predicted to public gethold, the of Periodical Owens(boro arrangements a Saturday conducted Undertaking Roberts, EINSTEIN BLAMES U.S. DEPRESSION ON INTERNAL CAUSES, Declares Crisis Due To Decrease In Need For Human Labor By ImprovementIn Unit of Production Pasaneda, Calif., Jan. 24. (P)- Prof. Albert Einstein attributes America's "severe economic depression" for the most part to "internal economic causes," relegating the war debts to secondary consideration. "The improvement in the apparatus of production through t technical invention and organization," the bushy-haired Berlin physicist said at a public symposium program here last night, "has decreased the need for human labor and thereby caused the elimination of a part of the labor from the economic circuit and thereby caused a progressive decrease in the purchasing power of the consumers." The subject of the symposium was "America and the world situation." It was arranged by the Southern California Student Body Presidents' association. Other speakers were Henry M. Robinson, Los Angeles banker, Dr. Robert A. Millikan and Dr. William B. Monro, all members of the executive council of the California Institute of Technology. Einstein said the Professor, the view that internal causes are responsible for the economic situation would set aside "a dangerous source of mutual embitterment of the nations." "From this understanding," the noted relativist added, "would also grow the spiritual forces which could lead to the overcoming of the depression." International Commerce Hit "No one can deny," he said, "that we are passing today, not through an international crisis in economic life, but also through just as severe a crisis in International commerce, and quite generally in international cooperation in all domains. this crisis are connected emotional tensions between governments and peoples, which can be alleviated only by the dispassionate investigation of their causes, "In the foreground there stands the problem of the mutual indebtedness of countries, as a result of the World war. Viewed from a certain distance it is actually for the most part the indebtedness of Europe to America. Under the circumstances one hears the ex• pressions of anger, that the wicked Germans will not meet their obligations to the allies, and that the latter will not meet their obligations to America, in spite of the fact that the obligations to pay are certainly legally unassailable. "The American finds it indeed bitter, that he, who of his own free will has given his help to others in their need, now in his own hour of need is left by them in the lurch, when indeed it is a matter of fulfilling assumed obligations. He may well regard the cessation of reparation payments by Germany as the first cause of this denial. Can Pay Only With Goods "Does bad intention really lie behind this, or has it to do with the necessities accompanying the situation? A nation possesses land, facilities for production, and the ability to labor of its inhabitants and, in addition also some gold, although in an amount which is practically negligible in comparison with the great indebtedness here coming under consideration. nation can thus pay only with goods, that is--in the last resort--only with the products of its labor. Should these goods not be taken in sufficient amount by the creditor nation, then inability to pay must unqualifiedly set in." Professor Einstein said Germany's previous payments had been made with funds received in the form of loans "whose rapid repayment would certainly shatter the money system." "Why, however," he asked, "has America taken the payments in the form of goods or through an encouragement of the importation of goods? Because her own Industrial establishments would have been seriously damaged by such Importation." Denies Depression Due to War He said it has been assumed that "the world depression for the most part had its origin through the war debts." "It this view were correct," he said, "it would then be impossible to understand the severe economic crisis in America; the economic connection of this great country with the outside is certainly not close enough to explain the depression in America as due in the main to the economic failure of Europe. "According to my conviction it cannot be doubted that the severe economic depression is be traced back for the most part to internal economic causes." Speaking of Germany's demand for military equality, he said "it appears to me unqualifiedly justified." He pointed out he spoke as a private citizen. "On the other hand, however. It would appear to me from the standpoint of the progress of true human culture as a great fatal step backwards," he said, and, universal military service should again be Introduced in Germany."