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o + 4 . 7 | On May 11, 1949 an article appeared in the "Dally 3 Workertmeunder the caption of "Church and Civic Leaders to Meet Against War Pact," which stated that a meeting of church and civic leaders to"make their opposition to the North Atlantic Pact Manifest" had been called for May 20 and 21 in fashington a Dp. &. by Albert Einstein, ®homas Mann, kmily Yreen Balch, ‘yg . Bishop W. J. Walls and Reverend Edwin Dalbert. top we ON ae y DO IBNHRWNEO boaeee "21 The article stated that the letter calling the conference 22 was read to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that day by 23. James Embree who appeared as an opposition witness to the Pact 24 and representing the Progressive Party of New Jersey. 25 . 26. According to the article, the letter described the 27 conference as a non-delegated meeting of leaders of civic, 28 church, labor and community organizations. "No responsibility ‘397° Seemed as urgent as the need for all of us to find common 7 130 ‘ grounds to make our stand for a real and lasting peace," the call said Rl, 12°° 100-3-81-A4 3b. (28) 34 +e, CMB:mg se 39 - 40 41 42 45 26 47. 48 49 30 a1 $2 53 54 55 “56 57 . aes has