THE PEACE PETITION

Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26261, 4 November 1950, Page 3

THE PEACE PETITION

Sir,—Summoning customary versions of such as Winston Churchill’s distorted political views. O. M. Brundall expects us to deduce that no cooperation can be expected from Russia on peace. O. M. Brundall is either making a useless attempt to bamboozle us. or he fails to appreciate the underlying purpose of newspapermen; who boil down every co-opera-tive effort made by Russia into words like manoeuvre, infiltration, diplomatic strategy, etc. At five annual sessions of the United Nations General Assembly the U.S.S.R. delegate has put forward constructive proposals for strengthening and guaranteeing peace. The peace petition adopted oy the World Peace Congress was submitted for consideration to the Supreme Soviet of the U.S.S.R. and completely accepted. However, using the unjustified .pretext of anti-Comrnunism. the American rulers refused even to allow representatives of the Peace Congress to enter the country. Log-rolling?— Yours, etc., ’ . P- SWITHIN. November 3. 1950.

Sir, —“Tolerence” does not care who sponsors the so-called Peace Petition. This attitude is entirely wrong, and enables anv fool io lead you by the nose. Thus Hitler, for instance, presented himself on many occasions as champion of peace; and I am not sure whether “Tolerance'' would have recommended such an uncritical acceptance of his claim as he does now about the Communist move. The banning of the atom bomb alone does not save the peace or prevent total war by other means. To single out the use of the atom bomb as a crime is a trickery. Let the Commun-ist-dominated countries, where the petition is backed 100 per cent., prove to the world by its implementation that they mean business, and nobody will have any doubts about its sincerity. So far. it is undeniable that the Communists do not object to war in theory or in practice.—YoUrs. etc., NO MUDDLEHEAD. November 2, 1950.