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March 12, 1*56 Mr. George 3, Messersmith, Sierra Paracaima I^HM March 12, 1*56 Mr. George 3, Messersmith, Sierra paracaima 1285, Mexico 10, D.F. Dear Georgei Leaving your two letters so long without a reply- is certainly * major sin. Please accept my apology. I am busy, 3u3y trying to learn something about electronics and atomic energy at City College, a rather stiff Job as neither electronics nor atomic energy were taught during the yeara 1890-95 spent at the university and, unfortunately, my mathematics have turned rusty and flat. Also Yvonne is learning eomething in copying many papers and drawings. Wow I am the pupil and an increasing my knowledge. In the past I taught others end some did not head my teaching. Now these feel a certain uneasiness and leek of self confidence of those who by stealth %«ok what they could not have earned on their own merits In an orderly world (or company). Reward without fight. X received a letter, of which I enclose a copy, from my friend Adenauer, in reply to a letter end a telegram I sent him on the occasion of his 8oth birthday, I wrote Adenaxier, in my answer to his letter, that the celebration last month of LineStln' s birthday - a very great statesman - reminded me of his present situation] that Lincoln succeeded In maintaining the Union and that I feel certain that he too will be able to unify Germany, without civil war or war, I received a book on Adenauer written by Dr, Edgar Alexander, a great catholia. My copy and one sent Adenauer contain the following de cleation t Autor und Verleger widmen dieses Exemplar in beaonderer Dankbarkeit Herrn Dr. D.N, Heineman ftlr die generttse Hllfe und den tapferen Beistand den er seinem alten Freunde Dr. Konrad Adenauer In Zeiten achwerster Not und Bedrangnls lelstete! Edgar Alexander Paulus Verlag New York City Recklinghausen it $, Januar 1956 2. For this Adenauer is responsible. I don't like it and wrote hira. But he is proud having a friend who helped him in a distressed situation and he takes great pleasure in telling it to everybody, even in Washington: Dulles, Wilson, Radford, in my presence. It is easy to be a friend without exertion, A "oher ami" la not a friend. I asked Lorie to send you the Maroh 1956 issue of the magazine "Scientific American", which publishes an article by Julian Huxley on world population which is worthwhile reading. He will send you also a copy of "Collier1sn containing an article on automation. In many areas millions of people lie down hungry, withoutashlrt» whereas this country has a surplus of eight billion dollars, which influences largely world prices and does not create friends in countries that have the same commodities to export - cotton, wheat, etc. Large surplus are destructive to values and friendship. Important people are often wrong in their forecasts. The famous German chemist and Nobel Prise winner, Professor Haber, told me in 1920 of the Inability of the United States to feed a population of 180,000,000. "To-day", he added, "everyone occupies a fauteuil d'orchestre as to food supply, but with a population of 180,000,000 everyone will have to be satisfied with a standing place." Haber attributed this inability to produce sufficient food to erosion, building of new roads, extension of cities etc. He was wrong in his forecast, and so was Thomas Jefferson in his letter dated Decem­ ber 6, 1313 addressed to his friend Alexander von Humboldt (extract of which is enclosed). Why was Jefferson wrong in his prophesy ? because the new discoveries and inventions in science have upset entirely the world's •conomio conditions. This last January I wrote a short memorandum, of which a copy is enclosed, concerning the development of industries and its influence on economies, I may add that changes in economical condi­ tions usually create a danger of unrest, especially if progress of one important country Is not followed by that of another country of like importance. This could mean danger of war. New inventions, therefore, have to be made for the protection of improved economies originated by new discoveries. This o©untry is blessed with some really outstanding scientists, many from foreign origin and many American-born, ver>' often with European schooling. Unfortunately, some of these out­ standing men, as Unstein, Fermi, Weyl, have passed. The latter was, with Niels Bohr, Max Born, Condon, Feller and Courant,a member of the Panel for the "Dannie Heineman Prize" which was established by the Heineman Foundation, to be awarded every three years to the author of an outstanding book on mathematical or physical sciences written during the five preceding years. The prize is $,000 dollars. It will perhaps be Increased this year as the Panel is considering for the 195b Award the works of two outstanding scientists, both mathematicians. 