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German atomic assion work during

German atomic hssion work during
the war.
DR.. Gamov then came to the
United States and now is on the
faculty OF George Washington Uni-
versity. He was one of the chief
consultants in the Manhattan
Project, which produced the atomic
bomb.
The Joint theory explained quite
satisfactorily just how the supposed
ly impossible was possible. 1t goes
deep into hyperdimensional math-
ematics.
This analogy has been made! A
man in closed room walks against
the wall. It is entirely a matter of
chance whether he bumps his head
against the wall or walks straight
through it. OF course, the chance
that he will walk straight through
it is about one In countless millions,
but it might happen.
Impossible Happens.
So with the particle escaping
from the closed room of the atomic
nucleus. There are so many atoms
and so many unhappy particles
bouncing against their nuclear walls
that one walks through quite fire.
quently. Thus happens the impos-
sible-to the great damage or bene-
fit of man, 1t now appears.
This joint accomplishment of DR..
Condor and DR.. Gamov was one of
the great physical developments of
this generation. They did not know
each other, or collaborate in any
way. Their theory shows why atoms
explode and why atoms Of different
elements explode at different inter-
walls, depending largely on the size
of the nucleus and the strength and
thickness of the electrical walls.
1t was largely for this accomplish
ment that DR.. Condor was elected a
member of the National Academy of
Sciences-the greatest mark of dis
tinction in American .science-in
1914 while he was with the West
inghouse Electric Co., just before his
as director Of the Bu-
reau of Standards.
His other chief field of activity has
been in micro-wave radio engineer
of the use of ultra
short radio waves with which man
is now probing the upper atmosphere
and which are proving one of the
most valuable tools of physical re-
search. This was of exceptional i'm
portance for the Bureau of Stand
ards, and may have been a major
factor in his appointment.
Popular Among Physicists.
DR.. Condor has been a familiar
figure at gatherings of Washington
Physicists. His down-to-earth man
ner-at one time he was a newspa-
perman-has made him quite popu-
lar. Recently, at a meeting of the
Washington Academy of Sciences,
the speaker was Isidor Isaac Rabi,
professor of physics at Columbia and
Nobel Prize winner
Frankly, none of the great scien-
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yesterday.
The Justice Department said the
conference Is associated with the
joint council Of the C1O Interna-
tional Fur and Leather Workers
Union.
Potash, the department said, is q
member Of the American Commu-
mist Party's National Committee. was
born in Russia and has lived in the
United States since 1915.
Men Had Plenty Of Food.
w. r. Watkins, district director
of the immigration and Naturaliza-
ton Service, said the four men
claiming to be on a hunger strike
yesterday had plenty of food.
They did not appear for any Of
their meals at the mess hall yester-
day. Mr.. Watkins said, but "they
have received various packages from
friends with foodstuffs and they
have this in their room with them. p"
Those who announced they would
remain on hunger strike until
freed are: Gerhart Eisler, described
by the House Committee on Un-
American Activities as the mo. /
Communist in the United States;
John Williamson, labor secretary for
the American Communist Party;
Ferdinand c. Smith, West Indian
born Negro and national secretary
of the CIO National Maritime
Union, and Charles A. Doyle, re-
gional director of the C1O Gas,
Coke and Chemical Workers at
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
No Date for Deportation Hearing.
No date for q deportation hearing
for Potash has been set yet. He Is
one of about 80 alleged alien Com
munists against whom the Justice
Department has instituted deporta-
tion proceedings.
The four claiming to be on hun
ger strike have been denied bail
pending completion Of exclusion
proceedings. Their hunger strike
plans were announced in a letter to
Attorney General Clark. the con-
tents of which were not made public
In Washington half a dozen men
were picketing the Justice Depart
ment Building. protesting the denial
of bail for the four men at Ellis
Island.
The pickets handed out circulars
bearing the name Of the Civil Rights
Congress of Maryland and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
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Both Worked on Problem.

