24 AUGUST 1945, Page 11

Sut,—Professor A. V. Hill believes that in face of the

threat of the atomic bomb the only hope for mankind lies in an international brotherhood of scientific men with a common ethical standard, who must be given their proper place in framing (international?) policy. He admits, by implica- tion at least, that at present they, the scientists, do not possess that common ethical standard, and indeed underlines the sad fact by his promise to let us all go to the devil if we da not give scientists executive authority at the highest level. How, then, does he propose to secure that common ethical standard? This question surely goes to the root of the matter. Will he answer it? If not, his article leads us nowhere.—Yours

truly, J. M. YOUNG. Normanton, Grove Road, Sutton, Surrey.