International: The First 20 Years

Said Beardsley Ruml, the famed expert on taxes, merchandising and public psychology: "I have heard people say that The Bomb bores them. I feel certain that it is not The Bomb that bores them, but what is said about The Bomb."

Mr. Ruml, speaking in Manhattan this week, then stated a view which should bore nobody: much of the talk of a world state to control the atom is beside the point; the world won't be ready for a world state for at least 20 years. Said Ruml:

"The minds and hearts of men are not yet prepared for a world of...

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