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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
» By SPECTATOR
Atomic energy, nuclear power, the Hydrogen bomb—
and all those related subjects are of great interest to all
the world.
We in America have so much coal, oil and gas that the
problem of fuel is not urgent here; but in countries not so
fortunately supplied the need is now, very urgent.
I quote two articles of interest. One by Major W. D.
Workman in The News & Courier, as follows:
“There seems little likelihood that atomic power (in the
sense of electrical energy) will have much effect upon the
South for some years to come, but Southerners are evidenc
ing increasing interest in the subject.
That interest is being shown by Southern Governors and
other state officials; by scientists working in the field of
nuclear development and experimentation; and, signifi
cantly, by executives and technicians of privately-owned
utility firms.
The last-named group has a two fold concern in the fu
ture of atomic power as related to the generation of elec
tricity. They not only want to keep pace with technilogical
advances which ultimately are expected to bring atomic
power into the utility field, but they are anxious that free
enterprise be afforded full opportunity to make its own way
in this new field.
Mingled with that hope is a measure of suspicion that
public power advocates might seek to use atomic power as a
device for further expansion of governmental control over
• industry.
Gov. George Bell'Timmerman, Jr., of South Carolina has
warned against any such effort. Speaking before an atomic
energy planning conference in his home state recently, he
cautioned against anything which would tend to exclude pri
vate industry from its legitimate participaton in the de
velopment of atomic power projects.
The public, meanwhile, senses that, at least for the mo
ment, atomic potentials for producing electricity are mat
ters of relatively little concern to Southern consumers of
electric current. This feeling is logically, if perhaps un
wittingly, based on a number of considerations which stand
in the way of any early realization of atomically-produced
electricity in this region.
- First and foremost, there is the question of cost—to the
producer and to the consumer. What the consumer gets
in the way of any early realization of atomically-produced
electricity in this region.
First and foremost, there is the queston of cost—to the
producer and to the consumer. What the consumer gets
in the way of electricity is the same commodity regardless
of how it is manufactured.
The heart of the matter lies in what it will cost the
producer to generate a given unit of electricity.
The word ‘generate* is, in itself, a controlling factor. For
a long time to come, electricity of commercial quality and
quantity Will come from generators which translate the
power applied to them into electricity to be distributed to
consumers throughout a given service area.
Research points to the possibility of deriving electricity
from atomic radiation itself, but present day thinking in
volves the traditional concept of using generators to pro
duce electricity.
Flexibility and variability enter the picture with respect
to the manner in which generators themselves are powered.
They may be turned by water power, as in the case of
the turbines used at hydro-electric installations.
They may be turned by steam-powered turbines, with the
steam itself coming from the heat of a variety of combust
ible fuels—coal, oil, natural gas, or otherwise.
Nuclear energy enters the picture in this fuel category.
When nuclear reactions take place, tremendous quantities
of heat are released, and therein lies the promise of atom
ically-generated electricity.
If that heat can be harnessed economically to produce the
steam needed to turn the generators, then atomic power can
fit properly into the realm of public utilities. But until
the cost factors become reasonable, ie., competitive with
other fuels, atomically-generated electricty will remain in
the area of experimentation and research.
The cost of nuclear fuels (such as uranium, plutonium,
etc.) is only one part of the complex picture. Also present
are involved problems of construction, major considerations
of safety from the radio-activity which accompanies nuclear
reactions; questions of disposal of radio-active waste, and
still other obstacles which do not arise in the generation of
electricity by conventional methods.
All these things involve expense, and those costs must be
computed in tjie charges levied against the consumer.
Since the South now seems adequately supplied with reas
onably-priced power, the unit cost of producing electricity
by atomic reaction must be brought well below prevailing
rates of conventional power before utilities can find it prac
ticable and profitable to put nuclear electricity into their
transmission and distribution systems.
That does not mean, however, that utility firms are hold-
FROM NOW UNUL NOVEMBER 6!
ing aloof until all the problems are licked.
A number of firms in the South are now actively feeling
their way into the field of atomic electricity. Their execu
tives realize the virtually unlimited prospects for increased
power supply held out by atomic energy, and they want to
keep pace with developments.
