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Albert Einstein — Part 1
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1. ., me Case Against Einstein, By Col.Arthur Lanc;{
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eonfusion and Cisorder," doubt and ¢isboliof, and advisos,
afvocatos or tonchos individual “posistanco® to all asocpted
authcritics oxcept Einstoin, whothor £t bo a quostion of poase
or war, governnont or rolic¢ion, riathonaticses or anthrolpy?
“~" Thorcforoe, the “yolativity® of this eveh-annech!s "shattor=
ing” ,infiuonco and activitios that tend to pronote ¢onfusion
and
“seienco™ and "roligion" 4s well worth noting in esonnection
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a his admittedly 4liegal offorts-to arcuso indiv
“rosistance" on tho part ef all “peoples” agninst tho nost
essontinl laws and prinsiplos of all organized governaent,
EINSTEIN'S ADMITTEDLY ILLEGAL PURPOSES
In a letter to Heywond Broun (an officer of tho War Rosistors
international) ALBERT EINSTEIN WROTE: oY
“I consider Madan Schwimmor's’ stand of creat waluo and
Cesorving the support of 211 truo hunanitarians, World
peace, a erying nocosasity, is not to be achieved onloss
hai ellis sete emma +
ty Mofeatod. Those convinced of this nceessity should cone
, sider it their duty publicly to uphold this eonviction;
thereby they bring upon thensclvos a conflict with public
-™——-___.. Buthority. A result can bo obtained only if a Jarg¢o nwibor
‘ff of infiucntial personalitios have tho noral esuraze OF ~
_ _ such an attiture. Such an attitude is revolutionary. But
fu . only throuch acts of roholifon can tho fattorod tattyieund
ho roak ¢hains which, though foundo@ in laws, havo grow into
nr —_——_-minonfurable bondage. In this situation, too, such a recourse
| is_unavoeidablo. Credit is ¢uo Madan Schwicner for having
iff + Toeolized this an’ having acted courngooualy in nceordanco
: with her convictions." (Heywood Broun's column, Scripps-
Howard nowspapors, Deconber 12,1930). —
On Deconbor 14,1950, Albert Einstein nado an addross in
‘Row York on “Militant Pacifism" which appears in The World
Tomorrow, January,1951, "translated by Madan Rosika Schwirmer."
In that address, Albort Einstoin anaid:.
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have twe gsurscoticne. One -f°¥hop alrcady “boon trict — 3
an® fount practie: 2. It 1s rofusal “to onraro in war —
= fC any EIT, un i-«; "ay Cli Ge ct wsveewes Tee of awe eros
TLS whet ther esy chal? FA ops ‘this praition in tino
of punoo cvon in oountrics whoge thore ise compulsory -
military sorvico. In other enuntri¢s, whore thore is no
9; Such sorvico, pacifists should doclaro oponly that they-
‘will nevor boar arma or take part in any nilitary servico
whatsocvor. I advise the rocruiting of poople for this’ -
idon all over The world. An® for tho tinid nos, who say,
‘What 1s the uso of trying, wo aro ao fow in nunber,' ny
answor is: ‘If you can got only 2 per cont of the popula-
ae tion of tho world to ossort in tints of ponce that they
will not ficht, you will have the solution of ail intcre
national troublcs. Evon s5 srinll n proportion as 2 per -
cont will accunplish tho cusirod rosult, for thoy could
not to put in jail. There arc not enough jails tn tho.
world to accPrmodate thon, ..
“The socon® surzestion I offor appoars Joss iltoeral. Inter-
mational legislstion should bo attuned to the iaca that
thoso who doslarc thensclves against war shold bo allowed
to take up enone kind of difficult or evon cancorous work
either for their country or for tho intornational bencfit
of annkind...I feol confident that whoovor adopts this’.
procran will oventually suceced in establishing intor
mational lerislation either by lepal or other nethoda.I
B*Bise all war rosistors to organize and to intcrnationaldzo.
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_ a mut se overlovkod that this alfion, moro oxtonsivoly and nore
potontly than any othor rovolutionist on ocarth, promotes ~ =" = -"* =
isrocard of all authoritics exsopt Einetoin in mattors of -
with his affiliations with Anarchist and Commun st Our es ne
— spiritually progressive forcos rcfuso-to yicld to publics — --
* *.. euthoritios, controlled by factions, whioh should ss
ot “our néxt step fa to act---tp ¢o pouothing..<For this I -*:
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