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A Statement EMERGENCY COMMITTEE OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS

These few facts are accepted by all scientists:

1 Atomic bombs can now be made cheaply and in large numbers. They will become more destructive.

2 There is no military defense against atomic bombs, and none is to be expected.

3 Other nations can rediscover our secret processes by themselves.

4 Preparedness against atomic war is futile and, if attempted, will ruin the structure of our social order.

5 If war breaks out, atomic bombs will be used, and they will surely destroy our civilization.

6 There is no solution to this problem except international control of atomic energy and, ultimately, the elimination of war.

The program of the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists is to see that these simple facts become known to the public. To accomplish this purpose, it works through all appropriate educational organizations, and supports the work of the National Committee on Atomic Information, the Association of Scientists for Atomic Education, and the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists".

The Committe does not propose to make governmental policy, either on the national or international level. Its purpose is to make available an understanding of the atomic era on which such policy must depend.

[inset on the right side] EMERGENCY COMMITTEE OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS, Inc. 90 Nassau Stree Princeton, N. J.

TRUSTEES

ALBERT EINSTEIN, Chairman Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N. J.

HAROLD C. UREY

HANS A. BETHE

THORFIN R. HOGNESS

PHILIP M. MORSE

LINUS PAULING

LEO SZILARD

VICTOR F. WEISSKOPF

[tear-off contribution form at bottom] ALBERT EINSTEIN, Chairman EMERGENCY COMMITTEE OF ATOMIC SCIENTISTS, Incorporated 90 Nassau Street, Princeton, N. J.

I want to help in your campaign of education to ensure that atomic energy will be used for the benefit of mankind and not for humanity's destruction. I enclose my gift of $.......... toward your $1,000,000 Fund.

Name ................................................................................. Street Address ................................................................. City ................................. Zone .............. State ................

The Treasury Department has ruled that gifts to the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, Incorporated, are deductible as contributions for federal income tax purposes.