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Burlington Atomic Energy Week, 1947
Interview of Mrs. Dorothy Schramm Page 3
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Sunday 3 SCHRAMM: I will be glad to ("tell you" written in), but first I would like to ask Mr. Trapnell if he, from his viewpoint as a member of the staff of the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington, ("if he" is crossed out) believes it is important that people be informed about atomic energy. TRAPNELL: I most certainly do -- and ("Mrs. Schramm, for" is written in) one main and over-all reason. I believe it is quite apparent to all of us that over the next several years-- and longer-- the people of the United States are going to have to make important decisions with respect to atomic energy itself--- including whether or not they are going to continue to spend more that five hundred million dollars a year on atomic energy development--- and (Something more written in) with respect to a number of other things that will be affected by atomic energy and out ability to use it. Now these will be decisions that require sober thought. ("They must not be made in panic or indifferently" is crossed out) Unless people know something about this atomic business, and understand what is involved, they will act on those decisions either in panic, or in indifference---Either will give the wrong answer.
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Sunday 3 SCHRAMM: I will be glad to ("tell you" written in), but first I would like to ask Mr. Trapnell if he, from his viewpoint as a member of the staff of the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington, ("if he" is crossed out) believes it is important that people be informed about atomic energy. TRAPNELL: I most certainly do -- and ("Mrs. Schramm, for" is written in) one main and over-all reason. I believe it is quite apparent to all of us that over the next several years-- and longer-- the people of the United States are going to have to make important decisions with respect to atomic energy itself--- including whether or not they are going to continue to spend more that five hundred million dollars a year on atomic energy development--- and (Something more written in) with respect to a number of other things that will be affected by atomic energy and out ability to use it. Now these will be decisions that require sober thought. ("They must not be made in panic or indifferently" is crossed out) Unless people know something about this atomic business, and understand what is involved, they will act on those decisions either in panic, or in indifference---Either will give the wrong answer.
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