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 law, justice and mercy. We in the United States are not prepared. Too many men despise woman. Too many women despise their servants. Too many white men despise black men. Too many Christians despise Jews. . . . We need not be perfectionists, but we must realize that there must be a profound change in human attitudes. . . ."

In the meantime, he suggested, let the faulty world of 1945 concentrate on lessening immediate tensions, building up UNO as an interim safeguard.

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