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...came from people anxious for peace and hungering for quick solutions. Most of the letters endorsed McMahon's proposal of a $50 billion global Marshall Plan (TIME, Feb. 13) that would promise Russia and other nations fistfuls of U.S. dollars if Russia would only promise to outlaw the atom bomb. Many seemed to think that there was no other alternative: it was either McMahon's proposal or what he called "an attack that might incinerate 50 million Americans in . . . the space of minutes...
...long ago many scientists feared that the public was forgetting the menace of the atom bomb. What many responsible scientists fear now is public hysteria caused by exaggeration of the destructiveness of the hydrogen bomb...
Before an audience of about 1800, Lilienthal emphasized the distinction between atomic energy and the atomic bomb. He stated that the American people today think only of the destruction of the bomb when the word "atom" is mentioned, and that fear and hopelessness characterizes public opinion...
...true source of American strength is found in the spiritual resources of the country rather than the material sources, he said, and by facing up to the problem, we can conquer it. "Faith that mankind was not given the knowledge of the atom to destroy itself" is needed, Lilienthal continued...
...gave a brief summary of the process that results in radioactive tracers, and expressed the opinion that great advances would come from the atom...