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140 ON POLITICS, GOVERNMENT J AND PACIFISM
where different social, political, and economic systems exist. Of
course there is no reason why states with different social and
economic structures should not cooperate economically and
politically, provided that these differences are soberly faced.
But Einstein is sponsoring a political fad which plays into the
hands of the sworn enemies of sincere international cooperation
and enduring peace. The course he is inviting the member
states of the United Nations to adopt would lead not to greater
international security, but to new international complications.
It would benefit only the capitalist monopolies, for whom new
international complications hold out the promise of more war
contracts and more profits.
It is because we so highly esteem Einstein as an eminent scientist
and as a man of public spirit who is striving to the best of
his ability to promote the cause of peace, that we consider it our
duty to speak with utter frankness and without diplomatic
adornment.
ALBERT EINSTEIN'S REPLY
Four of my Russian colleagues have published a benevolent
attack upon me in an open letter earned by the New Times.
I appreciate the effort they have made and I appreciate even
more the fact that they have expressed their point of view so
candidly and straightforwardly. To act intelligently in human
affairs is only possible if an attempt is made to understand the
thoughts, motives, and apprehensions of one's opponent so fully
that one can see the world through his eyes. All well-meaning
people should try to contribute as much as possible to improving
such mutual understanding. It is in this spirit that I should
like to ask my Russian colleagues and any other reader to accept
the following answer to their letter. It is the reply of a man
who amciously tries to find a feasible solution without having
the illusion that he himself knows "the truth" or "the right
path" to follow. If in the following I shall express my views
somewhat dogmatically, I do it only for the sake of clarity and
simplicity.
Although your letter, in the main, is clothed in an attack