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'D- Ae ATOMIC POWER AGE WOULD BRING DRASTIC SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES IN WORLD EA to oe or Sngedonpr ann god sakes HEY % Lo hh, o This Canadian mine is one of thé greatest goutced of uraniém in 'the world. Uranium is basic raw material' used in the new atomic bomb, It is found in pitchblende, radium, . These few buildings make up the plant of the El Dorado Mining and Smelting. Co., taken over by Canada to By DR. FRANK THONE . Not even the sky will be the limit to the world"shaking effeets 'of 'atomic power, if science cam harness this spectacular new dis- covery to peacetime use. If atomic power is teéchnologi- cally manageable, if atoms of the more abundant elements (say sodi- fum, or magnesium, or silicon) can be : put in a sufficiently unstable state' for practical use, and if the economics of the whole procedure can be kept right-sire up, thén the world we live in will be a fantastic place indeed. . You can take as many flights of fancy on your mental wings as you like, Here'are just a few of othe possibilities: ) - Jet propulsion of aircraft, and of ships and land vehicles as well, could be enormousy simplified. An atomic jet-engine might con- sist simply of a casing with a #disintégrator" suspended in it. On this, wata might be fermit- ted to drip. Spiit into oxygen and hydrogen, which would ately nits as steam, this would provide a light power-source cost- ing almost nothing for fuel and nothing for iubrication, Space Ships Possible Or, if one of the abundant' and cheap elements, like silicon from common sand, could be persuaded fo 'split up "and 'supply atomic 'power, focket-propelled' space ships e¢ould soon become realities, 'even carrying human passengers, if hardy enough individuals could be found to man them--which would aridoubtedly be 'easy 'ehough. Ohe or more of 'these jet or : rocket units could be secured to . ends of short crosspieces on a re- volvirig 'shaft -- ahd' behold, you have a simple but efficient Yeac- fioh-tutbine, ready to run a big electric 'generator or 'to turn di- yectly all the wheels in a factory. Despite the 'warding in Presi- dent Truman's first. annofince- ment, in which he stated that ap- plication' of atomic 'power to the tasks of peace must await a long course of research and: develop- mght, speculation about its postwar effects is inevitable. ymmedi- and 'oxygen, 'forming an Will there be no further need for coal, or oil, or water power? Are stocks based on these com- modities and the utilities con- guming thém destined to hit bot- tom and never come up again? Will cheap power be so plentiful that even 'Hottentots can owh whole batteries of milking ma- chines? Will atomic power, in short, bring on an earthly para- dise after it has swiftly finished its present job of raising concen- trated hell? a No dogmatic, hard-and-fast an- swers can be given as yet, We just haven't facts enough. The questions have to be met with other questions. Here are two or three: How far are we from practical application of atomic power for purposes less violent, more con- trolled, than bombings? If it al ways develops in such shattering, blasting "outbursts it may take a long time to harness it: Remember, one of the first at- tempts at an internal combustion engine was a Frenchman's inven- tion, in which gunpowder was to be the fuel. It was not success- ful. Atomic "Fuel" It has been suggested that the energy of atomic disintegration be used indirectly, to avoid this violence or action. Minute quan- tities of an atomic "fuel" might be released at a time, in c8ntact with water, to generate steam, That might work, or it: might "crack" the water into hydrogen explo- sive mixture, There'll be no way of knowing until it's tried. So we come back to the President's declaration that there will have to be a lot of research first. Is uranium, apparently the only clement used in the new bombs, likely to be the sole source of atomic power? If so, the question may bécome pretty much an aca- demic one, unless much larger bod- ies of uranium ores can be dis- covered. There isn't enough uran- _jum in sight at present to power the world's industries, It would be like discovering that diamonds are which is "guarantée a government supply of uranium." + also the source of 10,000 times better than coal as fuel. We know the terrific power re- leased by the new atomic bombs -- but we don't know a thing about how they are developed .It may very well turn out, when all _ the facts are released, that more power is required to extract the uranium from the ore than the bombs generate when they explode, "There may be a significant hint to this effect in the fact that the three big plants where the bombs are made are all in arcas wliete. hydro electric power is abundant and cheap. If it does