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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The answer - -Author: George O. Smith - -Release Date: May 31, 2022 [eBook #68215] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ANSWER *** - - - - - - THE ANSWER - - BY GEORGE O. SMITH - - Illustrated by Orban - - [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from - Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1947. - Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that - the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] - - -Robert Hohmann smiled superciliously at the man before him. "You have -nerve," he said. It might have been a compliment excepting that the -tone of the words was definitely sarcastic. "You have the colossal -effrontery to come here before me and tell me what I can do and what I -cannot do." - -Greg Hammond said, quietly, "Shall I repeat it? You are not to attempt -the construction of the plutonium producing uranium pile." - -"Or else--what?" sneered Hohmann. - -"The United Nations makes no threats," said Greg. "We are not a -military organization. We are the voice of the people--including yours, -Hohmann. We merely set forth that which the people desire, and remind -them of it. If someone--you in this case--goes against the will of the -people, it will be for the people to decide his fate." - -"You do not understand," said Hohmann, "nor can I possibly penetrate -your illogic reasoning. The person is secondary to the State. Therefore -it is for the State to--" - -"The State is the result of the people," returned the United Nations -representative. "Were it not for the people, there could be no State." - -"Were it not for the State," thundered Hohmann in a ringing voice, -"people could not exist in the luxury they have. Man would still be -pitted against man and brother against brother. The State combines them -into an insoluble unit." - -"The United Nations combines all States into an insoluble unit," -replied Hammond. - -"Which believes itself capable of telling me what I can and cannot do!" - -"You, as dictator, find little trouble in telling your subjects just -how and what to do. You back up your demands with threats of death." - -Hohmann smiled contentedly. "So, my bright young friend, you must admit -that your United Nations organization is no different than Robert -Hohmann, dictator. I issue orders which may conflict with the desires -of some of my people. You issue orders which occasionally conflict with -some of the desires of your States. Mine in this case." - -"We issue orders only when the desires of a State are directed against -the common cause," said Hammond. - -"A common cause decided by people other than those who will benefit -from my act," snapped Hohmann. - -"This gets us nowhere," said Hammond with an air of finality. "You are, -therefore, directed to cease in your plan to construct the plutonium -producing uranium pile." - -"The trouble with democratic organizations," said Hohmann sourly, "is -that they will go to any lengths to preserve their people. Even to the -point of permitting, under democratic principle, the existence of an -organization directed against the democracy itself. This, they claim, -shows the true strength of democracy, since if it stands even when -permitting an outfit to bore from within against it, it is therefore -strong. A single man is worth more than the seat of government! Ha! -Well, we shall start our uranium pile, and we shall produce plutonium. -And by the time your democratic organization gets through arguing, -voting, and deciding what to do about us--then preparing for it--and -finally acting, we can and will be unbeatable. As for you, who have the -temerity to come here with your toothless demand, you shall be hostage, -a worker willing or unwilling in the initial plutonium separation -plant!" Hohmann turned to the guards and said: "Remove him!" - -Greg Hammond was led from the large hall amid the jeers of Hohmann's -cohorts. As he left, a discussion started upon the construction of the -illegal uranium pile. - -Hammond went quietly. He knew that he had the backing of the world, -and the world would not let him down. He was convinced that Hohmann's -remark was right. Greg Hammond was more valuable than government -itself--and government would not let him die. - - * * * * * - -Hohmann was no fool. The dictator knew that he was bucking the combined -resources of the world, and it worried him somewhat, even though he -put up a brave front and daily told his people that the United Nations -would not act against him. - -The espionage that went on reported that little was being done. Hohmann -trebled the external espionage, and multiplied the internal agencies -tenfold. He was taking no chances. Materials shipped into his country -were followed to the addressee, who was then investigated. Every mail -carrier and delivery boy was a member of