Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-16
Time to Get on the Boil
The president Of the Sovie

o million scientists for still
greater tasks ahead" What
are we doing?
Our Government says that
there are already $4,000 per-
sons on its payroll doing
scientific work. Of whom ST.
600 are scientists and engi-
neers. These are In addition
to n, 900 soldiers. sailors. and
airmen who are also engaged
In scientific activities. Of
whom 1000 are scientists and
engineers.
Mr.. Eisenhower says we
spend $50 billion annually
on research and development
that does not put q single
weapon In our arsenal. One
should suppose that an effort
Of such magnitude. supple
mented BY the Laboratories Of
the universities and private
industry. would provide an
occasional surprise to the
Russians.
Yet, while listening to the
beep Of Sputnik. I wonder
what are we doing In the race
for future security.
Samuel weinstein.
Ambassador Lodge has
asked that outer space be
reserved solely for peaceful
and scientific purposes"
wouldn't 1t better to hold
for those purposes the earth
and its atmosphere. setting
aside the vaster area for the
conduct Of the coming Russo
American war?
This should please the
warmakers. II would give
them plenty Of room for
shooting at each other. True.
of course, that the earth Is
getting smaller every day.
But we the meek--being
meek - would probably be
content to inherit 1t.
Only thus can innocent by
ISLANDERS be protected. The
physical law that what goes
UP must come down" has. l
understand. been repealed.
Sputnik, when it again
reaches the earth's atmos-
phere will automatically be
dissolved.
Under my plan, after World
War III, so would the surviv-
ing Russian andfor American
militarists and all Of their
gear.
James E. Curry.
II the politicians don't start
doing as much about the
guided missile race as they
are pretending to do for the
Negro race. then there may
not be any human race left
in this country.
Scientist.
President Eisenhower In his
press conference says. Now
! have provided to the limit
Of my ability the money that
they asked for and that Is
all I can do" This statement
leaves q big question In the
minds Of people in general
and those In the know. ]
do. not pretend to be one Of
the latter. nor TO digest much
Of the scientific discussions
that I read. but even the
ordinary person who reads
the papers knows that whirl-
ing through space over these
United States Of ours, and
the whole earth. is a ball Of
metal which contains scien-
tific data Of some sort for
the Russians. and which
could Just as easily contain
the death medium Of any
place on earth they wished
to direct 1t. At least. that is
my understanding from what
Tread, although the President
refers to Sputnik. rather
facetiously. I thought. as lone
small ball"
AS I remember Of the S5th
Congress. the administration
was all for reducing the
amount Of money for home
defense. while fighting teeth
and toenail for more and
more money for foreign aid,
helping small countries pro-
vide for their defense. which
was also to mean our own
defense. II necessary. by
having bases closer to the
target. But oil this now falls
fiat In view Of the launching
Of Sputnik. and the Russian
claim that they can direct an
intercontinental missile any