The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 12, 1952, Page 9

May Be Only Four Or Five Years Away, Says Chemist By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK #—The day of elec- tricity from the atom at an eco- nomical cost may be coming much faster than first thought—accord- ing to industrial scientists. One leading industrial chemist, Dr. Charles Allen Thomas, presi- dent of the Monsanto Chemical Co. thinks it may be only four or five years off in this country. Some others think England may beat us to it—not because the Brit- ish have better or cheaper methods of getting electric power from atomic reactors, but because pro- duction of electricity by present methods is more expensive there than here. The cost of building a new elec- @ric plant in England is so high since the war that atomic produced power would be comparatively eompetitive. American power com- panies have the benefit of greater ®atural water and other resources. Companies in this country look- ing into the possibilities of produc- ing an improved atomic reactor — include, besides Monsanto, Dow Chemical, Detroit Edison, Union again and Union Carbide & Car- n. Others discussing the chances of building and operating plants to Btilize atomic energy include Com- monwealth Edison, Public Service Co. of Northern Illinois, Pacific Gas & Electric and Bechtel Corp. All such plans, of course, are subject to the approval of the Atomic Energy Commission. And security considerations will weigh heavily in any decision. But if Britain should start work might spur faster action in Ameri- ca. Now that Britain has an atomic plant, scientists here estimate she could build a generator and supply commercial power to industry at about one and a half cent a kilo- watt hour—a figure competitive there but higher than present American power costs. Dr. Thomas, however, thinks that present atomic power costs will soon be brought lower. In a paper read at the St. Louis meeting of the National Academy of Sciences, he foresees “the pos- sibility of newly designed reactors, similar in some respects to those now in use, that will simultaneous- ly produce plutonium for the atom- ie stockpile and electric power for civilian and industrial consump- tion.” The new type reactor Would use the great heat generated in split- ting the atom, to operate es for electric generators. Industry’s interest in the eventu- al commercial use of the atom grows steadily. ‘ There are two great roadblocks. The first, of course, is military security which keeps secret many of the facts that industrial scien- tists would have to have before they could apply atomic energy to their industry’s problems. An Act of Congress might be needed before atomic power could be released for commercial pur- poses. The second block is the great expense involved, and of the gov- ernmental monopoly over the ma- terials used in atomic plants. Industrial leaders have been history. tween the military and the civilian in research on atomic uses. And others have struck at the cost angle. . The new type of atomic reactors ————$_—$—$—$————————————— KEY BOOKS E) these extra values Citizen Staff Photo MRS. JOSEPHINE SANFORD, Islamorada, is one of the residents of the county who took advantage of the free three-way blood tests for those over 15, being given here by the Florida State Board of Health in cooperation with the Monroe County Health department. Mrs, Florence Gordon, volunteer from the Business and Professional Women’s Club takes her case { { ? Trip To Cuba —_ For Sea Cat The Key West-based submarine Sea Cat will leave Friday for two weeks operations in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Submarine Squadron Four headquarters here announced today. Clamagore, commanded T. B. Denegre, Jr., USN, will re- turn here Sunday from two of the same type exercise Guantanamo Bay. ‘Wednesday, November 12,1952. 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Woman Finds Politics Gives New Thrills By DOROTHY ROE AP Women’s Editor Keep your eye on Mary Pillsbury Lord, New York civic and social leader who has discovered during the last six months that politics packs more thrills than a four- ring circus, As co-chairman of the Citizens for Eisenhower Committee, Mrs. Lord has been stumping the coun- try since early spring, organizing workers in virtually every county in the land, putting her faith in the women to bring out the vote. Now, still on duty in the cluttered headquarters in New York, she is tabulating returns which show that in practically every precinct in the country the women’s vote registra- tion outnumbered the men’s, and that this was the determined work of women volunteers. Mrs. Lord is an amateur at politics. Her one other fling was on a small scale during the Willkie campaign in 1940, but.her duties as a director of the New York World's Fair kept her from getting a real start in that one. This time she jumped In with both feet and started “Operation Shoebox” in every community she hit. Cards were filed in three shoe- boxes after workers had called