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Thr Atom How Goea it Today?
(Part I) -
Are Americans like the numb tribe in the ;
Annie Rooney comic strip : outwardly calm un- ;
dar the bright blue skies painted on the ceiling;
but inwardly terrified of the. unknown dangers
of approaching dark clouds . . . ? ;
Two years ago this month David Lilian thai :
warned:
"Thera is the danger that the shock and ex
citement of the Hiroshima blast may Induce a
continuing atomic nevlrosls. a constrictive faar
ami hysteria that cculd blind us to the scope of
tha atomic development. Or we may get mo
mentarily so excited about sensations the J
myths, for example, of automobiles running on
atomic energy pills that wa could exhaust our j
Interest. Atomic energy development might ;
thsn become dull, routine, flat."
Fur a long time it, seemed that his prediction
might prove true. But now It looks as though;
the fantasy and fears built up during four years;
of secrecy are being dispelled by widespread;
publication of the truth about the atomic bomb;
and atomic energy.
People reacted to the new's of the discovery!
of atomic fission 'in various wiy. Some hailed;
th Hiroshima blast as the beginning of a gold-,
en when man's greatest problem would be;
l to do in his leisure time Others listened
to th? speculations cn the blessings of living in;
a land of atomic milk and honey with a sour;
tat in tha mouth.
For there was a big fly in the honeypot. The
bug was the threat of an atomic war which
Would mean all the rosy blueprints of Utopia
would be shot to hell.
One response to this sens of foreboding was;
to belittle the Bomb. A British physicist, P. MJ
8 Blac-kett, caused an international sensation'
with his book "Fear, War and the fiomb." In it?
h d-lared that the atom bomb is not in itself
a d-fouive weapon; that the U. S. dropped the
bomb on Hiroshima so that Russia wouldn't get
any credit for fighting the Japs in Manchuria
and that the Acheson-Lilienthal-Baruch plan:
for atomic energy control is unfair to Russia.
U S physicist I. I. Rabi described Blackett'a
thesis as an "emotional, almost hysterical per-;
Son a I reaction to the mounting tensions in world;
affairs " Rabi pointed out there aeemed to be a
"general playing down of the Importance and,
effectiveness of atomic warfare."
Dr. David Bradley, ahother atomic scientist,
al t worried over public complacency about the
atom bomb In his book "No Place to Hide.i
laid he:
' The greatest failure of all In these (atomie
bmt tests has been In apprehending their so- i
alololcal implications. Evidently tha bomb has i
Jailed to Impress mora than a fevr congenital ,
fiimlsU with the full scope of Its lethal po-
i-nNl. This error In publicity an error or "
omUfion might be Justifiable on the basts of
strut military secrecy. In the long run. how-
ever, tha one thing more dangerous than in
form ad governments aboard will be an unin
formed American opinion."
Well, Former Ambassador to Moscow Walter
Bedell Smith is sure that tha Russians know all
the scientific facta about the atom bomb any
way. So, apparently, the U.S. government la go
ing to let tha American people in on tha true
facta, too:
First of tha authoritative rumor-dispellers la
a new book, "Must Wa HidsT", by R. t Lapp.
In it he concurs that the atom bomb is not an
"absolute" weapon but it is grim and deadly
enough one 30-pound bomb the size of a soft
ball exploded over New York city could liquid
ate 200.000 people. The best targets are large
cities where people and industry are concentrat
ed and air bursts, like the one at Hiroshima,
.would be most affective there. However, people
needn't worry too much about underwater har
bor explosions sending radioactive spray over
cities, bombs smuggled into cities or plants and
exploded under .buildings, or radioactive dust
because these methods are comparatively inef
ficient, 1 e. their ability to cause damage is not
enough to warrant the cost ($1,000,000 per
bomb).
In case of war, an adequate warning system
plus lead, concrete or earth shelters would be
handy. The, better defense against tha bomb is
dispersion spreading out cities so that air
bursts would do minimum harm. Another ob
vious defense is to blow up the enemy's bomb
pile and planes in his home territory.
