Reagent Prince as ee Dramatic urgency has been flven the campaign to curb the arms race following the first tests St week of one of the most Ominous weapons ever developed for the U.S. nuclear arsenal — the Pentagon’s long-rumored ‘‘death- Tay bomb.” Known officially as the neutron bomb, or enhanced radiation Warhead, the new weapon is Capable of annihilating the Population within a half mile Tadius of the target site — while leaving buildings and other in- Stallations virtually intact. Although existence of the bomb has been known for some weeks, the Pentagon and the U.S. ad- Ministration have shrouded its de- velopment in secrecy and have. Sought to bury funds for production the budget for the Energy €search and Development Agency. Top military personnel have also closely guarded details about the weapon and its lethal Capabilities. Last week however, the ps: Neutron bomb Washington Post, ‘eiting in- formation taken from U.S. Army documents, outlined the projected effects of the neutron bomb’s radioactive ‘‘death ray.”’ The Post story which appeared only days before the bomb was tested in the Nevada desert, noted that a one-kiloton, neutron- enhanced radiation artillery projectile or missile warhead would deliver 8,000 rads of radiation to exposed individuals within a half-mile radius of the explosion. According to U.S. Army dcouments, at 8,000 rads, “Per- sonnel become incapacitated within five minutes of exposure and for physically demanding taks will remain incapacitated until death ... in one to two days.” At 3,000 rads, exposed in- dividuals become incapacitated within five minutes and remain so for 30to 45 minutes, the paper said. “Personnel will then recover,”’ it quoted the re reference as saying, “but will be functionally impaired TAM A NEUTRON Bolts. 1 AM MUCH CLEMIER SIAARTER AND MORE EFFICIENT TWAN AN ORDINARY NUCLEAR BONB. I CAN WIPE OUT THE ENTIRE HUNAN POPULATION OF A CITY WITHOUT HARMING ITS BUILDINGS, TERRAIN OR THE NIMOSPHERE . Dinner at 5:30 p.m. GARDEN FIESTA Sunday, July 24 3882 Yale St., Burnaby From 2:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cuban menu, music and mementos Celebrate Cuba's National Holiday Adults $3.50 Under 12 $2.00 Laey Feet HE SENTINE: HOW we!) aoe until death in four to six days.” At 650 rads, personnel may respond to médical treatment after initial incapacitiation but the majority will remain functionally impaired until death in several weeks, the Post story said. The chilling consideration of the bomb’s capabilities by the military has underscored the threat of the new weapon which has ominous significance in the context of secrecy which has surrounded its development and in the context of US. foreign policy which has in- creasingly been aimed at ac- celerating the arms race and enhancing American weapons superiority. From the very beginning, the Pentagon attempted to keep the project from view by hiding the request for funds in the energy budget, prepared by energy minister and former CIA chief James Schlesinger. The Pentagon claimed it was making the appropriation request on behalf of the president — but Carter, questioned later, denied any knowledge of the neutron bomb except what he had read in the newspapers. The attempted secrecy, suggesting a Pentagon conspiracy, has already sparked an outcry against the project although the campaign to stop production has encountered formidable obstacles. Last week, Senator Mark Hat- field, an Oregon Republican and a key figure in the uncovering of the hidden appropriation, attempted to have the funds earmarked for the neutron bomb removed from the energy budget but his motion was manoeuvred to defeat by right- wing Mississippi Senator John Stennis. Instead, the Senate voted by a narrow 43-42 majority to give the final say in production president Carter. The president had asked for approval of the funds to give him ‘flexibility’ in making a decision on the project. Outside the Senate, various peace activists, including the Committee for a Sante Nuclear Policy, lobbied for support of Senator Hatfield’s motion.to.cut off funds. Edith Villastrigo warned that the neutron bomb would en- courage nuclear war since, ‘‘by cutting down on damage to property, it allows the military commanders to think of these weapons as usable.”’ Hatfield stressed the same point, noting that the bomb would in- an ‘ominous threat’ crease the threat of nuclear war “by blurring the distinction bet- ween conventional and nuclear (weapons) even more than it is blurred hy the present generation of tactical nuclear warheads.” Although there is widespread opposition to the ‘“‘death ray bomb,’’ even in Congress, activists have warned that the Pentagon will be exerting tremendous pressure to get the funds necessary for full production as part of a policy of intensified arms ac- cumulation. The U.S. Daily World, which has played a major part in revealing the danger of the new weapon noted last week, ‘“‘the neutron bomb, like the cruise missile, is a technical weapons breakthrough that threatens to revive and destabilize the already dangerous arms race. “They demonstrate the relen- tless drive by the Pentagon and the U.S. arms producers for military superiority at a time when the world’s people desire the opposite: detente, disarmament and security,’’ the paper declared. Soviet commentators have also strongly condemned proposed production of the neutron bomb. Last week Pravda pointed to the cruise missile and the new bomb as examples of a general line in the U.S. ‘‘towards an increase in the military budget, towards. building up the war arsenal and creating qualitatively new systems of mass destruction weapons.” Meeting set J. J. Verigin and H. Woykin will report on the World Peace Con- ference of Religious Leaders July 24at2p.m.at the Russian Peoples’. Home, 600 Campbell Ave., Van- couver. Verigin and Woykin were delegates to the conference in Moscow in June of this year. The conference brought together religious leaders from many countries to discuss peace from'a religious perspective. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING THE SOVIET NORTH Present Qevelapment and Praspects Reading on northern development ... e The Soviet North —Soviet approaches to development a + SE a es ae e Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland —Justice Thomas Berger's report e For an all-Canadian Energy Policy —Communist Party pamphlet —$4.95 —$5.00 —.50 Again in print: The Compassionate Re of Ernest Winch ‘Write for your free list of Canadian paperback novels People’s Co-op Bookstore 353 W. Pender St., Vancouver bel: the story —$4.95 685-5836 — COMING EVENTS JULY 16 — Commemorate PABLO NERUDA’S BIRTHDAY with Canadians for Democracy in Chile and friends. Flamenco dancing, Chilean folk singing, poetry reading, slide show. Refreshments available. A collection will be taken. 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Sponsored by North and South Fraser Regional Committees, CPC. $ AUGUST 7 — Sunday, August 7th Labor Picnic. Come and enjoy musical entertainment and games. Feature —. Horseshoe Contest, Bucksaw, Nail Driving Championships. Supervised kids’ playground. Loverley food. HALLS FOR RENT UKRAINIAN CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE — 805 East Pender St., Vancouver 4. Available for banquets, wed- dings, meetings. Ph. 254-3436. WEBSTER’S CORNERS HALL — Available for banquets, meetingé, etc. For rates: Ozzie, 225-4171 or 685-5836. RUSSIAN PEOPLE’S HOME — Now available for rentals. For reservations phone 254-3430. FOR SALE DIAMOND WEDDING band for sale. $50.00 or best offer. Can be seen at P.T. office. Phone 251- 1186. 74 FORD F350, 12-foot box, autom., Todco door, baby duals, heavy duty everything, excellent condition — $5,000. Phone 526- 9119. PACIFIC TRIBUNE—JULY 15, 1977—Page 7