Purely Commentary Many Campaign Sections Exceed Quota
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Anecdotes about Albert Einstein
There is no end to the stories that will be told about Albert
Einstein. They will be repeated to generations to come—and some
of them will be guides to better living in the years to come.
Let us share some of the available anecdotes about him who,
in his lifetime, already was recognized as one of the world's great-
est men of all time.
"Backs of Envelopes" may make a good title for a book to
show how mankind's geniuses have scribbled down their thoughts
or formulae or great speeches. Abba Eban's most effective ad-
dresses to the UN were delivered from notes scribbled on backs of
envelopes. Here's a story about Einstein and the back of an
envelope:
The late Mrs. Albert Einstein once visited the astronomical
observatory atop Mount Wilson .. . She asked about the giant
telescope there . . . "We use it," she was told, "to discover the
shape of the universe." . . . "My husband," said the famed scien-
tist's wife, "does the same thing with a pencil on the back of an
old envelope.
Leonard Lyons, writing in The Lyons Den in the New York
Post, told a number of stories about Einstein, many of them well
known, most of them worth repeating. Here are some of them:
THE SCIENTIST: "These," Einstein once said, holding up two
fountain pens, "are my only tools." And with them, plus his brain,
he changed the world. He could work anywhere, while walking,
riding, dining, reading—anywhere except while sleeping. Once,
after his visit to friends in the country, their maid complained that
Einstein had messed up the new wallpaper in the guest bathroom.
He'd scribbled mathematical formulae on the walls, a few days
before his new unified field theory was announced. His host put
a glass frame around the "scribblings."
There is a legend that only 12 people in the world understand
his theory. "Of those 12," said Einstein, "I'd say I've met at least
T38." After he left Nazi Germany, a book was published by 100
German scientists, to prove him wrong. "If I were wrong," said
Einstein, "they wouldn't have needed 100 scientists to say so. One
would have been enough." He wrote his own book for laymen, but
it was so complex none could understand it. The publishers, how-
ever, paid him $20,000 for the manuscript, because it was in long-
hand.
Einstein glanced at the check, and said : "I can make, more
money writing a book that no one will ever read, than I can by
writing a book that everybody will read."
"I studied music and I played the violin," he told a young
musician. "But I've given it up. I decided I had no future in it."
Although he'd been an ardent Zionist, he never visited Israel.
"When I was younger, it was always my wish to take a look at
Israel," he explained. "But I'm afraid that if I went there now,
they would look at me." The icing on his birthday cakes had a
quote from Einstein: "The only incomprehensible thing about the
universe is that it is comprehensible."
When, in his walks, he was stopped by people who asked, "Are
you the Great Einstein?" he'd reply, "No, not the Great Einstein."
Such an answer, he said, 'was both truthful and modest. It was to
a Princeton visitor that he said: "The. Golden Rule is a law of
physics: If you try to give someone happiness, you get some back
yourself."
During his visit to Hollywood he failed to recognize any of the
movie stars to whom he was introduced. Einstein pointed to the
skies and said: "About these stars, I know very little." Of the
actors he said: "And about these stars, I know nothing." When
Einstein was asked why his autobiography was only 47 pages long,
he explained: "Biographies usually consist mostly of lies called
human-interest stories. A person should be judged entirely by
his works, and his personal life and hobbies should be of no con-
cern to anyone."
Einstein's autobiography occupied only 47 pages, but the anec-
dotes about him will fill volumes which will throw light on the
human qualities of this great man.
Also in the New York Post, Dr. Max Lerner paid Einstein a
glowing tribute, a part of which is quoted here:
"What most people knew about him was that he wore his
hair long and was careless about clothes, that he played the fid-
dle and wrote long equations on the blackboard and made little
jokes, that he was a Jew and loved Israel, that he was somehow
connected with the atom bomb but that he had recently become
bitter about the drift to war.
"It isn't too skewed a picture. But it omits the passionate
non-conformism of the man, his courage, and his tragedy.
"He was a defier of fashions, an undercutter of what others
took for granted. This was true of him both as citizen and as
scientist, but while his role hi science was a triumphant one his
role in politics seemed to him futile. The young German in Swit-
zerland, sitting in a lonely study, stopping on a bridge to gaze
into the water, was able to do what he did because he took nothing
for granted. He turned a seemingly innocent eye on science with
the craftiest of results.
"The older man, now world-famous, tried to do the same in
the world of affairs—as pacifist, as anti-Nazi, as passionate oppo-
nent of the Yahoos in America. He bad courage, and in his gentle
way he was an unremitting fighter.
