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eee aa ries ¢ Fare ned eRenane A mien sempmanemytgmamarararin «mar . 7 I am not arguing against careful and properly controlled use of isotopes, and they can be safely produced in small installations. But I am arguing against the fission (atom-splitting) power re- actors—which would not have been constructed if officials had not wanted a great abundance of weapons material at hand. In the future atomic fusion may supply economical power without un- manageable waste. Our Choice: Human Race or Arms Roce? KM our race deserves its scientific name—homo sapiens, wise man—the two great countries which cooperated to defeat Hitler surely can cooperate to mutual advantage in controlling and restrict- ing nuclear activities, In this the people at large show more wisdom than their officials. In May af 1957 the Gallup Poll asked “If all other countries, including Russia, agree to stop making any more tests with nuclear weapons and H-bomlss, should the United States agree to stop?” The responses were: yes, 63%; no, 2745; no opinion, 10%. However, a year leter our Administration flatly rejected such a proposal from Krushchev as a “propaganda gimmick,” Yet an informal agreement of the three Atomic Powers could have been quickly followed by a multilateral treaty adopted in the United Nations outlawing nuclear testing and providing for rea- sonable inspection. The inspection required for this would be adequate to monitor missile tests, so that stopping them might well be the secand step on the way toward mutual disarmament. The facts confirm Albert Schweitzer’s belief that we cannot hope for governments to solve these life and death prablems unless we push them into do- ing so. Surely the time has come when we mu:t loudly and insistently demand sn IMMEDIATE, COMPLETE and PERMANENT ban on nuclear weapons testing—without any of the “bombs for eace” hypocrisy of our proposed “Operation lowshare”—~as a first step toward disarmament. In the earth’s crust are the remains of many animals that formerly flourished on the carih and then became extinct because they could not ed- just to changed environment. This could happen to us, In all probability it will happes to us unless the arms race is ended. The arms race will uct be ended while the United Nations is starved and dis- regatdud and policy makcrs continue to play their puerilo, oxtmoded game of great powcr struggle —which is usually presented ta the people 35 8 holy crussde. “Let u:. uot permit the human race to be sacri- ficed to the arms race!