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Hole, Francis D., February 17, 1947.
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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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