i ek Soviet Union has the atom bomb.
the daily press for the past two weeks.

the daily newspapers failed to mention the
‘ he plain inference that the Soviet Union,

shaping importance—t
for more than two years, has now
‘harnessed atomic power for in-
dustrial purposes?

The reason is clear—atomic en-
ergy used for economic develop-
ment constitutes a far greater
thneat to capitalism than atomic
bombs. ~ |

Splitting of the atom made pos-
sible potential productive forces
which capitalism cannot main-
tain and cannot apply; forces

which can only be maintained and |

applied in a socialist system of
society and which would inevit-
ably hasten the ushering in of
communism. !

Capitalism could, and did, cre-
ate an atomic bomb as a weapon
of fearful destruction and the of-
ficial reaction of the U.S. govern-
ment to the Tass statement was
not that the U.S too was de-
veloping atomic power for peace-
ful construction but that newer,
@ven more destructive atomic
wéapons were in the offing. The
fact is that capitalism dare not
harness atomic energy for pro-
“ductive purposes; such utilization
of atomic energy in capitalist
countries can only lead to still
greater overproduction, hasten
capitalist crises and thereby cre
ate greater difficulties for capital-

ism and ultimately lead to com-
plete collapse of the system of
capitalist exploitation.

The “free enterprise”
based on production for
is not free to apply atomic power
to production on anything like a
general scale for the same reason
that it cannot use many lesser
technological discoveries — the
vast capital investments of the
giant monopolies fetter develop-
ment to safeguard profit. Techno-

logical advances that in 4 social-

ist society mean higher living
standards and more leisure, in a
Capitalist society mean lowered
living standards for those thrust
into the enforced leisure of un-
employment.

Under socialism, mechanization
of labor processes means the cre-
ation of more social products.
raises the living standards of the
: :

system,
profit.

.

That’s the story which
But the REAL story

real story contained in

workers, frees workers from
heavy and routine work, and
helps to close the gap between
mental and manual labor.

’ Only a socialist system, advan-
cing along the road to commun-
ism, could welcome the discovery
of methods of using atomic power
for the replacement of other sour-
ces of power for economic pur-
poses.

It seems clear, from the Tass
statement, that the Soviet Union
has now harnessed atomic ener-
gy to industrial production.

This is the news story of our
generation! This is the guarantee
that we have entered the era of
socialism on a world-wide scale!

Here is how the Tass news
agency told the story:

“In the Soviet Union, as is
known, large-scale construction
works are under way—construc-
tion of hydro-electric power sta-
tions, mines, canals and roads—
which necessitate much blasting
with the application of the most
up-to-date technical means. |

“Since this blasting work has
taken place and is taking place
rather frequently in various parts
of the country, it is possible that
this might attract attention be-
yond the boundaries of the Sov-
iet Union.”

This statement clearly indicat-
ed that atomic energy was being
used in these projects, since it is
obviously impossible for non-
atomic blasts to be detected at
such great distances.

It is uhlikely that nuclear en-
ergy will replace other sources of
power in the near future; but
now that the Soviets have har-
nessed the atom, possibly only to
_a limited degree ag yet, it is in-
evitable that tremendous advan-
ces will be made.

Freeing and controlling the en-
ergy locked up in matter, the Sov-
iet Union will speed the transi-
tion from socialism to commun-
ism and introduce a new era in
human relationship.

How far has the Soviet Union

for

arnesses
the atom-
peace

The significance
of the story
the daily press
suppressed

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been hitting the hepdliaes in
been suppressed. Why have

has
has

the Tass statement, a story of world-
which has possessed the atom bomb

advanced in its control of atomic
power? We do not have to depend
entirely on guesswork. The Tass
statement mentioned such pro-
jects as “hydro-electric stations.
mines, canals and roads.”

The July issue of the Moscow
literary magazine, Novy Mir,
prints a poem by Evgenij Dolmo-
stovskij which describes a blind-
ing explosion that tore asunder a

granite mountain. |

“It was not gunpowder, nor dy-
namite,” said. the poem, “There is
far more powerful stuff now ..-.
I will not tell its name... At the
prearranged hour the explosion
occurred ... the old mountain
disappeared the mountain
moldened away like flame and
gave away its ore.”

_ And the problem of radio-activ-
ity? Obviously, in the harnessing
of atomic energy, Soviet scientists

BLINDING explosion that
tore aSsunder a_ granite
mountain is described in this poem
by Evgenij Dolmostovskij which
appeared in the July issue of the
Moscow literary magazine, Novy

Mir.

~ You shuddered. The distant hol-
low rumble

Of your carriage

Sounded like a wind.

Sleep, my baby,

Your doll, your teddy bear and
your little black devil are sleep-
ing peacefully like children.

Where did that sudden jolt come
from?

What does that: signify?

