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TRUIAD AWM ?EST
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. A.A.P.--Preident Truman
has postponed indefinitely the thard atomic bomb test, which
was to have been held as an undlerwater test pt Bikini Atoll
niext year. •
The White House stateme:',
said that because of the suc
cessful completion of the first
two tests, the joint chiefs of
staffs had concluded that a
third, test should not be con
ducted in the near future, as
the information already ob
tained would enable scientific
and military experts to make
a proper evaluation of the
atomic. Weapon4 .,: . '- "
•Admii..l- H.alsey said tlhe droppinq.
of thet'itonie bomb at Hirosliihila:
was an unnecssary expe.riment. cays:
a Buffalo report.
"'Why reveal a weapon like tliah.
to the world when it was..not, neceu
.ary. The scientists had :this toy
cad wanted to try it out, so 'they
dropped it. It killed alot of Japan-'
ese, but Japan had p? out n a lotl
of peacefeelers through -Recosia'on l
before and the naval, blockade and
ordinary bombing had brought thi.
end yory near.
Acord?ing to a report by the reoup
of ?ehontific advisers to Mr. Bernardj
Baruch. U.S. rermeatntctive on the
United Nations Atotmic Inergy Com
ttizsiott. itwas polasible to build an
atomic euei'gy ,plan? at ass operating
cost of only 20 :pet cent. more thian
a coal plant of conlnarable sizet says
a ]1cw York report.'
Tihe scientists ,sa'y nnclear fission
plants Will lend 'tlhemshles to toe
decentralisation of tndustrsy and will
als6 be useful in istlaled areas where
the cost. of coal, r'ettol end oil.are
prdhibitive and wlsere "there is no.
suit?ble water supp?1-,for hsvdro-elec
.tc~is$ planttt. I.,. y-!-..i;:,. ..·-~·· r·-;
I"Tt eltould" be, bc'assiltld at cttrrent
prices' to ·"btiuld a. :70,000. kilowatt
plaltt'for approxim tdlv £7Tosilon.
s. coal plant buiat understhe same
contditions wotild uoast £3t million;
Cobat reductions 'for atomic' plants
coi?]d he " expdected Iwith . standcacised
de.gn and. conistuiiction,;end radio
active tsotopes would bea.veluable by
prd ducts. l
Slihe report: eadd?:d that the con
strpuctton :,of. atomic: -power : plants
m old make the international .con
h;o] of. atomic enetgy .even more ne
ceesary. Th' report will be submit
ted to the Atomic",Energy Commis
sioh to-morrow,
INoahs aArk if ·Surve?orS
yHerald"' service.
.NE\V YORKJ? Sppt? 8.--4" modern
Noah's Ark of: 2%00 antioals: which.
sitirtied: ttto: atonmic bobh teasts: at
Bitini, inclhdittg pig'No.-311 `that
swvam cheerfully in the radio-actits
lagoon, are expected to arrive in"
America late* this 'nmonth.
They ·will be sent to the Navy
MJsdical Centre, 3larylatd, for a de
tatled, study. About 70 per cent. of
tlh: 4900 animals 'used in the tests
saurvived.
Pig 311, though sick for a tmne,
gradually regained: its health. Scien
tists are nursing it careftlly. They
hdpe to trace the bomb's effects in
the pig's next three generations.
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