"Now the fighting heart is stilled, and the Yahoos rejoice with
lewd delight under the hills tonight.
"They hated and feared him, and if it were not for the pro-
tective power of his legendary fame they would long ago have
hunted him down.
"He came to America as a DP, whom the alien-haters detest
although the history of America is the story of successive waves
of DPs.
"It is a fair guess that if an Einstein were to apply for
admission to America today he would be barred from our gates
under the terms of the McCarran-Walter Act.
"He might try under the Refugee Relief Act, but again it is a.
fair guess that he would be strangled by the red tape before he
paign solicitation among City of
Detroit employees, Harry Shu-
`One Hundred Per Cent Club' ,macker
has been appointed as-
sociate chairman of the govern-
Memberships Awarded Leaders ment service section of the cam- by
The past week was crowded
As workers and leaders of the
Allied Jewish Campaign prepare with campaign activity. Thou-
to attend the second report rally sands of Detroit women were
luncheon on Tuesday, many in- visited Sunday by G-Day vol-
dividual sections within the unteers and pledges were ob-
trades and professional divisions tained for the drive. Thurs-
have already gone over the top. day, the second annual mech-
anarama dinner of the Me-
Compilations made earlier in chanical Trades Division was
the week showed that four sec- held, with Reuven Dafni, Is-
tions have already soared to 100 rael Consul in New York, as
per cent or more of their achive- guest speaker. In attendance
ment last year. Five other sec- were representatives of the
tions achieved 90 per cent or automobile and related indus-
more. These and other sections tries.
may well reach 100 per cent by
In recognition of his new
Tuesday.
leadership in Allied Jewish Cam-
The report rally will be held
in the Fred M. Butzel Memori-
al Building at 12 noon. Chair-
men of the 100 per cent sec-
tions will be honored at the
rally, with special awards
making them members in the
"One Hundred Per Cent Club.
The 100 per cent sections and
their chairmen are: Gas, oil and
tires, (mechanical trades divi-
sion)—Reuben Axelrod and Mar-
ty Fried.
Beverages and liquor (food di-
vision)—Andor Feldheim, Sidney
Robins and Harold Podolsky.
Wholesale grocers (food divi-
sion)—Meyer Berman.
Super markets (food division)
—Merwin K. Grosberg.
Sections having already top-
ped 90 per cent or more and
their chairmen are: Builders
and building finance (real es-
tate)—Arthur Howard, George
Klein and Richard Sloan.
Wholesale meats (food)—Jo-
seph Klein, Bob Rosenthal.
Food brokers and processors
(food)—Abe J. Gurwin and Pe-
ter Copeland.
Social services (professional)
—Ira I. Sonneblick.
Health service (professional)
—Selig D. Sidney.
Nome Mrs. Daniels
For Presidency of
Women's Division
The 1955-56 nominations for
officers in the Women's Divi-
sion of the Jewish Welfare
Federation were presented by
the Division's nominating com-
mittee, under the chairmanship
of Mrs. Seymour J. Frank, Mrs.
Harry L. Jones, division presi-
dent, announced.
Nominees are: President, Mrs.
Lewis B. Daniels; vice-presi-
dents, Mesdames Eugene J.
Arnfeld, Seymour J. Frank, J.
Shurly Horwitz and Philip R.
Marcuse; recording secretary,
Mrs. I. Jerome Hauser; corre-
sponding secretary, Mrs. Ben
Jones.
Nominated for three- year
terms to the board of directors
are incumbents Mesdames Sam-
uel S. Aaron, Hyman C. Broder,
David S. Diamond, Herbert S.
Frank, Harry L. Jones, Sidney
J. Karbel, Milton K. Mahler,
Charles Rubiner and James
Wineman.
Mesdames Perry P. Burnstine,
Lewis Grossman, Max Lichter,
Joseph Newman, Arthur H. Rice,
Emil Rothman and Samuel Sil-
ver are new nominees for a
three-year term to the board of
directors.
Mrs. Maurice Clamage has
been nominated for a one-year
term to the board to fill an
unexpired term.
Members of the nominating
committee, in addition to Mrs.
Frank, are Mesdames Lawrence
Fleischman, Herbert S. Frank,
John C. Hopp, Emil Rothman,
Richard Serlin, Arthur Winer
and Harry L. Jones, ex-officio.
