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Morrison reported on his trip with 

 other scientists to view the bomb dam- 

 age in Japan and declared that our 

 buildings were not strong enough to 

 withstand the force of atomic bombs. 

 The young physicist saw the first ex- 

 perimental bomb dropped in New 

 Mexico and reported that great winds 

 also follow the explosion blasts. 



Morrison said there was no defense 

 against the atomic bomb. "The only 

 defense is not to be there when it lands. 

 There is no known means of exploding 

 the bomb while it is far away." 



Morrison also warned that the atomic 

 bomb secret cannot be kept. "We dis- 

 covered the atomic bomb through hard 

 work. Any other industrial nation can 

 do the same thing. The fundamental 

 principles behind the atomic bomb are 

 and have been known by scientists of 

 the world for some time. The thing 

 that these scientists didn't know was 

 that an atomic bomb could be made. 

 Now they know it can be done, and 

 there's nothing to stop them from de- 

 veloping one," he said. 



The physicist emphasized the fact 

 the United States in developing the 

 atomic bomb has a responsibility in 

 seeing that atomic energy will be used 

 for peace instead of war. 



Atomic energy, he pointed out, is 

 something brand new under the sun. 

 Since it is so new and there are no 

 economic interests involved, Morrison 

 believes that a real opportunity exists 

 for the first time in history to estab- 

 lish a project of cooperative interna- 

 tional control. 



"There is a chance for a beginning 

 among nations to make an end to war. 

 War is intolerable now with the atomic 

 bomb possible," Morrison said. He 

 warned, however, that we have only a 

 short time in which to work toward 

 international cooperation on the atomic 

 bomb while the discovery is still new. 

 If we do not solve the problem now, 

 he added, the opportunity to meet such 

 a terrible thing will never come again. 



Another general sessions speaker was 

 Noble Clark, associate director, agri- 

 cultural experiment station. University 

 of Wisconsin, who also addressed one 

 of the homemakers' sessions. 



In his talk to homemakers, Clark 

 said, "We have an unfulfilled obliga- 

 tion to our farm young people, and it's 

 time we do something about it." 



Educational programs for rural peo- 

 ple, he said, should take into account 



Fcmn Adviser W. H. Tammeua oi McH«nry 



county looks over Farm and Home Week 



exhibit of a wooden cattle guard. 



that there are farm openings for fewer 

 than three out of every five farm boys 

 who reach the age to start work for 

 themselves. He also stressed the need 

 for action to improve rural health and 

 recreation facilities. 



In his address at the general sessions, 

 Clark attacked programs of subsidiza- 

 tion and of governmental price fixing 

 for farmers, as well as two-price sys- 

 tems. 



Clark raised the question if it would 

 not be better to take the money spent 

 by the government for farm programs 

 and use it to train surplus farm labor 

 for non-farm jobs. He pointed out 

 that the productive capacity of the 

 farm is outrunning the nation's con- 

 suming capacity, and fewer persons are 

 needed in agriculture. 



Clark's speech aroused considerable 

 interest and a small group remained 

 after his speech to further question 

 him on some of his proposals. Many 

 questions were left unanswered as Clark 

 left to catch his train. 



New members of Illinois Grain Corpora- 

 tion, lAA associated company, not previously 

 reported are: Macoupin Elevator Company, 

 Carlinville, John L. Crist, manager. 



Paxton Farmers Grain Company, Paxton, 

 Forrest Hunt, manager. 



Stark County Servic# Company, Toulon, 

 Marvin Kottmann, manager. Harry Hall 

 manages the elevator at Speer. 



Bunker Hill Farmers Cooperative Com- 

 pany, Bunker Hill, E. S. Wade, manager. 



New managers of member companies not 

 previously reported include: Bond County 

 Service Company, Spencer Johnson, formerly 

 manager at Dixon. 



W. P. Sterrenberg, recently discharged 

 from service, manager at Farmers Grain 

 Company of Charlotte. 



Oliver B. Suttle, formerly of Fisher, man- 

 ager at Farmers Grain Company of Beason. 



Homer W. Wolfensbeiger, formerly man- 

 ager of Jo Daviess, manager of Grundy 

 Grain and Supply Company. 



Charles Votsmier, formerly with Egyptian, 

 manager of Montgomery Service Company. 

 Allen J. Stierin manages the elevator at 

 Farmersville and Fred Heck the one at 

 Butler. 



M. J. Schlesinger, formerly manager at 

 Welland, now at Sublette Farmers Elevator 

 Company. 



Ralph Butts is acting manager at White 

 Hall where the veteran manager, R. L. 

 Davis, is recovering from a severe injury 

 suffered from a fall several months ago. 



Vernon DeGrush manages the Verona 

 elevator of the Grundy Grain and Supply 

 Company. 



Robert Welty, son of Manager Day Welty 

 at Eldena, h^s taken over the management 

 of the new Erie Grain Company. Robert 

 has been in service. Arthur James has been 

 acting manager. 



(Panlagraph Photo) 



Prof. Benjamin Eoehler shows Farm and 



Home Week visitors bow seed treatment 



improves germination. Shoots at right did 



not receive treatment. 



This has been a year of good financial re- 

 ports of farmers' elevator companies. 



The Carrollton Farmers had net savings 

 of $22,000, $15,000 of which was paid as 

 patronage dividends. 



The Anchor Grain Company Reported net 

 savings of $21,585.57. 



At Alhambra, where they are processing 

 soybeans, Manager E. S. Apple reported a 

 net saving of $21,624.93, of which $15,000 

 was paid as patronage dividends. 



Roy H. Phillips, manager at Nokomis, 

 had a net of $12,850.93, the greater part 

 of which was paid in patronage dividends. 



The Farmers Elevator Company of Ran- 

 som reported net savings of $15,656, most 

 of it being distributed as patronage. 



Newark Farmers Grain Company had a 

 net of $28,610.67, with a major share in 

 patronage. 



Executive committee of the Illinois Grain 

 Corporation attended the recent meeting 

 in Chicago of the National Federation of 

 Grain Cooperatives. The committee resisted 

 efforts on the part of the federation to shift 

 all available cars to the wheat area. 



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