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"....?he Comnittee's efforts for the past year have becn directed tovard questioning, evaluating, and inquiring into our vresent program and vrobing new erees of interest end future work. "Phe study suggests that as e result of relief and reconstruction ficasures carried on in different parts of the world over the past 31 years, the Committee might, in addition to its interest in these matters, interest itself more definitely in improving the political, economic, and social ‘, ’ pelations among peoples as e part of its peace- making... "Altho we are unable to go into detail here about how we arrived at these Cecisions, we might mention two events which have influenced our decision to augment ow: work in the international field. One was the passage of the first peacetime draft law in the history of the United Stetes, and the other the increasing tension between Russia and the United States, which is accompanied by bitterness and near~ hysterie in this country. 1 “Therefore, we fecl impelled to do a11 in our power to encourege a course of political ection which -respects the sacredness of individuels. We must resist militerization and war wherever it is. We will:aid the sufferers on either side, but we are constrained to try and make peace with the opposing forces. “We are working in both Communist and Nationalist territory in Chine, es well as in the disputed sarees. Both governments cooperate with us and allow our workers to go fiecly through their lines. Cen we vse our good relations with both governments in en attempt to bring them together to settle their aifferences over a confercnce table instead of en a battlesrouid? Ye must try.e.+ "Gon a recently s rning hussian-/merican relétions, we ntoe pirt of 425,000 worth of streptomyein - 20 -