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637 - 21st ST. S. Arlington, Va. Jan. 2, 1947

Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists, Inc. Room 28, 90 Nassau St. Princeton, N.J.

Gentlemen: 
  I have pondered for some time your letter of Dec. 11, over Prof. Einstein's signature, asking help in your million-dollar educational campaign on atomic energy.  As a one-time graduate student in your profession (I am now an economist) I appreciate the problem to which you address yourselves, and I have only admiration for the social consciousness you exhibit in addressing yourselves to it.  I would gladly contribute $100 towards your effort - and more in time as opportunity makes possible.  I would likewise gladly make such contributions as I can of my limited abilities and energy towards it.  Recognizing the urgency of it, I am loath to be hesitant when I should enthusiastically offer what I can.  
  Nevertheless, I find myself asking - what is it that you plan to do?  How do you propose to use this million dollars?  For the dissemination of information to the public, surely the pages of the public press are open free of charge to any of your distinguished group.  Who, then, is actually to spend this money, and for what?  What are "simple facts" and what are "implications for society"?  Are your plans for program commensurate with those for raising funds? 
        Sincerely,
          Herman M. Southworth