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-THE ATOMIC BOMB
Explosion of the first Atomic bomb in Japan, heralded
yesterday by President Truman’s announcement that this is
the deadly answer of America to the Japanese refusal to
surrender, will cause reverberations far beyond the circle of
the crater which it undoubtedly made.
As much deadly power is contained in this bomb as
♦vould equal 20,000 tons of TNT, 2,000 times greater than
the most powerful bomb known heretofore. When we con
sider what a small vial of TNT will do under ordinary cir
cumstances, our imagination staggers in trying to calculate
the results of this new instrument of destruction.
Americans can thank the Almighty that its secret fell
to them first. Imagine, if you will, w’hat Hitler would have
accomplished with the combination of his fanatical bent to
ward enslaving the human race and such a mighty destroy -
ing power as this. If der fuehrer had had it earlier in the
war, there might not have been a London by now; Perhaps
not a Washington or New York. If the Japs had had the
use of it on December 7, 1941, there might not have been a
remnant of the U. S fleet to repair.
As it is, this weapon will be used to bring the enemy to
terms. In one way, by shortening the war, it may save lives
rather than destroy them.
This is an obvious result. There are much deeper sig
nificances than these. It is a fine thing to shorten the war
with this weapon but what we want to know is what nation
will have custody of it during the peace that follows.
Although so far the secret of how the bomb is made seems
to rest exclusively with this country, what is one nation’s
secret cannot remain so forever. Sooner or later some un
principled despot—every age has them—will get hold of the
formula and presto—we’ll have destruction on such a scale
as we have never known before, unless—
Aye, there is our chance. If by some agreement among
the family of nations a guardianship can be named for this
destructive hell which will guarantee that it will never be used
save in a righteous defense of freedom, then the human race
may have some hope of survival. We have such a family of
nations in process of organization. Announcement of this
discovery by the President should tighten the bonds of that
union.
Then there is another angle to this discovery which
may have a brighter side. If there is that much force avail
able for destruction, surely it is also available for more con
structive use. Perhaps in some modified form the force
could be harnessed to turn our factory wheels and generate
power to lighten the load on mankind.
Anyway you look at it, the landing of this bomb in a
far corner of the earth will probably be felt to its uttermost
recesses. .
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RETURN TO RELIGION?
Where would you expect to hear the strongest advocacy
of a return to religion? From the pulpit? Of course that
is what the church has been preaching in season and out of
season for these many generations. The church has cried
out bitterly against what it has classified as a decay of the
Christian faith.
Now, as evidenced by a dispatch from New Haven to
the New York Times, the church has gathered a strong ally,
a committee from Yale university which is urging the for
mation of a strong department of religion at Yale as a post
war-project, to develop greater spiritual and ethical values
among the student body.
“German guns are silenced but the spiritual battle is
not yet wron,” finds this committee which added signifi
cantly, “we repudiate Naziism but many of us are not at
all sure of what we do believe in.” The committee alludes to
aimlessness and lack of purpose as being the characteristics
of many institutions. It refers to the sharp increase in class
room dishonesty, the influx of younger students into the col
lege who have matured intellectually beyond their social and
physical development. No university is doing its duty to
ward young men, points out this committee, which does not
offer them the best obtainable instruction in the field.
As goes Yale, so will go education—maybe. With this
leading light in the education world taking this stand, can
any institution, college, university or even high school afford
to take a position far behind ?
We never suspected Yale university of prophetic ten
dencies, but this committee report sounds very much like the
crv of Isaiah of old.
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That Atomic bomb is calculated to blast even lines off
a map.
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As a result of a recent OPA ruling, the only point to
fruit juices now is to drink them.
WORSE THAN WAR
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CAR. |
RECKLESS
SPEED
FINIS
A Daily Prayer In
War Time
FOR AN EARLY PEACE
Make haste to deliver us, O Al
mighty God, from the burden of
war. "Send peace in our time.”
Shorten the agony of this bitter
conflict. Give our enemies the wis
dom to surrender from further
futile strife. We pray that Thou,
who ever movest upon the hearts of
mankind, will stir up to self-asser
tion the Christian and liberal forces
in Japan, that the folly of the mili
tarists may be ended. For the sake
of an early peace, grant increased
power, O Lord, to all our agencies
of battle. And while we pray for
peace through victory we also plead
for the spirit of peace in our own
hearts. Make us magnanimous to a
beaten foe, and to all the Japanese
citizens within our borders. May we
conduct ourselves in a Christian
manner throughout these trying
days, to the vindication of our faith.
This we ask, for the glory of God
and for the peace of the world.
Amen.
