-lapping, and duplicated bureaus and agencies
were reduced to the minimum. Only persons actually in need were
supported from the public purse. Where almost 80% of the citizenry had
been working for or supported by government when he took office, less
than 15% were doing so when he retired.

"Tax restrictions and governmental meddling in industry and business
were reduced save for a few necessary safe-guards of minimum-wage and
maximum-safety laws. With these restrictions removed, and with control
of so many vital sciences and technologies taken away from the military,
inventions took an accelerated up-swing.

"The peoples of other countries, fired by the realization of what could
be done, staged revolutions, happily largely bloodless, and soon,
working through the United Nations Council, a United World government
became an actuality, and Burkett one of its first presidents.

"An American named John Snyder had, years before, secretly worked out a
simple and inexpensive method of obtaining practically unlimited power
directly from atomic fission. Now he could legally bring this to the
public, and soon homes, public transportation and industry were using
his power method.

"Snyder attracted to him a group of gifted scientists and technicians.
These now turned their attention to space flight and Man, the
Insatiable, began stretching out greedy hands to the Stars.

"They put a robot rocket on the Moon in less than two years. Their third
rocket carried two scientists who did not make the return trip--they
stayed to study and to learn. Five years later the first ship landed on
Mars, and within a decade that planet was largely colonized. So, two
years later, was Venus. Another fifteen years saw colonization of most
of the moons of the outer planets.

"For, using new techniques and inventions learned from many experiments,
the moons and planets were given air, water and warmth as needed.
Android robots, developed by Varney, one of Snyder's scientists, helped
greatly in this work, especially one young female android who was a true
genius.

"Then Man reached the Stars ... and the planets of those distant suns.
It was here that the now-aged Snyder proved himself again one of the
greatest humanitarians ever to have lived. He promulgated the ruling
that is still in force:

_"'Man must never colonize any planet having inhabitants
intelligent enough to show cultural activity and growth'._

"Controlling all means of