People Want Peace

"The Congress means, chiefly, that the people of the world have expressed their determination to fight for peace," he said, "not to be led by the nose . . . The causes of war—avarice, the desire to oppress peoples for selfish ends—are still with us. But so are the causes of peace, and one of those causes was this Congress. It displayed that the people are strong enough to stop war."

Mr. Goddard seconded the motion admitting that the report was frankly political in parts, just as the question of preserving the peace is. He pointed out the widely diverse and representative personnel of the delegations—the mention of VUC graduate John Platts-Mills, M.P., being greeted with a furore of mingled hysteria and applause.

Raising the curtain for the opposition. Mr. Curtin said the report (1) was not logical. (2) was not rational, and (3) did not mean anything. He illustrated by demonstrating, at painful length, his own lack of common sense.