ATLANTIC VOICE Dr THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Some of God people wander in their lives because of Poor teaching or no teaching and thus the Editor: JOS. THOMAS BOX 199 talents and gifts are unused Year XI Limon, 24th. November 1945 No. 492 And the crown they should have had is not received.
TEXT OF THE COMMUNIQUE ISSUED IN WASHINGTON BY MR.
ATTLEE, PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND MR. MACKENZIE KING AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NEED The Prime Minister of the vilization as the military use be made available to all naUnited Kingdom the Presid of the atomic energy. tions, and that freedom of irWe have gained by earnest thought that the ent of the United States and 4) Representing as we do, vestigation and free intercycle of time in its revolution brings to the senthe Prime Minister of Cana the three countries which change of ideas are essential sitive mind the vision of many things which are da have issued the following possess the knowledge essent to th progress of knowledge lacking and are surely essentially necessary to statement: ial to the use of the atomic In pursuance of this policy, move in harmony with our civilization.
1) We recognize that the energy, we declare at the the basic scientific informaapplication of recent scienti outset our willingness as a tion esential to the levelopA good many of us, perhaps have been affic discoveries to the methods first contribution to proceed ment of atomic energy for forded, if not full exper some glimpses of and practice of war has with the exchange of fuda peaceful purposes has already the public convenience and other utilities which placed at the disposal of man mental scientific information been made available to the designers and engineers have given and are givkind means of destruction and the exchange of scientists world. It is our intention to ing to enhance human happiness. We, too, should hitherto unknown, against and scientific literature for see that all further inforn. ado new things in our community, because we can which there can be no ad peaceful ends with nation tion of this character that do them; even in spite of the fact that some may. quate military defense and in that will fully reciprocate. may become available from the employment of which no of scientific research should time to time shall be similar not consciously want to see changes on the face single nation can in fact have 5) We believe that the fruits (Continued on Page 9)
of our civilization, but the age demands new sera monopoly.
vices for humanity.
2) We desire to emphasize THE REVOLT OF THE SCIENTISTS We have a warm desire to see step by step that the responsibility for progress toward our material improvement does devising means to ensure By DOROTHY THOMPSON not falter; we are full of enthusiams to see the that the new discoveries shal!
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creation of an environment in which our citizens makind, instead of as means can live with health, interest, goodwill and a To my mind one of the most Mexico. Speaking for all sevenof destruction, rests not on reasonable degree of contentment. We yearn, too, important news stories of the teen of his coleagues at the lunour nations alone, but upon week was a report from Chica cheon. they included two No that the stranger who come to our shores will the whole civilized world.
observe that we are in the van of progress.
Nevertheless, the progress go of a luncheon attended by bel Prize Winners. Harold who work Urey and Enrico Fermi In times past the boundaries between human that we have made in the seventeen scientists creatures and their necessities were somewhat development and use of atomic ed on creating the atomic bomb, Allison said that all considered it to the progress of knowledge. and who expressed in no uncer a great tragedy that so imporfixed; today, the ever increasing knowledge inculat tant a discovery should be reveenergy demands that we take tain term, their indignation cated by man enables him to provide for his an initiative in the matter, the tragic use made of the dis aled under such circumstances; wants.
and we have accordingly met covery and the treatment they that they had hoped that by me It is desired, foremost, at this time to point bomb together to consider the pos themselves have since been ac rely demonsetrating the sibility of international acout the vital necessity of public telephones instalcorded.
on bn occupied island or in Jation. a) to prevent the use If anyone has a right to advi panese home waters, the led at prominent places in this city; the type of of atomic energy for destruct se on the use of the atomic dis could have been ended.
phone which, unless a coin of certain denominaive purposes. b) to promote integration and has the power Dr. Allison vigorously critici. tion is dropped in its accompanyina apparatus the the use of recent and future to back such advice, it is the sed the droping of the second service cannot be obtained. For instance, we have advances in scientific know scientists who are responsible bomb on Nagasaki, and he made, a Red Cross Ambulance stationed at a place equip ledge, particularlly in the for the greatest discovery in his a strong plea that further expe ped with a telephone, but the general community utilization of atomic energy, tory.
rimentation with atomic science for peaceful and humanitahas not accese to the use of a telephone to call for They know its potentialities, be undertaken with a view rian ends.
the vehicle. The local Police Station has telephone for infinite disaster or infinite putting it creatively to work for good. They have power, because the welfare of mankind, sugges service, but John Public has no telephone to sum 3) We are aware that the without them secrecy cannot be ting some city be created or ta mon the police in cases of emergency; such only complete protection for indefinitely kept; and secondly ken over for the sole purpose of the civilised world from desarson burglary, murder or other possible grav truction depends on the use kely without them. At this staprogress in this science is unli conducting these experiments on crimes so prevalent in a sin wrapped world of scientific knowledge in the a life size scale. the experi Thought should also be given to the turning in o ge, the pure theoretician is still ment being to heat and operate prevention of war. No system fire alarm; this latter service can be taken care essential; atomic science stillan entire area by atomic energy.
of safeguards that can be devof by call stations where the phone is protectes ised will of itself provide an needs the Galileos and Einsteins. Dr. Allison also protested a siThere are only a handful of mentuation in which the by a glass casing, which, in case of fire, the glas effective guarantee against atonic can be broken and the alarm by an automati the production of the atomic in the world who really, basica scientists have become virtual weapons by a nation bent on rely demonstrating the bom prisoners at a time when they are device is turned in to the Fire Brigade Station.
One of them is Dr.
aggression. Nor can we igSamuel Making a desperate attempt to In order to add to the efficiency of the ser nore the possibility of the Allison, Head of the Institute of return to free research and in vice, a phone should be also installed in the resim development of other weap Nuclear studies at the Universi vestigation as it was before the ence of the Captain of the Volunteer Bomberos ons, or of new methods of ty of Chicago, and one of the experiment begaa We have These thoughts have brought to our mind cir warfare, which may consti imen in charge of the first ato been virtually locked up ever tute as great a threat to ci mic bomb experiment in cumstances which would have been very easil New (Continued on Page 3)
attended to if we had such public service.
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