Nation: Grievous Harm

Explosion over data in "The H-Bomb Secret"

Freelance Writer Howard Morland is a man with a cause. An activist in nuclear disarmament, he has often lectured and written on the subject. After visiting various federal nuclear facilities with the cooperation of the U.S. Government, he wrote an article, illustrated with diagrams, that tells how to build the most powerful weapon known to man: the H-bomb. Last week the article itself set off an explosion.

The story of some 5,000 words, with the working title "The H-Bomb Secret," was due to appear in the Progressive (circ. 40,000), a left-wing monthly published in Madison, Wis....

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