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George T. Keating Rancho Santa Fe California

Feb. 29, 1948.

Dear Dr. Einstein,

Your letter of the 10th.ulto., with enclosures, awaited me on my return from New York.

I hope I am one of the men of goodwill. Certainly I represent the average American, silent and hardworking, who believes in peace and does not know how to achieve it. With 95% of our people of this opinion, we enetered two wars, both inconclusive if we believe what we read. We cry peace, peace, where there is no peace. I am afraid that what we are up against is a religious crusade, the most dangerous of all ideas and Russia will never rest until she prevails or perishes. However, I have great admiration for your great mind and heart and prefer to try out all thoughtful ideas before surren dering to the changeable edicts of our State Department, and feeling s I do, I am glad to help you try and get your ideas before the thinkers and humanitarians of Europe and Russia. I agree there is no other way. Justice and honer should prevail and if it cannot there is little use for the world going on and as I see it, there is an excellent chance of it not going on and who knows that better than you.

Lets keep our powder dry in every sense of the word and let our thinking men find an approach to the problem. For that reason I like Harold Stassen. He has none of the taint of (should I say curse) Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He is an honest man in the best sense of the word. I do hope he becomes the President this fall. I mention this only as you must have such a man as President to be successful in your difficult campaign.

With assuance of my personal esteem, I am cordially yours, George Keating