DOCS. 344-346 JANUARY
1912 251
I
eagerly
look forward
to
seeing you again.
Perhaps
a worthy
patient
will
turn
up
again
before
summer
in
the
vicinity
of
Prague![11]
Best
regards
from
our
family
to
yours.
345. To
Lucien Chavan
Prague,
28
January
[1912][1]
Dear
Mr.
Chavan,
The
news
that
Reding
and
Hohl
have
become
provisional employees
made
me
very
happy
for
you.[2]
This
must
have
made
your
position
more
comfortable.[3] I would love
to
know how all this
came
about.
I
too
have
a piece
of
news.
It
is
rather certain that I'll
come
to
the
Polytechnic
in
the
fall.
I
have
already
been selected
by
the
School
Council.[4]
Only
the confirmation of
the Federal
Council
is
still
missing.
Then
we
can
meet
more
frequently
again.
I have
not
written
for such
a long
time
because
I
am very busy;
I
am
writing a
lot
of
scientific
stuff.[5]
Some time
ago
Mr.
Vannoni
wrote
me
that
an
investigation
is
going
on
against
Zimmermann.[6]
He
is supposed to
have
taken materials
belonging
to
the
office
and
to
have
employed
workers
in
an
unlawful
manner.
What
has
become of
this affair?
I
sought,
of
course,
to have Z.
exonerated. One
hangs
the little rascals
and
lets
the
big
ones
walk
away.
How
is
it in
the
office now? Is Schild
more
decent
now?[7]
We
are
fine. But
we are eagerly looking
forward to
being
back
again
with
our
friends in Switzerland.
With cordial
greetings
to
both
of
you, your
Einstein
346. To
George
Pegram
Prague,
29
January
1912
Highly
esteemed
Colleague:
I
feel
very
honored
by your
inquiry[1]
and I
thank
you
very
much
for the
great
attention
you
have shown
me.
Unfortunately,
I
am so
overwhelmed with
work of
every
kind
that
I
cannot
even
think of
such
an
undertaking.
I
beg you
therefore
to
abandon
your
intention
to
invite
me
to
Columbia
University,
the
more so
since
you
can
easily
find