竺可桢日记>19500813

8月13日 星期日 北京晨阵雨76° ,FS 自南。下午晴84° 晚八点雷。

幡严仁廉、庄达卿、涂长望。上、下午汪德耀来。朱习生来。李鼎芳(来)。

晨六点起。上午九点偕允敏乘车赴南池子27号庄达卿处,知其子陶生在唐山教建筑学,其女婿学植物将回国。渠方自上海回,曾病一个时期。谓陆次兰(宝淦)亦身体有龙钟现况, 盖余辈统已六十以上矣。谓上海有若干穷极无聊者, 专门以Cyanide 氯化物毒人而取其财物,陆梅生之妻即以是致死云。

出至羊肉胡同财神庙七号晤严仁庚夫妇,及棉花胡同(西四) 40号晤涂长望夫妇,遇曾广琼、温甫及张乃召等,谈及山西冰雹问题。中午四。午后朱习生来,知于昨日从杭州回。李鼎芳来。午后阅Blackett War , F ear , and80mb 书。晚至新华书店,购伊林著《人与自然》一书, 去二万元。

Blackett: p.114, The JaTmS Franck Report。Well before the1st atomic bombs were exploded, American atomic scientists hadbeen concerning themselves actively with the social & military consequences of atomicenergy.In June ,1945, over a month before the experimental bomb exploded in Newmexico , a committee of7 appointed by metallurgical Lab.in Chicago, presented a re。port to Sec.of War.The Chairman , James Franck.In particuJar , the Report stressedthe impossibility of the U.S.maintaining a monopoly.The Report expressed the viewthat “Russia and China are the only great nat10ns at pre钝nt which cóuld survive a nu。clear attack。”Continued on Oct.12续在十月十二日。