the bombs secrets.
There appear only three possible
courses Of action" he wrote. The first
IS to do just what we have been doing
in the past. We will build largo sto.k-
piles Of A-bOmbS and other weapons.
and large numbers Of planes and rock
cts to deliver them. We will continue
through diplomatic channels 10 dclay
wars or to Jockey for position in the
reXt coming war The end of this
course Is complete destruction Of
our civilization.
The second alternative iS the rag-
ing within few years of anotho,.
world war. with the frank purpose Of
conquerlng the world, and preventing
any other sovereign nation from de-
Eclopng mass weapons Of war TriS
possible course of action. is ore | can
rot contemplate with pleasure. but it
is one which may be strict necessity.
The third alternative lies in
adequate international control of tie
atom bomb and other major weapons
OF war. It is well to keep our attention
IN tins respect on the atom bomb
the easiest 10 control internatonallv,
because very substantial plants ard in
duStrlal facilities are needed"
Baruch Plan, Outstanding
DR.. Urcy described the atomic en-
cr8y control plan presented By Bcr-
hard NJ. BaruCh 10 the United Nations
as an Outstanding document worthy
OF study by every American citizen"
If that plan is accepted, he feels. +.
offers possibility that no atom,
bombs will be made in the future and
none will stored anywhere"
Meanwhile the international anna
mentS race is in full swing. America
and other countries are developirg 2
new secret weapons and Strafosphpric
planes. Last week on the Soviet
Unions national aviation day. the Red
Army displayed new jet and rocket
planes for the first time
In Pravda article, K. Vershinin.
marshal Of aviation, revealed that o..
lots we're preparing for stratospherie
flights at the speed of sound. Sovle.
cesigners, of course, are not and can.
not be behind foreign designers. an.
other authority wrote.