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British House of Commons we ask for more to be spent on éducation, more on housing, more on health, more on meeting the problems of poverty, the answer is, “We can't afford it — expenditure upon defense.” I have said to them, and I say to you, reduce your expenditure on defense. Finally end your ex- penditure upon defense, and turn those vast sums in every country of the world to lifting the lives of people. Unemployment need not be. If we decided through the United Nations to pool there the expenditures we have been making on arms, to lift the standards of life in the under- developed countries, the immediate demand would be on the industries which are now making arms. There would be a great demand for power stations, for dams on rivers, for electrification, for irrigation, for locomotives and tractors, for pumping stations to lift the water under the deserts to the surface so there would be fertile soil. Such a policy would make an immediate and overwhelming demand on our industries, and the work of our men, instead of being devoted to death and destruction, would be devoted to construction for life. : I conclude by saying to you, this struggle against war is not only a negative struggle to prevent disaster to mankind. It is that. But it js also the great constructive struggle to lift man to higher planes than man has ever reached before. This is a crucial year, and I ask you, brothers and sisters, to take every possible step and measure during this year to let your leaders and representatives know that the will of the people is to disarm and live in peace. , 7 . ae ae ee mene ee ca en ee ee er 8 aie pee ee FP “a: 7 t : f t t