Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, April 21, 1955, Image 5

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Eugene register-guard., April 21, 1955, Image 5

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1955)

Prev Page of 36 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.5 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 36 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextI" CLUES TO THE GREAT MAN'S HUMAN SIDE Einstein Provoked by 'Sense of Justice' By FRANCES LEWINE Of The Associated Press PRINCETON, N. J. Wl Albert Einstein said he was compelled by "a passionate sense of social jus tice and social responsibility" to take stands on issues far removed from the problems of theoretical physics and mathematics. Einstein, who died .Monday, made political statements that were widely disputed, and many were misunderstood. But they all provided further clues to the human side of this great man. It took courage at times for Einstein to continue his comments in the face of personal attacks by those who opposed him. a He spoke out against Nazis and ' Fascists, espoused the cause of J Zionism and world government, .-, rebelled against stacks on civil I; -liberties and urged commutation of the death sentence for atomic J spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. BORN IN GERMANY Einstein, born in Germany, had ! been a citizen of three countries. t ' In his youth, he let his German J citizenship lapse while he lived in ; Italy with Jiis family. As a uni- versity student, he acquired Swiss J citizenship and later, he became a I raturalized citizen of the United Mates. Germany conferred honorary citizenship on its famous son when Einstein was appointed a professor at the Prussian Acad emy of Science in Berlin in 1914. But, with his usual concern over politics, Einstein waited until Germany became a republic in 1919 before he accepted this honor. When the Nazis came to power, Einstein stood up against the per secution of his fellow Jews and later renounced his German citi zenship. He said he would not set foot in Germany while Hitlerism prevailed. For his outspoken attacks on the Nazis, Einstein was declared "an enemy of the state." He be came a voluntary exile from Ger many, which only a few years earlier had declared a national holiday to celebrate his 50th birthday in 1929. , On Oct. 9, 1933, Einstein sailed in secrecy from London because of threats on his life by the Nazis. CAME TO PRINCETON He came to the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, which was just being opened ofi-l cially as a center where scientists, scholars and their pupils .might I -States' Spending Averaged 1 $119 Per Capita in 1954 , WASHINGTON U-Spending by the states rose an average of 11.2 per cent during fiscal 1954 and their revenues increased an aver age of 9 per cent, the Commerce Department reports. General expenditures of the states during the fiscal years ' which ended in 1954 averaged ', $119 for each man, woman and child in the nation. -" ' The department said that dur- . ing the yeat the states spent $19,' I 183,726,000, including outlays for ', debt redemption. Revenues the states took in, including borrow- . ing, totaled $21,072,711,000. SMALL SURPLUS ; Excluding $497,346,000 in debt redemptions by the states last year, and $2,239,182,000 in bor rowing the states had a small sur- , plus. Revenues totaled S18.834, 000,000 compared to $18,686,000, 000 in spending. The report by the department's Census Bureau said nearly all categories of state spending last ! year increased over the previous year. 1 The indebtedness of states rose to a new record high of $9,600, 000,000. General revenue increased last year in 43 states, while general spending increased in 40 states and debt outstanding was up in 32 states. The states collected in taxes last year some $11,089,000,000, an increase of 5.1 per cent from the previous year. . s The overall per capita level of state taxation during the fiscal years which ended some time in 1954 was $70.42. HEALTH OUTLAYS In state outlays for health and hospitals the state of Washing-I ton was highest with a per capita average of $15.80, barely nosing out Connecticut's $15.79. Pennsyl vania's 9.02 came closest to the per capita average for all states of $8.90. Here are the per capita aver ages of all the states