3. X enjoyed the Heineman Lectures in Charlotte very much. Two professors, one from New York and the other from Montreal, apoke of certain medical problems, which in many respect* were above my comprehension, I also spoke briefly, telling the audience that 1 too had jU3t received an emergency call «• some of the attending doctors had received such calls during the evening - but this was from my wife, urging MB to limit my talk to ten minutes. It is difficult to say something within ten minutes, but usually one say3 much less in thirty, I mentioned economies related to engineering. ilsf?.thats some 50,000,000 Aspirin tablets are swallowed every day in this country, adding the yearly "tonnage" of sleeping powder used in the United States. This created some sensation as doctors only deal with very small figures when writing their prescriptions. The Chairman of the Medical Society of the Mecklenburg County was rather elated in mentioning the presence of ten negro doctors who were enjoying the evening. I said that I was very glad to see them at the meeting, inasmuch as my boy gang In mischief was composed of white and negro boys, I was the commander of this organization of not too good repute, the chief occupation of which was stealing apples and watermelons. One day, when a garden owner got after us with some dogs, the boys jumped over the hedge and I tried to climb over the garden door with my pockets full of apples and a watermelon stuck unaer my arm. The door fell on my nose and I still bear to this day the scar as a witness to this accident ,,, The Charlotte lectures are highly appreciated by the doctors from Forth Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia and the Heineman Laboratories are doing excellent work. I recently read a book "L1Affaire Dreyfus" by Paleologue, a French writer, member of the Academie Franchise and a former diplomat. Although the author was against Dreyfus, this book shows the low morality of the French military leaders at the time, I followed this whole affair very closely from the beginning to the end, I was at the Palais Bourbon in 1899 when Waldeck-Rousseau with his new cabinet faced the stormy meeting of the Chambre des Deputes. This new cabinet included Millerand, the first socialist to enter a French cabinet, sitting next to General Gallifet, a stiff reactionary, Waldeck-Rousseau got a majority of nine and lasted three years. He was able to liquidate the Dreyfus affair. He retired because of poor health and died of cancer after an operation performed by a German surgeon from Halberstadt, Paul Reynaud was secretary to Waldeck- Rousseau and wrote a biography - a very Inferior one - of his boss. He sent me a copy of his book with a dedication, Millerand the socialist became President of the Republic, but was ousted after some tine by an action introduced by Herriot, Millerand made a State visit to Brussels, Van der Velde, who was at the reception, said 1 "Alexandre, comme tu as change (moralement), tu es meoonnaissable l* k. I knew this "Affaire Dreyfus" on my finger tips. A friend of mine, Marquis Paulucci di Calboli, flor some years counsellor of the Italian Embassy in Paris, knew tho true facts through the Italian Military Attache,Panizardi,and the German Military Attache,von Schwarzkopfen, Paulucci got the stone rolling for ©learing Dreyfus. He met Scheurer-Kestner, C16menceau, Zola, Pioquart, Labori et tutti quanti. I read many letters relating to the affair in his collection, which was later stored in his palace at Porli, Mussolini's birthplace, Paulucci took great pride in Dante mentioning his family name in the "Divina Comedia" t Calboli, these brigands ,,« He became later Ambassador to Switzerland, Japan and Spain, He was not too successful in Tokio, as the Japanese were able to open his pouch and he became persona non grata, Clemenceau was very vigorous in defending Dreyfus, writing many articles in his newspaper "L'Aurore*, which published ^ola's famour paper "J*accuse". After the Rheims decision was handed down, I sent Hettie a postcard from Berlin, where I arrived for two days from Naples, dated : 9«9.99, Hettie was then 9 years old, Paulucci*s only son was killed during the first world war. His only daughter married a diplomat called Barons, who took the name of Paulucci and became, at the end of Mussolini's regime, Ambassador to Belgium, where I mett him. He was finally the Italian delegate to the League of Nations in Geneva, for me one of the most charming and interesting places in the world. One lives there In the atmosphere of Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Diderot, and of the Englishman Gibbon (who lived in Lausanne), author of "The Roman Empire", a work quite different from the "Romische Gesohichte1' by Mommsen, far superior to Gibbon's in my way of thinking.
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