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* on the World Peace MM Disamanent Conference @weibevriay Even at this late date the number of delegates is not certain. The fact that fomer Jack of SANE Nuclear Policy Committee warned against the Conference on the day after the ad appeared in the N.Y. Times had a discouraging effect. Then the state- ment issued by Norman Thomas and Robert Gilman of "Turn Toward Peace” against the Conference this past week may also create some difficulties. Some persons especially among the wonten have debated attendance back and forth, partly because of some of these local pressures ~ and undoubtedly even stronger pressures have been made. One other factor applies to some of the women who have a responsibility to attend the International Conference of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - which will be held during the same July dates in Califomia. Finally, it must also be said that some of us did not do all that we should have done and could have done to guarantee greater attendance ~ regardless of various diffic- altles. This also means that the delegation {s lacking in certain politically advanced. forces. Some of us cannot use passports and some have been virtually denied pass~ . ports under the McCarran Act - but that is not the full barrier. “41 ¥ SSiFeD Q Bef ey eke by ye sa Three persons will attend as observers from SANE, but ir view of the Hemer fack statement, their observations may not be so objective, These three are: 7 Hom&jack = a clergyman who is the most important functioning i, person in SANE. A Our {nformation shows the following: eridF romm - a writer and lecturer, who has also an independent position ~ somewhat influenced by a psychoanalysis point of iJ} view, and more so from a Social-Democrat viewpoint. His ‘” writings on Berlin have called for a new approach by U.S.A. on the basis of no war over Berlin, etc. Be . . _ 7 _Stewa eachem ~ of the American Friends Service Committee*~ rT is an important secretary with responsibility for international t . tf affairs among the Quakers. He is the key associate of Clarence f Pickett. Meachem's contacts extend in the labor movement as if well as among the pacifist forces of this country. He is well , respected. ; Each of these men have expressed sharp differences with the Soviet Union and have _ different estimates of the S.U. and socialism - but they also have differences among. a themselves. They have possibly an even more negative attitude toward the Communis Party, and have somewhat of a phobla against Communists. In spite of all these differences, they are to be regarded as peace advocates on the Ameriaan scene. ~#E/04/