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; er eee ere : Mr. Tolson nl em s Mr. Clege MT rImMmi|an ATR. eM Glavin, Lf ‘| DAIS = °°” 4 By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY 4 LBERTUAiNSTEIN, who has in Democratic spirit of the dignity of the individual? = Mr. Secade: aa 4a A oken with easy alacrity on all sorts of Sects, The udin cs and fore é United States, is o e a- 2 8AISA FAT Tel. abe Feta _ . rd Meyer ir, of the United World Federaliste. ET us look at that paragraph closely: ; 1, “Proposed militarization.” Who has pro- posed that? Who wants It? We are faced by colossal enemy and we are forced to defend our- aclves. Actually, this country wants peace. - - It has spent bout 827,000,000,000 since the. war to get a peace. But our enemy refuses uw ace; yet the worthy professor calls ordinary | Ps, in national defense “proposed militaria. 2. ‘Democratle spirit and dignity of the ind: dual.” Would the democratic spirit survive con quest by Soviet Russia here any more than it has purvived in in Poland, Romania, Hongary, Creche- ov: Does Prof. Einstein mean to say that if we are wt able to aid and even defend the western eouniries, the democratic spirit can survive in France or Italy or Great Britain? . T= professor is a refugee in this country from N azi oppression. The United States has pre vided him with a sanctuary where he can work and study and think in freedom. . Americans are pleased that this country can offer him the opportunity for continued study. - - * ‘Vet, as one reads this statement, lt is impos sible not“lo wonder whether the learned profes- éor does not beiieve that he has, in some manner, honored the United States in coming here. -For he does not believe in us but in what he. Galls a “supra-national organization.” Well, we have a aupre-nationsl organization, the United Nations, . errr hen wri. SF oe abe a HAT has the United Nations been able to safeguard the peace of the w gonevs 8% ory — = ’ What has that supra-national organization been able ta do to lessen slave labor, to free the millions af slaves in Siberia and Turkestant ~ , . “ ‘What has UN been able to do to maintain the treaties written since the war? What did it do abount Hungary or Czechoslovakia? “What is it now doing about Berlin? - Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. 3 as Gandy —efeh ROFESSOR Einstein further says: AB Santuotie aay awe recemoament theaneh the #IVPL BL, YUL VW 2 IE, WY gE Be “reaction of other nations to it, will bring about that very situation on which its advocates seek - to base their proposals.” From that we mast assume that Professor Ein-. stein blames the United States for the present warlike atmosphere in the world. He seems te adopt the position that if the United Gtates as armed, Soviet Russia would disarm. - "That is ke the Russian proposal voneerntag ’ Korea, which tz that if we withdrew our uid be and they withdrew thelr troops, there wou) ~ no troops in Keres. But they say nothing or hay ing established a Communist army in Eores con- sisting of Mongols, Manchurlans, Koreans and Chinese—en army that is as much a part of the . Soviet defense forces as s anything moving out. of ' the Kremlin. a ; ye. HE professor is politically naive, but he pos ' 5 sesses considerable influence because there are _ C. ' those who believe that a mind that can produce a provable theory concerning matter and energy has, full understanding on the politics of the - Wor, Tt is Nke assuming that because Tom Dewey is | ’ @ competent public administrator, he is also. a competent scholar in the field of astrophysics. . Not many human beings can be all things to all men or know all fields of human endeavor. At-any rate, when the professor would have this country defenseless in pursuit of a hypothetical ene warld, be fe deine the United States erent Senate) “wy it tAR aay, FVARA Shy dG SE Rete pot, Sateen eee mischlef and he eught to he told #0. We want to remain American—not one world: ; ers. I would not exchenge my chance te vote in | this election between Harry Truman and T Dewey, and against Henry Wallace, for ali supra-national organizations that fancy can jure up. (Copyright, 1948, xing “‘Festures ‘Byudicate, Inc.) Py ele 20 AMVs aw BCOR DE 65 HOV 1 vese Times Herald Page cee et ee eee