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...Franklin Roosevelt. In it he stated his conviction that a controlled chain reaction of atomic fission (and hence the atom bomb) was now feasible, that the German Government was working on an atomic bomb, that the U.S. must begin research on the bomb at once or civilization would perish. Einstein enclosed a report by his friend, Dr. Leo Szilard, describing in more technical language how & why the bomb was possible. Franklin Roosevelt acted. Result: the Manhattan Project (TIME, Aug. 15), the bomb, the 125,000 dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the biggest boost humanity has yet been given toward...
...cold, immortal faces. No one knows what men carved these gigantic symbols, what hands, what primitive technology raised them, with what devotion or what fears. Whether they are gods or images of human greatness, they are menacing; they are monuments to the fact that man's history can perish utterly from the earth...
...Anger is the root of both righteousness and sin. . . . The proper attitude toward evil is anger. . . We must finally be reconciled with our foe, lest we both perish in the vicious circle of hatred.. . . We are called upon again & again to be executors of divine judgment. But in the ultimate sense [the word of St. Paul] is true: 'Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord...
...grass roots and tree bark. . . . Troops are sucking the blood out of villagers. . . . Local officials are making their lives bitter. . . . What makes our hearts ache most is this: all China needs peace, without which we shall not survive. If ambitious persons insist on more adventures, we shall all perish...
...Silberman (TIME, Feb. 4); "Let's stop the atomic war NOW," by Americans United for World Government; "Let's stop feeding inflation," by the N.A.M.; "An appeal to the peoples of the world," by the Rollins College Conference on World Government; the Zionists' "Palestine ... or they perish," the Arabs' retort, "Arabs want peace"; a blurb for Birobidjan, Russia's-"Pearl of the Far East" for Jews; "An open letter to Congress," by Sponsors of Government Action against Cancer; "Shall we help the Communists to crucify Christian Spain?" by the Missouri Knights of Columbus...