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On June 19, 1950 the "New York Compass" carried an article under the caption “Finstein Urges U. S., Russia Yield Bombs" which stated that Albert Finstein in a United Nations f#adio interview recorded ih the study of ris home at. Princeton, New Jersey and which was broadcast by the Mutual Froadcasting System on June 18, 1950 suggested that the United States and the Soviet Union surrender their stock piles of atomic bombs to an international authority. He also advocated systematic dis- armament for all countries and establishment of world government. Einstein did not name the United States and the Soviet Union put those were the only two countries known to have the atomic omb. eb eee a Oe AAW O oy w , When aslf’what he would suggest doing with the present _Supply of the atom bombs already stock pilted, he replied: "Give it into the hands of a super national organi~ zation. During the interval period of solid peace one must have protecting power. One-sided disarmament is not p ssible; this is out of the question. Arms must be intrusted only to en international authority. There is no other possible-systematic disarmament connected with super-national government. One must not look too technically on t'e problem of security. The will to peace and the readiness to accept every step néeded for ~ this goal is most importent." According to the article, Finstein said that a remely for the present tense situation could not be found in prevering for the event of war "but in sterting from the conviction tliat security frem militery disaster can be realized only by patient negotiation and the creations cf a legal bases for the solution of international rreblems, supported by a sufficiently stronr evecutive agency--in short, a kind of world government? Tinstein was asked whether the current atomic armaments race was leading to ancther world war or vas a way to prevent were _ .. Finstein answered that "Competitive armament ig not a to prevent war, every step in this direction brings us nenier to catastrophe. The armament race is the worse method : to frevent open conflict. On the contary, real peace cannot be released without systematic disarmament scake, on a super national.