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433,
434
JANUARY
1918
I
hope
to be able to make
the
method
roughly
ten times
more
sensitive,
about
which
I
hope
to
report
later.
With
kind
regards
and
very respectfully, yours
most
sincerely,
P.
Zeeman.
433. From
Hugo
A.
Krüss
[Berlin,]
Ministry of Culture,
9
January 1918
Esteemed
Professor,
I
am
sending you
the
enclosed
letter
with
the
request
that
you
kindly
return
it
upon perusal.
P[rivy] C[ouncillor]
Muller’s
position
on
the
matter
is
not
very
encouraging.[1]
If in
your opinion special
and
close
relations exist between
the
problems
to
be addressed
by
Dr.
Freundlich and
astrophysics,
I
would be
obliged
to
you
for information
about
it.
Also,
I
would
appreciate
learning
about
how
Schwarzschild
stood
on
this
question.[2]
It
would also be
of
interest
to
me
to
speak
with Dr.
Freundlich himself
sometime.[3] Perhaps
you
can
arrange
to have him visit
me
in
the
next few
days,
although
he should
agree upon
the time with
me
beforehand
by telephone,
so
that
he
does
not
come
in vain.
With best
regards, yours very
truly,
Krüss.
434. From Gustav Müller
Potsdam,
9 January 1918
Highly
esteemed
Professor,
In
reply
to
your inquiry regarding
the
possible engagement
of
Dr.
Freundlich at
our
Observatory,[1]
I
inform
you
that
currently only
the
position
of research assis-
tant
is
available
which, however,
I
have
already promised
to
another
applicant.[2]
The
hiring
of
Dr.
Freundlich could be
possible only
if
the
Ministry
were
inclined
to
support
a
second research
assistant
position
at
our
Observatory
in
the
next state
budget.
I
already
indicated
this
solution in
a
letter
to
Prof. Krüss
yesterday[3]
and would consider it
helpful
if
you
were
to
recommend
my suggestion
to Prof.
Krüss when
the
occasion arises.
In
any
event,
I
am
prepared to support
the
planned investigations by
Dr.
Freundlich toward
testing
the
general
theory
of
relativity,[4]
in
that
I
am
granting