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_ orricté USE ONLY > BB ke - _ USSR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ss * June 28, 1960 “— PROGRESSIVE AMFRICAN GETS LENIN PRIZE _ Repart on Ceremony Moscow, TASS, Radi obeletype in » English to > Europes Sune ay 1960, 0630 GMT=<-L “SAUNCLASSIFTED) — ats ‘(Excerpte)} . Dr. Willien Dubois. the distinguished American scientist, “writer, and public figure, ‘vecéived the International Lenin Peace Prize “at a ceremony in the Soviet Embassy in Washington June 23." He was awarded the prize far his outstanding services in the cause of preserving and ~ consol tating Peace « The ceremony was s attended by many Tepresentatives - gpeekiug, on behalf of the International Lenin Prize Committee oo, the “Boviet '- charge d'affaires ad interim in the United States, M. N. Smirnovskiy, — . “extended cordial greetings to Ir. Dubois. He said that his whole. Aife _ had been devoted to the noble cause of struggle for the freedom, “ ">. equality, and happiness of all people. One of the founders of the peace” movement, Dr. Dubois has for many years been in the first reuks of the _ -courageous fighters for peace and friendship among netiona6. ~- * as - 7 om ' Dubois was warmly congratulated by the chairman ‘of ‘the national vouneil ‘of American-Soviet friendship, Mrs Rockwell Kent. .He said that no one : i America deserves this high distinction more than the beloved Dre Dubois. . me > Dre Dubois received an “ovation as he rose to make a statenent. “Rentntectag ' about his participation in the peace movement, he sald in part: °)I - ~ thinx that our meeting today will serve no useful purpose unless the’ Americans present kere realize that our prime duty is to lsunch a real movement . ~ “for peace_in Americas Even since the breakup of the summit meeting 1t -has been perfectly clear that it is necessary to counteract the trend 3 , toward war. -I-still dream of America as & free, democratic country wore “labor will be ‘xéwarded according to the work done » where no one will - possess what he has fiot earned, where @ man will be judged by his deeds, poo “not the color of his kin, where every man can freely hold any views. - The great ‘aiid'only way -to achieve this is to reach understanding with’ “the 4 Soviet Union and to follow the exemple of Premier Khrushchev, * who made a a great ‘sprecinifor‘pence ‘and disarmament fin the “United Hetions. ene