#kenneth t bainbridge

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Bethe was also one of the twelve American physicists* who challenged President Truman's decision in a statement dated 4 February 1950:

We believe that no nation has the right to use such a bomb, no matter how righteous its cause. This bomb is no longer a weapon of war but a means of extermination of whole populations. Its use would be a betrayal of all standards of morality and of Christian civilization itself . . . to create such an ever-present peril for all the nations of the world is against the vital interests of both Russia and the United States . . . we urge that the United States, through its elected government, make a solemn declaration that we shall never use this bomb first. The circumstance which might force us to use it would be if we or our allies were attacked by this bomb. There can be only one justification for our development of the hydrogen bomb and that is to prevent its use.

* S. K. Allison, K. T. Bainbridge, H. S. Bethe, R. B. Brode, C. C. Lauritsen, F. W. Loomis, G. B. Pegram, B. Rossi, F. Seitz, M. A. Tube, V. F. Weisskopf, and M. G. White.

"Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists" - Robert Jungk, translated by James Cleugh

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Legal Dignitaries Interested in “Les Miserables” “Les Miserables”, Darryl Zanuck’s 20th Century production, has created so much interest in legal circles that the United Artists office is holding two special showings for groups in that field. One screening will take place tonight, with Kenneth Jones of the National Committee on Public Education for Crime Control acting as host to a group of jurists including  Max D. Steuer, Bainbridge Colby, Dudley Field Malone, Judge Otto Posalsky and others. Tomorrow evening there will be a showing at New York University in connection with Prof. Fredric M. Thrasher’s film class. 

Source: The Film Daily, 10 April 1935 -Max D. Steuer [“best known for his successful defense of the factory owners after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire] -Bainbridge Colby -Dudley Field Malone [co-counsel for the defense of John T. Scopes, by the end of 1935 he would declare bankruptcy and move to Hollywood to work for 20th century Fox], -Judge Otto Posalsky -Prof. Fredric M. Thrasher’s film class [Chicago School sociologist, around this time he began studying the effects of movies on children and “served widely as a consultant to groups concerned with motion pictures, crime, prison reform, and prevention of juvenile delinquency,” at one point he was chair of the National Committee on Public Education for Crime Control]  -the National Committee on Public Education for Crime Control: unfortunately I can’t find much, except this footnote in Thrasher’s book

What I wouldn’t give to have been a fly on the wall of these conversations! I’m sure they were...interesting. 1935 Les Misérables really had a cultural moment and the message was questionable.