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Born in Lithuania, Max Talmey has been a practical philologist since he was oppressed by the poverty of words in his native dialect, turned to other languages, mastered six before he was 18. He tinkered with Volapuk and Esperanto, dropped them as unsatisfactory, was one of the constructors of Ido (a name which he disavowed as absurd). When Ido began to deteriorate, Dr. Talmey abandoned it too, but used its principles as a base for Gloro. Now a successful Manhattan medical man, he has also invented a combination carrying case and sterilizer for instruments used in eye operations.
While studying medicine in Munich Talmey met an impecunious young student named Albert Einstein, lent him books on physics and mathematics. Their friendship was resumed when Einstein went to Princeton, and Talmey wrote a book (in English) called The Relativity Theory Simplified. When Dr. Talmey expounded Gloro in Manhattan last week, one of the most interested auditors was Friend Einstein.
*Translation: "This is no conference to form alliances, to divide the spoils of war, to partition countries, to deal with human beings as though they were pawns in a game of chance. Our purpose, under happy auspices, is to assure the continuation of the blessing of peace."