But tha best defense, of course, is to prevent
war. s
(Part two of this series on atomic energy as
it stands today will appear tomorrow.)
s
Columnist Tom Stokes finds in the Brannan
farm plan mora than just relief for farmers. He
finds it a device to provide markets for products
, of Industry and Intimates the administration
hopes that will sweeten the plan for labor, es
pecially since labor Is getting no Taft-Hartley
repeal. The trouble with the theory is that labor
looking at price tags may think the sweetening
comes high.
Arthur H. Moore who succumbed last week
was one of the veterans in business in Salem,
his bicycle store dating back to 1912. He took
an Interest In public affairs too, and found time
for public work with the city councilman
and member of the civil service commission. A
good citizen has passed on.
The Russians1 have agreed to resumption of
rau traffic at Berlin. It took over a year to re
pair the "technical difficulties" that forced the
closure. An American section crew could have
done the Job in a day especially sinca there
was nothing wrong with the railroads.
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By Jaavrph AUop -
WASHINGTON. May'7 Now
thst the Berlin blockade is to
be lifted, the policy-makers are
rather In the
situ a t i o n of
chlMrvn with a
quarter to
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tindy store.
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The decision that is now skoo
the pol.cy-nukers is sim
ply tht? decision tn the bM way
of la!ing with the Rusiau at
the i-uoncil cf foreign ministers
m-ftingt that will be helJ witi
tha bliM kade erus. Rightly -Mr
wruijly, the So lets are e-pc?-l
to propose that everyone
gt -tut of Germany and leave
ttii? Germans to their own ie- .
vi -e To be sure, the sanie Rua
n:i niovr was expected at the
! : council meeting, and was
ne.i.T made. But thij tirrfi" U
more pi nibble.
The policy-makers' aiy
anes from the fact that the
cv ted Soviet offer will be
deciJedly tempting. On the or ,
luni, rhere is every reason to
belt-, e that the anti-communist
wetern Germans would take
o.er a re-united Germany,
whk-h would ta? a heavy losa to
the Kremlin.
a a a
The appalling conditions la
the Soviet zone are known to
have played an important pait
ta the Kremlin's surrender on
the blockade issue. The Soviets
cannot possibly rely on the
stooge government they hae
jut together in their zone. Nor
can they even rely on the much-da--Uied
east zone "army " Tia
u orally an armed, para-aull-
tr,y police force of about 30.000
men, chiefly- composed of war
prisoners who volunteered in
order to escape from Russian
Internment camps. With such
poor instruments la their hands,
the Kremlin ran hardly hope to
be the organizer ' of German
union. :.
On the other hand, the Soviet
position In eastern Europe will
be rendered infinitely more dif
ficulty if Germany, is re-united
under non-communist auspices.
For what is now the Soviet zone
of Germany Would then become
an enormous- bulge in the iron
curtain, pressing - into Poland
and Czechoslovakia, serving as
a constant opject lesson to the
satellites in f their very midst.
Other things, being equal, the
retirement of the Russians from
their German zone would have
to be ronidered as the begin
ning of their retirement from
all of Europe-
Such are the temptations The
contrary factors are also strong.
General evacuation of Germany
would mean: the departure of
American forces. Yet the pres
ence of American forces in Ger
many are ffne of the guarantees
of Europe, and the -western Euro
peans actually want those forces
increased.
Leaving the Germans to their
o devices would also mean
scrapping th plans for the West
German government. Yet those,
plans have jiist been elaborated
and carried; through ta com
pletion with Infinite pains. They
represent the farthest conces
sions the French will make. Ac
ceptance of the Soviet proposal
would cause French reactions of
the utmost 'violence. It would
involve abandonment : of our
commitments to the French
Then too, it would raise all the
issues of the Ruhr, reparations,
disarmament! and . the jest, that
the Kremlin; has .' never ceased
to insist upon, even in the War
saw agreement that was design
ed to appeal to the Germans.
