CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE FOR WORLD PEACE

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• Publication Date: May 2, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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Available on loan frni the CIA Library are copies of the following material
published or used in connection with the Cultural and Scientific Conference for
World Peace at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, on 25-27 Mar 49:
"Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace, Final Program,
Waldorf Astoria ,--March 25, 26, 27"
Brochure on "World Coilgress for Peace .-Jaris - April 20, 210t 22, 23 ?
;j,9L49" -rpubli4eti by the American Sponsoring Committee, World Congress'
for Peace, New'York Cite
Placard announcing the Conferencels 27 Mar 149 session at Madison Square
Garden
"Prrogram the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace"
(inciddes a list of sponsors)
"Program for Professionals, "published by the National Council of the
Arts, Sciences and Professions
"Joint Statement on the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace,
To Be Held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on March 25-26-27" - a protest
against the Conference, signed by approximately 70 prominent US citizens
Photostat of printed form used by National Council of the Arts, Scienms
and Professions in soliciting persons to "join in issuing the Call -1611A
Cultural Conference on World Peace"
(i) Photostat of "Memo from John Lardner," an appeal written on the stationery
of National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, asking support
of the Cultural Conference on World Peace and the Committee to Abolish
the UN-American Activities Committee.
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Oonsonne Committee
WPRLDCONGRESS FOR PEACE
o-Chairtnen
BLSHOP ARTHUR W. MOULTON
DR. W. E. B. DUBOIS
0. JOHN ROGGE
onsors
ELMER BENSON
"RICHARD 0. BOYER
JOSEPH BRAININ
R. CHARLOTTE HAWKINS BROWN
ANGUS CAMERON
RABBI J. X. COHEN
PROF. HENRY W. LONGFELLOW DANA
OLIN DOWNES
MURIEL DRAPER
PROF. HENRY PRATT FAIRCHILD
HOWARD FAST
LION FEUCHTWANGER
DANIEL S. GILLMOR
SHIRLEY GRAHAM
ADA B. JACKSON
SAM JAFFE
ALBERT E. KAHN
ROCKWELL KENT
JOHN A. KINGSBURY
DR. MARY VAN KLEECK
LEO KRZYCKI
JOHN HOWARD LAWSON
PROF. JOHN MARSALKA
PROF. F. 0. MATTHIESSEN
ARTHUR MILLER
PROF. PHILIP MORRISON
CLIFFORD ODETS
MARTIN POPPER
---' RAYMOND ROBINS
MAUD RUSSELL
ROSE RUSSELL
PROF. FREDERICK L. SCHUMAN
ARTIE SHAW
DR. MAUD SLYE
MARY CHURCH TERRELL
LOUIS UNTERMEYEk
MAX WEBER
DR. GENE WELTFISI.
ELLA WINTER
(Partial List)
Picasso
WORLD
CONGRESS FOR
PEACE ? PARIS
April 20, 2 1 , 2 2 , 23 ? 1949
American Sponsoring Committee
WORLD CONGRESS FOR PEACE
Room 1111, 119 Vest 57th St.
New York City 19
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DURING APRIL 20-23, 1940,
a World Congress for Peace will be held in
Paris, France. The purpose of the Congress is
to bring together leaders in the scientific, cul-
tural, religious, labor and other fields, regard-
less of individual political or religious beliefs,
to examine at this crucial time the causes of
the mounting war danger, and to project prac-
tical measures for the preservation of world
peace.
The Congress is not being held under the
auspices of any single organization. It is to be
collectively sponsored by outstanding public
figures and organizations in every land.
Among those who have already under-
taken sponsorship of the Congress are: Louis
Aragon, Abbe Jean Boulier, Pablo Piscasso,
Pierre Cot, Frederic and Irene Joliot-Curie,
Eugenie Cotton and Paul Eluard of France;
J. B. S. Haldane, D. N. Fria, M.P., J. D. Ber-
nal, J. G. Crowther, and the Dean of Canter-
bury of England; Pietro Nenni and Renato
_ Guttuso of Italy; M. Sholokov, A. Fadeev,
-Fedosseev and S. Vavilov of the U.S.S.R.;
--Mrs. Agnete Olsen and M. A. Nexo of Den-
mark; J. Borejsza, Dembowski and Mrs. Pra-
guerova of Poland; Mrs. Hodinova and Jan
Mukarowski of Czechoslovakia; Pablo Nemda
of Chile; Heinrich Mann and Anna Seeghers
of Germany; and Sean O'Casey of Ireland.