LETTERS
BUILDING NOW AND
AFTER THE WAR
Editor of The Star:
I don't know whether the ostrich
really buries his head in the sand,
but if he does he isn’t so different
than most of us. I suppose it is
quite natural for those of us who
have not been exposed to real
danger or insecurity to try and
dodge the inconveniences of chang
ing times by staying in our own
back yards and resting in the sha
dows of the "good old days."
Ever since we were kids we have
found a lot of comfort by pre
tending—so why not pretend that
nothing now is in the making that
is going to affect our usual course
of living? But the darn trouble
with that line of thinking is —
that so much has gone cock-eyed
during our own lifetime. There we
were drifting along, and all of a
sudden we woke up in a panic,
then in a war, and it seemed that
the whole world was going to
pieces.
Of course, if we take a long range
view of the situation, we’ll find
that the world and its people are
not basicly very different than
they ever were. Once every million
years or so the earth may tip a
bit on its axis and a Greenland
become ice-bound. Once every few
hundred years, people get tired of
the old ways and get a different
angle as to the best way of mak
ing both ends meet—then a new
crowd slips into power. But just
how far that shift is from right
to left or left to right, and who
gets caught in the squeeze, de
pends upon the actions of people
who have left their own back yards
to do their thinking.
During the last fourteen or fif
teen years there has been a group
of people who make their living
by social working who have been
plugging along with the idea that
the government should build more
or less homes for people who have
not the ambition or means to do
the job in a first-class way for
themselves. The whole idea of
“private ownership” will be affect
ed by the measure of their suc
cess. If government gets into home
building in a large way, it’s going
to be easier to slide towards so
cialism. If the big majority of
homes are planned, built, and
owned by individuals, young peo- I
I
pie are going to gam more respect t
for "private ownership.”
The U. S. Senate is conscious j
that the problem is just that—so
a special committee with Bob Taft j
j as chairman has been studying the |
question for many months. Before j
I long a new bill about Public Hous- j
| ing will be thrown into the hop
1 per. How many congressmen will
| really know what they are voting
about?
] As I said, this problem of Pub
lic Housing is bound up with some
pretty vital consequences. They are
shrewd politics being played on
both sides of the fence. So if edi
tors, congressmen, and voters want
to be part of the play, it would
be well for them to get their heads
out of the sand and take a walk
on the other side of their own
back gates.
Although I don't know as I
agree with him entirely, Senator
Ellender of Louisiana has a pret
ty good idea. He is in favor of a
limited amount of public housing,
but insists that none should be
done unless local communities ask
for it, and that private enterprise
be given the first and big chance.
Some of the political teachings
of my forefathers still cling to me,
and I wonder if there wouldn't
be less danger of grab-bagging and
political finagling if each State
took care of its own slum clear
ance and public housing rather
than have it done directly by the
federal government. —F.E.S.
| Soviet Helicopter
Has Double Wings,
Motors, Propellers
MOSCOW. —<JP>— Disclosure has
been made of a Soviet helicopter
with double wings, two propellers,
and two motors it was described as
having a speed of 100 miles an hour
and a landing speed of “approxi
mately zero.’’
rhotographs showed the machine
hovering above the ground at six
feet and the pilot alighting from the
ladder.
Mass production already has be
gun.
Hope To Raise High
School Enrollment
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.— Uf>\ —
The government today launched a
back-to-school drive aimed at in
i creasing high school enrollment by
250.000 students this fall.
Sponsored by the children’s bu
reau of the labor department and
the office of education, the drive
Is a step toward restoring pre
war enrollment of 7,250,000 boys
and gills. This dropped last year
to around 6,000,000, due almost en
tirely to wartime job opportunities.
Soviet Press Has No
Comment On Bomb
MOSCOW, Aug. 7.—(A3)—The So
viet press and radio carried to the
Russian people today the news of
the new atomic bomb attack on
the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Shortly after midnight the Mos
cow radio gave the first account of
the bombing and the Tass new*
agency subsequently issued the text
of the announcement by Presi
dent Truman.
The government newspaper Iz
vestia printed the story on its for
eign news page without comment.
\ The Everyday
j me Everyday
I COUNSELOR
L
By DR. HERBERT SPACGH
“What is wrong with this world
of ours?" Dr. Malcolm McDermott,
Duke University Law School Pro
fessor, gave his reply to this ques
tion by stating
that the fault lies
“in man himself”
and urged a re
turn to the Ten
Comm andments
as the first step to
a peaceful, de
cent, humane ci
vilization.
