Evening star., 1948-02-18
|P0sitipe Peace
|:APproae!b Urged
by Speakers
Bv Frances Lids

Palestine, the Marshall Plan anc
the Truman Doctrine all came ur
for their share of discussion yester.
day as the Voteless District League
of Women Voters devoted its seventh
annual one-day school to the subject
of 'The Peoples Responsibility fol
Peace"
The keynote of the session was
sounded In the afternoon, however
when DR.. Harold D. Lassweu of the
Yale Law School, and Mrs. Louise
Leonard Wright of the Chicago
Council on Foreign Affairs both
called for a positive, rather than a
negative, approach to peace.
DR.. Lasswell, who urged a vigorous
Psychological offensive as a neces-
sary part of an effective peace pro-
gram for the United States, warned
that simply to denounce war is nc
contribution.
In a similar vein, Mrs. Wright. who
has been active in the national
league for a number of years, en-
phasized that peace Is not an ab-
sence of war, but something that
you build day by day"
Almost 1000 women attended the
school, which was held in the presi-
Dental room of the Statler Hotel.
The morning program featured q
panel discussion on an Assessment
of the Effort Toward Peace" while
the concluding session assessed
What Must Yet Be Done Toward
Achieving the Peace"
DR.. Lasswell divided an effective
peace program into two divisions: !:
The use of resources for defensive
purposes and policy of psyche
logical offense. In the latter sphere,
American policy is so deficient, he
asserted, that our military gadgets,
our dollars and our diplomatic ma
neuyers may 60 down the drain
1.-The crux of the problem is the
world struggle for control of expec-
tations," he declared. UNLESS peace
is expected to leave the people of
the world better off than war, there
will be war. The citizens of our
country, of Russia and of every in
termediate land are substantially
united in preferring peace to war,
unless war appears to offer better
future than peace"
The speaker declared that the
psychological offensive
must deal with the Russian doctrine
that war is inevitable" and that
a free society will rise in war and
revolution.
Speakers during the morning ses-
sion included Dean Rusk, director
of the Office of Special Political At
fairs of the State Department;
James B. Reston of the New York
Times, and Ferdinand Kuhn Of the
Washington Post.
Mr.. Rusk, who received a num-
ber of questions on the partition
of Palestine, pointed out that the
Palestine problem dates back many
years. Those who are inclined to
lose patience or consider that sin
lister motives are at work should
walk up and put on the table a
plan that is acceptable to both the
Jews and Arabs" he commented.
Mr. Rusk also vigorously defend
ed the United States against
charges of "threats" or "bribes" to
bring about the United Nations de-
cision for partition He declared
some private interests brought con-
siderable pressure, but asserted that
the position of the United states
delegates was clear from the start
and that at no time was their dis
cussion of the proposal linked with
any other subject.
Queried on the same subject,
Mr.. .Reston said the American pol
icy seems irresponsible" in that
partition was supported before
means OF implementlng the U. N.
decision had been devised.
Miss Dorothy Fosdick, assistant
chief of the State Departments
Division of International Organiza-
ton Affairs, acted as chairman of
the panel dicussion.
Mrs. Howard K. Hyde, chairman
of the leagues Committee on Inter-