cost more, in power, to put the atomic "fuel" into usable form, then good-bye Utopial Wars are necessarily run on a damm-the- expense basis, but in peace we have to watch our economics. If atomic power does become practicable and freely obtainable, we can stop worrying -about the exhaustion of our oil fields, and Jet the coal beds lie undisturbed for as far ahead as we can foresee. By the same token, we shall have to find new jobs for everyone in these industries, or support them en the proceeds of the new atomic- powered ones. ~ Political Weapon Since atomic poe continues, for the time being at least, to be obtainable only from uranium, there won't be so much of it. Other fuels will continue in use, but there will always be an un- easy uncertainty about their fu- ture. And we can doubtless ex- pect fevered prospecting for new bodies of uranium ore--'uranium rushes' like the: gold rushes of the past. % Finally, as long as atomic pow- er remains on anything like its present basis, a 'terrific instrument of political and social control will be held by the Federal Govern- ment. For, according to the official announcements, all patents cover- ing the precesses and uses of the material are assigned to the gov- ernment, which' has spent two bil- lion dollars of taxpayers' money on the project. BURMA STAR © 11939-45 STAR These cdthpdi Italy, the Pacific, Burma, Northwest Europe, algn "Stars" and for the "CAMPAIGN RIBBONS FOR CANADIAN FORCES i Sh 4 FRANCE AND t PACIFIC STAR GERMANY STAP 2 4 fro AFRICA STAR DEFENCE MEDAL. ' ribbons 'have -been 'officially 'authorized 'by His Majesty, "covering 'service in Africa, : »e,-and Atlantic convoy routes. The ribbon for these camp- Defénée Medal, which is for non-operational service outside the Western "Hemisphere, is in short supply, But thete 'should' be sufficient by the end of November for those en- "titled 'to "wear them. Most Home-coming personn service in Europeon theatres, el have "alteady 'been issued with ribbons 'denoting «. PREMIER'S LADY ROMPS WITH PET Unawed by her husband's elevation to Prime' Minister of England, Mrs. Clement R. Attlea plays with the family 'dog on lawn 'at 'the family Hore' the pup have a strong grip on things. at Stanmore, Middlesex. Locks ik: Lz<th (he lady and CHINA'S STALIN Sr RIT 1 an A) To Gen. Mao Tse-Tung, above, chairman of the Chinese Com- munist Party, Generalissimc Chiang Kai-shek appealed for personal conference to settle their grave: differences over inter- national and internal problems. The two leaders, one-time close friends, became enemies when Chiang broke with the Chinese Soviets. sty REPLY DELIVERS H th: Japan's answer to the Allied sur- render ultimatum was delivered by Japanese Minister Shunichi Kase, at the Swiss Parliament building, at Berne. This photo was flashed to New York by radiotelephoto. RED JAP NEMESIS The Leader of three armies of more than a million 'men, Marshal A. M. Vasilevsky, above, who commanded Russian armies that conquered East Prussia, is leading the invasion of Jap-held areas on the Asia mainland.s ATHLONE TAKES SALUTE OF TROOPS MARKING VJ.DAY In the arch of the Peace Tower of the Parliament Buillings, Ottawa, Canadian's Governor-General, the Earl of Athlone, takes the salute of Ottawa's official celebration of VJ-DAY when hundreds of service- men and women marched past the reviewing stand. With his Excellency are Prime Minister King and Defence Minister McNaughton, In the lower picture, Maj. Gen. B. M. Hoffmeister, General Officer Commanding the Canadian Army Pacific Force, spoke to all ranks at Brockville headquarters, thank- ing them for their splendid co-operation, GENERAL EISENHOWER WELCOMED TO MOSCOW Marshal 'Gregory Zukov, left, and General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, salute as the American and Russian national anthems are played at Moscow airport. Generalissimo Stalin invited Eisenhower to review parade of 40,000 Soviet Athletes from atop Lenin's tomb. He is the first American accorded rot such an honor. Ca P32 £1 ? - Dadd THERE, THERE, BABY, DON'T YOU CRY y will bel home bye and bye. Fred Chang, just two years old, doesn't quite know what all the s'cuting is about, but end of the war means his rcldier father will Le coming back home to New York's Chinatown soon, Holding a' bell and an American flag, the i/Mttle tot screws up his face and wails (as confetti floats d around hig head, HIS ORDEAL IS OVER vio 3 { 1 4 Surfdndet of Japan brings freedom again to one of the war's early heroes--Lt, Gen, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, above, the man who took up the fight where MacArthur left off and held Bataan to the end, the man who so inspired his troops that they changed the pantie of Corregidor to "Wainwright's Rock." Since he gurrendered Corregidor on May 6; 1942, he has been a prisoner of the Japa, own