DR.. Condor at Princeton and DR..
Gamov in Petrograd started work.
ing ON the problem independently
at about the same time. Both
turned to the newly published the
ory of wave mechanics of the atom
of DR.. Werner Heisenberg in Ger
many Heisenberg later headed the
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Condor
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nous opinion that no reasonable
grounds exist for believing that DR..
Condor is disloyal to the United
States"
The House groups report said a
November. 1947, Atomic Energy
Commission listing of Bureau Of
Standards personnel cleared for
atomic work carried DR.. Condon's
name IN pending status"
Last night the Atomic Energy
Commission said: 'Dr. Condon's
clearance is pending awaiting word
from the Secretary of Commerce
relative to the evaluation of his
investigation of DR.. Condor"
Mr.. Hartman, leaving Sun Valley,
Idano, for Washington, said he had
no comment on the Condor matter.
Defends Society.
DR.. Condor took note of a COM
mittee accusation that he has lent
his name and influence to one of
the principal Communist endeavors
in the United States" through his
membership in the American So
Wet Science Society.
This society,"" DR.. Condor said,
"is supported by $4,000 grant
from the Rockefeller Foundation
and is not communistic in any sense
Of the word"
The report, however, said the So
ciety was aff1liated with the Ma
tional Council of American Soviet
Friendship which was recently
cited as a subversiye organization
by Attorney General Clark.
1t added that DR.. Condor had
used implied pressure" to have 10
Bureau of Standards scientists join
this subversive organization"
The committee made public ex-
cerpts from letter written on May
IS, 1947, by j. Edgar Hoover, head
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton, to Secretary Hartman, >
FBI Files Cited.
The letter said FBI files reflect
that DR.. Edward U. Condor has
been in contact as late as 1947 with
an individual alleged, by self
confessed Soviet espionage agent,
to have engaged in espionage activi-
ties with the Russians in Washing
ton, D. c., from 1941 to 1944:'
At Mr.. Hoover's Office, newsmeh
were told that the FBI chief docs
not care to discuss the matter In
any way"
The committee report added that
DR.. Condor has been a guest "at
the home of persons who are at
tached to the Embassies of Soviet
satellite nations" and has been lin
personal contact and communica-
ton with a number Of individuals
who are American citizens, but who
are members of the Communist
Party"
The committee listed DR.. Con-
don as a native of Alamogordo, N.
Mex, who married Emile Honzek,
an American-born woman of
Czechoslovakian descent, on Novem-
ber 9, 1922.
Says Criticism Is NOthlng new.
DR.. Condor said criticism of him
by Representative Thomas is moth
ing new.
HE took a couple Of cracks at
me last summer" the scientist told
reporter, referring to magazine
articles written by the New Jersey
lawmaker. DR.. Condor added:
When those appeared, wrote
to him and volunteered to give him
any information he might want in
the investigation. He never an
swered that letter and I supposed
that he thought the investigation
wasn't worth carrying out"
Selma Frank of the Bureau of
Standards branch of the CIO United
Public Workers said the attack on
DR.. Condor ISLANDERS one of Amer
ica's finest scientists. 1t is well
Evening star., 1948-03-02
BY Thomo. R. Henry

DR.. Edward Uhler Condor, direc-
tor OF the National Bureau Of
Standards, who came under fire of
congressional subcommittee today,
is among the leading physicists OF
the world.
The 46-year-old. short. stockS
black haired expert on the interior
of the atomic nucleus and the be-
havior of ultra-short radio waves
has been one OF the small, highly
select international group who
pioneered the new physics" started
by the Einsteinian revolution after
World War I.
1t was q field in which leading
physicists. men trained In the ira
.dition OF Newton and Maxwell,
were completely flabergasted. Men
whose names were household words
In science sat at meetings with al
most complete lack of comprehen-
sion while boys who seemed hardly
out of knee-pants scared on wings
of mathematics into fields beyond
space and time.
There were only a few OF these
"boys" anywhere. They were In
England, France, Germany, Russia
and-a very few of them-in the
United States. They spoke a Ian
guage which only they understood.
Sadly the old men turned to their
classical, utilitarian researches, rec
ognizing that their day was over.
Some of them blew their brains out.
Spoke Several Languages.
These youths were not of their
tradition. They were the "revo-
lutionists." They were, on the
whole, rather jazzy. cocktail drinks
ing set; they spoke Babel of LAM
guages, they thought in terms of
square roots of minus one, etc. They
naturally we're drawn together
across national and language bound
aries, for they were a race apart.
They corresponded with one an
other.
1t was the revolution that brought
men to the edge of the atomic age.
Out Of this revolution DR.. Condor
came, a man of the world with the
type of mind necessary to enter this
fellowship.
The war uprooted many of these
men in Europe. They were racially
OF politically persona non grata in
their homelands and began to flock
to America. THAT was why the
United States was able to develop
the atomic bomb. There were few
Americans in the pioneer group of
nuclear physicists. DR.. Condor was
one of the most prominent of them.
Born in New Mexico.
He was born March Q, 1902, at
Alamogordo, N. Mex, not far from
where the first atomic bomb was
exploded. He received his Phi. D.
degree from the University of CAL
ifornia in 1926 and studied at the
Universities of Munich and Goet-
tingen in Germany in 1925 and 1927.
He has been successfully member
of the faculties Of California, Mime
seta and Princeton. In 1887 he
became director of the laboratories
of the Westinghouse Co. at Pitts
burgh. In 1910 he became a mem
Der of National Research Council
Defense Committee and during 1941
Evening star., 1948-03-02