Hohmann's Intelligence Group. -Shipments of manufactured articles were stopped or diverted; Hohmann -knew that the plating on a cigar lighter might contain fissionable -material. - -But there were no moves on the part of the United Nations that -Hohmann's Intelligence Group could detect. - -And it was the lack of action--even lack of anything other than -denunciation--that worried him into calling a Security Meeting. - -His hall filled to overflowing with higher-ups, Robert Hohmann faced -them and said: - -"We are here because of a singular lack of activity on the part of -those who have reason to fear us. Reprisals may come in many ways, -some of them must be new and terrible, even though they are now -undetectable. The problem of the pushbutton war is known to all--why -drop bombs when bombs may be shipped in among the incoming merchandise, -assembled in a tall tower, and touched off by radio. We, therefore, -must locate the manner of the reprisals." - -Worried faces nodded. - -"This is no war of nerves," thundered Hohmann. "It is possible to -cause mental confusion in someone by merely ignoring his overt act--he -eventually spends more time worrying about what you intend to do about -it than he does in preparation. This will not work. Admittedly we -have multiplied our Intelligence Group in an effort along this same -reasoning. The lack of action on the part of the United Nations has -caused some concern. But we are not an individual, and we can divert a -carefully calculated number of workers to investigate while the rest of -us can prepare for war. The problem, again I must admit, has achieved a -rather overrated proportion, hence this meeting." - -Professor Haldrick looked up at Hohmann and said, quietly, "In other -words, Führer Hohmann, even though you state that the so-called war of -nerves cannot succeed, we are meeting to solve that very problem?" - -Hohmann hissed at Haldrick and snarled for the professor to be quiet. - -"Now," said Hohmann, "what has been occurring lately that might -possibly be construed as being out of the line of ordinary happenings?" - -General Friedrice shrugged. "I must admit that the mail has increased -markedly since Hammond's incarceration. Letters pour in from all over -the world to this government bureau and that government agency. They -plead, they cajole, and they call names." - -"I can imagine your fear at being called names," laughed Hohmann. - -"Indeed, we are cringing abjectly," replied General Friedrice, who -would have had to reduce his figure by at least seventy pounds before -he could possibly cringe without hurting himself. "We find ourselves in -a rather strange circumstance, however. These letters are, of course, -saved. This makes for too much paper work." - -"We can take care of that," said Hohmann idly. - -"I know. But that is the only thing I know of," said Friedrice. - -"Enough," said Hohmann. "This is another example of the -confusion-method. Our enemies hope to worry us by doing nothing--which -is expected to make us fear something ultra-secret. Well, to a certain -extent they have worried us. Not to any dangerous point, however, -for we are too strong to be defeated by a mental condition. This -overbearing arrival of letters is another thing. All letters must be -opened and read, for some of them do contain much valuable information. -They must all be saved and filed, for unless we have previous letters -from some correspondent, we cannot know by comparison, whether a -future letter containing information is false or true. A letter giving -information that comes from a known correspondent who is helpful in -the past will be treated with more respect than the same information -coming from someone who has written reams of misdirection, falsity, and -ranting notes depicting dire results if we do not release Hammond and -behave ourselves." - -Hohmann shrugged. - -"Even so, we cannot be shunted aside," he added. "We have plenty -of people who can take care of the misdirection, just to see that -something isn't happening to us. The rest of us can continue preparing. -Which brings me to another point." - -Hohmann paused dramatically. - -"When I press this key," he said, indicating the diamond-studded -telegraph-style key, "the uranium pile will start to go. The key is -connected to the restrainer-rod controls of the pile; when pressed, -the rods leave the pre-set positions of no-reaction and fall under the -automatic controlling circuits. The pile will then start functioning at -approximately ten kilowatts. After checking, it will be advanced to -a more productive power, and we are making the first step toward our -glorious future." - - * * * * * - -A commotion started at the door, and everybody's head turned to see the -guards bringing in Greg Hammond. - -He shrugged off the guards and faced Hohmann defiantly. - -"The United Nations have not stopped me," said Hohmann. - -"The United Nations