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...Democratic candidate for President of the U.S., campaigning in California, looked out at his Oakland audience, drew a deep breath, and struck hard again last week for his proposal that the U.S. end its hydrogen-bomb tests. To Adlai Stevenson the reaction was a heady surprise: his words triggered a burst of applause and cheers in the crowd of 5,000. In a week when the Eisenhower tide was rising (see below) and Stevenson was searching determinedly for a big issue, the H-bomb argument seemed to be striking fire-far more so than his proposal to end the draft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Playing the H-Bomb | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

...Bomb issue can lead the people of this country into hoping for too much. Even if we could detect hydrogen explosions within Soviet Russia, it is obvious that the preparation for such an explosion could be done in secret, and by the time the test was made we would be sadly trailing the U.S.S.R. in thermonuclear development. Further-more, both of these issues have a very unhealthy effect upon our allies, who are striving to build up their defenses with our help. A. Thomas Stelle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RETORT | 10/20/1956 | See Source »

Cheapest Machine. "The ultimate achievement of biocontrol," says Engineer Schafer, "may be the control of man himself . . . Enslavement could be imposed upon the vanquished as a condition of peace, or through the threat of hydrogen bombing. Biocontrol could make this enslavement complete and final, for the controlled subjects would never be permitted to think as individuals. A few months after birth, a surgeon would equip each child with a socket mounted under the scalp and electrodes reaching selected areas of brain tissue. A year or two later, a miniature radio receiver and antenna would be plugged into the socket. From...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Biocontrol | 10/15/1956 | See Source »

...these changes have been made, the Soviet Union has developed a hydrogen bomb and a bomber force capable of dropping them in large numbers on American cities. A situation has developed in which despite relative size or quality of air forces, both the United States and the Soviet Union can cause catastrophic destruction in the other's territory. This situation, making atomic weapons nearly obsolete, means it is more necessary than ever to have a balanced group of weapons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Debate on Defense | 10/11/1956 | See Source »

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 3-Vice President Richard M. Nixon told reporters this afternoon that Adlai Stevenson was "naive and irresponsible." He made the charges in reference to the Democratic candidate's proposals on ending the draft and banning all hydrogen bomb tests...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: Nixon Attacks Stevenson For His 'Naive' Policies | 10/4/1956 | See Source »

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