There was of course a flood of well qualified academics arriving in the United States fleeing from the Nazis and there was a great scarcity of posts, even for the most brilliant, so he was unemployed until 1942, living with other unemployed refugees in New York.
Nagkaroon ng mga kurso ng isang baha ng maayos qualified akademya pagdating sa Estados Unidos fleeing mula sa Nazis at doon ay isang magaling na kakulangan ng mga posts, kahit na para sa pinaka-maningning, kaya siya ay walang trabaho hanggang 1942, na naninirahan sa ibang mga walang trabaho na refugee sa New York.