The American delegation to the Paris World
Peace Congress is now in process of forma-
tion. Individuals and organizations wishing to
participate in the delegation should contact the
American Sponsoring Committee, Room 1111,
119 West 57th St., N. Y. C.
Greetings and messages to the Paris Congress
should be addressed to Frederic joliot-Curie.
Congress Mondial des Partisans de la Paix,
2 Rue de PElysee, Paris 8, France.
(See back page for American sponsors)
The Call
WITH EVERY DAY the threat to world peace
mounts throughout the world.
Instead of the decrease in armies and arma-
ments which was to be expected at the end of
World War H, a vast armaments race has
begun. In some countries, the press, radio and
political figures are openly sowing enmity and
hatred toward other countries and are spread-
ing propaganda for a new war. Military blocs
which threaten the peaceful co-existence of
nations are being formed. In some parts of the
world the fires of war are still burning, lit and
fed by the intervention of foreign powers and
the direct action of their armed forces.
But the people of the world do not want
war. They do not want new slaughter, ruins
and devastation. And the duty of all honest
people, of men of art, science and literature,
of all democratic organizations, is to work tire-
lessly for unity among all peoples in defense
of world peace.
It is for this reason that we call upon those
democratic organizations in all countries whose
task is the defense of peace, and all individuals
devoted to progress: labor unions, women and
youth movements and their international fed-
erations, peasant and farm organizations, co-
operative groups, religious groups, cultural
organizations of scientists, writers, journalists,
artists and democratic statesmen. We call upon
them to speak out for peace, and to rally their
forces to convene a World Congress for Peace,
which will have as its goal the uniting of all
possible forces in all countries for the defense
of peace.
Liaison Committee World Peace Congress
FREDERIC JOLIOT-CURIE
President
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DISTINGUISHED
INTERNATIONAL
GUESTS
DR HARLOW SHAPLEY
CHAIRMAN
CZECHOSLOVAKIA REV. DR. JOSEF HROMADKA
ENGLAND .1. D. BERNAL, LOUIS GOLDING'
WM. 0. STAPLEDON
FRANCE ABBE JEAN BOULIER
MME. EUGENIE COTTON
AFRICA DR. R. E. G. ARMATTOE
.HUNGARY DR. ISTVAN RUSZNYAK
ITALY MARIA MICHI
NORWAY ERLING CHRISTOPHERSEN
POLAND LEON KRUCZKOWSKI
PUERTO RICO F. MANRIQUE CABRERA
ROUMANIA MAESTRO EMIL SOCOR
SOVIET UNION A. A. FADEEV
A. I. OPARIN
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
YUGOSLAVIA DR. ANDRIJA STAMPAR
AND OTHER FAMOUS ARTISTS AND SCIENTISTS
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Chairman:
Speakers
and
Topics:
PLENARY SESSION
Ballroom, Waldorf-Astoria
Sunday, March 27
1:30-5:30 P.M.
HARLOW SH.APLEY
I. Some Key Issues
American-Soviet Relations
FREDERICK L. ScnumAN
Professor of Political Science,
Williams College
Soviet-American Relations
INTERNATIONAL GUEST
( To be announced)
Independence Movements in Asia
( To be announced)
Independence Movements in Africa
( To be announced)
II. Toward a Program for Peace
A Peace Program for the United States
REPORT OF THE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
Toward International Cooperation
for Peace
INTERNATIONAL GUEST
( To be announced)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
HARLOW SHAPLEY
Chairman
DR. ALLAN M. BUTLER
Harvard Medical School
HERBERT JOHN DAVIS
President, Smith College
MARSHALL DIMOCK
Political Scientist
OLIN DOWNES
Music Critic
W. E. B. DuBois
Writer and Sociologist
LILLiAN HELLMAN
Playwright
HERMANN HEREBY
Architect
JOHN MARTIN
Dance Critic
PHILIP MORRISON
Professor of Physics, Cornell University
RABBI LOUIS I. NEWMAN
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
ANTON REFRECIER
Artist
0. JOHN ROGGE
Lawyer, former United States Assistant
Attorney General
CuY EMERY SHIPLER
Editor, The Churchman
LOUIS UN'TERMEYER
Poet and Anthologist
OLIVE VAN HORN
Social Worker
GENERAL INFORMATION
Registration: Registration card included in the program
should be signed and mailed with fee, to
Suite 71, 49 West 44 Street, New York
18, N. Y. It must be in the mail by mid-
night, March 19. After that date, registra-
tion must be in person at the registration
desk at the Waldorf-Astoria beginning
March 25, 11 A.M.
