2 3 8 D O C U M E N T 1 3 4 J A N U A R Y 1 9 2 8 Don Quichoterie und ich habe keine Lust, mich an dem betreffenden Maulstreit zu beteiligen. Es scheint also, als ob auch am Technikum jener Mangel an klarer Ver- fassung und Verteilung der Kompetenz und Verantwortung herrscht, der auch die Universität auszeichnet. Uebrigens täuschen Sie sich sehr über die grandiosen Wir- kungen, die man mit Hilfe meines abgegriffenen Namens bei den pfiffigen Juden erreichen kann. Am meisten freut mich, dass Sie persönlich nun doch in Palästina befriedigende Arbeit gefunden haben und dass Ihre Tätigkeit am Technikum zu so guten Ergeb- nissen führt.[5] Wenn Sie dauernd die Leitung des Technikums hätten, würde ich keine Bedenken haben, dem Kuratorium beizutreten. Sie und Ihre Frau[6] grüsst herzlich Ihr A. Einstein. TLCS. [45 460]. [1] Baerwald (1877–1930) was a German-Jewish architect, Professor of Architecture at the Tech- nion, and designer of the Technion and the Reali School buildings in Haifa. [2] The Technion was established in Haifa as the technological institute of the Jewish community in Palestine. Its cornerstone was laid in 1912, and regular lectures began to be held in 1924 (see Dror 1998, p. 265). For Baerwald’s letter, see Abs. 369. [3] Baerwald had asked Einstein to join the board of governors of the Technion (see Abs. 369). [4] For Einstein’s severe disaffection with the developments at the Hebrew University, see Doc. 128. Arthur Biram (1878–1967) was the founder and first principal of the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa. He also belonged to the Palestine directorate of the Technion and advocated a close relation- ship between the Reali School and the Technion. In 1926, he stated, “The country needs a good tech- nical school, […] not necessarily a higher technical institute.” He attempted to make the Technion workshops available for Reali students but did not succeed. The first two principals of the Technion viewed the institution’s mission as the training of techni- cians “at the lower and middle levels.” However, in 1926, considerable local pressure from both fac- ulty and students to raise the status of the Technion emerged. This led to its Management Committee’s decision to transform the Technion into an institution of higher learning without consulting the Zionist Executive (see Alpert 1982, p. 124 Dror 1991, pp. 50, 52–53 and Dror 1998, pp. 268, 275). [5] See Abs. 369. [6] Charlotte Baerwald-Eisenberg (1883–1937) was an artist and writer.