. :
It is too yearly to say pre
cisely what the interminable
meetings now going on at the
state department will produce.
In any case, what la decided
here may well be modified when
a small mission will go to Paris
next week, to work out an
agreed strategy with French
Foreign Minister Robert Schu
man. None the less, the general
trend is plain.
To the proposal to evacuate
Germany, we shall probably re
ply in the affirmative, suggest
ing only that each of the four
occupying powers maintain a
garrison at one of the German
ports. To the demand for Ger
man unity, we shall probably
answer that our new West Ger
man government Is a club, which
east Germany can join when
ever the Russians will let the
east Germans obey4 the rules.
This will represent apparent
progress. But then the seemingly
subsidiary issues Germany's
relation to the Marshall plan,
the fate of the industries the
Russians have seized in east!
Germany, the others luted abov e
will crowd onto the council I
table And the most likely end '
will be stalemate, with nothing'
at all finally agreed to. i
a
If this is the way the council
turns out. the Soviets will be in
a difficult situation, with their
German zone still on their
hands, and Berlin still a" free
island in its midt. Our triumph
at Berlin may be called incon
venient, because it now raises
so many other troublesome
name the
"McKay."
Why! When he has expressed
himself against the principle by
which the dam Is made possible.
Tha government financing of
this project is just as essential
from the point of power as
flood control or irrigation.
His name should not (cannot)
sponsor one and condemn the
other.
L. O. Hathaway
Mill City, Ore.
Public
Records
PKOBATX COUKT
Jamea X. Smith estate: Order
appoints Claude F. Smith as exe
cutor. Fred W. Lindsay estate: Order
authorizes administrator to con
vey real property.
Harry H. Lindsay estate: Order
authorizes administrator to con
vey real property.
DISTRICT COURT
C. M. Myers, Salem route 1.
charged with non-support, con
tinued for plea to ' May 9; held
in lieu of S300 bail.
Charles Lee Wigle. 1374 Frank
lin St., West Salem, larceny, con
tinued for sentencing to Msy 9
following plea of guilty; posted
$150 bail.
CIRCUIT COURT
Charles X. Schmits vs state in
dustrial accident commission: De
fendant files answer admitting
and denying.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
Jack Harold Skelton, 21, con
tractor, Jefferson, and Betty Jo
Herrington. 20, typist, Aumsville.
Dewey Lee Tribble. 19, supply
man. Milwaukie. and Louise R.
Campbell, 19, stenographer, 460
Academy st , Salem.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Arthur Douglas Parkes, 495 S. i
Winter St., reckless driving with J
liquor involved, fined $200.
Delbert Wade Smith, Salem
route 1, void operator's license, i
failure tayheed order of a police '
officer Ind reckless driving, fined
total of $45.
Joseph Prange
Succumbs to
Heart Attack
Joseph L. Prange, 63, Salem
resident for 33 years and active
in church, labor and veterans
"groups, died of a heart attack about
noon Saturday while on a fishing
trip near Stayton.
In the fishing party on Drift
creek were Prange's son, Clarence,
and John Highberger of. Stayton.
Prange had followed the print
ing trade most of his life and t for
the past seven years had directed
the printing division of the state
industrial accident commission. He
was a member of St. Vincent de
Paul Catholic church, the Knights
of Columbus' Salem council. Cap
ital post 9 of the American Legion.
He was long active In the labor
movement : and served on the exe
cutive board of the Central Labor
council several years. He was
president of the local group of
State, County and Municipal Em
ployes union. He was also head of
Willamette Toastmasters club.
Born Apr. 7. 1888, at Fort Yates,
N.D., Prange came to Oregon with
his parents at the age of 6 years.
They Tesided in Eugene, Corvallis
and Sublimity. Prange graduated
from Mt. ! Angel college. Ha was
married in 1912 to Bertha Gler at
Mt. Angel, where he edited the
Mt. Angel News. They lived In
Eugene and Portland before mov
ing to Salem in 1926.
