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Albert Einstein — Part 12
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2 = New York
3 = Newark (1000-32986)
DETAILS (Cont'd.)}:
The “Newark Star Ledger", a newapaper published in
Newark, N. J., published an article en March 12, 195), which
reflected that the subject would net attend the observance of
his 75th birthday held by the Emergency Civil Liberties Comite
tee. EINSTEIN stated in this article that he would adhere to
his policy of avoiding such meetings and stated that it was
not because of his health that he was staying away.
The "Newark Sunday News", a newspaper published in
Newark, N. d., on March 14, 1954, published an article which
reflected that the subject did not attend the event staged by
the Emergency Civil Liberties Committee; also, in addition to
announcing in advance that he would not attend the function,
the subject asked that no one visit him from the event. Mr.
CLARK FORMAN, the Committee Director, told the persons in —
attendance at this affair that the subject had been informed
that some of the committee members wanted to bring flowers to
his door, EINSTEIN replied "You may bring flowera to my door
when the last witch-hunter is silenced."
On December 17, 1953, the Newark Star Ledger reflected
an article concerning a hearing conducted by Senator JOSEPH
MC CARTHY, at which one ALBERT SHADOWITZ refused to answer
questions concerning Communism and esplonage. SHADOWITZ stated
that he had personally consulted EINSTEIN at his home in >
Princeton, N. J., and was using his advice in defying the probe
by the committee. SHADOWITZ refused to answer questions put
to him by Senator MC CARTHY on the basis of his rights under
the First Amendment. According to this newspaper article, the
subject was contacted through his secretary at his home in
Princeton, N. J., concerning the statement made by SHADOWITZ
that he was acting on advice of the subject. The subject stated
"I advised him not to cooperate with the investigating commite
tee on the basis of the First Amendment, but instead to make
@ spontaneous statement about his conduct as a citizen and ae
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