will never try to stop you," said Hammond quietly. -"We can only advise. Whatever is done, whatever may be started, we only -advise. You make your own future, Hohmann. Every man makes his own -future. And up until he starts that which is forbidden, he may stop -with no danger. Once your uranium pile is started, Dictator Hohmann, -you cannot retrack." - -"I am about to start it now," smiled Hohmann. - -"I warn you again to stop and think. You are not violating our laws -until you press that key, therefore we can initiate no punishment. Once -the key is pressed and the uranium pile starts, you are a violator and -subject to punishment." - -Hohmann laughed uproariously. "This starting will be secret," he said. -"Just as any starting may be secret. I, give me credit for it, gave -warning; otherwise we might have completed our pile of bombs and been -ready to attack before your precious, toothless organization could -act." - -"We may not be toothless," said Hammond. "I ask you to consider, and -once again warn you to desist. Building the pile is a misdemeanor. -Producing plutonium is outlawed. The final analysis, Hohmann, is -whether the plutonium is separated or not." - -Hohmann laughed again. "You cavil," he told the United Nations -representative. "First it was mere contemplation that was evil. Then -the start was considered evil. Now we find that you think it dangerous -but not evil until we start the pile. Next you tell us that we can -start our pile providing we do not use the plutonium it produces. -Each time you back up--like the average democracy. Your final step of -course, is to protest vigorously while the bombs are exploding in your -cities. Fool!" - -He reached for the key. - -"Stop," said Hammond. "It is dangerous." - -"So is crossing any street," said Führer Hohmann. - -He pressed the key vigorously, and a simultaneous flash went off, -taking his picture for history. Somewhere in the country, well hidden -and removed from danger to the populace, the control rods moved, and -a flow of neutrons started to pass upward through the great pile of -uranium and moderator. - -The nerves of the men present twitched. Strain. Those who held fear of -reprisals were half expecting something dire to happen simultaneously -with the start of the pile. Those who had no fear felt the surge of -exultation as they took their first real step towards world domination. - -It grew warm in the room, but nothing happened. Then as the first -report came in that the uranium pile was working, Hohmann dismissed the -audience with a grand promise for the future. - - * * * * * - -Führer Hohmann faced General Unger with fury. "You must be more -careful!" exploded Hohmann. - -"But I am careful," returned the general. - -"Then why do I receive a letter that is radioactive?" demanded Hohmann -angrily. "Feel it--it is warm!" - -Unger felt the letter but felt nothing untoward. "I feel nothing," he -said. - -Hohmann opened a cabinet and removed a counter. He held the letter to -it and the counter clicked in rapid succession. - -"See?" stormed Hohmann. "Now, before you find yourself removed from -public--and private--life, tell me how and why this must happen?" - -"If it actually happened, it is an error, and some underling will be -treated severely--" - -"The head will be treated severely as a warning," shouted Hohmann. -"Pass no buck, Unger. Your men are responsible to you--but you are -equally responsible for them. Me--I think I will kill you myself! You -might have deprived our people of a leader!" - -Hohmann advanced toward the general, who faded back away from him. -Across the vast office went the two of them, slowly and stalking, -catlike. The general backed up, his face contorted with fear. - -"Yesterday I start our pile," stormed Hohmann, "and this morning I get -a radioactive letter! Twenty-four hours! Have you no shielding around -that pile?" Hohmann grinned wolfishly. "Seems to me that I should lock -you up in your own office over at the laboratory. Then you'd find that -shielding is desirable, you idiot. Radiating like this--to render hot a -letter, or pile of paper from which this letter came. Bah!" - -He went forward again, and General Unger felt the dilemma he was in. -He could not strike back; to kill this leader would bring about his -own very slow and very painful death. To submit was death, but Hohmann -was a good pistol shot and it would be quick. Yet to prolong life for -another few precious moments, Unger retreated before the blazing eyes -of his leader. - -He backed, and felt the filing cabinets block his further retreat. He -had crossed the vast office, backwards. - -He pressed back against the cabinets and felt a warm wave of fear flush -up through him. It rose and rose, and he pressed harder and harder back -against the cabinets-- - -His yell of pain shattered the air. Hohmann startled, and the pistol -went off with a loud racket. It missed, but General