WITH DAILY EVE 
eron Claims 
Argentine Scientists 
Also Probing H-Bomb 
Problems, He Says 
By the Associated Press 
BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 24.—Ar¬ 
gentine scientists have produced 
atomic energy by a new method 
much cheaper than the usual 
processes and are probing prob¬ 
lems of the hydrogen bomb, Presi¬ 
dent Juan D. Peron announced 
today. 
He said the atomic energy will 
be developed on a big scale and 
harnessed exclusively for indus¬ 
trial use. 
Implying Argentine leadership 
in hydrogen bomb research, he 
said the study of solar reactions 
oy a new type apparatus called the 
thermotron, shows that foreign 
scientists are “still far from their 
goal,” at least on the basis of 
what they have published. 
The production of atomic en¬ 
ergy is “transcendental for the 
future life of Argentina and I do 
not doubt of the entire world,” 
Gen. Peron said. 
Sees Enormous Benefit. 
“I hope to exhort all Argentines 
to collaborate in this great proj¬ 
ect, which will rebound so much 
to the enormous benefit of our 
country.” 
He made the announcement at 
a news conference limited to Ar¬ 
gentine newsmen normally sta¬ 
tioned at his palace. Foreign cor¬ 
respondents were excluded. A 
stenographic report was made 
public later. 
Austrian-born Ronald Richter, 
42, one of scores of European sci¬ 
entists and technicians who came 
to Argentina after World War II, 
Was introduced as the creator of 
[the Argentine system. 
Mr. Richter told the newsmen 
-hat “for some time now Argen- 
ina has known the secret of the 
hydrogen bomb, but in spile of 
his knowledge the president never 
sked that hydrogen bombs be de¬ 
veloped. On the contrary, I have 
always found a refusal on Gen. 
Peron’s part to make use of this 
secret.” 
Not ‘Completely Original* 
(American scientists and per¬ 
haps others also k now .1,1 
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