Furthermore, they are aware of the fact that heat real
ized from the fission of one pound of uranium-234 is nearly
three million times the heat which comes from combustion
of one pound of coal. Consequently, there is no comparing
the amount of nuclear fuel needed to produce a given amount
of electricity with the stupendous quantities of fossil fuels
(gas, oil, coal) required to do the same job.
And while fossil fuels are being depleted at a considerable
rate, recent surveys indicate that there is enough uranium
ore available to supply the power needs of the United States
for the next 1,700 years.
Finally, there is the possibility that the heat released
in nuclear reaction may be accompanied by other direct re
sults from the reaction, so that multiple benefits will stem
from a single reactor operation. The. ever-widening usages
of nuclear energy conceivably may embrace processes which
will permit the generation of atomic electricity as a by-prod
uct, with consequently lowered costs of productions.*’
“The South Carolina Electric & Gas Company’s interest
in atomic research and development was evidenced several
years ago when it was selected as one of three power com
panies bidding for a nuclear power pant in AEC’s final study
of a location. This is the plant that is now under construc
tion at Shippingport, Pa. At that time the Company an
nounced its continued interest and the creation of an atomic
development department is another progressive step in that
direction, S. C. McMeekin, president of the company, said
in an announcement.
As Director of Atmoic Development for SCEGCO, Mr.
Kennedy will primarily work closely with governmental
agencies and private organizations on developments in the
application of atomic material to industrial and commercial
use and to adopt and correlate these advances to the long
range development program of the company, Mr. McMeekin
announced. He will also work closely with the company’s
production department and will serve as advisor on mat
ters pertaining to atomic fuel for power generation. As di
rector of his department, Mr. Kennedy will likewise func
tion as advisor and consultant, as a service of the Company,
to customers or potential customers in the area served on
industrial or commercial processes involving atomic ma
terials.”
Mr. Arthur M. Williams, Staff Counsel of The South
Carolina Electric & Gas Co., is a member of the Committee
on Atomic Engergy appointed by Governor Timmerman. The
Committee made the following recommendations:
“1. That the states within the region continue to rely on
the existing power systems and manufacturers for the or
dinary development of commercial nuclear power.
2. That the Governors establish citizens advisory commit
tees to advise the Governors and sundry state departments
and coordinate their efforts on all nuclear matters.”
The National Democratic (Convention in Chicago devoted
Monday and Taesc'oy to useless oratory. That is the custom
of such conventions.
Wednesday the Platform was adopted. Frankly the one
decision of the Co vention that amounted to a row of pins
was the selection of a nominee for the Presidency.
VENICE? NO, CHICAGO . . . Demetrio BelUn takes Julie Jarrett
and Susan Andree for Chicago River ride in motor-powered Italian
gondola.
From the Shamoktn Citizen,
Shnmofctn, Pa.: Many safety cam
paigns have been directed to the
youthful driver. Grim posters have
hit hot-rodders in the eye with
gruesome reminders of the high
way carnage that results from
recklessness. Nothing that has
been said or written will impress
irresponsible young drivers so
deeply as the much publicized ac
tion of the * National Automobile
Underwriters Association.
Liability rates for passenger cars
owned or principally operated by
male drivers under age 29 have
been increased 25 per cent In this
area.
Hitting young drivers ' In the
pocketbcok may prove more ef
fective than appeals to their con
science.
Unfortunately many cautious
drivers in this age category must
pay the penalty for the reckless
ness of others. And parents, too,
win be picking up the tab for the
high costs of repairing cars and
mending bodies.
II Is likely that many fathers
will take a keener interest in the
driving habits of minor children
who are permitted to use the fami
ly ear. There may be tower par-
cots willing to entrust 18-yvar-
, olds on the highway when they
see how much more costly operat
ing the family car becomes.
The increese in rates, while It
holds promise of eurbing reck
less drivers, also holds some dan
gers. More young driver-owners
may decide that insurance is too
costly and may operate their cars
without providing such protection
to other motorists who get in their
way.
