Evening star., 1949-09-25
Closer u. ). Relations
With Canada, Britain
On Atom Predicted
BY the Associated Press

British -Canadian-American rela-
tions on atomic development was
predicted by British sources today.
They said this may be a first re-
suit of the news of an atomic ex-
plosion in Russia.
French Defense Minister Paul
Ramadier said this lis the NOM
ent to intensity application of the
military clauses of the Atlantic
Pact" < rf
Leon Maccas of Greece, vice
president of the European Parha-
mentary Union, predicted in Rome
that the movement for a United
States of Europe will be strength
ened.
Europe, caught between two
great atomic antagonists, must
unite now or perish" he told a
reporter.
U. S. May Cache Bombs.
London newspapers speculated
that stockpile of atomic bombs
might soon be brought to England
and stored under American con-
trol.
Informed military sources re-
fused to-, support that theory.
They pointed out that the United
Safes Air Force now claims to
have bombers which could deliver
the atom bomb to any possible
target from bases far less vul-
nerable than England's.
They said further that Britain's
bomber f1eet-largely slow, obso-
lete heavies left over from the war
is not considered suitable for an
atomic war.
There also was considerable
speculation in military circles that
the development might change
the size and mission here of the
American Third Air Division.
This is a training force of BIO
and 'B-50 Super Forts operating
from English bases.
There was little agreement on
what these changes might be,
however. A spokesman for Maj.
Gen. Leon w. Johnson's Third Air
Division headquarters said any
official comment would have to
come from Washington.
Speculate on Blast.
London'S newspapers continued
to give top play to speculative an
swers as to how the Western pow
ers learned of the Soviet explo-
sions and where and when they
occurred.
The statement of Ramadier that
more than one detonation had
been recorded in France, was
quoted. The observatory at Lund,
Sweden, said a weak defexion of
the seismograph needle, used. to
record earthquakes, had been
noted there September IA. Al
spokesman at the observatory said
1t was possible the dehexion was
caused by an atomic explosion in
Siberia. =. go
London's Communist newspaper,
the Daily Worker, said "ato-
maniacs" would now be restrained
in behalf of peace.
The Liberal News Chronicle de-
elared "a tremendous opportunity
now exists for Russia to prove the
sincerity of her desire for peace"
because she can speak on more
nearly equal terms with the United
States. So
Agreement Held Impossible.
Prof. H. s. w. Massey, a British
atomic scientist, said in Australia,
however, that agreement on in
ternational control of atomic en-
ergy now seemed impossible.
The Vatican City newspaper
L'Osservatore Romano called on
the world to try disarmament as
the only way for those who hate
war. The policy of ornaments
has proved it's failure, said Los
servatore, because also in the
field of the atomic bomb it re-
solves in an endless race"
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney,
American Undersecretary of Com
merce, said he doubted that the
news would check the flow of
American tourists to Europe.
ION the contrary, Americans be-
1ieving Russia could probably
launch an atomic attack on
United States soil, might be in
clined to increase their travels
abroad" he commented.