Survivors are the widow; four
sons, Clarence, Robert and Con
rad Prange, all of Salem, and Leo
Prange of San Francisco; brothers,
the Rev. Francis Prange of Ta
conu, the Rev. John Prange of
Spokane land George Prange of
Portland; sisters. Sister M. Boni
face Prange of Roy, Ore., and Mrs.
Mary Schott of Spokane; six grand
children. Knights of Columbus will hold
a memorial service Monday, 8 p.m.
at Howell -Ed wards chapel.
Funeral arrangements are in
charge of Howell-Edwards company.
Estonians on
Way to Salem;
Brought by Y
Four Salem Bovs
To Attend State
Marble Tourney
Four boys from Highland grade
school wilvrepresent Salem in the
Oregon marble tournament Sat
urday at Portland as a result of
yesterday's city tournament at the
high school grounds, sponsored by
Marion post 681, Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
The boys were the winners
among a small tournout of play
ers. Winners included Darreil Ola
man, 995 Highland ave., at first
in the junior division. Oleman, 10,
was fourth In the state contest In
1948. Runer-up in the juniors was
Adrian Clifton, 11, of 837 South
st., who defeated his brother Jim.
In the senior' division were
Charles Welsh, 42 Evergreen ave.,
followed by Beau ford Ambeugey,
670 South St., both 13 years old.
In charge ot the tourney were
of the state division of vocational
Walter Atkinson and Ken Dory.
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Holtz Starts Work
At YI Convention
On the job almost as soon as he
arrived in Salem Saturday was
Roth Holtz. new YMCA boys'
work secretary, who is succeed
ing John Gardner, now general
secretary of Tillamook YM.
Holtz was one of the staff mem
bers, who conducted an Oregon
district YM recruiting conference
Saturday. Hee to learn about
piss:b!e careers in the organiza
tion were 18 studentsNfrom Wil
lamette university, Salem high
school. Eastern Oregon College of
Education. Lewis and Clark col-
issues. But it must not be for- i lege. University of Oregon and
gotten that it has been a triumph Lmfield college.
At every turn. General Lucius j
D. Clay; to whom most is owed. ' r ! .
and all the other makers of KadlO t OI11 men tatOT
.rs 'JZZ l To Addr C Of C
irresponsible bumblers.
Every
sort of dire consequence, includ
ing open east -west clashes be
cause of the blockade, has been
freely predicted. Yet what was
done has produced exactly the
results that Clay anticipated and
News Commentator Jim Wyaft
of Portland will be the speaker
at Monday noon's Salem Chamber
of Commerce forum luncheon, on
the topic of "What Can We Do to
Foster World Peace?"
The broadcaster of KOIN"s
.Copyright, is. New York Haraid " ulr "ir lir years, tie is a
Tnbwaa lac .J
i veteran of World War L
Believed enroute this week from
Germany to Salem are Mr. and
Mrs. Ardo Tarem and their three
daughters, Estonians who have
been among the displace I per
sons in Germany since the war.
They are being brought here by
Salem YMCA. which Tarem will
serve part-time in the physical
department.
The Estonian will spend the
rest of his tfrne on the staff of
Willamette university, though in !
what capacity is not yet known.
Transportation from New York
1 to Sa'.eni is being arranged by the
YM, which is now seeking funds
for that purpose. The Phalanx ;
service flub of young men in the ',
YM has already contributed $35.
Tarem has his bachelor's and
master's degrees in physical edu
cation in colleges, speaks four lan
guages, has written five books
and has invented two machines for
use in lifesaving and massage.
; " He is one of two displaced per-
sons originally sought by the lo
' cal association. The other, also an
experienced YM worker, is to go
; to the Seattle YM.
' Negotiations to bring the Euro
peans here have been carried on
; by a committee comprising Carl
ton Grejder. now YM membership
' secretary. Loyal Warner and C.
A. Page.
New committees being named
for final phases of the program
are welcome, house furnishia and
I transportation. A house has al
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