Evening star., 1947-05-05
Atom 5 Use in Peace
Bound BY Wor Feor
World Control Would Permit
Development for Good
By Dorothy Tho,npson

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A survey Of any one days papers shows
the depth Of the international crisis--and
indicates. too. where the remedy lies.
The international crisis Is spiritual.
political and economic.
It IS spiritual because the whole world
Is ridden by guilt complex; by the blood
Of millions Of the worlds giiltless the
youth: by the continuance Of the very
crimes which they died to purge from
the world slavery, terrorism, national
egotism; by ahysmal suffering every-
where outside the Americas.
It ID political because Of widespread
consciousness that the political forms of
the last century are inadequate to the
government Of an anarchical world; that
the United Nations structure lacks The
foundations essential TO that degree Of
governance necessary to prevent war;
because Of general establishment with
all political ideologies as they are pres
emily expressed In practice.
Most contemporary thinkers would put
the international economic crisis first.
II We put It third, 1t Is because Of our
conviction that the Bible Is truer than
Karl Marx as judge Of priorities---
when 1t says that those who seek first
the Kingdom Of God have all the other
things added unto them.
Atomic Power Could Save World.
II the leaders Of the great powers In
the United Nations really knew that
war has to stop, and forever: If they
understood with white-hot clarity that
the stopping Of war Is impossible In
world OF divided, war-making powers;
II they realized that indiscriminate mass
murder. involving the disintegration OF
the very forces of the planet, Is the full
flllment Of the apocalyptic vision Of tho
end OF the world-then they would be
so overcome with awe that every ideol-
ogy would fade into insignif1cance before
the fact that they hold responsibility
for the continued existence Of organic
life itself.
With war out Of the world forever,
the force that should drive it out would
save it--namely, atomic energy.
The world economic crisis and the ma
tonal economic competitions driving to-
ward war are primarily due to fuel.
Nature has not equally distributed coal
and oil. Forty-eight million Italians lack
both; the German Ruhr is q bone Of
contention because 1t has coal; the Mid
die East is Of Importance to everybody
because it contains the worlds greatest
oil reserves. ls
Need for Fuel Is Grave. 81
Great Britains crisis Is a fuel crisis.
An exhausted people there were told
only this week that they must abandon
modern forms Of home heating-gas and
electricity. The results Of a lack of fuel
in Berlin last winter have not even been
described, for not only did people freeze
but water pipes burst, toilets could not
be used, the most primitive sanitation
was revived.
Yet there exists source OF fuel energy
which Is inexhaustible, recreating itself,
and capable therefore Of removing
misery, want and prime cause Of war
itself. This universal source is, ironically,
imprisoned in vicious circle. It's de-
velopment is halted by fear of war. Fear
Of war prevents the abolition OF cause
of war. War threatens all Civilizations
democratic, Fascist, Communist and
none of them has so far been bold
enough to draw the obvious deductions,
break the circle and nberate mankind.
International control Of atomic energy
puts the cart before the horse. 1t will
never be possible as long as separate
states possess warmaking powers. Ths
abolition OF warmaking powers, with
proper policing against all armies-of
any kind-would remove every arguments
for secrecy. And 1t would win the ap-
plause Of every ordinary person on this
planet. What then is holding it back3
Where are you, gentlemen, who hold
all life In your hands?
Neleased by the Bell Syndicate. rns.) ,y.