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Weizmann's Gifts to Science Point may to World Peace
From His Address Prepared for the 12th Annual Dinner
of the Weizmann Institute of Science
By PIERRE MEND' ES-FRANCE
I have enjoyed the privilege of transform them into realities.
JERUSALEM — A supplemen-
Insofar as I am concerned, I
tary budget of 113,000,000 pounds knowing that e m in e n t man,
to carry the Israel government Chaim Weizmann, who radiated would look with the greatest
through the end of the fiscal year so much kindness, faith and op- favor on the setting up, by means
of next March. 31 was introduced timism, and of admiring his won- of international financing, of in-
in the Knesset Monday night by derful intellect and untiring ternational teams of researchers
Finance Minister Levi Eshkol energy; a man whose thorough and regional laboratories that
who told the House that Israel's consecration to the historic pat- would undertake to attack collec-
economy was able to absorb these tern made it possible for him, tively certain specific problems,
additional expenditures without after the passage of two thousand such as photosynthesis, studies
resort to inflationary measures. years, to bring the Ark of the covering the functions of the hu-
man brain, the refining of nu-
The only danger of inflation is Covenant back to Israel.
In contrast with the. profound clear fuels, etc. The Geneva Nu-
presented by demands for in-
creasing personal incomes rather theoretical genius of an Albert clear Study and Research Center
than by the bUdget, he asserted. Einstein, who changed the con- (in which France has almost a
25% share and which will soon
The government will use the cept and the very meaning of the
have one of the two most power-
extra funds it seek for the fol- universe, Weizmann embodied
the practical genius of the ful atom smashers in the world)
lowing purposes, he said.
modern age, directed wholly seems to me to be a Model in
To pay for increased costs of toward action. Two exceptional this respect. I believe that the
North African immigration; to brains, but each so different from task of institutions, such as
reimburse farmers for crop losses the other; in one there lived in UNESCO, is to make every effort
due to drought, pest and other tensely a science that was in the to multiply undertakings of this
natural phenomena; to complete highest sphere,s of mathematical kind.
the number of outstanding de- speculation; the other was con-
In 1953, France signed an
velopment projects and to finance cerned with the practical appli-
agreement on atomic energy
several special schemes decided cation of science.
with Israel. As a result of this
upon by the government; to in-
pact, France obtained the tech-
It was, perhaps, paradoxical,
crease salaries of civil servants
nical assistance developed by
that one of his most memorable
and finally as a reserve for se-
scientists at the Weizmann In-
discoveries, the technique of
curity needs.
stitute in two fields: that of
manufacturing acetone, should
One special project which he
extracting uranium from low-
have had practical applications
named was the manufacture in
grade ores, and that of pro-
of immediate and great mili-
Israel of the Salk anti-polio vac-.
ducing heavy water. In return,
tary importance in. World War
eine which Israel had hoped to
we have on several occasions
I. For, during the greater part
purchase from the -United States
welcomed Israeli scientists who
of his life, his research was
but which it cannot now buy be-
have come to France to pursue
directed to alleviating the hard-
cause of a U.S. government em-
their studies. In all these fields,
ships and troubles of a suffer-
bargo on the export of the vac-
we are engaging in fruitful
ing humanity.
cine.
collaboration.
Starting
with
by-products
of
The New York Times reported
Isn't this proof enough that a
vegetable
origin,
he
sought
to
from JerUsalem that Mr. Eshkol
country which is smaller or less'
mass-produce
foodstuffs
that
announced that Israel was stock-
wealthy than another country,
might be brought within reach
piling food as a security measure
whether it be France with re-
of the starving masses of China
and that a portion of the funds
spect to the United States; or
and India. He proposed to create
sought in the supplementary
Israel with respect to France,
in tropical Africa synthetic-fuel
budget would cover this need.
can make an effective contribu-
I production that would generate
Mr. Eshkol asked 15,000,000
tion toward a well-organized
an industrial revolution.
pounds for this purpose.
project of scientific collabora-
In the same way, when he
tion?
