Not Like Him To Say Such Things

Chronicle (Levin), 31 August 1949, Page 5

Not Like Him To Say Such Things

Received Tuesdav, 7 p.m. LONDON. August ,30. Oommentiii"" unort a s+atpment attrb Tmted to Professor .T D Bernnl. nrofessor of physics at Birkbeck follegeLondon, who is reported to have told the eonference of Roviet Partisans for Peace in Moscow. that the direetiou o? ccienee in the capitalist world was in tlie hands of those who hated peace and wanted war, Rir Robert Robinson, nm^ident of the Roval Roeietv, said: "This is Professor BernaUs opinion. Those are not mv views nor are thev shared bv m anv in this coiintrv. T have never heard Professor Boroal sav anvthing like that. The Roval Roeietv eannot accept responsibilitv for his views nor do we agree in any way. ' ' Rtir Edward Appleton, prineipal of Edinburgh Universitv and formerlv secretarv of the Dooartment of Rcientific and Industrial Research. said: "There is to mv mind no countyv which grants are made here for scientific work is the envy of scientists every where. ' 7

Professor Gordon Jackson, prineipal which supports science as much ns Britain. Moreover, the freedom wirh of Birkbeck College, said he wonM make no comment until he had seen Professor Bernal. The views attributed to Professor Bernal did not seem to be in accord with what Professor Jackson eaid he knew of him. Professor Bernal, who is aged 48, was during the war adviser to the Chief Combined Operations and to the Mirrstrv of Home Reeurity. He is a distinguished physicist and a Fellow of the Roval Roeietv.