Election of officers will be
held at the division's tenth an-
nual meeting, scheduled for
June '1 at Knollwood Country
Club.
could start.
"Even if he got in, his dangerous thoughts and past associa-
tions would keep him from doing any classified work. The man
who started the revolution in science on which America's suprem-
acy in atomic power depends could today probably not pass a
security test.
"He is dead now, where his innocent eye can look craftily at
eternity, and we are his heirs, caught in a terrible moment of time
which it was his tragic destiny to make possible."
Gerald L. K. Smith already has tried to smear the Einstein
who is no longer among the living. Which goes to prove the
validity of the above. Even the dead are insecure from the se-
curity tests.
But all c rnankin.dnevertheless will venerate the man, to,whose 2 —DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, M4- ' 6, 1965
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genius- id-lag fatten
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paiagn, it was announced
Judge Nathan J. Kaufman,
chairman of the section.
Other officers include Julius
C. Pliskow, also for municipal
workers; Max Smith, for Wayne
County employes; and Commis-
sioner Allan L. Weston, for State
employees. Federal workers are
covered on an office basis. Along
with Shumacker, these three
veterans serve as associate
chairmen of the section.
A well-attended assignment
meeting at Judge Kaufman's
home laid plans for increased
giving.
AK Campaign Report Rally
Leaders and workers of the Allied Jewish Campaign met is
the Fred M. Butzel MeM0112,1 Building for a report rally luncheon.
Next Tuesday's rally will honor chairmen of the sections having
reached 100 per cent or more of their achievement last year. Above,
Drive Chairman John E. Lurk (at dais) listens as divisions report
their standings.
Between You and Me
By BORIS SMOLAR
(Copyr;ght, 1955, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
Washington Moods
The State Department is considering the possibility of a sep-
arate security arrangement with Israel . . Indications to this
effect were given by the highest State Department officials , .
However, there is a fly in the ointment . . . Such an arrange-
ment, these officials said, is predicated on Israel's agreeing to
certain modifications of her borders . . . The same officials indi-
cated that the United States may not send arms to any other
Arab country, except Iraq . . If and when other Arab coun-
tries qualify for : military aid from the United States, Israel may
receive similar aid provided an arrangement between the U. S. and
Israel is reached . . . A clear-cut view of this position may be
obtained by leaders of Jewish organizations who will be received
soon by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles . . . These leaders
will include the presidents of the 16 major Jewish organizations
upon whose initiative the recent Jewish conference on American-
Israel relations was held in Washington . . . Echoes of this con-
ference are still reverberating through the State Department .
It is understood that although Assistant Secretary of State George
V. Allen said, at this conference, that Mr. Dulles might issue a
public statement on American-Israel relations, this will not be
the case . . . This change is due to the fact that the State De-
partment has, in the meantime, decided on a specific policy with
regard to Israel •. . . This policy may—and probably will—be dis-
cussed by Secretary Dulles with Israel's Ambassador Abba Eban
and with a delegation of the 16 American Jewish organizations,
but no public statement is now to be expected.
Communal Trends
The 1955 United Jewish Appeal drive—still under the leader-
ship of Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz who soon will take over the direc-
tion of the Israel bond campaign—is now going strong all over
the country . . . Numerous big gift meetings and campaign
opening dinners show that more contributors are being reached,
and more money is being raised than for the past several years.
. . The campaign is reported to be firmer than it was a year
ago . • . In New York the UJA drive has passed $8,000,000, with
$3,500,000 in inaugural contributions alone ... . The Miami drive
became one of the first in the country to . go over the top as it
passed its 1954 total on April 15 . , . The Allied Jewish Appeal in
Philadelphia, which started its drive about six weeks ago, has now
passed the $2,000,000 mark and is better than 50 per cent along
the way toward its 1954 total. , . Cleveland, which started its
campaign on April 17, is now nearing the. $2,000,000 mark ... The
Jewish Community Federation in Cleveland is aiming at better
than $4,255,000 and there is hope that the community will go over
the top by a good margin . < In Los Angeles the campaign of
the Jewish Community Council is running close to a 10 per cent
increase over last year . . . The opening campaign in San Fran-
cisco this month produced a total of $530,000, establishing a 6
per cent increase and putting the campaign near the half-way,
mark . . . The campaign in Baltimore is close to 70 per cent con,
plete with contributions totalling about $2,000,000 for a 7 per-
cent increase over last year In Pittsburgh, the campaign got
• under way on April 10 with more than $340,000 for a 9 per cent
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