-3of the world's scientists and engineers had adequate amounts
of fissionable material with which to test and develop their
ideas, that this capability would rapidly be transformed into
universal, efficient and economic usage."
He then outlined his plan for the International Agency, including
the pooling of fissionable materials for peaceful uses and the establish~
ment of safeguards against any use of those materials for other than
peaceful purposes.
He said this:
"The United States pledges before you -- and therefore
before the world -- its determination to help solve the
fearful atomic dilemma -- to devote its entire heart and ‘3
mind to find the way by which the miraculous inventiveness
of man shall not be dedicated to his death, but consecrated
to his life."
When he reached the conclusion of his message, an ovation swept
through the great assemblage.
It evidenced the profound effect which
his pronouncement had made upon his listeners.
JI shared with many of you
the drama of that moment and sensed, in what will always remain as one of
the most moving experiences of my life, the electric response which began
in this room and extended around the world, lifting the hopes and stirring
the imaginations of men everywhere.
No longer could it be said that man's gentus in pushing back the
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frontiers of the physical universe had outstripped his moral inspiration to
control his discoveries,