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Hole, Francis D., February 17, 1947.

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Why doesn't your Committee demand that <u>manufacture of atomic bombs shall cease.</u> Why <u>don't you scientists stop working on atomic bombs?!</u>
 
Why doesn't your Committee demand that <u>manufacture of atomic bombs shall cease.</u> Why <u>don't you scientists stop working on atomic bombs?!</u>
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I was a conscientious objector during the war. I believe that <u>conscience</u> <u>is</u> <u>the</u> <u>only</u> <u>defense</u> against war. As a conscientious objector I was an unpaid worker in a selective service slave camp. Hence I cannot offer you much money.
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Besides, I feel that <u>refusal</u> <u>to</u> <u>make</u> and <u>to</u> <u>operate</u> <u>war</u> <u>machines</u> is the best weapon. Evidently military government thinks so, because conscience
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204 SOILS BLDG, U. of Wis., Madison, Wis. 2-18-47

Albert Einstein, Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, 90 Nassau st., Princeton. N.J.

Dear Friend:

Thank you for your letter appealing for money. I enclose one dollar in cash.

Why doesn't your Committee demand that manufacture of atomic bombs shall cease. Why don't you scientists stop working on atomic bombs?!

I was a conscientious objector during the war. I believe that conscience is the only defense against war. As a conscientious objector I was an unpaid worker in a selective service slave camp. Hence I cannot offer you much money.

Besides, I feel that refusal to make and to operate war machines is the best weapon. Evidently military government thinks so, because conscience

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