Evening star., 1951-10-01
Manifesto by AttIee
Makes Threat Of War
Main Campaign Issue
BY the Associated Press

He was given a tremendous ova-
tion by $500 delegates and party
Headers as he rose to speak and
Ianother when he sat down at the
Labor Party conference in this
seaside resort town.
The Prime Minister struck out
ion what appears to be the Labor
IParty'S main election issue: The
threat of a third world war.
| Says Tories Live i'm Past.
t'It is right that in our mani
festo we should give first place to
peace" he said.
He got his biggest round of ap-
Iplause when he said that the
people who are clamoring for
what they call a strong f@eign
policy, the people who use that
phrase, generally live in the past. /"
| Mr.. Attlee was directly attack
ing those Conservatives who have
said recently that Britain's ham
ding of its oil crisis in Iran was
too weak.
| Mr.. Attlee said that to bring
about peace Britain must work to
remove the causes of war.
/ Ready To Meet Others.
\ SIT is not our fault that the
world is divided" he said. 'We
don't wish to see any great gulf
between the East and the West.
We stand ready at any time to
meet and deal with the people on
the other side of the Iron Cur
! tain"
He added that the attitude Of
the East had forced Britain TO
build it's defenses and that Brit
aims defense program would go
| forward.
On the home front. the Prime
Minister declared. the Socialists
would push forward to restrict
dividends and to put industry un-
der public ownership whenever
the party believed it was neces-
Sary.
Mr.. Attlee was presenting his
party's manifesto-labor's answer
to the Conservative manifesto
issued last week by Winston
Churchill.
The four point labor manifesto
put the main emphasis on peace.
The other three points are full
employment and increased pro-
duction, a cut in the cost Of liv-
ing, and a continued policy OF
ak-the-rich and reward the
worker.
/ The 1,800-word platform was
put together and unanimously ap-
proved by party leaders including
Aneurin Bevan, the former Health
Minister who split With Mr.. Attlee
last April.
The party's program bore the
clear imprint of pressure brought
by Mr.. Bevan On the other lead
ers. In fact. it made the peace
issue point No. /.
Threat Heals Feud.
Mr.. Bevan bolted Mr.. Attlee's
cabinet in protest against the la
Dor governments At billion
pounds fsl3.160 000, ,O00) three
year defense program. He said
it was too big and would cut into
the welfare state that once gave
free medical. dental and eye care.
The threat Of victory by the
Conservatives has healed the
Bevan-Attlee Feud. at least for
the campaign.
Referring to the split with Mr..
Attlee on the defense program,
Mr.. Bevan said:
The argument which we were
going to have has been replaced
by bigger argument and it must
wait until the bigger argument is
over.
i When I heard that Mr.. Attlee
had decided to have the election.
made up my mind to devote
all my energy to destroying the
Tory challenge"
| Tories Linked With Force,
! The Labor Party platform an
nounced. 1--WE arm to save peace. !"
adding: But peace cannot be pre-
served by arms alone. Peace de-
pends equally on bringing freedom
from poverty to lands where hun
ger and disease are the lot of the
masses.
/ THE Tory still thinks in terms
Of Victorian Imperialism and CO.
lonial exploitation. His reaction
in crisis is to threaten force. His
narrow outlook is an obstacle to
that world wide co operation
which alone makes peace secure.
1T is this which makes the
election so critical, not only for
the people Of Britain, but for the
whole world.
Surely now, even more than
ever before. it is vital to the fate
OF civilization that the voice of
labor should be heard wherever
and whenever the issues of war
and peace are discussed between
the spokesmen Of the great
powers"
Iran Left Unmentioned.
| The party platform did not
mention Britain's bitter oil dispute
with Iran. But the reference to
Victorian Imperialism was aimed
straight at some conservatives
who have been calling for a
Stronger British policy toward
Iran.
| The platform blamed the rising
cost OF living on higher world
prices and said that the rise in
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