If this proves the case. Increased
rates w£Q not mean any more re
straint Additional costs actually
could be put on the older age
groups which are now favored to
meet claims arising from acci
dents with the uninsured.
The solution could be compul
sory insurance for every vehicle.
Pennsylvania has still to adopt
such legislation. As more and more
motorists feel the bite of Increas
ing insurance rates, compulsory
insurance wiD win more popular
support
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From the Euf&la Tribune, B*-
fala, Alabama: The forecast for
business, over the long range. Is
good despite the fad that strike
troubles are plaguing some major
segments of Industry at present
There is no denying that soft
spots have developed in the 1006
economy. But business has con
tinued to be good in many lines
and ih some it is the beet it has
ever been.
Wages are rising, benefit pay
ments are increasing and fiacre is
no prospect for cuts to the armed
forces, or (Irfanse spendings any
time soon.
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a large timber to the tracks. Secured at the front, timber la drawn
tinder tracks to the rear, supplying extra traction.
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17 Place of
trade
18 Observe
19 Feminine
name
20 Folds
22 Chair
24 Before
25 Decays
27 Generated
visible vapor
28 To furnish
pursuant to an
obligation
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lance
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37 Transaction*
41 Fetid
43 Conformity
with fact
45 To cut. after
snick
46 Award of
valor
48 Prong of
fork (pL)
60 Make lace
edging
61 Small drink
53 Moslems
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Crusaders
60 Made sleek
59 Business
transaction
60 To trouble
61 Biblical weed
63 Made an in
cision in
67 Petty Malice
69 Toward the
center
71 Painful
72 Of a bristle
73 Young salmon
74 Bone of
forearm
73 Troian hero
76 To kill
77 Fortune
teller
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4 Mongols
6 Steadfast
6 Bustle
7 Seines
8 Woody plants
6 Simulate
10 Lubricate
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achusetts
12 Cubic meter
13 Brought forth
21 To carry
23 Indonesian of
Mindanao
26 Begin
28 The sweetsop
29 College dance
30 Part in play
31 Wife of
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32 Fancy carry
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vessels
38 Poker stake
39 Lank
40 Places
42 Native of
Denmark
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recording
genealogies
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member span-
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49 Spanish h*ll
52 Edible seed
54 Enumeration
of population
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56 To mature
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Answer te Puzzle N®. 407
What can the Democrats or Republicans do? We know
that they are chasing* the Colored vote; that is their para-
mout objective.
The platform undertook to appease the South by language
intended to soften the well known intentions of all the can
didates.
All the candidates are against us; we can’t be beguiled by
smoothe language; the intention is the same, whatever the
language.
So, we have nothing to expect from the Democrats or
the Republicans.
Let us have an independent electoral ticket, sink or swim.
'1"'HE happenings at the Repub-
lican National Convention, in
sofar as the the vice-presidential
nomination is concerned, cannot
alter the fact that Mr. Harold Stas-
sen. President Eisenhower’s “peace
ambassador” and former Minne
sota Governor, was not standing
alone in the hornet’s nest he stirred
up over the renomination of vice-
president Richard Nixon.
Stassen's insistence that Nixon
would weaken the Republican tick
et at least 6% has not been seri
ously denied in the Republican
party, and is borne out by the vari
ous polls. Further, it is an indica
tion of the unhealed split in the
ranks of the GOP going back to the
days of Wendell Willkie.
It must be remembered in that
convention, when Mr. Willkie re
ceived the Republican nomination,
Harold Stassen was his floor man
ager. And Mr. Stassen has been
high in the hierarchy of that branch
of the Republican party ever since,
which has twice nominated Thomas
E. Dewey and then nominated
Dwight D. Eisenhower for the
presidency. They lost with Willkie
and lost twice with D6wey, but won
with the popular war hero, Eisen
hower.