founded the Hebrew University
Allow _me to express a fer-
Israel Offers Jobs
or when he laid the cornerstone
vent hope that the tragic dis-
of the new Weizmann Institute,
To Trained Personnel
pute which has placed Israel
his objective was, before any-
NEW YORK (JTA) — Most thing else, to help Israel over-
professionally trained Ameri- come, through science, some of
cans seeking jobs in Israel find the difficulties incident to the
employment there or have very rapid development of the coun-
good prospects for jobs once they try. With high vision and fore-
complete basic Hebrew language sight he strove to make Israel—
courses, according to a report and thanks to the extraordinary
issued here. by the PATWA Office success of the Weizmann Insti-
of the Jewish Agency, which tute, he attained his- goal— the
assists American professionals pioneer of Western science at the
and trained workers interested crossroads of Asia and Africa.
in permanent or temporary em-
The problems that he thus
ployment in Israel.
chose to investigate were de-
The report said that 102 Am- . fined by him -in terms of im-
ericans went to Israel between
portance to all human beings.
Oct. 1954 and . Sept. 1955, to fill Applied science was for him the
or seek jobs there. Of 88 Ameri-
most effective means of action
cans representing a wide variety- in the service of the greatest
of professions, only half had
number. Beyond the orbit of
definite job commitments in Is-
Israel, he _worked to free men
from the restraints and limita-
rael before they left the United
tions imposed 'upon them by
States.
nature. Primarily, he was con-
Of the remainder, 27 persons
cerned with the poorest among
enrolled in "Ulpanim," intensive
them; those for whom, regard-
six-month Hebrew language
less of race or color, the earth
courses conducted by the Jewish
is inhospitable and barren.
Agency in or near Jerusalem.
The example of Weizmann,
Others entered the Hebrew Uni-
versity or took professional statesman and scientist, provides
a magnificent answer to the per-
qualification courses in Israel.'
"While knowledge of Hebrew ennial. call of suffering humanity.
Now, midway in the 20th cen-
is not essential for all jobs in
, Israel, a good grounding in the tury, science has _the, power to
language is a decided advan- free men from hunger; it can free
tage," the PATWA report said. them from need, and it can, help
It revealed that the American& free thein from fear. •
Deliberately to place science
who went to Israel for jobs dur-
in the service of peaceful activ-
ing the last 12 months included
ity, that is one of the tasks of
22 married couples with 21
this century. To fight against
children.
sickness and death, to exploit
Engineers, 14 in number, com-
new sources of power, to pro-
prised the largest single Ameri-
duce the food which can nour-
can professional group, followed
ish the hungry masses which
by 13 teachers. Other profes-
make up one-half of the human
sional categories were secretaries
population, to make productive
and other office workers, nurses;
the new, lands of the tropics
architects, -town planners, labora-
and the polar continents; in
tory technicians, _psychologists,
short, to unite all of us in a
social workers, dentists, dental
global effort to help the least-
assistants, accountants and ag-• developed peoples and the most
riculturists.
needy classes to live (and to
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and the Arab states in conflict
with each other shall find its
settlement and its solution as
quickly as possible, for the
benefit of the peoples who live
there and suffer there, anti
also for the , sake of world
peace, which is always threat-
ened when .a local conflict
smolders and persist s, and
above all, when unfortunate
antagonisms existing between
the great powers involve the
risk of creating a new area of
tension.
The path of mankind, out of
the darkness of the early ages,
has been a slow and tortuous
climb. May reason and wisdom,
with the aid of science, make it
a high road toward peace and
progress!
May the great memory of Weiz
mann, his gentle gaze from the
shadows, the pure and noble ex-
ample he has given us, be our
guideposts on the road along
which we laboriously search for
enduring peace!
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live better); that is the duty
which is assigned to us by hu-
man solidarity and that is the
message of Chaim Weinman. It
is only in this way that we
shall save the enormous army
of Have-Nets, driven by misery
and hunger, from the disastrous
experiment of fascism, from the
equally fallacious derivative of
exaggerated nationalism and,
finally, from the hopeless re-
course to communism.
These ideas are not new to you.
They have inspired the work of
the technical agencies of the
United Nations, Point Four and
the Colombo P 1 a n. American
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