-~6The cooperation which is foreseen under the provisions of the draft
statute will be international.
international.
This is proper, for the atom itself is
It has no politics, follows no party line and recognizes no
geographical frontiers or allegiances.
The language it speaks is concern
to us all.
The little group that witnessed the first controlled chain
reaction in Chicago in December 192, included men native to many lands.
Their leader was the great Enrico Fermi, by birth a son of Italy.
his colleagues were scientists from Canada, Hungary and Germany.
Among
And
contributing to that moment of trivmph were the genius and the accumulated
discoveries of other men and women from other lands.
Such names as"
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Einstein, Hahn, Strassman and Meitner of Germany, Bohr of Denmark, ai!
Rutherford and Chadwick of Ingland, the Curies of Poland and France,
Mendeleev of Russia, and Raman of India, to name only a few of an illustrous
galaxy.
Fmnowledge of the atom is no monopoly of a few large countries.
This
fact was dramatically highlighted at the great Conference on the Peaceful
Uses of Atomic Energy at Geneva in August of last year, when the scientists
and engineers of 73 nations met in a atmosphere of friendship end mutual
purpose and exchanged information on the peaceful development of the aton.
I am happy to have been concerned with the inception of that fruitful and
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memorable gathering.
This process of pooling knowledge of the atom has continued in the
year that has passed since the conference.
Scientific delegations have been