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Document 47492 ALBERT EINSTEIN He favors the creation of a "Pro-World Government". TLS: "A. Einstein", 1p, 8½x11. Princeton, New Jersey, 1948 February 18. To Albert Sommer, Zürich, Switzerland. In German, with translation. In full: "I'm very glad to hear that you, together with your friends, want to create a Pro-World Government ("pro-Weltregierung Gruppe"). The greatest enemy of this kind of effort is splintering. My opinion is the best group forms the World Federalists. I'm sure you heard already from the Congress of this group, which had their meetings last summer in Montreaux. On the Swiss side Professor Rappard had an important role. The Swiss address of the group is: World Movement for World Federal Government, 20 rue Diday, Genf. (Director Thomas Griessemer). I would also show your attention to the English parliamentary group of Member of Parliament Henry Usborne who is preparing a World Peoples Convention for 1950, whose goal is to decide upon a constitutional proposal." After WWII ended, Einstein, a fervent pacifist, worried that the world would be forever at risk of an atomic bomb getting into despotic hands. He opposed the use of atomic weapons and the waging of war in general and encouraged participation in peacekeeping efforts and organizations, as evidenced in this letter. The World Federalist movement is still in existence. One of its aims is to work towards an effective democratically-elected federal system of global government...that would have adequate power exercised under the rule of law to deal with global problems. At the time of this letter, Einstein had officially retired from the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, but was hard at work on research to attempt to explain gravitation, electromagnetism and subatomic phenomena in one set of laws (his Unified Field Theory). Despite trying to prove his General Theory by his Unified Field Theory, Einstein was equally interested in promoting world peace. During WWII, his alarm over the possibility of Germany developing an atomic bomb had prompted him to encourage President Franklin D. Roosevelt to promote atomic research in America. Einstein's concerns were instrumental in the activation of the Manhattan Project and, consequently, the birth of the atomic age. Lightly creased and folds, none affecting signature. Light stain along blank right margin. Overall, fine condition. SEE IF DOCUMENT 47492 IS FOR SALE RIGHT NOW!!
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