In the Taiga, far away from here

In quite another end of the coun-

try, :
Where the color of the yellow
~ leaves
Does not glow away until spring,
There stands a granite mountain

have surmounted that problem,
too. It seems they have an abun-
dance of the “know-how” of
which some American scientists.
at least, arrogantly assume they
have a monopoly. .

Writing in the British Labour
Monthly, issue of September, 1945.
a physicist (who because of the
witch-hunt among intellectuals
working on atomic projects, had
to write anonymously) made this
prediction on nuclean energy and
the future: :

‘Tt is not impossible that the
new explosive itself may be of
great value in other than warlike
spheres of human activity. It
might be practicable to create
lakes and storage basins, or even
mountains, by its use, thus mak-
ing possible changes in the clim-
ate and agricultural economy of
otherwise completely useless re-
gions of the earth.”

This stage of utilization of at-
omic energy for economic pur-
poses appears to have been reach-
ed by the Soviet Union. The strug-
gle of man against nature has
now entered a new stage. Man be-
comes the conscious director of
his destiny.

e

Science knows no frontiers, no
boundary lines. When changes oc-
cur in methods of production, the
effect is world-wide. Atom energy,
used for peacetime construction
under socialism becomes a _ far
greater threat to capitalism, the
dying social order, than any
stockpile of atom bombs. The era
of atomic energy can only be the
era of socialism and communism.

Hence the danger: the danger
that the atom-bomb maniacs in
the United States may seek tc
“solve” their desperate plight by
launching an atomic war. As long

‘ago as October 29, 1946, V. M.

Molotov warned these insane Am-

Which is barring our way.
Long, long ago it should have
been forced to give away its

ore.

Sleep, my daughter,

The night is dark.

Sleep, my baby.

At that place there lived a group
of geologists

In frost and heat. r
Twelve months long

They were groveling around on
the mountain.

Then there came an airplane full

of professors to that place and

then a platoon of pioneers,
First class lads,
And their young commander,
And he was ordered to lay down
an explosive shell. :
It was not gunpowder, nor dyna-
mite.
There is far more powerful stuff
Now in your country.
T will not tell its name.
Sleep, my baby. .
PACIFIC TRIBUNE

erican atomic diplomats in his
speech at the meeting of the UN
general assembly, in the follow-
ing words:

“It should not be forgotten
that atomic bombs used by one
side may be opposed by atomic
bombs and something else from
the other side, and then the utter
collapse of all present-day calcu-
lations of certain conceited but
short-witted people will become
all too apparent.””

The. Soviet Union today, as
from the moment of its birth
stands for peace. Coupled with
the announcement that “much ,
blasting was being done with the
most up-to-date technical means”
the Tass statement declared:

“As for the alarm that is being
spread in this connection by cer-
tain foreign circles there is not
the slightest ground for alarm. It
should be pointed out that al-_
though the Soviet government has
the atomic weapon at its disposal,
it adheres to and intends to ad-
here hereafter, to its old position
in favor of the unconditional pro-
hibition of the use of atomic
weapons.”

The Truman administration
used its announcement that the
Séviet Union had the atom bomb
to stampede passage of its Atlan-
tic Pact arms bill through con-
gress.

In conirast, Soviei Foreign
Minister Vishinsky, reminding
Americans that the Soviet Union
had had the bomb fon a long
time, issued a call at the UN for
a Big Five peace pact and an ag-
reement to outlaw the bomb. —

Canada’s foreign minister, Les-
ter B. Pearson, was chosen by the
Anglo-American bloc to speak
against the Soviet peace propos-
als—a shameful role which Pear-
son accepted with enthusiasm.

Pearson and his Wall Street
masters are gravely mistaken if
they think the sincere desires of
millions of ordinary people for a
stable and lasting peace can be
contemptuously brushed aside by
a group of adventurers, war-mon-
gering militarists and politicians
Pearson and his fellow-gangsters
in the Land of the Almighty Dol-
lar should remember the potent
words of V. M. Molotov uttered at
the same genera] assembly meet-
ing three years ago when he
pointed out that, if the brutal ~
plans to -use atomic bombs
against the civilian population of
cities are realized,

“... justified resentment may
gain possession of honest people
in all countries, and the enthus-
iasm about the decisive effect of
the atomic bomb in a future war
may entail political consequences
which will mean the greatest dis-
illusionment above all to the
authors’ of those plans.”

--- Your Strength

At the pre-arranged hour, the ex-
plosion occurred.

= granite was blown asunder to

ust.

The Taiga around the mountain
was illuminated

and the roar of the explosion

interrupted at five in the morn-

ing

The sleep of children
As a breath of wind
From far, far away.
Sleep, little. girl,

Your hand lies in my hand.
May the sound wave reach the
foreign coasts

And warn our enemies

Who hear it there.

The mountain moldered away
like flame and gave away its
ore.

Not long ago only a fairy tale,

Sleep, my baby.

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