Unger was facing -away from him, looking at the cabinets and rubbing his elbow. - -Tentatively, Unger reached forward and touched a finger to the handle -of the nearest file drawer. - -He jerked it back, and blew upon it. - -"Hohmann," he said. "They're hot!" - -"Hot, you idiot?" screamed Hohmann. He wet his forefinger and touched -the metal of the drawer. There was a faint sizzle and Hohmann jerked -his hand back too. - -"Fire!" he yelled, racing for an extinguisher. With a hook, he hurled -the drawer open and hit it with the spray. It exploded into a cloud, -a cloud that choked them and sent them from the room in a hurry. Hot -carbon tetrachloride vapor is not attractive. - -Men piled into the room, followed shortly by the official palace -firemen. Shortly the head man emerged. - -"Führer," he said apologetically, "the cabinets are hot, but there has -been no fire." - -"No fire? Then how--" - -The alarm rang again, and they raced to the office of General -Friedrice, who was standing outside with a look of fear on his face. - -"The file cabinets?" asked Hohmann. - -The general nodded dumbly. - -"Fire?" - -"No--just hot." - -"But there must be some reason--?" - -General Unger looked up nervously. "Radioactivity?" he said. - -"But to collect that much radioactivity," said Hohmann, "would take -time. And why was it not noticed sooner?" - -"That I do not know." - -"Come--we'll read the Intelligence News Report," said Hohmann, leaving -on a dead run. - -He had the tape in his hand as they came up with him; they listened to -his voice read the words from the tape. - -"... mail carriers resign as mailboxes are hot to touch. Minor fire in -business offices of Greggham & Son, no damage done. Fire departments in -all cities are rushed to danger points. Conference called to discuss -the outbreak of spontaneous fires in government offices. Professor -Haldrick claims all fires not dangerous--" - -Hohmann turned to Unger. "You're the head of Nuclear Physics," he -stormed. "I want a complete report in twenty-four hours!" - - * * * * * - -The hours passed. The fires grew. No longer were they merely hotboxes, -but in some important cases open flames broke out and consumed the -paper. The charred ash continued to be too hot to the touch, and there -was panic in the country. - -Unger came at last. Dejected and pale with fear. - -"Well," stormed Hohmann, "what is it?" - -"I'm not certain other than its effect," said Unger shakily. "All paper -is artificially radioactive, and it heats up when the radioelements -approach the critical mass--" - -"Get Hammond!" screamed the dictator. - -The United Nations representative was brought. He came with a smile. - -"What is this?" stormed Hohmann. - -"Your own decision," replied the representative. "You should not have -started the pile." - -"Go on," gritted Hohmann. - -Greg Hammond smiled. "Plutonium has a characteristics radiation that we -do not quite understand," he explained. "However, this radiation will -cause fission in certain types of medium-long lived radioelements. The -range of the plutonium radiation is unknown, but it is great enough to -bathe the entire country. You will find that most government offices -are bulging with reams and reams of correspondence, many of which -are over the critical mass. Nothing happens until someone turns on a -plutonium-producing uranium pile, lets it run for a few hours, and the -accumulation of plutonium starts. Right now, Hohmann, you have about -four hours before most of your government offices go sky-high--from -their own red tape." Greg Hammond smiled. "The United Nations only -advises," he said. "And many millions of letters of advice arrived, -all written on radioelemental paper. Had you taken that advice, the -paper would have been innocuous inside of about thirty or forty years. -You did not. Now you have lost completely, Hohmann, for the radiation -from that paper when bombarded with the plutonium radiation, produces a -whole string of secondary radioelements in your offices, in your desks, -in your bodies, and in your air. The ash from burning is still hot, -Hohmann, and the trucks that will carry the deadly paper will be as -deadly. Your very country will be subject to slow fission if you start -another uranium pile for several hundred years. I'd advise you to stop -the one that is now running, Hohmann." - -"I'll let the world go up with me," screamed the dictator. - -"That it will not do," said Hammond. "You see; if you do not shut it -off by yourself, we'll all be dead in an hour, after which my cohorts -can locate the pile with neither difficulty nor interference. Make your -choice, dictator. 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SMITH</h2> - -<p>Illustrated by Orban</p> - -<p>[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from<br /> -Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1947.