Letter from Mary Johnson to President Harry S. Truman

yea 3 from Can Mans greatest folly thus far is undoubtedly creating the Hydrogen bomb. It will be a greater menace to have than is Russia or any enemy right now. We have enough Atom bombs to destroy our potential enemies, don't use them, what good will millions of tons of bombs be anythig but a menace to ourselves if the enemy chooses to blow them up for us, which would be all the bombs said enemy needs. We cannot keep our stock piles or factories secret from all Communists or other ebeniessince it is apparent that we have both, so where is the wisdom of creating this monstrous weapon that is sure to destroy us, if not the whole earth. It is plain that the Atom bomb enterprise has disrup- ted the routine functioning of the earth, and no doubt, in sequence, other planets. This hydrogen bomb will be the final straw for break- ing up more of the earth sphere and anihilation of life than all or any of previous wars did. Which is more scared of the other, Russia or are we. Let us either use what we already have or quit shouting at the other fellow how safe we are with much better and bigger stock piles of protection that is in reality a worse menace to us than the enemy-if they choose to explode our SAFETY. Besides these weapons are so explosive in themselves something could happen to set them off. Why can't men stop at good enough NATIONAL TRUMAN AND HARRY PERFORDS BATIONAL SIGNATURE ARCHIV Yo urs truly SERVICE GOVERNMEN Mary Johnson