Peace Information Center (New York)

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Statement by Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, presented at the Peace Information Center meeting on Korea, The Far East and World Peace, held July 12, 1950 in New York City.

Scope and Contents "Your public statement of July 12, on the campaign to outlaw atomic warfare which we have been helping, appears to us of so great significance as to call for a reply and rectification of certain assertions. At a moment in history when a world fearful of war hangs on every American pronouncement, the Secretary of State, simultaneously with the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives, joins in condemning any effort to outlaw atomic warfare. There is in your...

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"When reached by trans-Atlantic telephone in Paris Thursday, and informed of the Justice Department's demand that the Peace Information Center register under the profisions of the Foreign Agents Act, Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, noted Negro anthropologist and historian, who is chairman of the Peace Informationn Center, iussued the following statement on behalf of the Peace Information Center...." In addtion to the press release is an order form for a variety of materials issued by the Center.