<br /> -Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that<br /> -the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]</p> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<div class="figcenter"> - <img src="images/illus.jpg" alt=""/> -</div> - -<hr class="chap" /> - -<p>Robert Hohmann smiled superciliously at the man before him. "You have -nerve," he said. It might have been a compliment excepting that the -tone of the words was definitely sarcastic. "You have the colossal -effrontery to come here before me and tell me what I can do and what I -cannot do."</p> - -<p>Greg Hammond said, quietly, "Shall I repeat it? You are not to attempt -the construction of the plutonium producing uranium pile."</p> - -<p>"Or else—what?" sneered Hohmann.</p> - -<p>"The United Nations makes no threats," said Greg. "We are not a -military organization. We are the voice of the people—including yours, -Hohmann. We merely set forth that which the people desire, and remind -them of it. If someone—you in this case—goes against the will of the -people, it will be for the people to decide his fate."</p> - -<p>"You do not understand," said Hohmann, "nor can I possibly penetrate -your illogic reasoning. The person is secondary to the State. Therefore -it is for the State to—"</p> - -<p>"The State is the result of the people," returned the United Nations -representative. "Were it not for the people, there could be no State."</p> - -<p>"Were it not for the State," thundered Hohmann in a ringing voice, -"people could not exist in the luxury they have. Man would still be -pitted against man and brother against brother. The State combines them -into an insoluble unit."</p> - -<p>"The United Nations combines all States into an insoluble unit," -replied Hammond.</p> - -<p>"Which believes itself capable of telling me what I can and cannot do!"</p> - -<p>"You, as dictator, find little trouble in telling your subjects just -how and what to do. You back up your demands with threats of death."</p> - -<p>Hohmann smiled contentedly. "So, my bright young friend, you must admit -that your United Nations organization is no different than Robert -Hohmann, dictator. I issue orders which may conflict with the desires -of some of my people. You issue orders which occasionally conflict with -some of the desires of your States. Mine in this case."</p> - -<p>"We issue orders only when the desires of a State are directed against -the common cause," said Hammond.</p> - -<p>"A common cause decided by people other than those who will benefit -from my act," snapped Hohmann.</p> - -<p>"This gets us nowhere," said Hammond with an air of finality. "You are, -therefore, directed to cease in your plan to construct the plutonium -producing uranium pile."</p> - -<p>"The trouble with democratic organizations," said Hohmann sourly, "is -that they will go to any lengths to preserve their people. Even to the -point of permitting, under democratic principle, the existence of an -organization directed against the democracy itself. This, they claim, -shows the true strength of democracy, since if it stands even when -permitting an outfit to bore from within against it, it is therefore -strong. A single man is worth more than the seat of government! Ha! -Well, we shall start our uranium pile, and we shall produce plutonium. -And by the time your democratic organization gets through arguing, -voting, and deciding what to do about us—then preparing for it—and -finally acting, we can and will be unbeatable. As for you, who have the -temerity to come here with your toothless demand, you shall be hostage, -a worker willing or unwilling in the initial plutonium separation -plant!" Hohmann turned to the guards and said: "Remove him!"</p> - -<p>Greg Hammond was led from the large hall amid the jeers of Hohmann's -cohorts. As he left, a discussion started upon the construction of the -illegal uranium pile.</p> - -<p>Hammond went quietly. He knew that he had the backing of the world, -and the world would not let him down. He was convinced that Hohmann's -remark was right. Greg Hammond was more valuable than government -itself—and government would not let him die.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Hohmann was no fool. The dictator knew that he was bucking the combined -resources of the world, and it worried him somewhat, even though he -put up a brave front and daily told his people that the United Nations -would not act against him.</p> - -<p>The espionage that went on reported that little was being done. Hohmann -trebled the external espionage, and multiplied the internal agencies -tenfold. He was taking no chances. Materials shipped into his country -were followed to the addressee, who was then investigated. Every mail -carrier and delivery boy was a member of Hohmann's Intelligence Group. -Shipments of manufactured articles were stopped or diverted; Hohmann -knew that the plating on a cigar lighter might contain fissionable -material.