In an interview with Jacob Landau, Managing Director of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Professor Albert Einstein, the renowned scientist, now continuing his research work in Pasadena, made known his plan to organize a group of twenty-five of the greatest minds in the world “to function in the best interests of mankind.”
The United States is to be represented on the Committee by six members, who are to be chosen “by the strictest selective tests.” None of the members have yet been chosen and all will be selected by Professor Einstein after a careful review of eligible persons.
Three criteria are to be applied in the choice of members. They must be: 1. Intellectuals of the highest order; 2. Powerful personalities of international renown; 3. Known for their liberal views.
“The committee will raise its voice whenever mankind is confronted with grave problems,” Mr. Landau explained. “It will take action whenever the peace of the world is jeopardized or if any acts of injustice have been committed.”
The Committee is envisaged as becoming “the most potent moral and idealistic force of the world.”
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