Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
Without 1t il Necessuryt

ing the bill undermining the Atomic Energy
Act OF 1916, President Eisenhower has sig
nificantly reaff1rmed what may now be re-
garded as major American policy. The
policy is this: That the United States is
determined, regardless Of the Kremlin's
naySaying, to press forward with its plan
to establish an international agency dedi-
Gated to the task Of promoting the worlds
enrichment with the development Of nuclear
power for peaceful, non-military purposes
AS first presented to the United Nations
In the Presidents historic speech of last
December, the plan-which would be car
ried out under the aegis Of the u. Meals
for the participation by all countries in a
great project that would establish COM
mon pool of fashionable materials. The
prime purpose Of the project would be to
harness the atom to improve the health and
speed up the social and economic progress
Of peoples everywhere, particularly in the
underdeveloped regions OF the globe. AT
the same time corollary objective would
be to create, by working Steadfastly along
such bepeflcent lines, new climate of in
ternational good will and corporations
climate Of sort that could pave the way
for genuinely effective world control Of A
weapons and the hydrogen bomb
Unfortunately, however, the Kremlin
up to now has responded negatively. If not
hostilely to all this, displaying the same
kind of dog-in-th e-manger attitude as it
displayed some years ago toward the Mar
shall program for the political and eco
homie recovery of war-ravaged Europe.
Even so, although the position of the Malen-
kov regime seriously complexities the out
1aiC o%o for
proposal, the President has been emphatic
in making clear that the United States will
not be deferred from its effort, rejecting
"the fervent desire Of our people" to trans
late the whole idea into an operating real
ity. Thus, as he has put 1t, although prog
ress on this plan has been impeded by Soviet
obstruction and delay, we intend to pro-
ceed-with the cooperation and participa-
ton Of the Soviet Union II possible, without
it II necessary"
without it If necessary" These are not
empty words. AS a matter Of fact, in spite
of the Kremlin's negativism. our State De-
partment apparently will have ready for
the forthcoming session of the U. N. General
Assembly fairly detailed blueprint de-
signed to put the Presidents plan to work
on an international scale at the earliest pos
sible moment. To that end, according to
authoritative reports, the United States and
several ike-minded Notwithstanding par
ticularly Britain, Canada and Belgium
have been engaged for some time past in
highly secret talks. And these talks, it may
be assumed, have been aimed at working out
general agreement on the policies and or
ganizational mechanics needed to make the
program start rolling, If only on limited
basis during its initial phase, in the teeth
Of the Kremlin's opposition.
It would be mistake, Of course, to as
sumo that the atoms-f or-peace plan lends
itself to easy realization or that 1t can ac-
complish miracles over night. Neverthe-
less the complicated problems involved in
1t can be dealt with effectively by nations
willing to join in it, and It's long-range
promise is so great and inspiring that no
effort should be spared to get speedy action
on it.