This fight then, which finally
came into the open, is considered
by many a fight for control of the
Republican party. The machinery
of the Republican party has long
been in control of the so-called
Taft element in the party. They
are in control today. To this ele
ment in the party, President Eisen
hower is merely a candidate on
which they have good reason to
believe they can again ride to vic
tory and continued party controL
Eisenhower, not being a politician,
is not interested in party control.
insofar as ward and state politics
:s concerned. Eisenhower is inter*
ested only in a program. Dick Nix
on represents the politicians in the
party as exemplified by the Repub
lican National Committee and the
regular state and county commit
tees. He is popular with this ele
ment because he is a politician
himself, a good, hard campaigner,
not adverse to name-calling or
whatever it takes to win, and pop
ular with the rank and file of the
Republican machine.
Stassen is interested, not only in
party politics, but in winning, and
he sincerely believes that with
Governor Herter, of Massachusetts,
a known liberal of high caliber, as
Eisenhower’s running mate, the
Republican party would be better
off, stand a better chance to win
independent votes. And if anything
should happen to Mr. Eisenhower,
because of his health, the Eisen
hower branch in the GOP will have
a chance to control the party. This
element believes that Nixon would
turn his back on the various Eisen
hower - for - president committees
which are not part and parcel of
the regular Republican organiza
tion in most states. Just as they
were not a part of the organiza
tion, but a sort of super-organiza
tion, set up for the 1952 campaign,
and being rejuvenated for this elec
tion year.
So whether it comes out or not
for publication, it can be taken for
a certainty that -Stassen was not
alone in his fight to oust Nixon from
the ticket He had backing in the
Eisenhower camp, whether the
President knows it or not So the
Eisenhower health issue has be
come an issue within the Republi
can party, to the fight for control
of the machinery.
HuleCarnigie
AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING if
M ENNICE BUSH, 203 Claiboren Street Pineville, Louisiana, has
had proof that worry actually kills. She was once suddenly thrown
flat on her back and was unable to recover for days and days, then
weeks and weeks of worry. She was afraid she would never walk again;
the doctors said she would walk on crutches when she did. She was
afraid the doctors were concealing the seriousness of the injuries of
her husband and her sister, both of whom had been
in the same accident as herself.
A big lawsuit was pending, their car was com
pletely demolished, and their expenses had run into
thousands of dollars. When her husband visited her
room she detected liquor on his breath and imme
diately concluded that he was fast becoming an
alcoholic. She was sure she had nothing to live for
and lay awake night after night planning to end
her life.
Then someone brought her a copy of Abundant
Living by E. Stanley Jones which she read. Next CARNEGIE
she prayed and relied on God. She began to cheer up and visitors were
allowed. When at last she went home froxrt the hospital she continued
to rely on God. Since then she has continued to trust Him. She has
joined clubs, taken qp more Church work and lived more fully*and
richer than she ever did before.
None of her terrible worries materialized, and she looks back now
nnH realizes that worry had clouded her mind until she could not think.
AIR SPEEDER . . . Lt. Col. Frank Everest set new world's record
of 1,900 mpb at .Edwards air force base, Calif., in this Bell X-2
rocket plane.
This an # That
Jarrin’ Joe Adcock of the Mil
waukee Braves hit ten homers in
nine consecutive games against
the Dodgers before Sal Maglie and
Clem Labine held him hitless in
an Ebbets Field game. Adcock
said that he had no preference for
Brooklyn pitching, things Just hap
pened that way . . . Forest Able,
star guard-forward for the West
ern (Ky.) Hilltoppers for three sea
sons has signed a pro basketball
contract with the Syracuse Nats of
the National Basketball Associa
tion. Able reports to the Nats to
September, but is expecting a call
for Air Force service early next
year ... A full sister to Nashua
—the only full sister or brother
to the world’s leading money win
ner—is scheduled to go to England
for racing and training. The filly,
born this spring on Normandy
Farm near Lexington, Kentucky,
is owned by British shipping mag
nate Starves Nlarchos . . . In his
first major league season, Ty Cobb
Mt .248, the first and only time he
HELPS BRAVES . . .Milwaukee
Braves* first baseman Joe Ad
cock, 29, is hitting .308, with 24
home runs and 88 RBI’s. He also
drove to 8 runs in one game wifih
two homers and a single.
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