Great Britain: Philosopher in Jail

Either we must have a war against Russia before she has the atom, and win it, or lie down and say, "Come and govern us."

—Bertrand Russell, Nov. 20, 1948

Shortly after Russia did get "the atom," by exploding its first bomb in 1949, the great philosopher began pleading with the West to lie down before world Communism. One day last week, Lord Russell, 89, walked into London's Bow Street Magistrates' Court accompanied by Lady Russell, 61, and three dozen fellow members of Britain's ban-the-bomb movement, which advocates unilateral Western dis armament. Together, they stood charged* of planning a giant sitdown...