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Professor Albert Einstein and seven other leading scientists are pictured at a luncheon given by the emergency committee of atomic scientists. A joint appeal was issued by the group for public subscription of $1,000,000 to finance a nationwide educational campaign on the social implications of atomic energy. Left to right (front): Harold C. Urey, Vice-Chairman; Professor of chemistry University of Chicago; Proefssor Einstein; and Selig Hecht, Honorary Vice-Chairman; Professor of Biophysics, Columbia University. L to r rear: Victor F.Weissko, professor of physics; M.I.T.; Leo S. Szilard, Professor of Biophysics, University of Chicago; Hans A. Bethe, Professor of physics, Cornell University; Thorfin R. Hogness, Professor of Chemistry, University of Chicago; and Philip M. Morse, Professor of Physics, M.I.T.