</p> - -<p>But there were no moves on the part of the United Nations that -Hohmann's Intelligence Group could detect.</p> - -<p>And it was the lack of action—even lack of anything other than -denunciation—that worried him into calling a Security Meeting.</p> - -<p>His hall filled to overflowing with higher-ups, Robert Hohmann faced -them and said:</p> - -<p>"We are here because of a singular lack of activity on the part of -those who have reason to fear us. Reprisals may come in many ways, -some of them must be new and terrible, even though they are now -undetectable. The problem of the pushbutton war is known to all—why -drop bombs when bombs may be shipped in among the incoming merchandise, -assembled in a tall tower, and touched off by radio. We, therefore, -must locate the manner of the reprisals."</p> - -<p>Worried faces nodded.</p> - -<p>"This is no war of nerves," thundered Hohmann. "It is possible to -cause mental confusion in someone by merely ignoring his overt act—he -eventually spends more time worrying about what you intend to do about -it than he does in preparation. This will not work. Admittedly we -have multiplied our Intelligence Group in an effort along this same -reasoning. The lack of action on the part of the United Nations has -caused some concern. But we are not an individual, and we can divert a -carefully calculated number of workers to investigate while the rest of -us can prepare for war. The problem, again I must admit, has achieved a -rather overrated proportion, hence this meeting."</p> - -<p>Professor Haldrick looked up at Hohmann and said, quietly, "In other -words, Führer Hohmann, even though you state that the so-called war of -nerves cannot succeed, we are meeting to solve that very problem?"</p> - -<p>Hohmann hissed at Haldrick and snarled for the professor to be quiet.</p> - -<p>"Now," said Hohmann, "what has been occurring lately that might -possibly be construed as being out of the line of ordinary happenings?"</p> - -<p>General Friedrice shrugged. "I must admit that the mail has increased -markedly since Hammond's incarceration. Letters pour in from all over -the world to this government bureau and that government agency. They -plead, they cajole, and they call names."</p> - -<p>"I can imagine your fear at being called names," laughed Hohmann.</p> - -<p>"Indeed, we are cringing abjectly," replied General Friedrice, who -would have had to reduce his figure by at least seventy pounds before -he could possibly cringe without hurting himself. "We find ourselves in -a rather strange circumstance, however. These letters are, of course, -saved. This makes for too much paper work."</p> - -<p>"We can take care of that," said Hohmann idly.</p> - -<p>"I know. But that is the only thing I know of," said Friedrice.</p> - -<p>"Enough," said Hohmann. "This is another example of the -confusion-method. Our enemies hope to worry us by doing nothing—which -is expected to make us fear something ultra-secret. Well, to a certain -extent they have worried us. Not to any dangerous point, however, -for we are too strong to be defeated by a mental condition. This -overbearing arrival of letters is another thing. All letters must be -opened and read, for some of them do contain much valuable information. -They must all be saved and filed, for unless we have previous letters -from some correspondent, we cannot know by comparison, whether a -future letter containing information is false or true. A letter giving -information that comes from a known correspondent who is helpful in -the past will be treated with more respect than the same information -coming from someone who has written reams of misdirection, falsity, and -ranting notes depicting dire results if we do not release Hammond and -behave ourselves."</p> - -<p>Hohmann shrugged.</p> - -<p>"Even so, we cannot be shunted aside," he added. "We have plenty -of people who can take care of the misdirection, just to see that -something isn't happening to us. The rest of us can continue preparing. -Which brings me to another point."</p> - -<p>Hohmann paused dramatically.</p> - -<p>"When I press this key," he said, indicating the diamond-studded -telegraph-style key, "the uranium pile will start to go. The key is -connected to the restrainer-rod controls of the pile; when pressed, -the rods leave the pre-set positions of no-reaction and fall under the -automatic controlling circuits. The pile will then start functioning at -approximately ten kilowatts. After checking, it will be advanced to -a more productive power, and we are making the first step toward our -glorious future."</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>A commotion started at the door, and everybody's head turned to see the -guards bringing in Greg Hammond.</p> - -<p>He shrugged off the guards and faced Hohmann defiantly.</p> - -<p>"The United Nations have not stopped me," said Hohmann.