for various categories of taxation, revenue and spending: General revenue $97.16; taxa-i tion $70.42, general spending $100.26, public welfare $16.20, education $29.57, highways $26.20, work to push beyond the present limits of human knowledge. Twelve years before, in 1921, Einstein had given a series of lectures at Princeton. This time, he was given a lifetime post as head of the institute's school of mathematics. At the age of 65 he became professor emeritus at the institute, but continued work as usual despite the honorary title that usually denotes retirement. Einstein said he found "ideal working and living conditions" in America. When he became a nat uralized citizen In 1940, he said he felt in America "the most valu able thing in life is possible the development of the individual and his creative powers." In the United States, he added, human dignity has been devel oped to such a point that it would be impossible for people to en dure life under a system in which the individual is only a slave ot the state." Einstein cast his first ballot at Princeton's Borough Hall Nov. 6, 1940. He joined the New Jersey League of Independent Voters for Roosevelt in 1944 and endorsed FDR for a fourth term, saying it would be very dangerous to change leadership now." - Until lhe rise of the Nazis, Ein stein had been an ardent pacifist. CHANGED VIEW But in 1939, he issued a state ment declaring that as an "active pacifist" he now believed war justifiable against "war-making brigands." Einstein was wholeheartedly behind this country's war effort. In 1944 he donated the prized manuscript of his theory of rel ativity and an unpublished work to spur the sale of bonds for the fourth war bond drive. Einstein was one of those In strumental in getting President Roosevelt to go ahead with the Manhattan District Project for the development of the atom bomb Although it was Einstein's the ories that paved the way for the release of atomic energy, Einstein did not work on me actual ae velopment of the A-bomb and in sisted later: "I do not consider myself the father of the release of atomic energy." He said he did not foresee that it would be released in his timet "I believed only that it was the oretically possible." Einstein, along with many other atomic scientists, felt a keen re sponsibility to society for the cre ation of the atom bomb. He was sorely troubled by the fact that atomic energy had first been used for destructive purposes. But he was sure "the discovery of nuclear chain reactions need not bring about the destruction of mankind any more than the dis covery of matches." - WARNS OF H-BOMB Einstein also looked at con struction of the hydrogen bomb with misgivings. He said it would bring within range of technical possibility "radioactive poisoning ot the atmosphere and hence an nihilation of any life on earth." Einstein got into the middle of a major controversy in 1953 over the methods employed by congres sional committees investigating communism in the United States. He advised "every intellectual" called before such a committee to refuse to testify. He said he would do the same if called. He took this stand just a few months after receiving the $1,000 annual Lord and Taylor Depart-1 ment store award in New York City for "intellectual adventur ing." At that time, he had com mented facetiously that a congres sional committee might well check into the dangers of con formist thinking and the uncri tical mind. By far his greatest honor was the Nobel Prize in physics, award ed in 1921. A $10 million Albert Einstein College of Medicine was started in 1953 as a part of Yeshiva college in New York. ' 22.7 per cent during fiscal 1954 total public debt $60.96. Plan Approved HILLSBORO Wl Hillsboro residents this week approved plan to invite the Navy to build a 12 million dollar naval reserve training station here. The vote in an advisory election was 1,348 to 538. The results will be forwarded to Navy officials who have ex pressed Interest in the city air port jitc. together ! ttt'HtnTSL I -XJ-K "CASCADE" StlEHNw IAS TIUED WITH J W?y " ' ''.