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ON THE LEFT… C.B.R.

Scientist on the Loose. Speaking before the House Government Information Subcommittee, atomic scientist Harold C. Urey made known to the world (and to Soviet Military Intelligence) a “good guess” that the United States has about 35,000 atom bombs. He did not state by what authority he had divulged this vital information. By the way, despite the fact that he has admitted being “an amateur in these matters of law,” Urey has considered himself competent to decide that injustice was done in the Rosenberg-Sobell spy trial. In a letter to the New York Times, Herbert Bayard Swope has described Professor Urey’s attitude both in relation to law and to matters of public policy as follows: “The explanation does not lie in the superiority of his opinion nor that of his fellows. It lies in the curious belief that certain types of scientists are laws unto themselves . . . I think that Dr. Urey’s utterance was incendiary.”

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ON THE LEFT… C.B.R.

Scientist on the Loose. Speaking before the House Government Information Subcommittee, atomic scientist Harold C. Urey made known to the world (and to Soviet Military Intelligence) a “good guess” that the United States has about 35,000 atom bombs. He did not state by what authority he had divulged this vital information. By the way, despite the fact that he has admitted being “an amateur in these matters of law,” Urey has considered himself competent to decide that injustice was done in the Rosenberg-Sobell spy trial. In a letter to the New York Times, Herbert Bayard Swope has described Professor Urey’s attitude both in relation to law and to matters of public policy as follows: “The explanation does not lie in the superiority of his opinion nor that of his fellows. It lies in the curious belief that certain types of scientists are laws unto themselves . . . I think that Dr. Urey’s utterance was incendiary.”