offic ials dis
counted = claim
by four similar
defendants that
they have gone
on q hunger
strike at the
island in q bid
for freedom.
Latest to be
picked up in the
Justice Depart
nent's roundup
Is Irving Potash,
manager Of the
Furriers' Nation
al &C N ference,
who was seized
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Or. Condor One of Physicists
Who Led Science Revolution

he was a member of the Presidents
special Committee on Unranilim Re-
search.
He succeeded DR.. Lyman ]. Briggs
on the latter's retirement as director
of the Bureau of Standards in No
vember, 1945. Much of his time has
been devoted to administrative work
and to launching some of the bu-
reau's newest projects, such as elec-
tronics, nuclear physics, ionospheric
research, and the like
At the time of his appointment
Henry A. Wallace was Secretary of
Commerce, the department which
has jurisdiction over the Bureau of
Standards At the time he was con-
sidered the best qualified man avail
able to lead the bureau into the new
fields of testing required by elec-
tronics. .and nucleonic developments.
That political considerations had
anything to do with his appoint
ment is considered absurd by WASH
ington physicists.
Since the war there have been
major developments of nuclear
physics in Russia, which long has
been prominent in theoretical re-
search. The results of much of this
work have been, published freely and
| 1t has been essential to keep close
track of it. It has only an indirect
bearing on new weapons, but it is
impossible to say what abstruse find
ing which may seem to have no i'm
plications today may be the key to
blowing up the world tomorrow.
Major Contribution.
DR.. Condon's major scientific con-
tribution - described by physicists
here as one of the outstanding con-
tributions to nuclear physics of.this
generation - was the simultaneous
development and publication with
DR.. Georg Gamov in Russia of the
wave mechanics OF radioactive decay.
This is one of the keystones OF
the whole structure of atomic nu-
clear fission. which made possible
the atomic bomb and which is of
vastly more Importance to the pos
sible eventual production of atomic
energy.
The atom of radioactive element
remains inert for certain period,
depending on the element. This
period ranges from a fraction of a
second to hundred million years.
Suddenly it explodes. Some par
ticle-electron, proton, neutron or
alpha PARTICLES shot out from the
tightly packed nucleus of the atom
at speed approaching that of light.
The original element changes into
some other element.
The flying nuclear particle must
pass through tremendous wall of
resistance constituted by the elec-
trical forces within the atom. Now,
physicists explain, it is impossible
to explain this by classical me-
chanics. Under any, consideration
whatever happens is impossible
yet it happens.
Both Worked on Problem.
DR.. Condor at Princeton and DR..
Gamov in Petrograd started work.
ing on the problem independently
at about the same time. Both
turned to the newly published the
ory of wave mechanics of the atom
of DR.. Werner Heisenberg in Ger
many Heisenberg later headed the
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Lions OfficiuI to Speak

fAlva Sapp, district governor of
Lions International, will address a
meeting OF the Mount Vernon Lions
Club at $50 o'clock tonight at the
Penn Daw Hotel, near Alexandria.
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Thursday, November rs, 1913

has proven beyond doubt. that the
Russions use such conferences mere
| ly to- lengthen the period of discord
and turmoil No agreement can be
reached with the SoViets-not un
less we are prepared to give away
the rest of the world to them.
We pulled back our armies so
that the Russians could have the
glory of marching into Berlin, and
now we daily face the threat of
war there. We also stopped Patton
IS his sweep into eastern Europe
and the Russians soon took that
over We assured the Russians a
foothold in Manchuria for five DAYS
Of fighting against the Japs, and
now the Communists have over
run all of Manchuria. much of
northern China and are threatening
to conquer all of China with it's
400 million people Unless our
present diplomats have grown much
wiser than those who preceded
them, we had better stay out of
any further conferences with the
Communists
Our present policy of meeting the
Russian moves with firmness and
Of going ahead with the building
up of western Europe regardless of p
Russian opposition is the wise
course to follow at this time
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sum it up as follows

