\ aur even than its responsible official leadership the salient fact which must dom inate any discussion of atomic energy control, namely, that the bomb is not "just another weapon." In so far as they serve to awaken American opinion to the seriousness of the problem and to prepare the minds of Americans for what must be novel steps in international organization, their propaganda is bene- ficial. Furthermore, mach of the discussion of world government right now will help to focus opinion here and abroad on the question of the ultimate desirability of world government, It by no means follows that all the arguments adduced in this’ analysis against working to establish world government in the near future have relevance in a long-range program. Mie we Se ee OM BM Ren KR HH HX If such obvious lines of action as voluntary unification of the world by establishing world government right now, and its sinister alternative, forcible unification of the world by the use of Americats atomic might, are to be ruled out, what is left? There are two rather simple courses of action which are frequently suggested and which nced to be briefly examined at this point. and the "do-nothing" proposals, These are the "tcll-al]" The "tell-all" school urges that retention by the United States alone of the technical knowledge necessary to produce the bomb will make it impossible for the rest of the world to have confidence in American good intentions. Sharing of atomic knowledge is therefore held to be necessary to dispel the clouds of suspicion which prevent the establishment of cffective international controls. ' In view of the fact that nuclear physicists are practically unanimous in believing that present secrets are destined to be short-Lived, the United States would not appear to be giving away very much; the effect of this proposal might be only to advance the date upon which the United States would have to bargain on equal terms with other states in negotiating international control. If it is true that the secrets are not of as great valuc as is sometimes implied in the