Hungry Horse news., 1955-06-24
Hungry Horse News
Atoms for Peace

Every section of the nation has become aware of
the promise of worldwide destruction that would
come with war using atomic bombs
We've heard much less about peaceful use Of the
atom.
This was the subject of speech given at BanH
Last Saturday before the National Editorial Association
annual summer meeting.
Speaker was Morehead Patterson, board chairman
of American Machine and Foundry Co., who has the
title of ambassador. We also had personal interest
in his talk since before starting the Hungry Horse News
in 1916, worked for American Machine and Foundry
Co. in New York City.
Patterson's job for America is to help convince
nations of the world that the United States is not get
ting ready to drop atomic bombs. We have the bombs
for self protection. If Russia had the bornbs and
didn't, the end would be in sight When we had the
bombs and they did not, we did not wipe them out
The speaker told of the Eisenhower plan to accum
uate fashionable material to make it work for peace
Now about six weeks old international agree
Notwithstanding with Turkey-that in part allow stu
dents from foreign countries to study reactorS and
atomic energy in the United States and obtain fiSSon
able material for reactors in their countries The
United States is helping pay half the cost of these
actors where needed.
Patterson described reactor as basically con-
crete box capable of holding and controlling fission
able material Attach reactor to boiler with pipes
and there is power reactOr.
The University Of North Carolina has pioneered
in present day college research building react0r for
about $40O0OO There also other colleges making
similar research.
Patterson urged that publishers encourage atomic
study and obtaining reactors in their various univer
sites part of physics departments This brought
to mind that since this is the atomic age, Montana
State university, of these days. should be having
reactor.
Coming on the worldwide scene is conference
in Geneva the topic The United States is building
reactor and taking it to Switzerland where about $500
scientists from over the world will meet to discuss
peaceful use of the atom. The u S. built reactor will
be sold to the Swiss government.
After the meeting we asked Mr.. Patterson why
there hadn't been more nationwide publicity peace
full use of the atom and its international aspects of
vncng the people of the world that the United States
wasn't just building atomic bombs to drop them on
other lands.
His reply to the effect that it was one of those
national stories that far at least hadn't taken hold
The nation seems to be fascinated by the desruc
tive phases.
There was also an interesting in the lobby chat
with Harry Polk of Wilston, former president of the
Western Reclamation Association participating.
Patterson said that the whole economic planning
for use of burning coal and oil to heat
boilers as poor utilization Instead there chemical
uses for the coal and OIL He visuazed uranium as the
source of heat for boilers. Such power plant is
der construction in Pennsylvania
However he did not think that peaceful use of the
atom would see atomic energy taking the place of
water power hydro electric dam does not use up a