sum it up as follows:
Old people are to get bigger in.
come. The idle likewise are t.
receive more. The low-paid work
ers are to have higher minimum
pay The sick are to be taken care
OF by the Government. Injured
workers are to get checks as long
as they are unable to work. Those
IN poor. houses are to get better
houses. The. young are to receive
oelter schooling More aid is to 90
70 widows and orphans. Renters are
10 be benefited by controlled rents.
me West IS to get more reclama-
tlon and public power. The Mid
west IS to get stabilized farm prices.
me south gets more federal aid in
controlled prices for cotton. tobacco.
That, of course. is an ambitious
and costly program. 1t viii RIM
INTO additional billions added to the
billions the nation is already snend-
ing; How much of this program
VIII get through congress remains
to be seen. mains
President Truman has taken
wise stand in refusing to 90 10
or elsewhere for a confer
ence with Stain on the Berlin and
other Soviet problems. Experience
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Spot-lighters Grow
BoIder Than Ever
In This District
By Charles d. Rove

We have had with US, since tn,
first ban was put on the indis
criminate killing of game. and We
probably always Will have, those
nefarious violators of law, the spot.
! lighters They have been DAMNED
Iup hin and down by the law-abid-
| ing, genuine sportsmen. but still
! then tribe seems to flourish and
grow
This past week reports have come
to me of the unusual activity of
this type of criminal. They have
been so active in certain districts
that farmers living along the high
way dread to step outside after
dark for fear of being shot. They
report that altogether too often the
singing and ping of bullets can be
heard much too close for comfort
or safety. The spot-lighters have
become so bold that they swing the
beam from their spotlight right on
to the farmers houses and blaze
away whenever they feel like it.
No wonder the farmer and his fam
lily prefer the indoors to taking
on the outside at such times.
LawlessneSs is a growing problem
of TODAY Crime is on the increase
in nearly every category. The spot
lighter is only one more manifesto
ton of that alarming disregard for
law that is too prevalent today.
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For Sale:-One 1888 2-ton White
truck, good tires, motor and trans
mission Just overhauled. One 1886
Chev. 2door sedan. One lost
Dump Box and Hoist like new, a
100000 value for only $4,000. One
1916 Chew ll2-ton Truck with dump
box and hoist. One 1947 Chev. l12-
ton truck with dump box and hoist.
Both of these trucks are in Al con
dItion One 1910 3-ton Information
al; One 1889 1-ton International;
One 1889 ll2-ton International
LIBBY MOTORS, Phone 78, Libby.
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FOR SALE

For Sale:-Delco $50 watt, 80 volt
generator plant VIII operate on
elther gasoline or fuel oil. Henry
Hammer. 27-3X
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Now that the first shock of the
election surprise has worn away
study is being made of what the
nation can expect from the present
Administration during the next four
years Those who have kept in
touch with the policies and promises
of the Democratic party say the
following legislation has been prom
Used.
CD Farmers are to be helped
more. Price support and subsidy
payments will be strengthened
More rural electrification will fol
low
90 A fourth-round increase in
wages is practically assured labor.
CD Old people will be given
pensions.
a. States are to get aid for
schools.
o. Subsidies are to go to cities
for low-rental housing.
(6) Unemployed are to receive
more unemployment pay
(0 Disabled workers are apt to
get weekly checks.
ca National health insurance is
IN its way.
Students of today's political trends !
ay President Truman has really |
promised a cradle -the-grave pro-
ram Stated in another way, they
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For Sale;-Skid-Rid-Rccaps. If you
want to go in mud or snow. get
Skld-Rid -Recaps at Thinkers, Knobbv
tires and chains. 27-tf
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Mr. and Mrs Even Nicely Of Sher-
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?. A. Rice the first of the week. {
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For Sale:-One end table, one stand
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We have a number of Used Elec-
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Lost:-Two white. two red, and one
roam long yearling Shorthorn cattle
Branded F M on left hip. right
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WANTED TO RENT

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For Sale:-Hospital Bed. Box 1853 or
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For Sale:-New Service Station and
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For long and short distance haul
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Wanted To Rent:-House on Kali
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LOST:-Sunday near the Power
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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1948-11-01
E|ectron Microscope to Norway

Ar ,lectron microscope, the first
ever to be installed in Norway
was recently put into operation at
the University of Oslos Bacteri-
illogical Institute. The complicat-
ed instrument arrived in Norway
from the United States several
months ago, and was installed by
technicians from the U. S. manu-
featuring firm sent to Oslo for
this purpose.
A boon to Norwegian research
the microscope attains a primary
magnification of up to 10000 di-
ameters. The resulting picture is
so clear that it in turn may be en-
larged five times, thus securing
final magnification of 100000 di-
ameters. Power of ordinary light
used in Norway until
now is a mere 1900 diameters. The
$4,000 purchase price of the new