Evening star., 1953-08-27
Eased Atom Secrecy
Will Aid Red Spies,
LaWmaker Warns
BY the ASsoeiated Press


Representative Patterson, Re-
publican, of Connecticut, be-
lieves that current proposals to
publish more atomic information
would be a boon to the Krem-
Inns spites.
Mr.. Patterson, who is chair
man of the Security subcommit-
tee of the Senate House Atomic
Committee, said yesterday there
is no essential leakage" of
United States atomic secrets
because the "FBI has driven the
Soviet spies out of the atomic
program"
But he added that proposals
by "some of our most sincere
people" to make more informa-
tion available to the public
might mean doing "the work of
the Soviet spies for them"
Mr.. Patterson issued a state
ment and held a news confer
ence on atomic subjects.
Urge Scientific Program.
Asked what information should
be publicized, he replied:
The public should know that
a moderate hydrogen device
such as we have will cover an
area of 100 to 200 square miles.
I'VE know" he said, that an
H-bomb dropped on New York
would level the city and even
smash windows in Connecticut.
We also know that an H-bomb
dropped on the Kremlin will
knock Mr.. Malenkov (the Rus
sian premier) out Of his bed
in the remote suburbs Of Mos
COW"
He called for an all-out scien-
tific program to speed up {.
development Of new devices
that he said might lie beyond
the dread hydrogen bomb, but
added he did not know what
further developments are pos
sible.
Sees No Conflict.
Along with that he urged a
frightened security throughout
the entire Government, where
ever policy concerns the security
Of our country"
Mr.. Patterson said he saw
no conflict between his views on
atomic disclosure and the state
ment Of President Eisenhower at
a July 8 news conference that
the time has come to give the
American people more infor-
nation about the program. He
said he thinks the President was
talking about civilian atomic
energy uses, not military weap-
ons.
Gordon Dean, former chair
man Of the Atomic Energy Com
mission. DR.. Robert j. Open
heimer and other atomic scien-
lists have urged giving the
American people more informa-
ton about nuclear weapons.
Mr.. Patterson also strongly op-
posed what he said were addi-
tional proposals by sincere people
ito place more emphasis upon
United States continental de-
fenses at the expense of our
strategic air power" and to make
new efforts toward outlawing
nuclear weapons.
Asks U. S.-BritiSh Talks.
A reduction of global striking
power to increase continental
defenses. he said, would contrib
ute to the Russian goal of
'lulling the Western world into
a state of defense hypnosis"
"All enemy bombers must be
kept from United States soil, but
the best place to stop enemy
bombers is on enemy air fields
long before they reach our
shores"
The Representative added that
regardless Of how many atomic
or H-bombs the Soviet might
have. we can never agree to out
law these weapons until all war
is outlawed, and that the Soviets
are not about to agree to-"
He advocated American-Brit-
ish consultation on civilia n
atomic energy and said that SCI
entistS Of the two countries
might be permitted to exchange
some additional weapons infor-
nation subject to the discretion
nf khn To