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World Can Live With Atomic Radiation in Peace But Not in War, Physicist Declares
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Washington 'UP; Dr.
Lauriston S. Taylor said today
that atomic radiation is some
thing "we can live with in peace
but not in war."
Taylor is chief of the Atomic
Radiation Physics Division of the
National Bureau of Standards.
He 'is one of the nation's fore
most authorities on the effects of
radiation upon life.
The United Press asked his
opinion of Lt. Gen. James M.
Gavin's recent testimony in Con
gress that an atomic attack "in
force-' on Russia would kill
"hundreds of millions of per
sons" in Eurasia, depending on
wind directions.
Taylor's belief is that Gavin,
head of Army research and de
velopment, understated the case.
He said that an all-out nuclear
attack whatever country it was
aimed at, would jeopardize hu
man life all over the planet.
No Present Menace
But he made, and then empha
sized, this point: Radiation from
whatever source natural back
ground, medical x-rays, atomic
weapons tests is not now a men
ace to mankind.
All that the experts, including
those who made the recent Na
tional Academy of Sciences re
port, want to do, Taylor said, is
alert mankind to the dangers of
possible future great increases
in the radiation level.
Given peace, Taylor said, man
now has all the knowledge he
needs to protect himself against
all foreseeable boosts in the
amount of radioactivity stem
ming from exploitation of the
atom.
But if full scale nuclear war
breaks out, the result can be on
ly "catastrophe," Taylor said.
Gavin's testimony was given
in general terms. He did not de
fine his terms. He did not say
how many H-bombs it would
take to cause the millions of
deaths he predicted. Nor did he
mention time.
In saying Gavin's warning
was conservative, Taylor empha
sized that many of the disastrous
effects of atomic war would be
come manifest over a period of
generations.
Delayed Effects
Nuclear weapons inflict death
in many different ways. There
are the immediate effects of
blast, heat, and earth shock.
There are the delayed effects of
radioactive fallout which get in
their deadly work in days,
weeks, months, or years. There
also are the genetic effects
which show up in subsequent
generations.
Gavin's figures obviously as
sume maximum fallout because
that is the effect of big atomic
explosions that covers the great
est area. To kill all the people
Gavin mentioned with blast,
he a t , and radioactive fallout
would require thousands of ex
plosions. But Taylor assumes the atomic
powers have enough weapons to
bring about this grim fate if they
are insane enough to do so. He
pointed out a fact, generally not
stressed in reports of Gavin's tes
timony. This fact is that Gavin
was trying to express the utter
absurdity of all-out nuclear war.
A bomb detonated by the Unit
ed States on March 1, 1954, so
poisoned a region of 7000 square
miles that all unprotected per
sons staying in that area for 36
nours would have received fatal
aoses oi radiation.
Something over 1000 such
bombs might similarly poison a
continental nation like Russia
But the lethal effects would not
be confined to Russia and her
neighbor countries. According to
Taylor, they would spread
throughout the northern hemi
sphere and probably the world.
Genetic Catastrophe
Take radiostrontium, a radio
active product of atomic fission
that lasts in death-dealing form
for an average of 40 years. It
gets in the bones of animals. En
ough of it and an all-out war
would provide enough of it
would cause fatal bone tumors.
Radiation changes hereditarv
mechanisms, almost always for
the worse. The result is defective
lives in the future and, when
such lives are too unfit for re
production, "genetic death." Al
though present radiation levels
are no menace to the race, and
future peacetime levels can be
safely handled, a nuclear war
would be "a genetic catastro
phe," Taylor said.
In that sense, he believes Gav
in's figures were conservative.
Having said that, Taylor came
back to his main point: That
peacetime uses of radiation ev
erything from X-rays to nuclear
power can do more good than
harm if handled right. As he put
it: I omic radiation in peace; In war
"We can live safely with at-1 we can't"
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C0ES FARTHER, TOO!
On The Side
By E. V. Durling
(Distributed by King future! Syndicate. Inc.)
T ther n rarth a spare so Hear.
As that ilhin the bussed sphere
Tho loving arms entv. Ine?
Thomas Moore
Why has the name Carrie nev
er been popular with song writ
ers? I can bring to mind only
three songs about girls so nam
ed: "Good Morning, Carrie,"
"Every Time I Kiss Carrie" and
"We Had To Carry Carrie To
The Shore' Because Carrie
Couldn't Carrie A n y m o r e."
There have been some beautiful
songs written about young wo
men named Caroline. Of these
my javorne is can t i ou ntar
Me Callin', Caroline?" A fine
recording of that one would
probably sell at least a million
copies.
Aikinu
Queries from Clients. Q. What
was the name of the New York
dentist who made an upper and
lower set of false teeth for
George Washington? A. John
Greenwood. Washington's den
ture was made from walrus and
hippopotamus teeth. History does
not tell us if the general suffer
ed much from a slipping den
ture or how efficient the equip
ment was when it came to con
suming a steak. I believe the
denture being discussed can be
seen on exhibition at the Smith
sonian institution, Washington,
D. C. Q. Of what woman was it
first said that she had "the fatal
feift of beauty '? A. The reference
was not to a woman but to a
country, namely Italy. It was
made by Vincenza Da Filicaja
who wrote, "Italy! Italy! Thou
who art doomed to wear the fa
tal gift of beauty."
Great Horn
Eddie Arcaro, who has won
more stake races than any living
American jockey, says he has
ridden many "good horses" but
only one "great horse." And that
was Citation. Very interesting.
What does that make the gallant
thoroughbred Noor who defeated
Citation four times?
Passing By
Vincent Lopez. If he isn't the
dean of Broadway, bandmasters
who is? Did you know he began
his professional musical career
in Brooklyn? At Villepogue's
Restaurant in Sheepshead Bay?
That he was once the pianist for
the great vaudeville team of Pat
Rooney and Marion Bent! That
he made his Broadway bow as a
bandleader at the place called
the Pekin at 49th St.! That he
was the first bandleader to play
a rumba tune in this country!
That was the lively number
called "The Peanut Vendor." So
you knew all that. Well, then I
suppose you also know Mr.
Lopez is one of the country's
leading amateur astrologers.
So They Say
The most romantic females of
the Zodiac are those born under
Aries (March 21-April 20). They
are in love with love. Never
really happy unless in the midst
of a romantic interlude. They
make very interesting compan
ions on moonlight strolls. When
married they want the honey
moon to continue indefinitely.
If the spouse of an Aries girl
doesn't tell her he loves her at
least six times a day with ac
companying hugs and kisses and
holds hands with her under res
taurant tables and at the movies
she begins to consult time tables
and fare prices to Reno. Men
born under Leo (July 24-Aug. 23)
and Sagittarius (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)
are best able to handle the diffi
cult task of keeping an Aries
woman contented. Or, so say the
stargazers.
Horses and Women
Today I viewed with alarm a
news picture of a new style of
headgear which is predicted will
be popular among our country
women. It is a tall hat. Very tall.
A greater threat to a spectator's
view at a sporting event than a
merry widow hat. I am immedi
ately launching a campaign
against the wearing of this style
hat at race courses, baseball
games, etc. This battle will be
listed as Bitter Campaign No.
987654A. I will not be content
with the race track and ball park
managements merely requesting
that "ladies will please remove
their tall hats." I will demand
that it be plainly stated, "the
wearing of tall hats by women i
patrons will not be permitted." !
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