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Bower, Ray, January 30, 1947.
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Dear Friends:- | Dear Friends:- | ||
| − | I have received your letters and enclosed pamphlet on which you apparently say, " | + | I have received your letters and enclosed pamphlet on which you apparently say, "We scientists have got the world into such a terrible mess that it threatens the immediate destruction of us all. Wont you please send money to help avert this disaster?" |
| + | You condemn the United States government for using a bomb that was too terrible to use and yet you invented it to be used. Are you not far more to be condemned and [illegible] [illegible] you have given a greater moral example to the world by refusing to invent this terrible weapon of destruction then [illegible] our officials in refusing to use it? This is true even though you knew that Russia or Germany would invent it if you did not .The moral | ||
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS EUGENE, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES
Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists 90 Nassau Street Princeton, N.J.
Dear Friends:- I have received your letters and enclosed pamphlet on which you apparently say, "We scientists have got the world into such a terrible mess that it threatens the immediate destruction of us all. Wont you please send money to help avert this disaster?" You condemn the United States government for using a bomb that was too terrible to use and yet you invented it to be used. Are you not far more to be condemned and [illegible] [illegible] you have given a greater moral example to the world by refusing to invent this terrible weapon of destruction then [illegible] our officials in refusing to use it? This is true even though you knew that Russia or Germany would invent it if you did not .The moral