Mr. McDermott
was the featured
dinner speaker,
July 11th, at the
REV. SPAUGH North Carolina
Bankers’ confer
ence, held at Chapel Hill, N. C. The
Greensboro (N. C.) Daily News re
ported his address as a lawyer’s
analysis of the first great legal code
and sermon on ethics which made
a deep impression on the 125 ban
kers from the Carolinas who are
taking refresher school courses at
the university.
According to Dr. McDermott, “We
shall not get a peaceful kind of
world merely from some charter,
league of nations or international
police force. We shall get it only
from a family of peace-loving na
tions. We shall get peace-loving
nations only where the mass of in
dividual citizens have said within
their hearts, 'we shall not kill . . .
we shall not steal ... we shall not
covet anything that is our neigh
bor's."
“There are learned gentlemen who
astutely trace the causes of this
war to economic forces, social up
heavals and the like,” he continu
ed. “I venture to assert that this
war came about because the Italian
people began to covet Ethiopia and
an empire, the Japanese people be
gan to covet China and the Indies,
while the Germans began to covet
the entire earth.”
It is refreshing to find a profes
sor from a great university speak
ing on the subject of ethics and
religion. A time was when there
was a course in ethics at every col
lege and university. Such courses
are no longer generally offered. The
nearest approach is sociology which
deals with man's relations with his
fellowman. Elective courses in Bib
lical history are offered in some uni
versities. We can be grateful to the
church sponsored colleges which
still require a course in the Bible for
graduation.
The Ten Commandments have
never been outmoded and never will
be»—The sooner men and women
learn to live by the divine code, the
sooner we will have peace on earth.
(For list of recommended books
and special articles dealing with
personal problems, write Dr. Spaugh
in care of The Shelby Daily Star en
closing a long self-addressed stamp
ed envelope, stating your problem.)
Drowning was responsible for
more than one-fourth of the 14,500
public accidents irf 1944.
The first flight of the Wright
Brothers caused no excitement
in the daily press or in scientific
publications, "Gleanings in Bee
Culture,” a magazine devoted to the
production of honey, was the first
to carry an article about their
achievement
Merry-Go-Round
Liberals Put
Heat On Truman
By DREW PEARSON
(Lt. Col. Robert S. Allen Now On
Active Service with the Army)
WASHINGTON. — Ever since
Franklin Roosevelt died, some of
his most ardent senate followers
have talked about organizing to
carry on his left-of-center pro
gram. Finally, encouraged by the
British elections and worried over
what would happen to our domes
tic economy if the war ended over
night, 17 Democratic senators
gathered at a private luncheon
If week.
Practically every senator pres
ent was a personal friend and
booster of President, yet behind
their luncheon was a veiled threat
that if Truman became too much
influenced by the reactionary
wing of the Democratic party, he
would have trouble—real trouble
from the liberals.
The luncheon wa# called by
Senators Pepper of Florida and
Kilgore of West Virginia. They
brought with them a mimeograph
ed five-pake document labelled
“Full Employment—Objective of
Domestic Policy.” In this careful
ly written document, they pro
ceeded to point out that:
“American economy has never
provided stable full employment
under modern conditions of high
labor productivity and mass pro
duction. A review of economic con
ditions between World War I and
World War II makes this clear . .
In 1939. though we reached the
production level of 1929, there
were 7.000,000 more unemployed.
“There are some of short mem
ory,” the survey continued, ‘who
today urge on the federal govern
ment a ‘do nothing’ policy toward
ensuring full employment . . . We
believe that extensive federal ac
tion ir essential at this time.”
12-POINT ROGRAM
The “federal action" proposed
by Senators Kilgore and Pepper
was outlined to the other 15 sena
tors immediately after the lunch
eon in the form of a 12-point pro
gram.
“I am tired," said the West Vir
ginia senator, “of seeing the op
position use us as a chopping
block. The time has come for some
action—and now.”
Each senator then discussed the
: program. The comment was dead
; ly serious, most of them worried
' over what will happen in our eco
nomy after the war. Onlv levity
I occurred when Senator Bilbo of
j Mississippi, whom some senators
. had not expected to be present,
I was introduced by Pepper as "Poll
,Tax Bilbo.” The gentleman from
, Mississippi sat grinning as Sena
tor Elbert Thomas of Utah joking
! remarked:
| "We have a program here foi
i postwar prosperity. Our slogan, ir
• which w'e expect you to join, sena
1 tor, is ’Support the Fair Employ
ment Practices Act’.”
