CALENDAR
1918
1017
January
29 PTr
of
a
blacklist
by
the
political
division
of
the Berlin
Police
Headquarters
of
pacifists
and
leading
Social Demo-
crats
residing
in the Berlin environs. Einstein
is
ninth
on
the
list of
thirty-one names.
Provenance: Kirsten
and
Treder
1979a,
p.
199.
January
31
Because
of
Einstein’s
illness,
Planck submits and comments
on
Einstein’s
paper
"On
Gravitational
Waves"
(Vol.
7,
Doc.
1)
and communicates Freundlich 1918 to the
plenary
session
of
the PAW
in
his stead.
February Calling
card
of
Georg
Maschke: "Vom Verfasser
ergebenst
übersandt,"
enclosing 4-page
TD entitled "Welche Aussich-
ten hätte die deutsche
Wirtschaft,
wenn
ein Friede zustande
käme,
wie ihn sich heute
England
und
Amerika
denken?"
on printed
letterhead
"Deutsch-Brasilianischer
Handelsver-
band, E.V.
Berlin
W. 15
Kurfürstendamm 220."
Imperialis-
tic
foreign policies
pursued
by
economic
means,
such
as
raw-material
monopolies, are
discussed
as a destabilizing
factor for world
peace.
International tariff and trade treaties
to head
off
future conflicts
is
proposed.
Provenance: IsJHU.
[44 396, 44 397].
February
1
1-page
LS in the hand
of
Ilse Einstein to the KWI board
of
trustees
reporting on
the
signing
of
the contract with
Freundlich and
identifying
the bank to which his
quarterly
salary payments
of
1500 marks
should
be
deposited
in
advance
as
of
January
1,
1918. Provenance:
GyBP,
I.
Abt.,
Rep.
1A,
Nr. 1656.
[77 259].
February
2
1-page
ALS from Mendelssohn
&
Co.
enclosing
500 marks
in
cash for minor
expenses
of
the
KWI,
with reference to the
correspondence
of
December
and
requesting
that
receipts
be
submitted with the
accounting
statements. Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
8,
Mappe
Mendelssohn.
[77 872].
February
4
2-page
TDS. The contract
engaging
the
astronomer
Freund-
lich to
investigate
the
general theory
of
relativity
and related
problems
for
a period
of
3
years
is
officially
registered.
Ein-
stein
signs
in his
capacity as
Director
and
in the
name
of
the
KWI. Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
2, Mappe
Freundlich.
[78 019].
February
5
"Note
on
E.
Schrödinger’s
Paper
‘The
Energy Components
of
the Gravitational Field’"
(Vol.
7,
Doc.
2).