</p> - -<p>"The United Nations will never try to stop you," said Hammond quietly. -"We can only advise. Whatever is done, whatever may be started, we only -advise. You make your own future, Hohmann. Every man makes his own -future. And up until he starts that which is forbidden, he may stop -with no danger. Once your uranium pile is started, Dictator Hohmann, -you cannot retrack."</p> - -<p>"I am about to start it now," smiled Hohmann.</p> - -<p>"I warn you again to stop and think. You are not violating our laws -until you press that key, therefore we can initiate no punishment. Once -the key is pressed and the uranium pile starts, you are a violator and -subject to punishment."</p> - -<p>Hohmann laughed uproariously. "This starting will be secret," he said. -"Just as any starting may be secret. I, give me credit for it, gave -warning; otherwise we might have completed our pile of bombs and been -ready to attack before your precious, toothless organization could -act."</p> - -<p>"We may not be toothless," said Hammond. "I ask you to consider, and -once again warn you to desist. Building the pile is a misdemeanor. -Producing plutonium is outlawed. The final analysis, Hohmann, is -whether the plutonium is separated or not."</p> - -<p>Hohmann laughed again. "You cavil," he told the United Nations -representative. "First it was mere contemplation that was evil. Then -the start was considered evil. Now we find that you think it dangerous -but not evil until we start the pile. Next you tell us that we can -start our pile providing we do not use the plutonium it produces. -Each time you back up—like the average democracy. Your final step of -course, is to protest vigorously while the bombs are exploding in your -cities. Fool!"</p> - -<p>He reached for the key.</p> - -<p>"Stop," said Hammond. "It is dangerous."</p> - -<p>"So is crossing any street," said Führer Hohmann.</p> - -<p>He pressed the key vigorously, and a simultaneous flash went off, -taking his picture for history. Somewhere in the country, well hidden -and removed from danger to the populace, the control rods moved, and -a flow of neutrons started to pass upward through the great pile of -uranium and moderator.</p> - -<p>The nerves of the men present twitched. Strain. Those who held fear of -reprisals were half expecting something dire to happen simultaneously -with the start of the pile. Those who had no fear felt the surge of -exultation as they took their first real step towards world domination.</p> - -<p>It grew warm in the room, but nothing happened. Then as the first -report came in that the uranium pile was working, Hohmann dismissed the -audience with a grand promise for the future.</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>Führer Hohmann faced General Unger with fury. "You must be more -careful!" exploded Hohmann.</p> - -<p>"But I am careful," returned the general.</p> - -<p>"Then why do I receive a letter that is radioactive?" demanded Hohmann -angrily. "Feel it—it is warm!"</p> - -<p>Unger felt the letter but felt nothing untoward. "I feel nothing," he -said.</p> - -<p>Hohmann opened a cabinet and removed a counter. He held the letter to -it and the counter clicked in rapid succession.</p> - -<p>"See?" stormed Hohmann. "Now, before you find yourself removed from -public—and private—life, tell me how and why this must happen?"</p> - -<p>"If it actually happened, it is an error, and some underling will be -treated severely—"</p> - -<p>"The head will be treated severely as a warning," shouted Hohmann. -"Pass no buck, Unger. Your men are responsible to you—but you are -equally responsible for them. Me—I think I will kill you myself! You -might have deprived our people of a leader!"</p> - -<p>Hohmann advanced toward the general, who faded back away from him. -Across the vast office went the two of them, slowly and stalking, -catlike. The general backed up, his face contorted with fear.</p> - -<p>"Yesterday I start our pile," stormed Hohmann, "and this morning I get -a radioactive letter! Twenty-four hours! Have you no shielding around -that pile?" Hohmann grinned wolfishly. "Seems to me that I should lock -you up in your own office over at the laboratory. Then you'd find that -shielding is desirable, you idiot. Radiating like this—to render hot a -letter, or pile of paper from which this letter came. Bah!"</p> - -<p>He went forward again, and General Unger felt the dilemma he was in. -He could not strike back; to kill this leader would bring about his -own very slow and very painful death. To submit was death, but Hohmann -was a good pistol shot and it would be quick. Yet to prolong life for -another few precious moments, Unger retreated before the blazing eyes -of his leader.</p> - -<p>He backed, and felt the filing cabinets block his further retreat. He -had crossed the vast office, backwards.