The following roported is extracted from the John Williamson column in the Daily Worker. There is no doubt that the C.N.D. movement in Britain, with all its faults,has helped in a number of countries to stimulate anti-war movemonts, Vhilst we cannot accopt the underlying C.P. attitude of Williamson's article, which scos the poace movement as a thing in itself and not as a special form of the class struggle (that of disarming our own ruling class), wo mst soso the positive side to such developmonts. Thoy will . under the pressure of the events go through an evolution, which will result, assuming marxists adopt a correct policy, in big layers being brought towards revolutionary politics.
"i grass-roots movement for peace larger than anything in the last 13 years, is showing itself from coast to coast. This happens as the Govornment announces its intention to renow H.bomb tests. The issue on which the renewed movement began is the Govern ment's sponsorship of the nuclear fallout shelter programme.
"On November 10th an advertisement signed by 183 university leaders, 89 of thom professors, in tho Boston area appeared, It charged that the shelter programme "prepares the people for the acceptance of thermo-nuclear war as an instrument of national policy" The nation's efforts should be directed towards a positive programme for peace with freedom, it declared, urging Kennedy to change course and "lead the nation forward on a race towards peacc",
"In five weeks tho 183 grew to 1,929 as wroups of university professors and locturers throughout the country used tho Boston text as the basis for adverts in New York, Clevoland, Chicago, Los Angelos and San Francisco, Some groups added a few paragraphs. The Midwest group said: "The principal danger of the present programme is the false sense of security engendered. It is mech like a quack cure for cancer."
"Significant also were the coast-to-coast demonstrations of women. It began with 1,000 women who gathered in Washington and sent identical halt-—thearms— race letters to Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Krushchov. Then 2,000 women in Los angeles and soon a total of 14,000 women had participated in a variety of protest actions in San Francisco, Chicago, Cloveland, Baltimore, St. Lous, Newark, Donver and Gincinnatti.
‘In Los Angolus the banners saids "Snd the Arms Race, not the Human lace" and "Choose peace while there is a choics." ven schcolchildren aro gotting active. In the small town of Iydo Park (ifew York) they obtained 5,000 signatures to a potition calling on the leaders of all nations to 'settle your differences with words, not bombs, !
‘Prom national A.F.L.-C.1.0. leaders oxyressions of the peaco wish have also come, jmil Mazey of the United Auto Workers saids "Total disarmament is the only way to peace." and called for a demilitarised Germany, The U.S. should fear a rearmed Germany,he said.
"National President Lloyd and secretary-treasurer Gorman of the Amalgam ated Butcher Workmen declared their opposition to the bomb-sheltor campaign and s.id that "work for peace....is our major problem today." itabbi Hillel Silver has Said that peaceful coexistence must be adopted "as an axiom for this generation"
'These actions are taking place in small towns and suburbs as woll as large cities. The slogans tend to omphasise a positive peace policy and a rejection of the Administration's proparedness and 'neyotitte from strength! policy.
" These dovelopments aro Significant because of a new war-scare campaign is being promoted. The U.S. Nows and World iteport had a headline "35 Billion Tons of TNT — The U.S Arsenal That Khrushchov Fears." while on the noxt page it shricked , "The Ring jround lussia.™ Congressman J. Van Zandt, a roar—-admiral in the navy reserve, echoed the sano idea when he declared the U.S has the Soviet Union ringed with 176 "ready-to-go" nuclear missiles.
"Tho New York Times Wahington political commentator Arthur Crock praises Dr. Edward Teller, Admiral Lewis Strauss and John McCone for having fought against a nuclear-test moratorium.
"Ho predicts that "this time few, if any protests will be heard from important Americans," Howover, the really important Americans - tho people are just beginning to make their voice hoard,"