Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27
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News. first voiced a demand for q
conference at 1.-The highest level,
with both President Truman and
Premier Stain in attendance"
At about the same time, o. John
Rogge urged the American people
to tell President Truman it is
time he is ready to talk peace"
Mr.. Rogge is a former assistant
attorney general and an of1lcial of
the Progressive Party for which Mr..
Wallace was the presidential can
didate last fall.
The conference of artists and
scientists from many lands. in
Guiding Russia, has been termed
'pro-comnDlnist" by critics. in
Guiding thousands of pickets who
nave milled outside the Waldorf
during the past two days.
500 Pickets Shout.
Conference sponsors have denied
the accusation.
Police estimated that at least
500 pickets were outside the Wal
dorf tonight. There were loud
quarrels and shouts but no vio-
lence. Pickets chanted throw
the Reds out" and at intervals
shouted treason at the Waldorf
treason at the Waldorf"
Catholic War Veterans hand
ed out copies of the Bill of Rights
and the Ten Commandments.
Only two pickets appeared earl
Ter at a counter rally in protest
against the conference.
1t was sponsored by Americans
for Intellectual Freedom. which
called itself an independent"
group of American artists, writer's
and educators.
At the natural science panel Of
the conference tonight, Mr.. Wal
lace said that President Truman
has suggested technical aid to
the backward areas of the world"
1: Urges Cooperation in China
This, he said. requires "scien>
tific procedures" to raise working
and living standards through the
world.
Let us try it out on China"
Mr.. Wallace said.
Let the United Nations bring
about the cooperation OF Amer
lean and Russian scientists and
engineers, and the scientists and
engineers of all other nations, to
raise the production and living
standards of the Chinese people,
I This cannot be accomplished,
he went on. without the utmost
cooperation between the Chi
nese Communists-and the Rus
sian Communists-and our own
capitalists.
Could Help Dissolve Fear.
Mr.. Wallace said that Catholic
ism and Communism could help
dissolve world fear IF both aban-
don a certain part of. their in
tolerant rigidity on behalf of
greater abundance for the people"
i The American and British
people, Mr.. Wallace charged, are
lin serious danger" of embracing
the same theory of racial superior
ity that destroyed Germany and
Japan. s-s~z,- ,EE.
| He called this one OF four
wrong beliefs that ARE the great
cause of fear and Authorization"
: Another wrong belief, Mr.. Wal
lace said, is that any group is
privileged Ito govern the other
groups"
Two hundred years ago." he
said, this belief was known as
the Divine Right of Kings. Today
in the United States it is the
National Association Of Manufac-
turers and is cohorts. = Their
weapons are loyalty purgee job
dismissals and economic reprisals."
Another wrong belief. Mr.. Wal
lace added. is that some one
religion, or idea, is inevitably
destined to conquer the world"
Fourth Wrong Belief.
The fourth wrong belief. he
said, is that there is not enough
land, not enough minerals, not
enough oil, not enough water
power. not enough of the good
things of life to go around"
!. He said scientists freely CO.
operating to end scarcity can
end that belief.
The conference opened yester-
day at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
Keynote sessions were held today
at Carnegie Hall. Then the con-
ference moved back to the
Waldorf tonight, but with two
Canadian visitors absent.
They were seized at a banquet
last night and sent back to
Canada. A third was allowed to
remain.
The immigration service said
little about the seizure. 1t an
nounced only that the trio was
questioned aboat Communist &C
tivities.
The two who left, agreed to re-
turn to Canada voluntarily.
One of the two, John Goss, a
Canadian actor and theater di-
rector, arrived by plane in Chi
cago a few hours later and termed
his treatment unjust"
Wouldn't Elaborate.
He did not elaborate beyond
saying that I'm in no position
to complain"
The conference was invaded late
today by a rival intellectual, Prof.
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