Letters to the Editor
The Atomic Arms Race Prof C. A. Coulson
and others A Poet of the Counter-Reformation Rev. E. Benson Perkins, T. U. Tayl,»
Remember Tonbridge L. A. Jackson The Dead Sea Scrolls The l'en. A. P. Shepherd Kenneth the Soldier
Lieut.-Col. Darroch of Gouroek
The Casement Diaries Tort Cullen
THE ATOMIC ARMS RACE
Sta,—We were deeply concerned at the Prime Minister's recent announcement of the Govern- ment's intention to proceed with tests of Thermo-nuclear weapons next year. Apart from possible radiation hazards, which are discussed in the Medical Research Council's report, just published, this new series of tests cannot fail to give a new impetus to the atomic arms race, involving the much greater hazard of atomic war. We do not think that proficiency in the manufacture of H-bombs is something of which a nation should be proud, and we hope the Government will think again before it is too late.
Yet it is not enough merely to condemn the tests or to deplore the arms race. There is need of a revolutionary change of outlook to match the revolution in man's power to destroy. We should like to see Britain lead the way in this change of outlook, renouncing power politics completely and adopting instead policies of positive and persistent peace- making.
There must be many others who feel as we do. May we appeal to any of your readers who have the same concern to write to the last- named at 16 Harlech Road, Liverpool, 23?— Yours faithfully, CHARLES A. COULSON A. RUTH FRY LAURENCE HOUSMAN KATHLEEN LONSDALE ALAN LITHERLAND
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