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+a OF ON ae ww ty wy ds -6252 Naf tidal thing as the dnquiettion hearings, which the hany—weshington and local 'Un- American! committees are 3 conducting against teachers, writers, artists and other intellectuals, "Professor Einsteth pot rid of the theoretical question with a few wordds{ bit concerning thé reactionary witch-hunts dnd inquisitions, he answered in détail, with a proud and erureapeous call to American intellectuals. He orders them to trefuse to testify’ for the inguisitors, explaining that ‘it is a disgrace fer an unblemtshed citizen to submit to such an inguisi tion, and that this kind of inquisition violates the spirit of the Constitution.! "Professor Binsteit i sufficiently acquainted with clirrent, rampant Ameriéan reaction to realize that an ‘dntellectual who refuses to. answer tha tnguidsitors may expect economic persecution and even jail. But he knows thet ‘if enough pecple are prepared to teke this serious step (refusing to answer the inquisitors, in epite of threats and dangers) they will be successful If they do not ‘the intellectuals of our country do not deserve better than the enslavement being readied for them. ' Aaa “Albert Einsteints voice must and will re heard bee: ap oughout the world. But, primerily, it must be heard in our country, in the United States, in 'the land of the free and the home of the brave! which, under the poisonous influence of McCarthyism and McCarranism, is being transformed fiito the ‘land of the terror feed and persecuted’, By hia call to the American intellectuals, Professor Einstein has placed himssif at the head of the growing number of those who protest agsinst the witch-hunts. Fe hes made 4t the urgent and noble job of American intellectuals to protect their own honor and_ liberties together with the honer of democratic America.” The "Guide to Subversive Organizations and Fublications", dated May 1), 1951, prepared end released by the Comiiitee on iin-American Activities, United ftates Houge ar sani Wachington, D.C., conteins the follouing i re mem coener ay Bae ists ona ag bhan egg