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Burlington Atomic Energy Week, 1947

Interview of Mrs. Dorothy Schramm Page 7

Sunday 7

Seymour, Editor of the Des Moines Register-Tribune, and Rear Admiral Lewis Strauss, of the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

TRAPNELL        One thing that I believe is important in a program of this type, Mrs. Schramm, is that no one get the idea this is a "one-shot" proposition. Making a big to do over atomic energy week and then forgetting the whole business isn't going to do much good. Your atomic energy week should just be a start. 

SCHRAMM      ("That is perfectly true" replaces "Our committee realizes that fully.") We must have plans for continuing this work in Burlington, principally through the schools, but also through some of the sponsoring organizations.

TRAPNELL    And, of course, this basic understanding of atomic energy is important for more reasons than just atomic energy. The facts of atomic energy have conditioned all other facts in the field of international relations.

SCHRAMM: I'm glad you brought that point up.

 [The rest is handwritten notes, presumably Schramm is still speaking] [illegible]

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Sunday 7 Seymour, Editor of the Des Moines Register-Tribune, and Rear Admiral Lewis Strauss, of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. TRAPNELL One thing that I believe is important in a program of this type, Mrs. Schramm, is that no one get the idea this is a "one-shot" proposition. Making a big to do over atomic energy week and then forgetting the whole business isn't going to do much good. Your atomic energy week should just be a start. SCHRAMM ("That is perfectly true" replaces "Our committee realizes that fully.") We must have plans for continuing this work in Burlington, principally through the schools, but also through some of the sponsoring organizations. TRAPNELL And, of course, this basic understanding of atomic energy is important for more reasons than just atomic energy. The facts of atomic energy have conditioned all other facts in the field of international relations. SCHRAMM: I'm glad you brought that point up. [The rest is handwritten notes, presumably Schramm is still speaking] [illegible]