ABSTRACT
Mankind at the present time is faced by dangers to the whole species so great that the avoidance of them ought to be the common aim of all the Powers. The facts are known to everybody who chooses to know them, but for reasons of propaganda they are not adequately emphasized on either side of the Iron Curtain. It is true that they have been stated in Western countries, but not in such a manner as to influence policy. They have been stated more clearly and forcibly in America than in any other country, but they do not seem to have made any impact upon the average Congressman or the average American voter. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, month by month since Hiroshima, has published detailed and reasoned warnings, but this journal has a very small circulation since it appeals only to those who wish to know rather than to shout. It is true that some influential people who are not scientists have become aware of the situation brought about by the new methods of warfare. Ernest T. Weir, for example, who represents what is most intelligent in Big
Business, has said at the end of an irrefutable piece of reasoning: ‘In short, even if we defeated Russia-Communism would win.’2
