World Is Awed By Atomic
TPower, NowHH
Ab everyone knows, when the first
atomic bomb was eiflwM in New
Mexico the scientists were in eery
serious disagreement as to just what
the results would be. One physicist
of standing was of the opinion that
it might very well start a chain re
action which would literally destroy
the earth. ,Late{, when the bomb was
used for military purposes in Hiro
shima and Nagasaki, very little was
known as to its possible effect on
human and plant life. This igno
rance waa partially dissipated by
studies of the results in Japan made
after the war. Then came the Bi
kini testa, which were designed to
clear up mShy p. point which still
puzzled the experts.
Little by little, facts showing just
what the atomic bomb can and can
not do?in its present form?have
been made available. This informa
tion is the result of the most careful
and thorough research, much of
which was made for the U. S. Atomic
Energy Commission which is start
ing the colossal job of developing
some kind of a plan for control and
use of atomic energy in all possible'
forms. In a recent issue, the United
States News carried an excellent
summing up of the material which)
has to far been made public.
First of all, the theory that the
bomb could totally destroy .great
centers of population?or that a<
series of Strategically-placed bombs
could virtually eliminate the United
States as a strong and functioning
nation?is not supported by the
scientists. Deaths at Hiroshima
mostly occurred within a radius of
1,000 yards from the center at the
blast. Practically no deaths occurred
outside an area of 3.1 square miles.
And, within that area, about half
of the people survived, and virtually
all of these have completely recover
ed from injuries and illnesses
tained. However, the bomb did kill
80,000 people at Hiroshima?by blast,
by radiation, and by fire and drown
ing.
Stories to the effect that the bomb
caused permanent sterility, fatal ra
diation sickness and induced cancer
have not been substantiated. In most
cases radiation sickness passed in a
matter of weeks, and the only re
sult of the bomb now appearing on
Japanese survivors is disfiguring but
.not serious scar tissue on faces and
bodies. Temporary sterility was;
common, but disappeared shortly.
Plant life in the Hiroshima blast
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rtivity. But the
seems about the
At fifltini, nearly 6,000
sre exposed on target
the two bomb teste. The i
killed some 20 per eeat of
B per cent by radioactivity and ten
r cent by blast The undetVatei
plosion was ranch MH lethal?
?re than 60 per cent of the animali
perished, largely by radiaMpn. Ac
rating to the U. S. News, 'V*ny ol
me died from lack of prompt
i treatment." Surviving animals were
definitely affected, and wete restless
and irritable for a week of two. Some
(ieveloped luekemia. Studies mads of
afck animals, it is said, have result
ed in an effective treatment {or ni
dation sickness.
From the information thus gained^
the scientists have projected what
an atomic attack might do to United
States cities. Ope Nagasaki-type
bomb bursting in the air would be
lethal over .8.1 miles. That amounts
to 2 per cent of the ares of Detroit,
4.3 per cent of Washington, D. CX,
and 0.9 per cent Of New York. It is
forecast that deaths would be pro
portionately less than in Japanese
dtie?, due to superior American
building construction. ? ; i
An underwater burst in the har
bor of New York, the forecast goes
on, would cause few immediate
deaths. But radiation sickness would
soon kill peple in the path of the
spray. Streets and buildings touch
ed Ly the spray might-setaain radio
active for years, and could be used
only for very brief periods of time.
The sine of the area thus made un
fit for ordinary use would, of course,
be determined by the extent of the
spray of contaminated water.
Summing, up, the scientific view
seems to be that the atomic bomb is
the most terrible weapon yet devised
by man?but that, so far, at least,
there is'nothing to indicate that it
could wholly or even largely destroy
life on this planet. However, it must
be remembered that the bomb is very
much in its. infancy. It has an ex
tremely low efficiency?much less
than ons per cent of the mass actual
ly explodes, and all the rest is
harmlessly dissipated. If means are
ever found whereby the entire mass
can be expoded, the effects of a
single bomb may be multiplied hun
dreds or thousands of times. Thus,
the present bombs may simply be the
forerunners of infinitely more power
ful instruments of destruction?pre
cisely as the Wright's crude and toy
tike airplane was the forerunner of
fhe great aircraft of today.
There are atomic physicists?some
of them at the very top ef their pro
could effectively
animal and perhaps plant life from
whole sections of the world. But. ap
parently, it is far ft?m that peak of
lethal
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jbcononyc nigniipis
As usually happens a year or so
before "a presidential election, taik is
making the rounds concerning the
posaibiUty of a thlrd-pMty entrant
into the greatest race on earth. The
idea was broached to Mfc. Wallace
when he was abroad, and he made a
ttetwil to the affect that be sought
no office hat would be glad to serve
in any capacity that weald advance
the eaape of peace. Prior to that,
Mr. Wallace had suggested that Sen
ator Pepper' wood -he a good stand
ard bearer for a party whose main
plank would be better relations with'
Russia. The Senator declined the
honor yith alacrity. -
The history of third-party move
ments in this country is certainly
not encouraging to possible aspi
rants. The electoral system, plus the
very fact that only the established
parties have local organisations that
get out the vote, works against
them. Eyyn Theodore Rooseyelt,
rating as an ex-president with an
enormous personal following, could
not make the grade. The elder La
Follette was one of the driving per
sonalities of the time, but the best
he could do was carry Wisconsin.
The last third-party candidacy, that
of Representative Lempke, collapsed
like a pricked balloon. And the pe
rennial minor-party candidates ?*- So
cialist, . Prohibition, etc. ? rarely
carry a single U. S. county. This is
definitely a two-party nation.
The next election, it seems certain,
will be a fairly exact reflection of
the Rooaevelt-Willkie race to the ex
tent that there will be no Important
difference over what our foreign po
licy should be. The isolationists, in
either party, an now so heavily out
numbered that they hardly count. The
campaign, as a consequence, will al
most entirely be conducted on- do
mestic issues?unless, of course, some
great and unexpected event occurs
to entirely change the outlook.
It is taken for granted now that
Mr. Truman will be the Democratic
candidate. At the moment, the Re
publicans ip the strongest positions
are Taft, Vandenberg and , Dewey,
with Stamen and Warren as the
principal lesser candidates.
The issues on which the campaign
will be, fought are in the making
now. One i| labor. It has been fore
cast that if Congress passes a
"tough" labor, hill, such as that ap
proved by the House, President Tru
man may veto it.
Taxation, is another lively issue.
Mr. Truman has consistently said
that he is opposed to any tax reduc
tion now. The Republicans believe
taxes should be lowered now, without
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