Credentials: All delegates, registered by mail or in per-
son, must secure their credentials at the
registration desk, Waldorf-Astoria.
Any individual interested in the purposes
of the Conference as expressed in the Call
may attend as a delegate and participate
in the discussions. There is no organiza-
tional representation at the Conference.
Fee: Three dollars ( $3.00 ) should accompany
the registration card. This fee entitles reg-
istrant to attend all program sessions.
Registration Friday, March 25 ? 11 A.M. ? 8:30 P.M.
Hours: Waldorf-Astoria, Astor Gallery, 3rd floor.
Because of the interest in the Conference
and the limitations of space, delegates are
urged to report for their credentials at the
Registration Desk early on Friday.
There will be no registration at Carnegie
Hall, Saturday Morning, March 26.
Saturday, March 26 ? 9:00 A.M. ? 9:00
P.M. Waldorf-Astoria, Carpenter Suite,
4th floor.
85
Housing
Information:
Dinner
Reservations:
Conference
Headquarters:
Public
Relations
Headquarters:
The Press:
Speakers:
Time:
At Registration Desk.
The dinner, in honor of our distinguished
international guests, will be held Friday
evening, March 25, 7 P.M., in the Grand
Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria. Reserva-
tions are $10.00 per plate. Send in your
reservations early to Suite 71, 49 West 44
Street, New York 18, N. Y.
Room 4V and Room 4U.
Room 4J.
Room 4F.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
MASS MEETING
Unite for World Peace
Our International Guests and
Prominent Americans
Sunday, March 27, 7:30 P.M.
Price of $8.60, $2.40, $1.80 $1.20 600.
Tickets: "
Where
to obtain
tickets:
National Council of Arts, Sciences
and Professions
Suite 76, 49 West 44 Street
Also, at the Waldorf-Astoria,
Registration Room,
March 25, 26 and 27
CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENC
Auspices of National Council of Arts, Sciences
FINAL PROGRAM
WALDORF-ASTORIA ? MARCH 25,26
Chairman:
E FOR WORLD PEACE
DINNER
Grand Ballroom, Waldorf-Astoria
Friday, March 25,7:00 P.M.
WELCOME TO OUR
INTERNATIONAL GUESTS
HARLOW SHAPLEY
Chairman, Cultural and Scientific Conference
for World Peace
International Guests:
Partial List*
Canada: JoaN Goss
The John Goss Studio Theatre, British Columbia
STANLEY B. RYERSON
Writer
Czechoslovakia: JAN BOOR
Member, Matice Slovenska,
Slovak Cultural Organization
FERDINAND HERCIK
Dean, Natural Sciences School,
Masaryk University
PR rE aV gu.DeR. JOSEF HROMADKA
Dean, Hus faculty, Charles University,
JIRI HRONEK
President, International Union of Journalists
LADISLAV STOLL
Dean, Academy of Political & Social Science
England: T. D. BERNAL, F.R.S.
Crystallographer, member, Ministry of Works
Advisory Committee on Building Research
and Development
PATRICIA BURKE
Actress
J. G. CROWTHER
Scientist
LOUIS GOLDING
Novelist
WILLIAM OLAF STAPLEDON
Philosopher and psychologist
France: ABBE JEAN BOITLIER
Professor of International Law
MME. EUGENIE COTTON
Director of Research, National Scientific
Research Center
PAUL ELUARD
Poet
French
West Africa:
DR. R. E. G. AnivuTroE
Director, Lomeshie Research Center for
Anthropology and Race Biology, North Ireland
Hungary:
India:
Italy:
Norway:
Poland:
Puerto Rico:
Romania:
U.S.S.R.:
Venezuela:
Yugoslavia:
and Professions
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