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1* Triie la a aa&ll conference* It wae not intended to

be • wain conference.

2. At tinea when we seet we talk about our look of

Influence asong personalities, churches end broad

organisations.

4* But we have a great deal to be proud of.

5. #• have aucoeded in conveying our aeseage to a large

section of tbe population of S.A.

6. e have auooeeded adairably in achieving the active

support of the liberator; aovaaent whoae influence haa

aade itaelf felt on the whole country, and we can

attribute a great deal of the intereet and actively

which the Congreaa Aovaaent haa ahown for peace.

there are few otateoienta publications and leafleta

produced by the Con^reaa aoveaent which doea not exprees

the need for peace.

Aa a result of our influenoe there are thouaanda

of people in 3.A. w.io are oonecioua of the need for

peaoe.

But taking our auoceaa into account we auat alao

take our weakneeeea into account aa well.

#e have not becoae an enormous maas aoveaent, we

have little influence in church organlsatlone eporta

cultural and other broad organiaationa and therefore today

it ia our duty to consider waya and aeana of appealing to

theae organiaationa*

(1) The ork of the peace Council h&8 been hampered In

j&any different ways. #• have suffered froa bannin&s9

and police persecution.

(2 ) Xne j>ovt. haa and atill doea interfere with our organiaatlon it haa atteapted to anaeh it but in

spite of their efforte we have carried on.

In the Transvaal durin^ the year of 1954 40 House Meetings were held.

On all iaaues which the tforld Peace Council had

direoted ua to take upnaaaly« the H. Boeb, tteraan

ue-araaaent, a 4 poaer conference, the ad&iaaion of China

to - j . N . 0 •

2

*e have oalled a public conference on the H*Bomb

■here prominent personalities spoke.

10,000 leaflet* called we want to live* were dis­tributed, whica outlined the Horrors of the atom and

H-bomb•any enquiries about the peace movement, were

recolved as a reeult of the leaflet.

5.000 leafleta on China oalled Does China

exist wsre distributed.

10.000 small peace badges oalled Africa for

Feaee" were distributed.

10.000 leaflets on German re-arseament were distributsd.

At ths end of last year a minister** conference

was held, at whioh rev. fhompson presided.

Tais was a fereat victory for the Peace Council as it

was the first tims that ws had an opportunity of

reaching the elergy. this conference has now paved the

way to another conference, which will now be oalled

in the near future.

Perhaps ws can considsr a National Conference

of this nature, that will be for us to consider

this afternoon.

A Great difficulty whioh we have had to bear,

during the past year waa the lack of finance.

*lore leaflets could havs been printed, more

documente and we have failed in this respect,and

we mast therefore discuss thia aspect of our work

today.

Sith regard to other centres, we have to

report that activity has been conducted, but due to

many difficulties particularly resources, man power

activity has been on a lower scale, but nevertheless

*ork has been done.In Cape Town House meetings on

German Ke-armament heve been held.

A Fine demonstration in front of the U.3. Destroyer

£id *ay was held. Leaflets were distributed.

A conference was held which although email waa fairly

repreeentative.

In Durban we have not received a report from the

council. However, we must congratulate him on thsir

initiative in printing peaoe handkerchiefs.

On a National toale therefore we can report that

activity was oonduoted during, the year. %e must

3.not deceive ourselves, we have not boon as active as we

oould have been and there is no doubt about it that

3.A. la lagging behind other Peace Koveuents.

(1) Intro*

Urgsnoy of issue and are* *

mu •Deetruotion of Peoples Oovt. Anti War Policy,

oolonlaliaa. Points on Federations.

ftwt.

Uraniu®, strategic materials.

Increased Trade with all parts of the World.

Cultural exchange.

However, friends, let us press forward. Let us beoo&e

core determined to establish one of the greatest peaoe

feoveaents in the orld.

let us here and now pledge oureelves to work

ceaselessly for pesos, where ever we are let us oaks

the Peaoe I ovecent known respected and loved by all the

people of s.A.

Our doounent on organisation is a serious doouaent

and clearly outlines the taaks of the Peaoe Koveaent.

Collection Number: AD1812

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