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= ignorant public yy; ho fceling that all sors. -£ mceoupted scientific tratht.a . bunan dolfofa wore to 4.) osot." {Bee ~__.. _ The Vase Against Einstoin,By Col Arthur Lone, (Philip Allen). —--—-—— ooo But while Einstein religious and: “rolativity” theorios TS" have no noro bearing upon his adnissibility to the United - oe - States than they havo upon any practical acionco, it should ‘ogre Mel ve overlovkod that this alion, noro extonsively and nore | potently than any othor rovolutionist on oarth, pronotos o _ * “eonfusion and Cisorer,” doubt gad Gisboliof, and advisos, | advocates or tonchos individual ‘rosistanco” to all accopted authoritios except Einstoin, shothor 4t bo a quostion of poase . : or war, governnont or rol: igion, nothenstics or anthrolpy! . A “ Thorcforo, the “rolativity® of this mrsh-annech's "shattor=————-.. ing" influonso and activitios that tond to pronote ¢onfusion and a 4 9 isrocard of all authoritios exsopt Einstoin in mattors of - \ soionco” and "roligion" 4s woll worth noting in esonnection 4 i -- With his affiliotions with Anarchist and Conmmnist up: ‘and hie admittedly 4llogal efforts to arouso ‘indiviqual “rosistanco" on tho part of all "pooples” agninat tho most essontinl laws and prinoiplos of a1) organized govornnont. i . EINSTEIN'S ADMITTEDLY ILLEGAL PURPOSES In 0 lettor to Heyword Broun (an officer of tho War Rosistors International) ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE: : “I consider Madon Schwirrior's stand of great waluo and Cosorving the support of 211 truo humanitarions. World © . poaco, a erying nocossity, is not to bo achieved unloas - . spiritually progeessivo forcos rcfuso’to yiold to public as euthoritios, eontrolled by factions, wish should = . ” - Gofoatod. Those convinced of this nceessity shruld cone —_ , sider it thoir duty publicly to uphold this conviction; ‘ theroby thoy bring upon thenaclyos a conflict with public -Buthority. A rosult can be obtained only if a largo nuibor . of influcntial personalitios havo tho noral eourazo oF auch an attitute. Such an attitude 1s rovolutionary. But an only throurh acts of robollion ean tho fattoro vidual im. broak chatos which, though founde@ in lows, havo grom into ° ‘ox ——-anonturabdle' bonfiago. In this situation, too, such a recourso 7 is unavoidablo. Creait 4s cuo Madan Schwismer for having + Yealizod this an’ having acted? courngoously in aceordanso : with hor convictions." (Ecywoot Broun's coluan, Scripps- Howaré nowspapors, Docomber 12,1930). On Deconbor 14,1950, Albert Einstein nado an adéross in Fow York on "Militant Paeifien® which appears in The World Tonorrow, January,1931, "translatod by Madan Rosika Sohwimmor." In that address, Albort Einstoin said:. xt Pp fe to act---to Ao pauothing.. For this I hove twe gucrcoticns. Onc -f"fhop Gre alroady ‘boon trict ant? found practic It 1s vofusal to onrace in war = ar uny E. UN vew WAY C11 6. -- 2 ome, FoF aww ew * PS want ty. say chal? | ope 8 position in tino of ponoo ovon in sountrics whoge ro is compulsory - military sorvico. In other esuntri¢s, whore thore 4s no ;.guch service, pacifists should doclaro oponly that thoy~- “will nevor boar arna or take part in any nilitary scrvico whatsocvor. I advise the rocruiting of poople for this’ idoa all over tho world. An@ for tho tinid onos, who say, ‘What 46 the uso of trying. wo sro go fow in nuibor,' ny answor is: ‘If you can got only 2 por cont of the popula- oa tion of tho world to asaort in tinos of ponce that they will not ficht, you wil} have tho selution of a1] intcre national troubles. Evon s5 smnil « proportion ns 2 per : cont will accomplish tho ¢esirod rosult, for thoy could not bo put in jail. Thore aro not enough jails tn tho. world to nes@rriodate thon, .. “The socon? surczestion I offor appoars Joss illcpal. Intere national legislstion should bo attuned to tho idea that thoso who doslarc thensclyos against war shold bo allowod to take up somo kind of difficult or evon cangorous work either for their country or for tho intornational benefit of annkind...I fceol confident that whoovor adopts this . progran will ovontually succco¢ in ostablishing intor~ national lcrislation either by lepal or other ncthods.I A'Bise all war rosistors to organize and to intcrnationaldzo. pester e es g 5 ewes aes 1 had ne eR %. Fo Oe ee ee oe, pr ore: ml