1 Bilbo laughed and replied:
j “Jim here has one of those com
mittees in his state.” He gesturec
toward Jim Mead of New York
where a fair employment act re
cently was signed by Governoi
j Dewey. “Let’s see how it work:
i out before we start worrying aboui
i it down here."
i IF JAP WAR ENDS
i SUDDENLY
One of the most interesting in
! terchanges took place betweer
Maryland’s Senator Radcliffe anc
1 Connecticut's Senator Brien Me
i Mahon. Radcliffe expressed gen
! eral approval of the program bu
added that he knew of no unem
I ployment problem in the nation
Whereupon, McMahon interrupter
i to say that there was a growlni
unemployment problem in Connec
ticut.
“Were in for a bad time if thi
i war in the Pacific should end dur
' ing the summer, before adequatf
j legislation has been passed to pro
1 vide for additional employment,'
I McMahon continued.
| "It seems to me,” he added, "th<
I administration is on the horns o:
! a dilemma. If we don’t spend t(
| provide employ/ent. we'll be in t
bad way; if we do spend, our hugi
public debt will continue to pili
up”
"There is no problem there,” in
terposed Rhode Island’s agile 77
year-old Senator Green, himsel
a millionaire. “There is only on:
course, If we do not have a higt
level of employment and genera
well-being among the people of thi
country, then we are headed fo:
bankruptcy.
“This country,” continued Greet
bluntly, “has not caught up witl
the democratic movement in Eu
rope. The recent British election:
are a good example. Those in con
tiol over here are not in toucl
with the changes taking place ii
the world. They are in control o:
the press, in control of vast ag
gregations of wealth, in control o
the utilities. But we in the sen
ate must not be deflected. We mus
go ahead with a new legislativi
program.”
ARMY-NAVY HOG-PILING
New York's Senator Mead, whe
succeeded Truman as chairman ol
the Senate War Investigating Com
mittee, remarked:
“It’s about time this country be
gan to shift from a two-war eco
nomy to a one-war economy. The
Army and Navy have got to stop
sitting on billions of dollars’ worth
of materials they don’t need and
which industry does need.
“Not only materials,” continued
Mead. “They’ve got to release
manpower we need in the coal
mines, the steel mills, the rail
roads. We can’t keep our civilian
economy going ... At least the
Army and Navy can release 100,000
key men for these industries. We’ve
got to speed up for the reconver
sion process.”
"The Man” Bilbo also threw In
[ his two-cents’ worth on reconver
sion.
J "I’m not a politician,” he opined,
I
Behind The
FRONT PAGE
By HOLT MePHERSON
Managing Editor
THAT ShOi’ "HEARD ROUND THE WORLD” WHICH SET OFF
' the American Revolution was a mere whisper compared with the implica
tions wrapped up in that atomic bomb which has been loosed upon
Japan to spread utter destruction.
One could become terrifically discouraged were he to view the devel
opment only from its destructive potentiality—in the hands of a mad
; man, such as Hitler, it could destroy civilization; it is better to think of
its constructive power to revolutionize the sociological, financial and in
dustrial future of the whole world, lightening the burden of common
people everywhere and driving the world to higher standards of
living and accomplishment. A few grains of uranium driving a ship
such as the Queen Mary across oceans is better used than in blasting
mankind into eternity.
All of us knew that out at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, terrific activity
presaged tremendous developments, and it was rather general knowledge
that atomic energy release was being pressed by scientists on a scale never
before attained, but even those in the know were hardly prepared to
appreciate fully the implications in the statement President Truman and
War Secretary Stimson made telling that the first such bomb had been
dropped on Japan's army center, Hiroshimo. It makes one shudder to
think what might have been the consequences had the Germans, who were
feverishly at work on the atomic bomb, perfected it before Nazlism was
annihilated, or had the Japs been able to use it at Pearl Harbor.
- The atomic bomb is being hailed as the most destructive force in ,
history—we'd better think of ^t as the most constructive force in history
lest we find a Frankenstein on our hands. Science has pushed back fron
tiers 50 years in the course of this war, and the spectacle is something
terrific to behold.
IT'S PERHAPS JOB'S COMFORTING TO THINK THAT
had Shelby had wholesome recreation available last Sunday
afternoon the tragedy of a 13-year-old girl's being twice assaulted
might possibly have been averted and a soldier now facing court
martial might have been available for military duty. A lot of
trouble such as that is due to parental failure to acquaint young
daughters, and older ones, too, of dangerous inherent In taking
up with strange men, even when they wear the uniform of armed
services, of loitering in questionable places and of accompany
ing men to their hotel rooms; but if on the other hand the problem
were met positively with recreational facilities of a wholesome
nature, some of the tragic consequences might be averted. Young
people are going to have entertainment, wholesome preferably,
but lacking that the alternative is unwholesome—and when some
conscienceless wanderer is added to the equation the result is
likely to be tragic.
