European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes thursday february 1, 195 confess endorses a decision a bomb might i a anywhere from two to 1,000 times is powerful As the a bomb.  test seen in year continued from. Page 1 capacity of air planes or missiles built to deliver  of the future conceivably could Fry the largest City on Earth in a matter of seconds. Officials familiar with nuclear developments elsewhere said president Truman s order that a bomb production be carried Forward came in time to assure the . Atomic supremacy for the present at least. But they emphasized that the user knows the scientific theory involved in the a bomb and can be expected to go All out to catch up. Or. T r u m a n s order said in effect that the atomic Energy com Mission must now take the Hydro Gen bomb off the drawing Boe re where it has been perfected in theory and put it into the Engi Neering Mill at the commission s bomb production Laboratory in Sandia n. M. Sandia is where the new weapon will be changed from theory into fact. Reaction to decision scientists said the first test bomb should be ready in something under one year. Reaction to president Truman s Brief order for the most part favourable was in two parts 1he could not have done other Wise the soviet Union might get the new bomb first 2the a bomb is the most fright Ful engine of  Ever conceived Man mus strive harder for atomic controls and peace. Official sources said Cost of the a bomb project will be Low. The dec brought it up to the Engineer ing phase before asking the presi Dent to Okay the production phase. No new plants will be needed to make the new bomb. The primary materials heavy Hydrogen and the Light Metal Lithium Are plentiful and cheap. A scientist said the Cost should be kept within $10,000,000 and Sio 000,000. A member of the congressional atomic Energy committee put the ceiling at �200,000,000 it Cost $2,000.000,000 to develop the old Model atom bomb the presidential order officials said Means live dec is to go ahead rapidly in a bomb development but not at the expense of the present  commission will continue to Speed production of uranium plutonium bombs and will push its multimillion Dollar project to har Ness uranium and plutonium Energy for driving ships and producing Power. Unlike fission Energy h Energy could not be controlled for peacetime  new weapon however Power Ful it becomes will not Burn up the atmosphere and oceans officials said. It will not turn the Earth into Star nor will it produce lingering radioactive poisoning that was the trademark of the plutonium bomb exploded underwater in the 1946 atom bomb tests at Bikini they  technical expert who Testi fied about the a bomb before the congressional atomic committee said u was feasible. Among those who told congressmen the a bomb was practicable was or. J. Robert Oppenheimer former head of the los Alamos. N.m., bomb science Laboratory and now chairman of the dec s general advisory committee. West German reds move party he to Disseldorf Frankfurt feb. 1 a the West German communist party announced today it is moving its Headquarters from Frankfurt to Dusseldorf to be nearer the West German capital of Bonn. Recently russian zone German communists announced plans for an ail out Campaign in West Ger Many with particular attention to the Industrial Ruhr. Dps slated to quit Munich Center today Munich feb. 1 special three Hundred eighty two jewish Dis placed persons in the rented por Tion of the israeli resettlement Center at Munich were scheduled to move yesterday 132 into the confiscated buildings at Fol dating and the balance to the confiscated build Ings at Wolfrath Hauson each of these about 30 Miles from Munich. The Dps refused to move yester Day. The israels resettlement Center of fighter network to guard a plants other vital areas continued from Page 1 Miles of the coast from Norfolk to Maine. Planes violating rules will be intercepted and action against pilots will be taken under the civil aeronautics regulations the of said. A spokesman added that interception and identification will be carried out by fighter planes. Orders will go out soon the de sense department said for the filing of flight plans and position reports by the affected planes. Those Are in addition to the flight reports required by the civil authorities. A defense department spokesman said this is the beginning of a real air defense scheme. It will be permanent and will be extended to the whole country As soon As our capabilities make it  the atomic Plant defense rings Are entered on Oak Ridge Tenn. Los Alamos n. M. And Hanford Wash. Out of Bounds the announcement emphasized that the broader defense perimeters there in addition to the prohibited areas immediately Over the atomic plants Are already out of  both the announcement and the of spokesman stressed that the launching of the plan is not related to any specific International de  this seemed to Rule it out As direct response to the information that the user had Learned How to produce an atomic explosion or to any report of specific aggressive plans of any nation. But the announcement came within 24 hours of the warning bythe Secretary of defense Louis a. Johnson in his first annual report that an attack could come from the opposite hemisphere without warning with unpredictable  defense department official said that the scheme logically Fol lows the authorization of a radar screen in 1949 and the recent organization of a civil air defense program in the .a defense department announce ment described the project As an additional step leading to the positive identification of All aircraft operating in the air space Over a . Under conditions which might constitute a potential threat to Security the of said fighters Are already stationed at a number of Points covered by new regulations and eventually they will be on duty 24 hours a Day Washington s birthday declared Holiday in dec Heidelberg of a. 1 special Washington s birthday wednesday feb. 22, will be observed As a Lega Holiday for Neucom personnel Only the minimum number of persons required to maintain Neucom installations will be required to work on that  employees who do not perform their regular duties feb. 22 will lose their pay for that Day unless they take annual Lea Eabraham Lincoln s birthday feb. 12 is not designated As a Legal or special Holiday for Neucom. Con sequently monday feb. 13, will Noble a Holiday for employees of Neucom installations. Had been rescheduled to close to. Day. The Dps concerned have been advised that failure on their part to move by tomorrow will bring o immediate cessation of Al care ant maintenance by the intern Uona. Refugee organization that the Dpi resisting the closure would by dropped from Iro Rolls and rever to the German Economy and tha the occupation forces would Tak Over the Center in Force and Taki All Steps necessary to maintain am and order including the prevention i of any persons from re entering the installation. It was emphasized by a Cokl that the reason for the move was vacate requisitioned proper buildings in the rented portion 0 the israeli resettlement Center  confiscated buildings a Fejda fing and Wolfram Hausen. Ooie-0-Metkr total to Date $91,951 Augsburg �1,477 Berlin �4,527 Bremerhaven $1,967 Erding $3,889 Frankfurt is 7,438 Furstenfeld Dbruce s623 Garmisch  Heidelberg �3,275  $495 Munich �19,005 Neu Biberg �3,060 Nurnberg �5.813 Rhine main 81,850 Stuttgart 87,443 Vienna $1,800 Welz tar $4,215 Wiesbaden $1.000 Wurz Barff $5,126 Tull the figures shown Here Are unofficial and include dollars and pledges. Only military pand Alt bases Are shown and sub posts should  the March of dimes hats. Officer in their area who win turn report to the Stah and stripes. Only recur from Liaison officers will accepted Liaison officer requested to Contact