- - i POUNDS WOOL Q KAPOK INSULATION Saop-Off Tent Flop Shelter Canopy "Zips" from Inilde er Ouliide of loej loo. Hos 2 Air Mattress Pockets Heavy Tan Flannel Unlna Double-Pelt Talon Zipper Is Thona Equipped Doubly Reinforced at Points of Strain Shelter Canopy Acts As Carrying Case Northwest-Mode for Northwest Use Insulation Oeilted with Lockstitch Stitching, Uia It ,;ql a, a.lt f.t Uettfctr fat taamy. ab!a flttpi-f that will ilata twa at thftt. tin,! wifkmtHthlp, ntmy, ttia. datable ate Mardr. Reg. 7.95 HEAVY GAUGE MOLDED FULL-SIZE RIBBED PLASTIC AIR MATTRESS 52S to Montr DOWN ovt II A will I Reg. 29.95 SLEEPING BAG. 4 LBS. II WOOL INSULATION 1 1 . PIAI0 FUNNft IIMIMO I I awiNOPIOOS AND DIASTTIOOI II -a(4E 'fc CULL Zlaeu OMMIH& II tmr " 1 1 Ow Dixie Beat Irks Red Newspaper BERLIN W Now it's the Dixieland beat in old Heidelberg. That's the complaint of the East Berlin newspaper Berliner Zeitung. An article in the Com munist paper decried American influence in the famous old uni versity town, which the U.S. Ar my has made its European bead quarters. "At the gate of the Heidelberg castle one's eyes are assaulted by a sign," says the paper. "It an nounces that the 'Spree City Stompers' will give a concert next Sunday in the king's hall of the castle." ' The paper explained that Dixie land concerts are a regular fea ture of the castle. This may sur prise the visitor, it said, but the real surprise is yet to come. "Everywhere on the street one meets almost as many Americans as Germans and sorry to say- even here the dividing line often disappears. The paper said many students try to look exactly like the Amer icans same haircuts, same clothes and even the same way of talking. Even worse, it added the famous student taverns have been "occupied" by hordes of sol dicrs. Heidelberg's cultural life has suffered considerable damage un der this assault by an overseas way of life," Zeitung said. Meeting Set Reglster-Gsard, Eugene, Ore.Thur., Apr. 21, 1955 . 3 A PORTLAND Wl The seventh annual meeting of the Oregon Alumni Institute will be held here Sunday. Gov. Paul Patterson and a panel of five University of Oregon faculty members will speak. Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, president of the university, will lead the panel. r allure Highlight your spring wardrobe with the latest in fashionable eyewear from Dr. Robert J. Williamson, registered optometrist. Only the best Is good enough for your priceless eyesight. Dr. Robert J. Williamson, registered optometrist, uses only, materials from, the world's leading r optical manufacturers lo make your glasses. For good vision with "Spring Allure", see Dr. Robert J. Williamson, registered optometrist. No appointment necessary Prescriptions quickly filled Pay nothing down Only $1 a week DR. ROBERT J. WILLIAMSON, Registered Optometrist with offices at STANDARD OPTICAL CO. ' . , 820 Willamette - , ,S Eugene . RegisrerrGuard Want Ads Bring Quick Results; FISHING SEASON OPENS APRIL 30 . . . GET SET AT WEISFIELD'S NOW! First Time at Mis Low Price! iiiii v ss life it ETti IV1" "jiaU'WIj ' " ' '"'I'1 Z::lf'M ' '"""'"i l W-o Spin Sihinq I Iho croaloot Ira- V!' f njrjfi Hi I TViri ' JrjrJgttfX 11 TlMM t loo-ra.. lor and mora fun. No backlash, .--. ISSPiRSr I il ' -- s-a.l- Sm'' v'" aS J I Os if W- HtNMaaMUM . in, aii a. -, loolproof casllna . . pluo a la- -4-tavf . 1 I ? vl 7afc JT J SI'- s- a 1M1.1. . 100 m, moul Johnson Splnninq Root and V - h uatihki I : XJE'JV vVmy Z2??S Xl Hor.aT.2corapl.loMl.alhali- V'A 5f 3 ; 1 t'lttr 3'yJff V-l' SO afKa, Haaa laafc II SMara pricO DOCOUSO Ol thts OTOat tdlo. A I 3 - P -ai.ai i - - - V ' JtJ . W ., J! 10 YaV Nrlaa, UaJat a 40 Pfhaja ltTaS Haaaa You won't find 0 baraoln Uk . ' ' 4 F "1 it ' Z'iXi f'tViJ shsi, .ww- .iitwiMakndai U1L1 In yoan to ordor youns to- Jr J l ' i a7-&'fr'ij a" ' i,, 4' MawaaJ a Waw rtahias Mataaal OOy OH lOW bndqot lomill V . 0 I jl ' I I aoaratn7IaTaiaMTaaaiai A .' t if. I m,w iggtliS Sl S 111 I W B aal KTl H II TV it I I Still Wilrr Flshlnl Srli with No llnwn Paymont rcqulr- I ' 1 mi B I I kvfl r, Vj 1 II I ILSt Jed. I agree to pay 75c weekly on balance. .;.;' 1 j UWMM1K) I jps - o-KriM. I I .a-r'5' - I ?oIAT "" I tH ' I J I .1 j ST&lwm jcu, -u. o,n I -- kl oc '881 WILLAMETTE - AftM Z"""' tTT . 1 v m . 4 Welsfleld-s, Ill Wlllemelle k. m .. , t, Ht tt ? aryfesejg ue aj T Mf frS t , urn s ' tat la ear S '..-. a vat at S a m I I I I LJ I l II I ILW M a tatia at fan aatthata artaa aj aaaL 1 III I gOI Bki 2 H II I Bh, f rl srtisii mi . J I &?JS&jfr H cm ...0 l jsjititS m fcjiyumos. . 1 1 O 881 Willcnriette O O o c? o v - f Shog 'Til 9 Fridqy to- oo o I