The burden is upon (1) parents, (3) the community, (1) the
young people themselves. They prefer to live wholesomely, but
they need to be encouraged in it.
A TRADITION THAT ICE CREAM WAS INTRODUCED TO
America at the White House during the administration of James Madison
is blasted by the revelation that New Orleans knew the delicacy as early
as 1808 when it was advertised in papers there. However, we are leu
interested in when it was introduced than when it will be coming back
in quantity and quality entitling it to be called "ice cream.”
FOR PUNGENT EXPRESSION IT WOULD BE HARD TO
beat that of A. Beverly Baxter, a Conservative member of parli
ament who survived the recent British election, who to the New
York Times states it thus: “As one of the few Conservatives to
hold his parliamentary seat in the general election I feel at this
moment rather like a shipwrecked sailor on a raft who has
received a wireless request for his opinion on the future of navi
gation.”
WHEN STETTIN, BERLIN'S PORT ON THE ODER RIVER, WAB
assigned to Poland following the Potsdam conferences, not the slightest
twinge was suffered by Shelby's John Phifer who was born in that city
69 years ago and made it his home till he went to sea at the age of 14
years. So far as John, who is a naturalized American of 22 years standing
and has made his home here for the past 24 years, is concerned they
can give Stettin and any part of Germany to whomever they wish, with*
out the slightest complaint from him—his Interests and concerns are
, thoroughly American. But he remembers Stettin of his boyhood days,
the sailing ships and characters of the waterfront there that caught hia
fancy and caused him to set forth as a mariner for 14 years under
British and American flags, suffering shipwreck off Iceland all tha
exigencies of a seafaring career. He turned his back on all that and sought
terra firma of upland country where he's found peacefulness and frienda
and opportunity beyond anything the old world offered—the Poles can
have Stettin; John's certain he's the best of the deal any way you
look at it.
dul irom a practical standpoint,
we Democrats had better do some
thing damn quick or the Japanese
, war will end and we'll have five
j oT" ten million people looking for
1 j Jobs. There will be riotous condi
| tions throughout the country and
when we come back here for the
1 next Congress, there won't be
enough Democrats around for our
own funerals. We’ve got to do
something damn quick to provide
; 60.000,000 jobs."
' Bilbo, however, couldn't accept
■ all the 12-point program. Raising
I the minimum wage level was too
1 much for him. This caused Sena
' tor Pepper of Florida to remark
jokingly that it wasn’t proposed to
i raise farm wages (Mississippi be
i ing largely an agricultural state).
"Don’t think that I’m dumb, ’
i shot back the Gentleman from
■ Mississippi. “You raise industrial
i wages and you won’t get anyone
i to stay on the farm. I can't grow
cotton today because the hands
want too much money.”
The other items on the 12-point
program which apparently met
■ with Senator Bilbo’s OK follow:
■ (1) Gearing of reconversion to
full employment;
(2) Continuing stable and prof
itable agricultural at high levels;
(3) Creation of expanded oppor
tunities for business;
(4) Expanding foreign trade;
(5) National housing program;
(6) Stabiliaztion of community
construction;
(7) A broad national health pro
gram and social security system;
(8) Increased education and
training for all;
(9) Greater development of na
tural resources;
(10) Gearing a fiscal policy to
full employment;
(11) Adequate security, training
and job opportunities for veterans.
Note—The 15 Senators pres
ent in addition to Kilgore and
Pepper were: Thomas of Utah,
Thomas of Oklahoma, Mead of
New York, 8tewart of Ten
nessee, Green of Rhode Island,
Lucas of Illinois, Murdock of
Utah, Johnston of South Caro- j
New Orleans women
Urged To Vote—If
They Want Husbands
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 7.—{JP>—
"Women interested in marriage
should register and vote,” a can
didate for the mayoralty here says,
Shirley Wimberly told women In
a radio address yesterday that
their chances are not so good “aa
in other cities where municipal
government is better and businesi
offers more opportunities.”
He said women outnumber men
in New Orleans “because msFi leave
us for positions in other states.”
3,029 Troops From
Europe Coming Home
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—(jpy—Pouf
vessels carrying 3,029 troops from
Europe arrive at the New York
port of embarkation today. Among
them is the main body of the
109th Regiment, 28th Keystone di
vision.
The 109th is aboard the Mor
macport, which is bringing home
2,972 soldiers.
Other ships arriving: The Adula,
with 52 troops; the Edward Bel
lamy, with three, and the Amer
ican Farmer with two.
lina, Johnson of Colorado, Tay
lor of Idaho, Magnusop and
Mitchell of Washington!, Mc
Mahon of Connecticut Rad
cliffe of Maryland, and Bilbo
of Mississippi.
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