</p> - -<p>He pressed back against the cabinets and felt a warm wave of fear flush -up through him. It rose and rose, and he pressed harder and harder back -against the cabinets—</p> - -<p>His yell of pain shattered the air. Hohmann startled, and the pistol -went off with a loud racket. It missed, but General Unger was facing -away from him, looking at the cabinets and rubbing his elbow.</p> - -<p>Tentatively, Unger reached forward and touched a finger to the handle -of the nearest file drawer.</p> - -<p>He jerked it back, and blew upon it.</p> - -<p>"Hohmann," he said. "They're hot!"</p> - -<p>"Hot, you idiot?" screamed Hohmann. He wet his forefinger and touched -the metal of the drawer. There was a faint sizzle and Hohmann jerked -his hand back too.</p> - -<p>"Fire!" he yelled, racing for an extinguisher. With a hook, he hurled -the drawer open and hit it with the spray. It exploded into a cloud, -a cloud that choked them and sent them from the room in a hurry. Hot -carbon tetrachloride vapor is not attractive.</p> - -<p>Men piled into the room, followed shortly by the official palace -firemen. Shortly the head man emerged.</p> - -<p>"Führer," he said apologetically, "the cabinets are hot, but there has -been no fire."</p> - -<p>"No fire? Then how—"</p> - -<p>The alarm rang again, and they raced to the office of General -Friedrice, who was standing outside with a look of fear on his face.</p> - -<p>"The file cabinets?" asked Hohmann.</p> - -<p>The general nodded dumbly.</p> - -<p>"Fire?"</p> - -<p>"No—just hot."</p> - -<p>"But there must be some reason—?"</p> - -<p>General Unger looked up nervously. "Radioactivity?" he said.</p> - -<p>"But to collect that much radioactivity," said Hohmann, "would take -time. And why was it not noticed sooner?"</p> - -<p>"That I do not know."</p> - -<p>"Come—we'll read the Intelligence News Report," said Hohmann, leaving -on a dead run.</p> - -<p>He had the tape in his hand as they came up with him; they listened to -his voice read the words from the tape.</p> - -<p>"... mail carriers resign as mailboxes are hot to touch. Minor fire in -business offices of Greggham & Son, no damage done. Fire departments in -all cities are rushed to danger points. Conference called to discuss -the outbreak of spontaneous fires in government offices. Professor -Haldrick claims all fires not dangerous—"</p> - -<p>Hohmann turned to Unger. "You're the head of Nuclear Physics," he -stormed. "I want a complete report in twenty-four hours!"</p> - -<hr class="tb" /> - -<p>The hours passed. The fires grew. No longer were they merely hotboxes, -but in some important cases open flames broke out and consumed the -paper. The charred ash continued to be too hot to the touch, and there -was panic in the country.</p> - -<p>Unger came at last. Dejected and pale with fear.</p> - -<p>"Well," stormed Hohmann, "what is it?"</p> - -<p>"I'm not certain other than its effect," said Unger shakily. "All paper -is artificially radioactive, and it heats up when the radioelements -approach the critical mass—"</p> - -<p>"Get Hammond!" screamed the dictator.</p> - -<p>The United Nations representative was brought. He came with a smile.</p> - -<p>"What is this?" stormed Hohmann.</p> - -<p>"Your own decision," replied the representative. "You should not have -started the pile."</p> - -<p>"Go on," gritted Hohmann.</p> - -<p>Greg Hammond smiled. "Plutonium has a characteristics radiation that we -do not quite understand," he explained. "However, this radiation will -cause fission in certain types of medium-long lived radioelements. The -range of the plutonium radiation is unknown, but it is great enough to -bathe the entire country. You will find that most government offices -are bulging with reams and reams of correspondence, many of which -are over the critical mass. Nothing happens until someone turns on a -plutonium-producing uranium pile, lets it run for a few hours, and the -accumulation of plutonium starts. Right now, Hohmann, you have about -four hours before most of your government offices go sky-high—from -their own red tape." Greg Hammond smiled. "The United Nations only -advises," he said. "And many millions of letters of advice arrived, -all written on radioelemental paper. Had you taken that advice, the -paper would have been innocuous inside of about thirty or forty years. -You did not. Now you have lost completely, Hohmann, for the radiation -from that paper when bombarded with the plutonium radiation, produces a -whole string of secondary radioelements in your offices, in your desks, -in your bodies, and in your air. The ash from burning is still hot, -Hohmann, and the trucks that will carry the deadly paper will be as -deadly. Your very country will be subject to slow fission if you start -another uranium pile for several hundred years. I'd advise you to stop -the one that is now running, Hohmann."</p> - -<p>"I'll let the world go up with me," screamed the dictator.</p> - -<p>"That it will not do," said Hammond. 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