Evening star., 1955-07-10

Iul limitations Ol uhIlonal sovereignty. but
what perhaps impedes understanding of the
situation more than anything else is that the
term mankind" feels vague and abstract
People scarcely realize in Imagination that
the danger is to themselves and their children
and their grandchildren. and not only to q
dimly apprehended humanity. They can
scarcely bring themselves to grasp that they,
individually. and those whom they love. are in
imminent danger of perishing agonizingly.
And so thes hope that perhaps war may be
allowed to continue. provided modern weapons
are prohibited.
This hope is illusory. Whatever agree
ments not to use H-bombs had been reached
in time Of peace they would no longer be con-
sidered binding in time of war, and both sides
would set to work to manufacture H-bombs as
soon as war broke out. for If one side manu-
factured the bombs and the other side did not,
the side that manufactured them would in
evitably be victorious.
Useful Purposes Seen
Although an agreement to renounce nu-
clear weapons as part of a general reduction
of armamrnts would not afford an ultimate
solution, it would serve certain important
purposes.
First: Any agreement between East and
West is to the good in so far as 1t tends to di-
minish tension.
Second: The abolition of thermo-nuclear
weapons. If each side believed that the other
had carried IL out sincerely. would lessen the
fear of a sudden attack in the style of Pearl
Harbor. which at present keeps both sides in a
state of nervous apprehension.
We should therefore welcome such an
agreement. though only as a first step.
Most OF us are not neutral in feeling, but,
as human beings we have to remember that.
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decided in any manner that can give any pos
sible satisfaction to anybody. whether Com
munist or anti-Communist, whether Asian or
European or American. whether white or black.
then these issues must not be decided by war.
We should wish this to be understood. both
in the East and in the West.
Plea to Remember Humanity
There lies before us, if we choose, CONT
nual progress in happiness, knowledge and
wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death be-
cause we cannot forget our quarrels? We ap-
peal, as human beings. to human beings: Re-
member your humanity, and forget the rest.
If you can do so, the way lies open to new
paradise: if you cannot there lies before you
the risk of universal death.
Resolution: We invite this congress, and
through it the scientists of the world and the
general public. to subscribe to the following
resolution:
In view of the fact that in any future
world war nuclear weapons will certainly be
employed, and that such weapons threaten
the continued existence Of mankind. we urge
the governments Of the world to realize and to
acknowledge publicly, that their purpose can
not be furthered bya world war, and we urge
them, consequently, to find peaceful means for
the settlement Of all matters of dispute be-
tween them"
Signers Listed
(Signed) Prof. Percy w. Bridgman (Har-
ward University. foreign member of Royal So
ciety. London, Nobel Prize for physics.)
Albert Einstein.
Prof. Leopold Infeld university Of War
saw; member Of Polish Academy Of Sciences:
joint author with Einstein of 1.-THE Evolution
Of Physics" and "The Problem of Motion.")
Prof. Hermann j. Muller (formerly pro-
fessor in Moscow. India, ETC., now at Indiana
medicine for discovery Of the production of
mutations with the help of X-rays).
Prof. Cecil F. Powell bristol University,
Britain; Nobel prize for physics)
Prof. Joseph Rotblat (professor of physics
in the University OF London. at st. Bartholo-
news Hospital Medical College,.
Bertrand Russell
Prof. Hideki Yukawa Kyoto University
Nobel prize for physics.
Russell announced that Frances Jean
Frederic Joliet -Curie, Nobel prize winner for
chemistry. sent his approval but too late for
the prepared statement.
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