on every family in a territory, listing their political leanings as ‘For Eisenhower,” ‘For Stevenson” or “Undecided.” Mrs. Lord says: “Workers started by asking ff the voter needed any help in getting on commercial use of atomic en- ergy, industrialists here hope that tackling both blocks."Some have argued for greater partnership be- (THE BICYCLE RIDE IN BEV- do not ,the world’s reading public ERLY HILLS by William Saroyan, | might be spared some of the pre- memories, published by Charles | liminaries. Scribner’s Sons, New York City,| This reviewer also doesn’t ap- 177 pages.) preciate either Mr. Saroyan’s As usual in most of Saroyan’s | claim oe carr onda; have ay work, parts of this book are ori-|connection wil e style in writ- ginal, ee justify the author‘s ing, and his own examination of nicke as one of the very sucess-|himself as a genius. But maybe ful prose manipulators of this gen- this is only because she isn’t a eration, Other parts, however, are |Senius and never quite mastered extremely irritating. anipeth bicycle ae to the point} F i: 3 ..}of being part of the contraption. Goins leetsinat b (THE HAPPY PLACE, written and me legitimate reasons may De) ijlustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans, brought forward for digging up and | cniig fiction, ages 6 to 60, publish publicizing ancestors. The digger | eq py little Brown and Co., Boston, may gather courage from knowing | yass_ ) that gramp built the first church | Winthrop, a marked down Easter in Kansas, and he may save him-|pynny, is the hero of this tale. self ‘from anonymity with the myth ; - " The setting is urban. It begins on that granddad went bundling with | ¢, ‘ Amy Bloomer. e bargain counter of a down- town New York department store, Grandfather may also be valu-| proceeds to an apartment on Fiith able to a young lady when the |avenue, then into the wilder part society columns write up her wed- |of Central Park, and finally to the ding announcement, & paragraph | zoo in the same park. toward the last which describes| Winthrop tangles with possessive grandfather as a gay dog in Gen- /children, and with dogs. He meets eral Lee's regiment somehow min- | friendly frogs and elephants. gles a little reflected glory with| The story is inoffensive and the orange blossoms. jpleasant. Winthrop has a streak But without any of these excuses | of boy scout about him and man- Mr. Saroyan does a lot of promis- | ages to do a lot of good deeds even cuous disinterring of ancestors in {while in the wake of a ferocious a substantial portion of the book. jdog. Bemelmans’ illustrations as No grandfather could add any-| usual are his own original contrib- thing to his general audacity, for | ution to contemporary humorous the author has more literary | drawing. courage than any ten bulldozers. And the words anonymity and Sar- oyan squirm to be in the same sentence, The author, of course, has the right to the selection of his mat- erial. But the reader also has the right to ask Mr. Saroyan not to merely dig up grand-father’s bones and leave them strewn all over the page looking a bit stup- idly like anybody else’s bones. His | interpretations sound like dull re- bes vi ports of the ladies who brood over | pel toy nly pc bari |their Yamily names in the geneo- | the person intended to vote. All | logical section of the Congression- | information was filed on the cards, |#! library in Washington. | and followed up, right to the last it Mr. Saroyan is an original minute.” | genius of a fellow, he can't expect | She cites as a typical community | us to believe such pedestrian fore-| Hennepin County, Minn., where 70 | bears. a | per cent of the volunteer campaign The author sometimes has a) workers in her organization were |SWeeping Whitmanish flair to his | women, and where, she insists, |¥Titing, but unfortunately he does | “they didn't mise a single house.” {tot display the universality of the | Another is Multnomah County, | great poet. Whitman proceeds from Ore., which consists mostly of |his own ego to all humanity. Sar Portiand, where there were 12,000 |oyan never gets any further than more women registered voters | American Armenians living in than men. Fresno, Calif., mostly his own fam- In New York, 27 of the 62 coun-| ily, and emphasizes their d . | ties registered more women than / ence from humanity, not their men. jilarity. As to future plans, Mrs. Lord| This reviewer has nothing a- | says: | gainst Armenians. In fact at the “] think ft’s time now for me to | moment she cannot recall clearly stay at home awhile and catch up |ever having been at all intellectu- with my knitting. After all, I dojally intimate with an Armenian. have a family, you know, and I'm|But they are probably a lot like at looking for titles or honors. | the rest of humanity. Yet Mr . fst happy that women % Extra ENGINE values Shot-Peened Rear Axle odes cis are boil to la trucks are built to last! gyrel Fluid Drive Available on %-, %-, I-ton, and Route- ‘Van models for smooth power. 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