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- - — ft —_—_— ie lt PL rr ee ~ — = = - _— - _ Ai ee re re rr er . _. i pene _ ; — ll nr rr mare nH . - + - - ai aie = — a ate x Tl Vibe ee Le ~—nae + wes ~ Wl ee ee + = — : e On August the Department of Justice summarily demanded that the Peace Information Center register immediately “as en agent of 2 foreign principal . . . under the terms of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.” Shocked and outraged, the leaders of the Peace Informa. tion Center denounced the Justice Department's action as an effort to discredit their work and frighten them into | mactivity. Speaking as the Center's Chairman, Dr. Du Bois declared in a public statement: * Peace Information Center is an entirely American organization whose sole object is to prevent a third World War... The desire for peace cannot be made an “alien sentiment.” But the action of the Justice Departinent was not without ‘ ; . its effect. Branded as a “foreign agent” by the press and radio, it became increasingly difficult for the Center to function eBectively and raise sufficient funds for its work. On Octaber 12, after bringing its message of peace to taillians of Americans, the Peace Yformation Center was dissolved by decision of its executive board. Pour months later, on February 9, 195], the Justice Department indicted Dr. Du Bois and four af his former associates in the Peace Information Center far failure to register as foreign agents. Conviction on this charge could wa Se peesins sate